BAE Bid to Recruit Redundant Rover Workers

BAE Systems is to open a recruitment office in Birmingham in an effort to hire some of the workers losing their jobs following the collapse of MG Rover.

The company revealed that Airbus, in which it has a 20% stake, had taken part in recruitment meetings at Longbridge.

CBI director-general Sir Digby Jones welcomed the move, which he hoped would lead to skilled workers remaining in the manufacturing sector.

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