BAE Systems maintains 2021 guidance for positive earnings growth November 8, 2021 BAE Systems has stuck to its guidance for earning per share to grow by 3-5 per cent this year compared to 2020. The multinational arms and aerospace company has kept its improved underlying position unchanged from the outlook it outlined at its interim results. It says demand for its products and services remains high. Demand [...]
Government boosts Highlands and opens Europe’s biggest IT centres October 22, 2021 The UK Government has opened two new IT service centres in the Scottish Highlands, creating 250 jobs and boosting the area’s local economy. Situated in Nairn and Inverness, the two sites will look after all of the Ministry of Defence’s 200,000 IT customers, providing 24/7 assistance throughout the whole year. Part of a five-year contract [...]
Farnborough struck by industry gloom July 15, 2008 Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways was the talk of the Farnborough Airshow yesterday after it unveiled a $20bn (£10bn) order for 100 planes – but it was a quiet debut for Europe’s biggest industry show. Etihad CEO James Hogan said the airline had placed orders for 35 787 Dreamliners and 10 777s from America’s Boeing for [...]
SFO appeals Saudi case July 8, 2008 The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) yesterday told the House of Lords it did not act unlawfully when it ended its investigation into a £43bn Saudi arms deal. The case against the SFO is being brought by the pressure groups the Campaign Against Arms Trade and the Corner House who say the case should be reopened. [...]