More than 330 of the new recruits will be based in Barrow Defence giant BAE Systems plans to recruit more than 300 apprentices in Barrow, Cumbria, where the Dreadnought nuclear deterrent submarine ...

In just 40 years, Barrow has transformed into a major global shipbuilding force, with 12,000 people now working at BAE Systems’ shipyard – more than one fifth of the town’s 55,000 residents.

BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, has made 860 specialist hooks for isolation cubicles in hospitals run by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust. It has also supplied the trust ...