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BAe Systems is to lay off more than 1,000 staff at its shipyards in Govan, Scotstoun and Barrow, blaming its decision on a lack of short-term orders. BAe said the cuts were not connected to a recent government decision to award a £4.3 billion government contract to build up to 12 Type 45 destroyers for the navy to rival firm Vosper Thornycroft.
The NHS has launched a nationwide purchasing card strategy. Sisters and charge nurses at all wards will have a minimum annual budget of £5,000 for staff and patient care. A support website containing purchasing guidance, finance procedures and training resources will go live on 30 July.
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Amec, Bovis Lend Lease, Turner and Tully Construction secured contracts worth an estimated £170 million each to co-ordinate clean-up teams in New York. The companies will have to clear up about 200,000 tonnes of structural steel, which could be recycled, and remove about 300,000 tonnes of rubble per day to a site in New Jersey.
Defence contractor Thales is to close its Bracknell site with the loss of 480 jobs. The company is restructuring its UK operations after it bought Racal Electronics and lost the Ministry of Defence’s Bowman radio contract. Meanwhile, Devonport Royal Dockyard has joined Thales in its bid for a £2 billion Royal Navy contract for two aircraft carriers.