BAE Systems struggling to fill jobs at Clyde yards due to 'skills shortage'

Scotland's biggest shipbuilder is struggling to recruit workers despite having a full order book that will sustain it over the next decade.

Simon Lister, head of BAE's naval ships division, said the company was now investing heavily in its apprentice programme to plug gaps in its workforce. "And to that end we are training a lot of graduates and apprentices every year for the next four or five years to plug that gap. HMS Glasgow, the first of the new Type 26 frigates, is currently being fitted out at Scotstoun and is due to be handed over to the Royal Navy in the "mid-2020s".

"We will be looking for additional work for our engineers in three, four years' time. As those skills are important to maintain.

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