Rolls-Royce to create 350 jobs in Midlands

MANUFACTURING giant Rolls-Royce is set to create 350 jobs in Derby after winning billions of pounds worth of orders for its Trent XWB engine.

The company has spent £30m on its production line in the city over the last two years.

A Rolls-Royce spokesperson said: “As we ramp-up production of the Trent XWB to deliver on £30bn worth of orders, we are working with employee representatives to increase the size of the workforce involved in assembling the engine. Rolls-Royce is committed to the UK and we have announced well in excess of £400m of investment in new facilities here in the last couple of years alone, including £30m on the extension of our Trent XWB production facility in Derby.”

Rolls-Royce says that since 2009 it has spent just over £1.1bn on the industrial transformation its civil aerospace business alone, with almost two-thirds of that investment in the UK.

It is also putting £500m into its nuclear submarines facility in Raynesway.

John Forkin, managing director at Marketing Derby said: “The news that Rolls-Royce is continuing to grow its Derby footprint is great news for the whole of the midlands. We are also looking forward to the development of the Aerospace Campus and last week we launched the neighbouring Infinity Park Derby Enterprise Zone in which Rolls-Royce is a key partner.”

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