Royal Air Force (RAF)

Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber; East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire; East Riding of Yorkshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Coningsby
Sector
Public Administration / Defence
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84.2 - Provision of services to the community as a whole
84.22 - Defence activities
650 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
22 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
22 April 2008
Foreseen end date
22 April 2012

Description

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has announced that it is to recruit 650 new workers at its site in Coningsby in Lincolnshire. The new workers will be recruited by April 2012, and will all be civilian, rather than military, personnel. Management at the site stated that the announced recruitment was due to the expansion of engineering facilites at the site. Station Commander Gp Capt Stuart Atha stated that the new jobs would be highly skilled and expressed optimism that the new jobs would contribute to local economic growth. 350 are currently employed at the site in Coningsby.

Sources

  • 22 April 2008: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Royal Air Force (RAF), Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 66564, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66564.