Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Scotland; South Western Scotland; Glasgow City
Location of affected unit(s)
Glasgow
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Information Service Activities
63 - Information service activities

327 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
21 September 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

US owned defence company Lockheed Martin has announced plans to create 327 new jobs at its offices in Glasgow. The jobs were announced at the opening of the company's new offices on Monday 21 September. The company has said that the new jobs will be part of its growth in information systems, and cited Glasgow as the perfect location for the new development because of its strong science and technology sectors and its universities. The company has already created 50 new jobs since the start of 2015. It is not known when the new positions at the Glasgow office will be filled.


Sources

  • 21 September 2015: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Lockheed Martin, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 84960, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84960.