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£500m of contracts announced at the Royal Navy's submarine base at Faslane.

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On the 31st August 2015; The Chancellor, George Osborne, announced, on BBC Radio Scotland; more than £500m of contracts for the Royal Navy's submarine base at Faslane.

It is estimated that the work which is due to begin in 2017;will secure 6,700 jobs and create thousands more.

Mr Osborne told BBC Radio Scotland that the inveistment was a "massive boost for Scotland and the UK's defence".

The annoucncment is a boost to the engineering consultant Jacobs; which last year picked up the contract to provide project management and consultancy services at Faslane.

 

Acknowledgements: BBC online and Construction enquirer

For further details on this announcement visit:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-34101989

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2015/08/31/plans-for-500m-faslane-submarine-base-upgrade/