Councillors approved plans on Wednesday to construct 276 new homes on a long-disused parcel of land in Birtley, formally belonging to defence giant BAE systems. The land, on Ravensworth Road ...

BAE Systems in Birtley is working with logistics consultants NAC Group to help it move to a new site. BAE is moving to a new purpose-built factory nearby but its original 1916 factory contains ...

Plans to redevelop a former BAE Systems site into a new residential scheme will be considered by Gateshead councillors next week. The former BAE Systems site on Ravensworth Road, Birtley, could ...

Last week’s announcement that BAE Systems is to invest £28m in a new manufacturing plant in Birtley has been welcomed by Gateshead Council. The news came as part of a deal with the MOD worth up to ...

BAE employs nearly a thousand people in the region. 675 work at the Scotswood plant on Tyneside making the Panther light tactical vehicle and the Titan and Trojan engineering vehicles. 300 are ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of ...

BAE Systems has signed a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence ... The contract safeguards 1,700 jobs at factories in Crewe, Glascoed in South Wales and Birtley in County Durham. The MoD said the ...

Arms giant BAE Systems has signed a 15-year deal with ... The announcement will safeguard 1,700 jobs at the firm's plants in Birtley, County Durham, Glascoed, South Wales, and Radway Green in ...

The former BAE Systems site on Ravensworth Road, Birtley, could soon be home to 276 new homes, if an application from Gleeson Regeneration Ltd is approved. The defence giants had been based on the ...

A former BAE systems site in Gateshead is now officially set to become a site for nearly 300 properties. Councillors approved plans on Wednesday to construct 276 new homes on a long-disused parcel of ...