Government puts £426m to manufacturing at Sheffield Forgemasters
Defence Secretary John Healey said the investment was important at a time when "global threats are rising". Healey said: "We recognise we need to invest in our defence and Armed Forces. But a country's military is only as strong as the country standing behind it. "Forgemasters is a shining example of what we have in the UK, of innovation and traditional industry, and it demonstrates how defence is an engine for growth in jobs and investment right across the country."Forgemasters, which dates back about 250 years, is one of Sheffield's oldest industrial sites.After planning permission for the new facility was granted in February, Forgemasters programme director Craig Fisher said the development would "create highly-skilled engineering jobs for decades to come"."This planning agreement will see construction of the largest machining hall of its kind in the UK, and regeneration of a prominent brownfield site in the city's industrial centre," he said.
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