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U.K. Business Secretary Hosts Aerospace Leaders Discussing Sector Growth

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

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Opportunities for growth in the U.K. aerospace sector was the agenda for an Aerospace Business Leaders meeting this week hosted by Business Secretary Vince Cable. Attending were top executives from Airbus (EADS), Rolls-Royce, Bombardier Aerospace, GKN, Finmeccanica and ADS. The meeting discussed how industry and government working together can address barriers to growth, boost exports and increase the number of high value jobs in the United Kingdom, the ministry said in a statement. Britain’s aerospace industry has a 17 percent…

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