'Belfast will have an engineering history again'
The CEO of Harland and Wolff said a new deal to build support ships for the Royal Navy will provide great opportunity for Belfast.
He added: "It's fantastic news. It's historic news for the shipbuilding industry, there hasn't been a ship built in Belfast for over 20 years. "This is for those guys who had the passion to get people like us to believe there was a future in the shipyard, it's those guys who should be really proud. It's about bringing the next generation through, and the next generation after that. The whole team across the business have worked really hard."
"I just think it's a great news story in a time when inflation's reaching record high levels, and there's a bit of doom and gloom about, it's nice to be able to bring a bit of cheer to the place," John added. "The young people we can attract here through our apprenticeship programmes, it's so exciting, and it must be exciting for them as we can show them we have a long future ahead and they're part of it. Belfast will have an engineering history again."
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