Defence giant Leonardo says the size of its forthcoming 200-strong Newcastle base could grow if the location proves to be successful.
This week the Italian multinational announced its move into floor five of The Spark building at Newcastle Helix, where it plans to base data scientists, systems and software engineers and analytics experts who will work on research and development activities around its cutting edge radar, vertical lift and cyber security technologies. Not all of the 200 North East staff will work on site and some who have already been recruited are working remotely while the space is readied.
Speaking to BusinessLive on a visit to the Newcastle city centre office, the firm - which has signed up to the North of Tyne's Good Work Pledge - said there was potential to grow further thanks to growth in its young people training programmes which will recruit about 800 people in the UK this year.
