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Deal throws potential lifeline to collapsed shipyards in Northern Ireland and Scotland
Babcock offered a chance to move up to higher-margin defence engineering work
Defence contractor says the prospect of a deal has ‘no strategic merit’
Submerged shares will eventually have to rise
Costs take toll on defence contractor and shares fall nearly 10%
Defence contractor dismisses new report as ‘inaccurate and misleading’
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin up against Babcock for £2bn contract
UK’s Ministry of Defence still engaged in its usual fantasy financing
Former Shell executive Ruth Cairnie is preferred candidate to succeed Mike Turner
UK contractor and supplier forced to put in place costly contingency measures
Defence contractor aims to shore up confidence in corporate governance
Suspects range from short-seller to Russia but authors of report remain a mystery
Contract comes as UK defence group seeks to reassure investors over its performance
Coates reveals winning hand with revenues and profits surging at company
Chief says ‘we are most undervalued business in stock market’
UK group is suffering for its membership of the much-maligned outsourcing sector
Performance of helicopter operation adds to pressure on defence business
Contractor given until end of year to show it can complete nuclear sub refit on time
Move raises fresh questions over performance of UK’s second-biggest defence supplier
Contractor waited four weeks to bring out its big guns but the tactic backfired
Government had offered £60m package to owners Babcock to save the yard and its 200 jobs
Failure to secure new orders puts 200 jobs at risk
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