{"id":961125,"date":"2026-05-15T08:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/961125\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:13:16","slug":"defence-contractor-to-move-manufacturing-from-cambridge-to-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/961125\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence contractor to move manufacturing from Cambridge to Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesman for Marshall Land Systems said: &#8220;We can confirm that Marshall Land Systems has announced a proposal to relocate its UK production facility to Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales, with a phased transition beginning in summer 2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It added manufacturing in Cambridge would continue to run in parallel with the new site until December. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Marshall Land Systems said it had actively sought suitable, cost-effective premises within the local area &#8220;but had been unable to find an option&#8221; to &#8220;allow the business to continue operating in an efficient and financially sustainable way&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It added the move to South Wales would &#8220;significantly reduce operating costs, including rent and business rates&#8221;, which would make the business more sustainable for the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We recognise this will be a difficult time for those affected, and we are committed to supporting our people throughout the consultation process and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We do not expect any impact on customers or service levels during this period,&#8221; the business said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesman for Marshall Land Systems said: &#8220;We can confirm that Marshall Land Systems has announced a proposal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":961126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-961125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116577593374002420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}