Why Brexit is 'no big deal' for BAE Systems

Manufacturer with most UK employees bucks the trend while Rolls and Airbus panicWhile Rolls-Royce and Airbus used this week’s Farnborough International Airshow to warn of the dire consequences of a hard Brexit, Britain’s biggest defence firm, BAE Systems, simply shrugged its shoulders.The business is Britain’s biggest manufacturing employer, with 34,000 staff and sales of nearly £20bn last year. But Brexit? “It’s just not that big a deal [for us],” recko