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Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois has learned about the opportunities available to apprentices at defence equipment company MBDA.

The minister spoke to young trainees as part of a day spent at the missile systems developer and manufacturer’s site in Filton, south Gloucestershire, during a visit coinciding with the conclusion of National Apprenticeship Week.

Mr Francois met apprentices Daniella Di Stazio, Louie Penfold, Anna Schlautmann and Lucinda Jones, all aged between 19 and 21.

The group explained their roles within the firm, which has operations across Europe as well as in the UK, and provided the minister with their first-hand experience of the opportunities that apprenticeships had presented them with.

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