This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Save North East Engineering Jobs
North East subsea engineering company SMD are unable to accept their biggest order to date due to the rejection of an export license. The company has been forced to announce 70 to 80 redundancies which could significantly impact companies within SMD's supply chain.
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Despite successfully diversifying the business, SMD are suffering extremely challenging market conditions partially due to the decline in demand from the oil & gas industry. Granting of this export license would give SMD the opportunity to counteract those market conditions, in turn potentially saving jobs for one third of its workforce.
This license could also considerably benefit SMD’s supply chain which consists of over 700 companies across the UK, 200 of which are local to the North East.
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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