HARRIETT Baldwin has paid tribute to the hard work carried out by QinetiQ to broaden its operations to compete internationally.

The West Worcestershire MP toured the defence company’s Malvern site on Wednesday, April 20 to see a range of recently developed products and technologies along with plans to develop the part of site with housing, office space and a technology park.

She said: “I was very impressed by the important work being carried out in Malvern and pleased to see that QinetiQ has a long-term plan to stay in the area.

“There has been a lot of negative news from QinetiQ in the last year and I am pleased that the local management team met me to set out their vision for the future of the Malvern site.”