A DEFENCE company is cutting 230 jobs at its site in Malvern.

QinetiQ annouced 391 job losses across the country today with more than half coming from the site at Malvern Technology Centre, in Saint Andrew's Road.

The firm ,which specialises in defence security and areospace technology, has blamed a "challenging" business environment for the cuts.

A further review of the remainder of the business will take place over the summer, including discussions with QinetiQ's primary UK customer, the Ministry of Defence.

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