Leading global aerospace company Boeing has joined Hellios to support and expand its diverse UK supplier base.

As the latest member of Hellios’ JOSCAR aerospace, defence, and security community, which manages relevant supplier insights within the aerospace, defence and security sectors, Boeing now has access to 7,000 suppliers, including 3,500 small to medium sized enterprise (SMEs) suppliers.

The aerospace giant has 3,000 UK employees and already spends £2 billion a year in the UK supply chain and this move underlines its commitment to increasing bid opportunities for UK suppliers even further.