Workwear outranks career growth as an employee benefit. Aerospace should take note.
Manufacturing employees rank workwear as their third most valued employee benefit, ahead of professional growth, health and wellness, and company culture. Over 40% say it affects their decision to join or leave a company (Murray Uniforms and Coventry University, 2026).
That matters in a sector short of people. Around 10,000 technical vacancies go unfilled in UK aerospace, defence, security and space each year, and two-thirds of aerospace employers say skills shortages are holding back growth (ADS Group, 2026).
The North West will feel this most. This summer’s £8.6 billion Government commitment to the Global Combat Air Programme centres Britain’s next fighter jet on BAE Systems’ Warton and Samlesbury, while Airbus’s £150 million Broughton investment is creating around 480 jobs.
The same study, of 2,573 employees, found 43% of manufacturing respondents were over fifty, the highest of any sector. Attracting new talent while retaining experience is the challenge, and workwear is a lever employers fully control.
Murray’s Science of Uniform® methodology puts this into practice. For Jaguar Land Rover, it delivered workwear to 18,000+ employees across eight UK sites, with 98.8% wearer satisfaction and 33% longer garment life.
For defence buyers, assurance matters too. Murray Uniforms is JOSCAR-registered and holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and EcoVadis Silver, so much of the supplier vetting primes expect is already done.
Recruitment campaigns bring skilled people through the gate. Workwear designed with them helps keep them there.
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