Welcome to our latest London South East interview with John Wood, CEO of AIM-listed Harland & Wolff (HARL).

• As you probably know, the UK Government has just awarded a £1.6 billion pound contract to build three support ships for the Royal Navy to a consortium which includes Navantia, the Spanish Government-owned shipbuilder, the UK's Harland and Wolff, and UK naval architects BMT.

• John joined us to assess what this transformational contract win means for Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Appledore and UK shipbuilding strategy more broadly.

The Harland & Wolff share price has shot up for the second day running and the market cap is currently around £40M.