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Pace Micro Technology, the developer of TV set-top boxes, is looking to recruit a further 200 software and hardware engineers to work at offices in Bradford, Cambridge and the US.
22-Dec-2000

Vodafone is to acquire the Eircell mobile phone subsidiary of Eircom of Ireland for £2.6bn.
22-Dec-2000

Amaze is to acquire Y2K Medien, the German internet consultancy, for £5m.
22-Dec-2000

Wind River is planning to relocate its software business from Lower Stratton to larger premises at the South Marston Industrial Estate near Swindon, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
21-Dec-2000

Innovation Group, the supplier of insurance software, is to step up plans to expand in the US and is in negotiations with a number of North American insurers.
21-Dec-2000

ICL is to relocate its Tyneside office from the Newcastle Business Park to a new building at the Cobalt Business Park.
20-Dec-2000

Railtrack is forming a joint venture with Marconi to build 5,000 radio masts for mobile phone operators on Railtrack sites over the next three years.
20-Dec-2000

Logical is to recruit a further 70 staff at its computer services business in Newcastle-under-Lyme, and is seeking larger premises in the area.
19-Dec-2000

Anderson Manning Associates is planning a £1m expansion at its internet services business in Bangor, North Down, with the creation of 55 jobs.
19-Dec-2000

Vodafone is to expand its mobile phone network in remote parts of Scotland by using 10,000 pylons owned by Scottish & Southern Energy.
19-Dec-2000

APW Electronics is looking to recruit 200 new staff following the expansion of its radio base stations factory at Chandler's Ford in Hampshire.
15-Dec-2000

NEC has sold its mobile phone factory in Telford to Celestica of Canada, and Celestica is expected to double the 460-strong workforce in order to produce phones under licence for NEC.
15-Dec-2000

Isoft has acquired ACT Medisys, the healthcare information systems company with 170 staff in Birmingham, Belper and Newbury, for £25m.
15-Dec-2000

Zeus Technology has raised a further £5m to fund the expansion of its software business by creating new sales and marketing teams in overseas markets.
14-Dec-2000

NewNet is setting up a new 4,000 sq ft data centre at the Cams Hall Estate in Fareham, in an attempt to become the largest business to business internet service provider on the south coast.
14-Dec-2000

Oneview.net, the internet services company, is being sold by Systems Union to a management buy-out for a nominal sum.
14-Dec-2000

Xerox is to set up a call centre at the Cams Hall Business Park in Fareham, with the creation of 40 jobs.
13-Dec-2000

Torex is to acquire Laufenberg, the German supplier of healthcare information systems, for £40m, funded by a £27m rights issue.
13-Dec-2000

BSOFTB, the Manchester-based developer of internet software, is planning to create 40 new jobs and expand into the US by opening offices in Denver and San Francisco.
12-Dec-2000

Warthog is planning to raise £5m in a flotation on Aim to fund the expansion of its computer games business.
11-Dec-2000

Wax Digital, the supplier of internet-based trading software, is to create 40 jobs at its Cheshire head office and expand into continental Europe in a £4.5m investment programme.
11-Dec-2000

Cambridge Display Technology is to build a £17m plant at Godmanchester to produce light emitting polymers, with the creation of up to 25 new jobs and the relocation of 15 existing jobs.
11-Dec-2000

Viaken, the US application service provider for the biotech sector, is to open a European headquarters in Cambridge, with the creation of 20 jobs.
11-Dec-2000

Lucent Technologies, the telecoms equipment supplier, is considering plans to set up a new administration and research centre on a 30 acre site at South Marston near Swindon, with the creation of hundreds of new jobs.
11-Dec-2000

Telecom Service Centres expects to open a further two call centres in Scotland over the next few months, with the creation of hundreds of jobs.
08-Dec-2000

Attenda has raised £15m of venture capital to fund the expansion of its web hosting business, while Project Advantag-e has raised £85m to open a chain of internet co-location centres.
08-Dec-2000

Sage is seeking acquisitions to expand its accounting software business, and is particularly interested in the US, France and Germany.
07-Dec-2000

Quadstone has raised £21m of venture capital to fund the expansion of its marketing software business in Edinburgh, London and the US, which will involve the creation of 50 new sales jobs.
07-Dec-2000

ICL has confirmed plans to restructure its computer services business, which will involve 200 job cuts over the next three months and the creation of three main divisions - infrastructure services, projects and multivendor computing.
07-Dec-2000

Freeserve, the internet service provider 80% owned by Dixons, has been acquired by the Wanadoo division of France Telecom for £1.6bn.
07-Dec-2000

IMS has announced a £200m deal with British Telecom to set up a national network offering cheaper phone calls, and the operation will be handled by BT Wholesale.
07-Dec-2000

Wireless Systems International is to create 260 jobs at a new mobile phone equipment factory at Llantarnam Park in Cwmbran over the next five years, with 30 staff being relocated immediately from Bristol.
06-Dec-2000

Kamelian is considering plans to set up an opto-electronics factory at the Oxford Industrial Park with the creation of 70 jobs, while a further 30 jobs will be created at its Glasgow headquarters.
06-Dec-2000

Skillsgroup has sold its lossmaking Acuma hardware business to a management team for £4.5m.
05-Dec-2000

Simutech, the US electronics company, is to set up a European base in Livingston's Alba Centre, creating up to 20 jobs.
05-Dec-2000

Eclectic Group, the Glasgow-based IT consultancy, has been sold by Reading-based Druid Systems to a management team for undisclosed terms.
05-Dec-2000

Kewill Systems has sold its enterprise resource planning software unit to K3 for £0.1m, as part of a strategy to focus on internet-enabled shipment-tracking software.
04-Dec-2000

Zygon has raised a further £6m of venture capital to fund the expansion of its catalogue management software business, including a new sales office in San Francisco.
04-Dec-2000

Motorola is in negotiations with Slough Estates to build a new headquarters for its mobile phones business at Farnborough Aerodrome.
04-Dec-2000

Braxtel Communications has set up a UK headquarters for its customer contact software business in Nottingham, employing 10 staff initially.
01-Dec-2000

Caudwell of Stoke is relocating its Singlepoint mobile phone call centre to Chesterton, while its 20:20 Logistics operation will move from Crewe Hall to a property nearby, as part of a £10m expansion that will create hundreds of new jobs.
01-Dec-2000

The Industrial Development Board is supporting a £8.5m investment in Belfast by Avalanche, the US supplier of IT outsourcing services, which will create up to 500 jobs over the next five years.
30-Nov-2000

Generics is to float 30% of its shares, giving the group a valuation of £226m, in order to expand its Cambridge-based scientific and licensing business.
30-Nov-2000

Global Switch has raised £168m in the form of an investment loan to fund the international expansion of its internet co-location facilities, and is setting up a £42m US internet services business based in Virginia.
30-Nov-2000

Thus is creating 450 jobs at a new telecoms call centre in Glasgow.
29-Nov-2000

Kingston Communications has dropped plans to invest £1bn in a national high-speed internet service, and will instead limit spending to £150m by forming partnerships with other telecoms companies.
29-Nov-2000

BYG Systems is to create 40 new jobs in Nottingham having won a contract to develop electronic point of sale training software for Lloyds pharmacy stores.
28-Nov-2000

E-principals, the internet strategy specialist, is looking to create up to 20 jobs at its new base in Sheffield over the next year.
28-Nov-2000

Torch Telecom is to set up a new office at the Paragon Business Village in Wakefield next year, where it will employ 60 staff.
28-Nov-2000

Tertio, the software company, is to recruit a further 95 staff following its move to new offices in Bath.
27-Nov-2000

The Industrial Development Board is in talks with two technology companies - E-host Europe of Dublin and Etranslate of the US - about plans to set up new offices in Northern Ireland with the creation of 300 jobs.
27-Nov-2000

Cable & Wireless has acquired ML Integration, the integrator of voice and data networks, for undisclosed terms.
27-Nov-2000

Ovum is expanding its technology consultancy business with the acquisition of Richard Holway for undisclosed terms.
27-Nov-2000

Fibernet is to raise £77m in a rights issue in order to fund the development of DSL services in the UK and a fibre-optic network in France.
24-Nov-2000

Gladstone is to acquire DLG, the Irish company that adapts web sites to different languages, for £4m.
24-Nov-2000

Agilent Technologies is creating a further 350 jobs at its telecoms test equipment plant in South Queensferry, and also plans to recruit 100 marketing and administration staff at new offices in Dunfermline.
23-Nov-2000

Conduit, the Dublin-based teleservices specialist, is planning to set up a call centre in Cardiff, with the creation of up to 1,400 jobs over the next two years.
23-Nov-2000

AppsCo Software, the Aberdeen-based developer of business intelligence software, has opened a new US headquarters near San Francisco and also announced plans to change its name to Appsmart Software and double its workforce over the next year.
23-Nov-2000

IQE has acquired Wafer Technology of Milton Keynes for £41m, in order to secure its supply of wafers for the semiconductor industry.
23-Nov-2000

SDL Integrated Optics is planning to expand its telecom switches factory in Witham, with the creation of 200 jobs.
22-Nov-2000

Intec Telecom Systems is to acquire Computer Generation, the US billing software company, for £172m, funded by a £180m share offer.
22-Nov-2000

Garlands is to create a further 400 jobs at its call centre in Hartlepool, having won two new contracts from companies sub-contracting out their customer service departments.
22-Nov-2000

IP Powerhouse has raised £39m to fund the development of up to 12 internet co-location centres across Europe by the end of 2003.
21-Nov-2000

Bulldog Communications is looking to raise £35m to fund the installation of DSL equipment outside British Telecom exchanges, either in street cabinets or nearby buildings.
21-Nov-2000

Company-Net, the Edinburgh-based software house, has undergone a £4m management buy-out, and is now looking to expand its 30-strong workforce.
20-Nov-2000

Middlesbrough Borough Council is setting up a £260m partnership with Hyder Business Services that will involve Hyder taking over the running of a range of council services with the creation of almost 500 new jobs.
20-Nov-2000

British Telecom is to create a further 60 jobs at its new Manpower-operated call centre in Alness, Easter Ross.
20-Nov-2000

Energis is planning to set up a 60,000 sq ft data centre in Watford next year, and will also expand its centre in Leeds.
20-Nov-2000

British Telecom is to set up a technology incubator arm called Brightstar, based at Adastral Park near Ipswich, in order to encourage the development of an entrepreneurial culture within the group.
20-Nov-2000

Spirent has acquired Hekimian Laboratories, the US network monitoring company, for £1.1bn.
17-Nov-2000

Raw Communications has raised £18m from an investment fund to expand its video-conferencing business in Europe, the US and Asia, and is considering plans for a £500m flotation next year.
17-Nov-2000

Patsystems has expanded its Japanese business with the £1.5m acquisition of ENS, a provider of software to commodity exchanges.
17-Nov-2000

British Telecom is linking up with Crown Castle of the US to invest £200m in the installation of transmitters on the roofs of 4,000 BT exchanges, in order to support third generation mobile networks.
17-Nov-2000

RiverSoft is planning to raise £70m in a flotation in order to fund the expansion of its network management software business.
17-Nov-2000

PNC Telecom is acquiring Mobilexpo, the mobile phone dealership, for up to £6.5m, and Pensiv Technologies for £0.5m.
17-Nov-2000

Leica Microsystems is planning to relocate its 180 staff to new premises in Cambridge, allowing Allied Dunbar Pension Services to build homes on its existing site in the city.
16-Nov-2000

University College London has announced plans to set up a research centre on a technology park at Martlesham near Ipswich in partnership with British Telecom, in order to develop new networking technologies.
16-Nov-2000

InTechnology is looking to spend up to £30m on European acquisitions and the expansion of its network of data storage centres.
16-Nov-2000

Sir Robert McAlpine has won a £350m contract to build the east14.com data processing complex in London's Docklands.
16-Nov-2000

Abacus Polar has acquired Silicon Concepts, the distributor of programmable logic devices, for £14m, as part of an ongoing strategy to expand its product range.
15-Nov-2000

Azlan has announced plans to invest a further £1m in the roll out of its online trading system, to grow its training and services operations and to seek acquisitions.
15-Nov-2000

Picdar, the supplier of digital asset management software, has secured a £5m investment from 3i in order to fund the expansion of its sales and marketing operation and to move into overseas markets.
15-Nov-2000

The Meteorological Office is to relocate up to 1,000 jobs from Bracknell to a new purpose-built headquarters in Exeter by 2003, and a further 200 new jobs will be created.
13-Nov-2000

Intel is launching a recruitment drive in Wales and Scotland in order to meet the demand for up to 1,200 staff at its new £1.4bn semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility in Ireland.
13-Nov-2000

NSB Retail Systems is to acquire STS, the Canadian retail software company, for £272m, partly funded by a £109m rights issue.
13-Nov-2000

Surface Technology Systems is planning to raise £12m in a flotation on Aim next month, in order to fund the expansion of its South Wales factory that produces machines for the manufacture of microchips.
13-Nov-2000

Cambridge Silicon Radio has raised £24m from strategic investors in order to fund an increase in production of semiconductor radio chips and to recruit more engineers.
13-Nov-2000

Ubinetics has raised £50m in a share placing in order to fund the commercial development of its mobile computer technology, and expects to create 150 jobs over the next year.
13-Nov-2000

Vodafone is planning to set up a new regional office for its mobile phones business at Birchwood Park in Warrington.
10-Nov-2000

British Telecom has announced plans to split itself in two, sell £10bn worth of subsidiaries, abandon plans to expand outside Western Europe and Japan and shed a further 5,000 jobs.
10-Nov-2000

Sarantel, the developer of low-radiation mobile phone antennae, is to undergo a management buy-out, having raised £6m of venture capital funding.
09-Nov-2000

NetCall is planning to raise £4.4m in a share placing in order to fund the development of its internet technologies business.
09-Nov-2000

Redbus Interhouse is planning to set up internet co-location centres in Prague, Amsterdam and Luxembourg, while other sites are being fitted out in London, Madrid and Frankfurt.
09-Nov-2000

Nortel Networks of Canada is planning to invest a further £69m at its telecoms equipment operations in the UK, which will create 700 jobs at New Southgate in north London and 600 jobs at Harlow.
09-Nov-2000

Sophos, the developer of anti-virus software, has announced plans to set up a new research centre in Abingdon, open an office in Japan and recruit 100 technical, sales and marketing staff this year.
08-Nov-2000

Sherwood International has acquired Promark Software, the supplier of software to the insurance industry, for £3.9m.
08-Nov-2000

Vistorm, the internet application service provider, is to expand into a new office at the Oxford Science Park in order to support a recruitment drive.
06-Nov-2000

Dataphone has secured a £2.5m cash injection from 3i, to finance the recruitment of new sales and development staff and fund further international expansion of its telecoms software business.
03-Nov-2000

Knowledge Support Systems is planning to create up to 100 jobs at its business software operation in Manchester over the next year.
03-Nov-2000

Kymata has raised a further £46m to fund the global expansion of its Livingston-based opto-electronics business.
03-Nov-2000

IMS has acquired London-based Nobel Communications for £5m and Gateshead-based Telecom for £0.5m, as part of a strategy to establish a national telecoms network.
02-Nov-2000

Lynx is to set up a separately listed company called Ascent to supply small and medium-sized companies, as part of a strategy to focus on financial software.
02-Nov-2000

Cable & Wireless is to set up a customer service call centre at the Atlas Business Park near Manchester Airport next year.
01-Nov-2000

Fibernet and Redstone Telecom are considering plans to set up equipment outside BT exchanges to gain access to the local loop, and Fibernet has appointed a property company to find suitable sites.
31-Oct-2000

Cable & Wireless is to invest £970m in the development of a new optical fibre network in Japan over the next five years, which will double the workforce at its IDC division to 2,000.
31-Oct-2000

TeleCity is to set up a switching centre at the 54,000 sq ft Solus industrial unit at Old Trafford, Manchester.
30-Oct-2000

Geneva Technology, the developer of electronic billing systems, has opened its new head office at the Cambourne Business Park in Cambridge, and is now planning to open a second office nearby and new offices in the US, Asia and Latin America.
27-Oct-2000

Singularity, the developer of financial services software, has opened a new headquarters in Derry and plans to double in size and create 50 jobs over the next two years.
27-Oct-2000

Chevin has secured a £3m venture capital investment from MTI, in order to fund the expansion of its Yorkshire-based network management software business with the creation of 45 jobs over the next two years.
27-Oct-2000

Transaction Technology has received a £21m strategic investment from Lloyds TSB, in order to fund the expansion of its accounting software business.
27-Oct-2000

Pace Telecom, the Wrexham-based telecom services provider, is planning to create up to 30 new jobs following its recent move to larger premises on the Gresford Industrial Park.
26-Oct-2000

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council is to consider plans from Sager Group for the transformation of Billingham House, the former ICI headquarters, into a site for call centre companies.
26-Oct-2000

Infolines has merged with IPM Communications to create a new UK payphone network, and is now looking to benefit from the NHS target to install bedside television and telephones in every major hospital by 2004.
24-Oct-2000

Ericsson Intracom is looking to recruit 20 computer software engineers at its site in Leicester, for the development of new internet systems.
24-Oct-2000

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to consider plans from Gladman Developments for the construction of a £6m call centre in Hanley, which would enable an unnamed occupier to create up to 1,000 jobs.
24-Oct-2000

Solectron has announced plans to create a further 45 jobs at its electronics plant in Dunfermline.
24-Oct-2000

Nettec has acquired ByTheWay, the French marketing communications company, for £7.5m.
24-Oct-2000

Stortext has raised £5m of funding from a consortium of investors, in order to improve its technology and infrastructure and expand its online document storage business into the south of England.
24-Oct-2000

Cramer Systems has raised £17m of venture capital funding in order to expand its network management software business.
24-Oct-2000

Totalise is raising up to £10m in a share placing on Aim, in order to expand its internet services business.
20-Oct-2000

Progressive Telecom, the supplier of business telephone systems, has set up a new office at the Imex Spaces Business Centre in Burton, and plans to double its workforce of 14 over the next year.
19-Oct-2000

FFastFill is planning to raise £20m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the development of its dealing software.
19-Oct-2000

Psion has acquired Tournachon of France for £4.3m, in order to expand its European network for the distribution of electronic organisers.
19-Oct-2000

Compaq is to create 30 new jobs in an expansion of its e-commerce business solutions office in Belfast.
16-Oct-2000

Cintra, the US provider of database technology, has set up a UK headquarters in Bristol and has so far recruited 15 staff for the operation.
16-Oct-2000

Abacus Polar is to acquire Trident Microsystems, the manufacturer of electronic displays, for £18m.
16-Oct-2000

Marketing Database Associates of the US is to set up an internet-based voice interactive call centre in Londonderry in January, with the creation of 100 jobs.
10-Oct-2000

Marconi is acquiring the transmission arm of Splice do Brasil, the Brazilian telecoms equipment company, for £44m.
10-Oct-2000

Harvey Nash is to acquire Impact Executives, the recruitment firm, for up to £10m.
10-Oct-2000

TTP Communications has raised £69m in a share placing in order to develop wireless technology for base stations, open new laboratories in the US and Asia, and fund acquisitions.
09-Oct-2000

Agilent Technologies has announced plans for the development of a £12m fibre optics R&D facility at its Whitehouse centre in Ipswich, with the creation of 500 jobs.
06-Oct-2000

Marconi is in negotiations to sell five commodity component factories, including sites in Liverpool, Coventry, Italy, Germany and the US, in order to raise funds for the expansion of its optical networking business.
06-Oct-2000

Logica has acquired PDV Unternehmensberatung, the German computer services company, for up to £370m, and is also in negotiations to buy MITS of Australia.
06-Oct-2000

Orange has started a recruitment campaign to find an additional 900 staff for its new call centre at the Cobalt Business Park on Tyneside.
05-Oct-2000

Element 14, the Cambridge-based chip designer, has been acquired by Broadcom of the US for £407m.
05-Oct-2000

Vodafone is to invest £1.7bn in an alliance with China Mobile, in order to gain access to the Chinese mobile phone market.
05-Oct-2000

Baltimore Technologies is to acquire Nevex Software Technologies, the Canadian e-business security company, for £27m.
05-Oct-2000

Innovation Group is to acquire Geniq Systems, the developer of e-business solutions, for up to £10m.
05-Oct-2000

Guardian iT is to acquire Kingswell, the Northampton-based data storage company, for £10m, and has also confirmed plans to open a £50m web-hosting centre near Heathrow.
05-Oct-2000

Entropy is to set up a sales and marketing centre for its internet security business in Belfast, with the creation of 20 jobs over the next two years.
04-Oct-2000

Global Switch has announced a £45m bank loan to fund the expansion of its internet co-location facilities, and is planning a flotation next year.
04-Oct-2000

Gameplay.com is acquiring Pixel Broadband Studios from Take-Two Interactive Software of the US for £34m, in order to gain access to technology that allows game players to use different platforms.
04-Oct-2000

Fibernet has won approval to set up a nationwide fibre-optic network in France by the end of next year, including 28 regional co-location centres.
04-Oct-2000

NEC is planning to invest a further £20m in the development of new electronic devices at its Livingston plant, helping to secure 1,550 jobs.
03-Oct-2000

Plexus is to create a further 170 jobs at its electronics plant in Kelso, having secured a £1m grant from the Scottish Executive.
03-Oct-2000

Hutchison Telecom has announced plans to set up a technical centre for its third generation mobile phone business at the Grenfell Island office development in Maidenhead, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
03-Oct-2000

One-2-One is to set up a telecoms switching centre at the Moss Side Development Park in Leyland.
03-Oct-2000

Global Email Company is to set up a £14m e-response centre in Londonderry with the creation of 700 jobs, while a further 195 jobs will be created at its Belfast headquarters.
03-Oct-2000

Embedded Solutions, the telecoms software developer with 90 staff, is changing its name to Celoxica in preparation for a worldwide expansion programme.
03-Oct-2000

ZEDA is planning to create 150 jobs at its technical support centres in Sheffield, Nottingham, Hull, Leeds and Stirling, including vacancies for programmers and management.
03-Oct-2000

IXEurope is planning to raise about £100m in a flotation, in order to set up new internet co-location facilities across Europe.
03-Oct-2000

Scottish Enterprise is promoting plans for the development of a £60m science park in Glasgow city centre, which will involve the creation of up to 3,000 jobs in software, e-commerce, opto-electronics and life sciences.
03-Oct-2000

Respond UK has attracted £4m in third-round funding from 3i and Interregnum in order to finance the expansion of its database management system into the US and continental Europe.
03-Oct-2000

ANT of Cambridge has raised £5m in a new round of funding, in order to develop software for internet devices and consumer electronics.
02-Oct-2000

Stream is planning to raise up to £6m in a flotation in order to expand its telephone advice lines business.
02-Oct-2000

Marylebone Warwick Balfour is forming an alliance with Antfactory to set up a network of internet co-location centres across Europe, and has already identified sites in Dublin, Lisbon, Frankfurt and Madrid.
02-Oct-2000

ICL is planning to set up a new document processing centre at the Catalyst Industrial Estate in Widnes, which will employ up to 1,000 staff handling the 2001 census.
29-Sep-2000

AVX is planning a £54m expansion at its electronics components business in Coleraine, with the creation of 125 jobs.
28-Sep-2000

Amaze, the Liverpool-based internet consulting company, has raised £7m to fund the development of its IT infrastructure.
28-Sep-2000

Redstone Telecom has acquired Dialnet, the internet service provider, for £15m.
28-Sep-2000

Atlantic Telecom is acquiring a 65% stake in Telepartner Plus for £9m, in order to expand its broadband internet and telephony services into the Netherlands.
27-Sep-2000

Band-X has acquired TeleGeography, the US supplier of telecoms statistics, for undisclosed terms, in order to further the development of its international exchange trading telecoms capacity over the internet.
27-Sep-2000

CFS Group, the software leasing company, is to acquire Decision Systems of the US in a £90m deal, and the enlarged company will be named IDS.
27-Sep-2000

MCI Worldcom is launching a major recruitment campaign in Reading, having decided to relocate 3,000 London-based jobs to its new European headquarters in the town.
27-Sep-2000

Magic4 has raised £9m of venture capital from 3i to fund the development of its text messaging technology.
26-Sep-2000

Virgin Mobile has secured £115m of financing from JP Morgan, in order to fund the expansion of its mobile phones business by selling the handsets through a wider range of retail outlets.
26-Sep-2000

The Message Pad, the operator of personalised answering services, is planning a £1m expansion programme that will involve opening 20 additional call centres across the country.
26-Sep-2000

Superscape is to raise £8.7m in a share placing in order to set up joint ventures for its interactive 3D software business.
26-Sep-2000

UR Mobile, the telecoms and computer services company, has set up an office at Portlethen near Aberdeen, and is now looking to open a second office in Edinburgh.
22-Sep-2000

Spektra Systems, the Livingston-based supplier of e-commerce software, is planning to create 100 jobs over the next two years, and is also looking to open new sales and support offices in Glasgow, London and continental Europe.
22-Sep-2000

The Welsh Development Agency is set to announce plans by Agilent Technologies of the US to set up a research centre on Swansea waterfront, with the creation of 30 jobs.
22-Sep-2000

Ubinetics, the wireless communications technology company, is to set up an office at the Delta Business Park in Swindon in October, where it will employ 60 staff.
22-Sep-2000

Cedar Group is acquiring Enterprise Solutions Group, the US IT services consultancy, from Renaissance Worldwide for £51m.
22-Sep-2000

Marconi has acquired Mariposa Technology, the US manufacturer of network management devices, for £190m.
22-Sep-2000

Arc International has raised £103m in a flotation, in order to fund acquisitions and the expansion of its semiconductor design business.
22-Sep-2000

Ncipher is planning to raise more than £50m in a flotation, in order to fund acquisitions and the development of its internet security products.
21-Sep-2000

Energis is planning to raise £400m in a share placing, in order to fund the expansion of its DSL telecoms network in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.
21-Sep-2000

Colt Telecom is forming an alliance with Hewlett-Packard to set up 20 Colt e-business centres across Europe, which will offer web hosting and application service provision.
21-Sep-2000

Viridian is looking to recruit a further 30 staff at its Sx3 software development centre at Moygashel, Dungannon, and has also unveiled a new £7m corporate headquarters in Newtownabbey.
20-Sep-2000

Redbus Interhouse is planning to raise £82m in a share placing, in order to fund the expansion of its internet co-location facilities across Europe.
20-Sep-2000

Synex, the supplier of voice and data telecoms services, is to create 140 jobs at a new sales and support call centre in Birmingham.
19-Sep-2000

Raft International is planning to raise £6.3m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the expansion of its financial software business.
19-Sep-2000

Amino Communications is forming an alliance with Cyan Technology to develop systems for the connection of domestic appliances to the internet.
19-Sep-2000

Siemens has confirmed the sale of its former North Tyneside semiconductor plant to Atmel of the US, and up to 1,500 jobs will be created over the next three years.
19-Sep-2000

One-2-One has announced plans to create 1,000 jobs at a new mobile phone call centre in Dundee.
19-Sep-2000

The Greater Nottingham Partnership is planning to supply laptop computers to all schoolchildren who need them, as part of a project to set up an e-Learning Foundation.
18-Sep-2000

Telewest is forming a £4m joint venture with Vis to develop games for interactive TV.
18-Sep-2000

Marconi has won a £62m contract from Belgacom to set up a high-speed optical network across Belgium.
18-Sep-2000

CSC Computer Sciences is to recruit 50 IT staff in Derry over the next few months, in order to provide support to Raytheon's expanding software development centre.
15-Sep-2000

Time 24 is planning to set up a new electronics factory on the Isle of Wight, with the creation of 50 jobs.
15-Sep-2000

Signum Circuits is planning to create a further 100 jobs in Selkirk over the next 12 months, as it takes over the former Viasystems site.
15-Sep-2000

Baltimore Technologies has acquired Content Technologies, the developer of e-mail security software, in a £692m deal.
15-Sep-2000

Kingston Communications has applied for access to 1,000 British Telecom exchanges, as part of a strategy to expand its broadband services at a cost of up to £1bn.
14-Sep-2000

Amey is raising £42m in a share placing in order to fund the acquisition of a 50% stake in BCN Data Systems, the developer of technology to monitor security systems and cash machines, for £14m.
13-Sep-2000

Eurodis Electron is to buy the electronic components distribution business of Ericsson Microelectronics for £29m, in order to expand its presence in the Nordic region.
13-Sep-2000

Nortel Networks has won approval to build a £35m research and development centre at its Harlow site, with the creation of up to 600 jobs.
12-Sep-2000

Strategic Software Solutions, the banking software company, is planning to create 130 jobs at a new facility in Alloa, following its recent acquisition by iatmglobal.net of the US.
12-Sep-2000

IX Europe has raised £40m from investors in order to fund the development of a network of internet hosting centres across Europe.
11-Sep-2000

Spirent is planning to acquire Zarak Systems, the US manufacturer of communications test equipment, for £284m.
11-Sep-2000

Chelsfield is to invest £50m in the expansion of its Global Switch web-hosting facilities in Europe and the Pacific Rim over the next nine months.
08-Sep-2000

Siemens is in negotiations to sell its disused microchip plant on North Tyneside to Atmel of the US, which could lead to the creation of 1,500 jobs.
08-Sep-2000

Bookham Technology has confirmed plans to raise £122m in a share placing, in order to invest in new manufacturing facilities for its optical electronics business.
07-Sep-2000

JDS Uniphase has confirmed plans to create 1,200 jobs at its opto-electronics factory in Plymouth over the next five years, in a £32m expansion programme.
06-Sep-2000

Instem, the supplier of IT services to utility companies, is to set up a new headquarters at the Stone Business Park in Staffordshire next year, with the creation of 60 new jobs.
05-Sep-2000

Jennic, the electronics design company, is planning to recruit about 100 engineers by the end of 2001, having just moved into new headquarters in Sheffield.
05-Sep-2000

Marconi is planning to create about 160 jobs in Cambridgeshire, having opened a new communications research centre at the Cambridge Business Park.
05-Sep-2000

British Gas has announced plans to enter the UK home phone market by investing £150m in a new telecoms business, which will lead to the creation of about 800 jobs.
05-Sep-2000

TransEDA is planning to raise £7m in a flotation on Aim in order to develop new software for testing integrated circuits.
05-Sep-2000

Guardian iT is planning to spend £30m setting up web-hosting sites, and is negotiating a lease on an internet centre in west London.
05-Sep-2000

Motorola has announced plans to set up a £20m software design centre at the Alba Centre campus in Livingston, with the creation of 550 jobs.
05-Sep-2000

StepStone is acquiring Job-Today, the German recruitment company, for £21m.
04-Sep-2000

British Telecom has sold its aeronautical and maritime communications division to Stratos Global of Canada for £157m, as part of a strategy to reduce debt by selling non-core operations.
04-Sep-2000

CMG is planning to expand its computer services business into North America, in a change of strategy designed to create a global operation.
31-Aug-2000

Telecom Potential, the Bristol-based customer service group, has been acquired by iSKY of the US, to create a combined group with 1,400 staff operating from six locations.
30-Aug-2000

Checkpoint, the e-commerce software company, is being acquired by Bottomline Technologies of the US for £53m.
30-Aug-2000

JDS Uniphase has taken over five units at the new Oxford Industrial Park at Yarnton for manufacturing fibre-optic equipment, and expects to create 200 jobs over the next year.
25-Aug-2000

TeleTech of the US is planning to set up a new call centre in Belfast for telephone and e-commerce based customer-care operations, with the creation of 900 jobs over the next two years.
25-Aug-2000

Micron Europe is recruiting 112 extra staff having opened a new £10m computer memory plant in East Kilbride.
24-Aug-2000

Landmark Securities has won planning permission to build a 64,450 sq ft call centre in central Cardiff, and discussions are taking place with potential occupiers.
24-Aug-2000

Fujitsu has selected the Laganside area of Belfast as the location for a new £29m telecoms software engineering centre, which will create up to 400 jobs.
23-Aug-2000

Epson is planning to set up a new customer call centre at its Telford base next month in order to provide support for its printers, scanners and digital cameras, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
23-Aug-2000

Durlacher is to acquire Associated Computing, the operator of an online wedding guide, for £0.8m.
22-Aug-2000

Netstore, the application service provider, is planning to expand into continental Europe by setting up a network of value-added resellers.
22-Aug-2000

Orbital Software is planning to raise £15m in a flotation, in order to fund the development of its internet search software.
21-Aug-2000

E-M-Solutions, the US electronic assembly company, is to set up an office at Larbert, near Falkirk, with the creation of 80 jobs.
18-Aug-2000

JWE Telecom is acquiring Direct Voice & Data for up to £5.1m and Crosshouse, the telecoms equipment supplier, for £8m.
18-Aug-2000

British Telecom is to double its stake in the Viag Interkom telecoms joint venture in Germany by acquiring a further 45% from Eon for £4.4bn, as part of a strategy to convert minority interests into controlling stakes.
17-Aug-2000

Ubiquity Software of Newport has raised £28m of venture capital funding in order to further the development of software for telecoms service providers, and about 180 jobs will be created over the next two years.
17-Aug-2000

Patsystems, the developer of software for derivatives trading on the internet, is planning to set up offices in Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo and Milan.
17-Aug-2000

Anglo Communications, the Suffolk-based cabling network installer with about 100 staff, has been acquired by Black Box (UK) for undisclosed terms.
16-Aug-2000

Amacis, the internet software company, is planning to create 100 jobs in Belfast over the next 18 months, having won a contract to install systems for HSBC Bank.
16-Aug-2000

Prime Time Recruitment of Leeds has acquired ORS Recruitment Services for £5m, in order to gain 10 new branches in the North West.
16-Aug-2000

Kingston Communications is selling its 25% stake in KSCL, the communications software business, to Telesens of Germany for £26m.
15-Aug-2000

Demica has raised £6.2m of venture capital funding in order to develop its business software and consultancy services.
14-Aug-2000

British Telecom has dropped plans to set up a £1bn network of internet co-location centres across Europe, due to shareholder concerns about the group's rising debt.
14-Aug-2000

Innovation Group is acquiring Technology in Marketing, the insurance software company, for up to £16m and Invent Software for £2.5m.
14-Aug-2000

RSL Communications is to relocate its headquarters from New York to London this month, in order to benefit from the growing European telecoms market.
11-Aug-2000

BATM Advanced Communications has acquired a video streaming business from Ezenia of the US for £4m, in order to expand its range of routing products.
10-Aug-2000

JSB Software Technologies has acquired CSM Security Management, the Austrian supplier of internet filtering software, for £11m.
08-Aug-2000

Cedar Group is acquiring Cipher Systems of Canada for £8m, in order to expand its customer relationship management software business.
07-Aug-2000

NextCall is seeking new premises in Bristol to expand its telecoms business, which could lead to about 30 new jobs.
07-Aug-2000

The Next Level is planning to expand its Hexham-based telecoms consultancy business with the creation of 10 new jobs.
07-Aug-2000

Energis is creating 200 jobs at its newly-opened Leeds office, including human resources, sales, and technical roles for its telecoms division.
07-Aug-2000

Search Consultancy is planning to open a new recruitment office in Manchester in September with the creation of 100 jobs over the next year, and a similar office will also be opened in Crawley.
07-Aug-2000

CMG, the IT and communication services group, has launched a nationwide recruitment campaign to fill hundreds of vacancies at offices across the UK.
04-Aug-2000

Tyco Electronics is setting up a new factory on a site between its two existing cable harness-making plants in Swindon, with the creation of 40 jobs.
04-Aug-2000

Viridian has acquired Microcentre, the IT services company with 60 staff in Edinburgh and Glasgow, in order to expand its Sx3 division.
04-Aug-2000

Mitel Semiconductor is creating 150 new jobs in Swindon, including 50 in its chip manufacturing plant and 100 in design and customer support.
03-Aug-2000

Redstone Telecom is acquiring Fastnet for £40m, which will enable it to offer DSL high-speed internet services.
02-Aug-2000

TrustMarque is acquiring Internet Software Corporation of York for undisclosed terms, which is expected to lead to 30 new jobs in York over the next year.
02-Aug-2000

Nettec has acquired two French technology consultancies - Eolsys Conseil and Node Venture Group - for £6.1m.
01-Aug-2000

Marconi has acquired Albany Partnership, the developer of mobile telecoms networks, for £71m, which will give it access to more potential sites for mobile phone sites.
31-Jul-2000

Cisco Systems is to take 1.25m sq ft of office space in five separate buildings at Green Park in Reading.
31-Jul-2000

TeleWork is raising £17m in a share offer in order to fund acquisitions and the expansion of its telephony software business.
28-Jul-2000

Bookham Technology has started to recruit 270 engineers and operators for its new optical components manufacturing facility in Swindon.
27-Jul-2000

Capita has won a £400m government contract to set up and run the new Criminal Records Bureau.
26-Jul-2000

Marconi has won a £2bn contract to supply optical electronic equipment for British Telecom's new European broadband network, which is expected to lead to new jobs at sites in Coventry, Liverpool and Italy.
25-Jul-2000

Transco is planning to create 200 fibre optic telecoms jobs at newly-refurbished offices in Queens Road, Reading, and is currently negotiating a lease on the building.
24-Jul-2000

ITG is acquiring Targeted Transaction Management Services, the Sussex-based supplier of mobile telephone vouchers, for £12m.
24-Jul-2000

CMG has acquired Computer Answers, the billing software company, for £60m.
24-Jul-2000

ADC Telecommunications is to create a further 500 jobs at its new £27m facility in Glenrothes, in order to increase production of copper, optical fibre and wireless products for the European telecoms industry.
24-Jul-2000

Rubus, the London-based internet consultancy, is to set up a new office in Manchester with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
21-Jul-2000

Alpha Telecom, the telecoms reseller with 240 employees, has been bought out of receivership by investment vehicle Fusion for £20m.
20-Jul-2000

Veritas, the US data storage software company, is planning to invest £250m in the UK over the next five years with the creation of 2,000 jobs, including the building of a European headquarters in Reading and a research centre in Watford.
20-Jul-2000

InterX is to sell its Ideal Hardware distribution business to Bell Microproducts of the US for up to £18m, in order to focus on its internet business.
19-Jul-2000

Cable & Wireless has bought five more small internet companies for £67m, including Eaisa of Spain, Pictime of France, Point of Presence of Germany, and Widex and Impact of the Netherlands.
19-Jul-2000

Sifam has announced plans to create a further 100 jobs at its fibre optics business in Torbay, by setting up a new factory at the former Devonshire Press site.
19-Jul-2000

Vektor, the language software company, has opened a new corporate headquarters for 40 staff in Manchester city centre, and more employees are being recruited.
19-Jul-2000

Kewill Systems has sold its logistics software business to Swisslog of Switzerland for £17m.
18-Jul-2000

Software AG, the developer of data management systems, is looking to recruit up to 20 new staff at its new £1m headquarters at Pride Park in Derby.
18-Jul-2000

STMicroelectronics is looking to set up a new regional headquarters in Bristol, with the creation of up to 250 jobs over the next three years.
17-Jul-2000

SmartStream, the banking software and services company, has been acquired by 3i from Geac of Canada for £71m.
14-Jul-2000

Psion has acquired Teklogix, the Canadian network integration company, for £243m, as part of a strategy to shift its emphasis from consumer products towards the business market.
13-Jul-2000

Durlacher is setting up a new business called App-X in order to help companies set up application service providers, which allow customers to rent software via the internet.
13-Jul-2000

Powernet Telecom is planning to invest £150m in new infrastructure for its internet and telecoms business, with the creation of 500 jobs at sites in Manchester and London over the next 12 months.
13-Jul-2000

Ultrasis is to acquire Calm Corporation, the developer of diagnostic healthcare software, for £4.1m.
11-Jul-2000

CityReach International is to set up 20 secure internet exchanges across Europe by 2002, having agreed a credit facility worth £83m.
11-Jul-2000

Nortel has announced plans to create a further 400 jobs at its telecoms components plant in Monkstown this year.
11-Jul-2000

Esoft Global has raised £25m in a share placing, in order to fund the expansion of its online software business.
10-Jul-2000

SecureTrading is expanding its e-commerce business on the Welsh Development Agency's Parc Menai Business Park in Bangor, with the creation of a new financial processing facility, a support and development unit, and a telesales team.
10-Jul-2000

ComXo is raising £2m from investors in order to develop a new telecoms system that enables customers to make calls by clicking on an address book on the internet.
07-Jul-2000

Geo Interactive Media is in discussions with a number of potential strategic partners, in order to further the development of technology that enables video to be shown on mobile phones.
07-Jul-2000

Axxia is to set up a new computer data centre at Tankersley near Barnsley, in order to provide back-up and disaster recovery services to lawyers across the country.
07-Jul-2000

Chelford is to undergo a £12m reverse takeover of SSI, the developer of e-business fulfilment software.
06-Jul-2000

Amec and Carillion are competing for a £100m contract to build a 10-storey telecoms centre at East India Dock in London for Global Switch International.
06-Jul-2000

VIS Interactive has opened a new computer games studio in Dundee, and plans to create about 50 jobs this year.
06-Jul-2000

Cable & Wireless is investing £13m in GorillaPark, the Amsterdam-based internet investment company, and the money will be used to invest in about 15 start-up companies.
05-Jul-2000

Anite is looking to expand its IT services business geographically, by acquiring overseas companies with about 200 staff.
05-Jul-2000

Mi Services Group, the supplier of IT solutions to the manufacturing sector, is planning to create 200 jobs in Sunderland over the next three years, while its worldwide workforce will grow from 700 to about 2,000.
04-Jul-2000

Indigovision, the developer of visual communication software, is planning to raise £45m in a share placing in order to develop new technology and raise its profile in Europe.
03-Jul-2000

BCO Technologies, the Belfast-based electronics company, has accepted a £100m takeover offer from Analog Devices of the US.
03-Jul-2000

InTechnology has announced a £165m reverse takeover of two data storage companies - Vdata and Storm - and plans to set up more data storage centres in the UK and Europe.
03-Jul-2000

British Land is linking up with four other leading landlords - Canary Wharf, Norwich Union, Prudential and Legal & General - to install broadband telecoms technology in their buildings, and discussions have begun with a number of providers.
30-Jun-2000

Inter Digital has raised £36m in a second round of financing in order to fund the expansion of its telecoms network across the country.
30-Jun-2000

Skillsgroup is acquiring Direct Media Technology, the developer of training systems, for up to £5.3m.
29-Jun-2000

Vislink is to acquire the Microwave Radio Communications division of Adaptive Broadband of the US for £14m, partly funded by a £4.5m share placing.
28-Jun-2000

Alterian is planning to raise about £20m in a flotation in order to expand its database software business into the US and continental Europe.
28-Jun-2000

PeopleDoc has secured a £2.5m investment from 3i in order to fund the development of its customer information management software and its expansion into the US.
28-Jun-2000

JSB Software has acquired the Cyber Patrol division of Matel for £66m, in order to expand its internet filtering software business.
27-Jun-2000

Climax Group is planning to expand its games software business in Fareham, with the creation of 80 new jobs.
27-Jun-2000

Marlborough Stirling, the developer of software for international finance firms, is planning to recruit a further 300 staff in Cheltenham, taking the total to 820.
26-Jun-2000

Independent News & Media is planning to raise up to £100m in a flotation of its ITouch business, in order to fund the development of its mobile phone information services.
23-Jun-2000

British Telecom is to recruit a further 200 staff at its new £6m call centre in Lincoln, which already employs 400 workers.
23-Jun-2000

Hays has acquired Argon, the French supply chain consultancy, for £6.6m, and has also announced a distribution agreement with i2 Technologies of the US that will enhance its e-commerce capabilities.
22-Jun-2000

Vocalis has reached an agreement with British Telecom to develop speech recognition software for call centres.
22-Jun-2000

Celestica is creating 100 new jobs at its Kidsgrove computer and telecoms equipment factory in North Staffordshire.
22-Jun-2000

Solectron has announced plans to set up a new printed circuit board plant at Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland, creating an initial 80 jobs.
22-Jun-2000

PrismTech has raised £6.5m in order to fund the expansion of its software business into continental Europe and the US.
21-Jun-2000

Global Email Company (gem) of Belfast has secured £7m to help fund the development of its e-commerce business, and the 25-strong workforce will rise to 90 by the end of the year.
20-Jun-2000

Caudwell is creating 50 new jobs at its mobile phone repair division in Newcastle-under-Lyme, having won a contract to repair digital set top boxes.
20-Jun-2000

Netcentric, the business software company, has undergone a £5m reverse takeover of Manx & Overseas, the Aim-listed property company.
19-Jun-2000

Swansea Job Centre has announced that Blurb Direct, the sales agent for the One-2-One mobile phone network, is seeking 500 staff for two new call centres in Swansea and Cardiff.
19-Jun-2000

Siemens Communications is looking to recruit 25 engineers at its contract design services business in Beeston, Nottingham.
16-Jun-2000

Guardian iT is acquiring Safetynet, the computer disaster recovery company, for £170m, in order to expand its product range and strengthen its position in Asia and western Europe.
15-Jun-2000

Atlantic Telecom is to invest £120m in the expansion of its network in the UK and Germany this year, and is looking to win wireless access licences in France through its alliance with Skyline.
14-Jun-2000

Whitehead Mann is acquiring Pendleton James, the US executive search firm, for £6.8m.
14-Jun-2000

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is planning to set up a mobile phone call centre at Forres in the Highlands with the creation of up to 725 jobs, in order to support a contract with One-2-One.
13-Jun-2000

Star Technology Group is planning to raise up to £20m in a share placing in order to fund the expansion of its internet services business, and will open new offices in London, the US and continental Europe.
13-Jun-2000

Cedar Group is to acquire the knowledge management software business of the former British Gas for £7m.
13-Jun-2000

Marconi is planning to set up R&D centres at the universities of Warwick, Parma and Pittsburgh, in order to develop new communications technology and gain access to trained scientists.
12-Jun-2000

Redstone Telecom is in talks with BT Cellnet and One-2-One about plans to set up a virtual mobile telephone network, and a new service could be announced within months.
12-Jun-2000

Southampton Photonics has raised £37m in a share placing in order to fund the development of new fibre optic products, and plans to create 200 jobs over the next six months.
12-Jun-2000

Kewill Systems has acquired Evcor, the US systems integration company, for £30m.
09-Jun-2000

Linx Printing Technologies is acquiring Xymark, the Hull-based laser coder business, for £5.9m.
09-Jun-2000

Aepona is planning a £3.2m expansion at its mobile phone software development business in Belfast, with the creation of 97 jobs.
09-Jun-2000

Videss, the software development company, is to set up a new office at the Shrivenham Hundred Business Park in Swindon later this year.
09-Jun-2000

Telecom Service Centres is to invest £3.3m in a new call centre near Falkirk, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
08-Jun-2000

Hays is to acquire QA Myriad from Skillsgroup for £31m, in order to expand its IT staffing division.
08-Jun-2000

Cable & Wireless is forming an alliance with Microsoft to develop software products that can be accessed remotely over the internet.
07-Jun-2000

Orchestream is planning to raise £54m in a flotation later this month, in order to fund the development of its internet software business.
06-Jun-2000

Genesis Communications, the Manchester-based mobile airtime service provider, is to set up five new sales offices with the creation of 260 jobs.
06-Jun-2000

British Telecom has confirmed plans to set up a headquarters for its Btopenworld internet business at Martlesham Heath near Ipswich, in a £12m project with Alcatel, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies and Newbridge Networks.
06-Jun-2000

Rotherham Council has approved plans for the relocation of ACT Computer Services to new premises at Hellaby, with the creation of 200 jobs.
05-Jun-2000

Guardian iT has acquired the disaster recovery division of Catalyst Solutions for £27m.
02-Jun-2000

Nevada tele.com is to invest £5m in the expansion of its e-commerce solutions business, which offers voice and data telecoms services to businesses in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next four years.
02-Jun-2000

Penna is to acquire Crane Davies for £10m, in order to expand its human resources consultancy business.
02-Jun-2000

Invensys has announced a £468m takeover offer for Baan, and plans to improve the profitability of the Dutch software company by cutting about 1,000 jobs.
01-Jun-2000

Madge Networks has formed a new subsidiary called Red-M to develop wireless internet servers, and it will employ 40 staff.
01-Jun-2000

Peramon has secured £5m of venture capital to develop software for the mobile internet market, and the company's headcount will be increased to 50.
01-Jun-2000

Pinnacle Software of Belfast is to create 50 new jobs by opening offices in Cork, Galway and Dublin, in order to support the expansion of its Sage partnership.
01-Jun-2000

Geo Interactive Media is to acquire Zapex Research, the Israeli semiconductor subsidiary of Brother International, for £18m, in order to speed up the development of its internet multimedia business.
31-May-2000

Anite is to acquire Datavance, the French IT consultancy, for £49m, in order to develop a pan-European service for its banking and telecoms customers.
31-May-2000

Energis is to acquire Stentor, the Irish telecoms provider, for £36m, through its Nevada joint venture with Viridian.
31-May-2000

Vodafone AirTouch has agreed to sell its Orange mobile phone business to France Telecom for £31bn, and Orange's existing management team will be retained in preparation for a partial flotation.
31-May-2000

Barcrest Group has launched a new subsidiary called Vivid Gaming to develop new games for the European gaming industry, and plans to recruit six more staff for its new office in Burton.
30-May-2000

Search Consultancy is planning to expand its recruitment consultancy across the country over the next four years, with the creation of more than 44 jobs.
30-May-2000

Sun Microsystems is planning to create a further 200 jobs in West Lothian, as part of a £26m investment in infrastructure at its Linlithgow site.
30-May-2000

Seagate Technology is to expand output at its disk drive factory in Limavady, Northern Ireland, in a reorganisation that will result in the closure of plants in Mexico and California.
30-May-2000

GoldMine Corporate Software has relocated 100 staff to a new European headquarters in Reading, and plans to recruit a further 30 this summer.
30-May-2000

ISI Group has announced the demerger of McLaren, its Glasgow-based document management software business, with Penta Capital acquiring a £10m stake.
30-May-2000

Sensei of Aylesbury is to raise £33m to invest in the production of mobile phone handsets.
30-May-2000

The government has announced plans to invest £84m in the new University for Industry over the next year, which will involve a network of 250 learning centres and up to 1m learners by 2003.
26-May-2000

JDS Uniphase is planning to recruit up to 1,600 people at its two fibre optic factories in Plymouth over the next three years, with the exact figure depending on how the plants perform compared to other sites worldwide.
26-May-2000

Sage has acquired Apex Software International, the Irish supplier of computer-based services to accountants, for £16m.
26-May-2000

One-2-One has announced plans for a third call centre investment in Sunderland, which will involve the creation of 400 jobs at the Doxford International Business Park.
25-May-2000

Azlan is planning to expand its computer distribution business across Europe through bolt-on acquisitions, and is opening new offices in Spain and Portugal.
25-May-2000

Marconi has acquired Systems Management Specialists, the US operator of five data centres, for £76m.
24-May-2000

National Grid is investing £40m in a new joint venture project to build a fibre-optic link across the Andes, which could lead to the development of a new telecoms network across South America.
24-May-2000

Viridian is to acquire First Software Group, the Manchester-based developer of software for local government, which will add a further 250 staff to its Sx3 division.
24-May-2000

Intel is opening a new data centre in Reading in order to run web sites and e-commerce operations for third parties, and it will employ 250 staff.
23-May-2000

Entranet, the Reading-based developer of online financial services, is looking to recruit up to 500 new programming and design staff.
23-May-2000

Compass Software, the Leicestershire-based developer of retailing software, is planning to raise £4m in a flotation on Aim, in order to expand its product range and invest in marketing.
23-May-2000

Nortel Networks has won a £470m contract to build BT Cellnet's third generation mobile phone network in the UK.
23-May-2000

Kingston Communications is planning to expand its business telecoms network into the Thames Valley and the north-west of England, and has also announced plans for the development of a £60m glass fibre network in partnership with Colt.
23-May-2000

FOL Agriculture, the agricultural internet service provider, has relocated to a new office facility at Osiers Park in Leicester, and is looking to double the size of its 70-strong workforce.
23-May-2000

Optical Micro Devices of Swindon has raised £15m to build a factory to manufacture devices for the opto-electronics industry.
22-May-2000

Business Systems Group is to raise £40m in a flotation, in order to fund the development of its business providing support and software services to companies wanting to outsource their internet requirements.
22-May-2000

Autonomy is acquiring a majority stake in SoftSound, the Cambridge-based developer of speech recognition software.
19-May-2000

Cable & Wireless has announced plans to invest £2.5bn in the creation of a new global telecoms division.
19-May-2000

Cambridge Recruitment Consultants has won a contract to recruit 300 people for Astrium, the newly-created satellite company that is seeking staff in Stevenage, Portsmouth and Manchester.
18-May-2000

Dundee University is forming a £5.5m joint venture with Scottish Enterprise Tayside called AMCET, in order to develop organometallic compounds for the miniaturisation of electronic devices.
17-May-2000

Energis has announced plans to further expand its telecoms business in continental Europe, including three new Dutch city networks and a £200m DSL network in Germany.
17-May-2000

Marconi has won a £430m contract to design and build a wireless communications network for Thrucomm of Florida.
17-May-2000

IQE is planning to raise £53m in a share placing, in order to fund the expansion of its compound semiconductor wafer manufacturing business.
16-May-2000

LSC Group of Tamworth has acquired the electronic document management business of Pennant International Authoring Group for undisclosed terms.
16-May-2000

3Com of the US is to create 50 new jobs at its existing base in Edinburgh, as part of a £6.5m investment in a new business telephone system.
16-May-2000

The Welsh Development Agency is in discussions with Chameleon Software International about setting up a customer service centre in Rhayader for its business management software, with the creation of 40 new jobs.
16-May-2000

Wireless Information Network, the supplier of information services to mobile devices, has raised £8m to fund the expansion of its business in the UK and abroad.
15-May-2000

Oracle has won approval from Wokingham District Council to build a training centre, hotel and leisure centre in Woodley, with the creation of more than 200 jobs.
15-May-2000

Moray Council is considering plans from Call Centre Partners of Edinburgh for the development of an e-commerce centre at a former woollen mill in Keith, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
15-May-2000

Stream International, the US computer support company, is planning to create a further 150 jobs at its call centre in Londonderry.
15-May-2000

Marconi is set to announce plans for a new factory at Ansty near Coventry to produce internet switches and routers, which could create up to 2,000 jobs.
12-May-2000

Buchanan International has raised £4m to launch a new internet security business called Actis Technology, and is planning to open three US offices over the next few weeks.
12-May-2000

Fayrewood is setting up an internet investment division, as part of a series of transactions that will also result in the restructuring of its main computer services business.
12-May-2000

Inmarsat is investing £460m in three new satellites in order to expand the capacity of its international telecoms network.
12-May-2000

Atlantic Telecom has announced plans for a new call centre in Manchester, which will create 100 jobs.
12-May-2000

Signum Circuits is to recruit a further 40 staff at its electronics factory in Selkirk.
12-May-2000

Cumbria Inward Investment Agency is close to agreeing a multi-million deal for the creation of a new call centre and 500 jobs in Whitehaven, and a planning application has been submitted to Copeland Council.
12-May-2000

Marconi is planning to expand its Fibreway fibre optic cable network from 1,300km to 3,000km over the next few years, and is also considering plans to sell off or float the business.
11-May-2000

Innovation Group is planning to raise £50m in a flotation, in order to expand its business supplying claims management software to the insurance industry.
11-May-2000

Crew Services, the Portsmouth-based computer consultancy, is to recruit 25 new staff over the next year to undertake contract work for companies across the country.
11-May-2000

British Telecom has announced plans to set up a new £1.8m call centre in Londonderry, with the creation of 160 jobs.
11-May-2000

Viridian has acquired XBS, the Tyneside-based systems integration company, as part of a strategy to expand its Sx3 division.
10-May-2000

Sage has pledged to create 600 jobs at its Newcastle-upon-Tyne headquarters over the next three years, and is waiting for approval to be given for the proposed expansion of Newcastle Great Park.
10-May-2000

Spring is planning to accelerate the overseas expansion of its IT staffing business, and is particularly interested in the US, Asia, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy and the Netherlands.
09-May-2000

Lynx has set up a new office at Grove Park near Enderby, in order to house a software development team and strategic business unit with 28 staff.
09-May-2000

Orbital Software, the internet software company, has raised about £7m of private funding in order to fund the development of new sales offices in Europe and the US.
05-May-2000

Freecom.net has acquired 80% of Systems Union, the supplier of Sun business software, for £32m.
05-May-2000

One-2-One has announced plans to create a further 2,000 customer service jobs over the next year at sites in Merthyr Tydfil, Greenock, Rotherham and Sunderland.
05-May-2000

Marconi is to create 400 new jobs at sites in Nottingham, Coventry, Liverpool, London and Lincoln, due to rising demand for telecoms hardware and software.
04-May-2000

Aspective, the mobile applications service provider, has raised £38m of private equity in order to fund overseas expansion, investment in computer infrastructure and the recruitment of 400 new staff.
04-May-2000

CallCentric has acquired Datapoint, the US call centre specialist, for £38m, and the merged business will be called Datapoint and have its headquarters in Windsor.
04-May-2000

Whitehead Mann is to acquire GKR for £20m, in order to create the country's largest senior executive search firm.
04-May-2000

Viridian has acquired Specialist Computer Programming, the Ballymena-based developer of building control and town planning software, for undisclosed terms.
04-May-2000

Smiths Industries is to acquire Florida RF Labs, the US telecoms components company, for £16m.
04-May-2000

Compusolve Innovations is planning to install WebStation internet kiosks in public places throughout the country, and the screens will show advertisements when not in use.
03-May-2000

Cambridge Industries, the Reading-based manufacturer of satellite receiver components, has been acquired by Channel Master of the US for about £23m.
03-May-2000

Retronix is to relocate its mobile phone components business to a new £2m plant being built in Coatbridge, and expects to create up to 150 jobs over the next four years.
03-May-2000

The government is planning to build a £25m surveillance centre called the Government Technical Assistance Centre, in order to monitor the use of technology by criminals, but no decision has been made on the location.
02-May-2000

British Telecom is planning to open a new call centre at Alness in the Highlands, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
02-May-2000

LEAF is planning a £4m expansion at its electronic components business in Newtownabbey, with the creation of 100 jobs.
02-May-2000

Vodafone AirTouch, TIW of Canada, British Telecom, One-2-One and Orange have won the five licences to launch third-generation mobile phone services, and each of them must now build a network that can be used by at least 80% of the population.
28-Apr-2000

Opal Telecom is planning to raise £35m in a flotation, in order to invest in telephone network software for the development of broadband services and to increase the capacity offered to internet service providers.
28-Apr-2000

Indicii Salus is selling a 6.5% stake in its London-based internet security business to G-Tech of the US for £5.9m, and G-Tech will use Indicii's systems for the development of new online lotteries.
28-Apr-2000

Atlantic Telecom is to acquire First Telecom for £520m, and plans to spend £100m expanding First Telecom's DSL network in Germany.
28-Apr-2000

Staffordshire Moorlands Council is considering plans from 360 Network of Canada for the development of a £4m fibre optic relay station in Cheddleton.
28-Apr-2000

Centrica is to locate its new telecoms business in Manchester, with the creation of more than 800 jobs.
27-Apr-2000

Jennic is to set up a new headquarters for its microchip design and communications technology business in Sheffield, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
27-Apr-2000

Momentus, the London-based e-consultancy, is being acquired by Diamond Technology Partners of the US for £6.2m.
26-Apr-2000

Centrica is to expand its telecoms business, with Vodafone providing mobile telecoms services to its customers and Torch Telecom and Cable & Wireless Communications providing fixed network capacity.
26-Apr-2000

Photobition, the supplier of graphics displays, has acquired four former Wace businesses in the US from Applied Graphics Technologies for £7.3m.
26-Apr-2000

Harvey Nash is to acquire TechPartners International for an initial £15m, in order to expand its US recruitment business.
26-Apr-2000

Zuken of Japan is expanding its software design business in Bristol, with the creation of 40 jobs.
26-Apr-2000

Bull Worldwide Information Systems is to set up a smart card manufacturing facility at Segensworth North in Hampshire, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
26-Apr-2000

Magic Moments Internet has acquired WebFusion, the Nottingham-based web site designer, in a deal worth up to £40m.
25-Apr-2000

Zefer, the US e-consultancy, has increased its London-based staff to 25 by taking on most of the former Virgin.net web design team, and is looking to recruit a further 100 people this year.
25-Apr-2000

Marconi has acquired MSI, the London-based wireless network consultancy, for £391m, as part of a strategy to position itself against the big telecoms companies.
25-Apr-2000

Motorola is planning to invest £1.3bn at the former Hyundai semiconductor plant in Dunfermline, with the creation of 1,300 jobs over the next five years.
25-Apr-2000

Business Serve, the web site hosting company, is moving to a new office in Lancaster with the creation of 140 jobs.
25-Apr-2000

Cable & Wireless has acquired a 51% stake in Ipergy Communications of Brussels for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to develop a pan-European internet business.
19-Apr-2000

Enron of the US is to invest £6m in OS Integration, in order to fund the Surrey-based internet consultancy's international expansion programme.
18-Apr-2000

Zeus Technology, the Cambridge-based internet software company, is planning a flotation later this year with an expected valuation of at least £100m, and about 100 new jobs will be created.
17-Apr-2000

Ultra Electronics has acquired Datel Ferranti, the defence software company, for £44m.
17-Apr-2000

Skillsgroup is planning to sell its Acuma enterprise solutions division to management, in order to focus its other two divisions, QA and Pontis Consulting, on the e-business IT training market.
17-Apr-2000

Rage Software has acquired the Caffeine Studios and The Internet Football Club for £3m, as part of a strategy to transform itself from a games developer into a games publisher.
14-Apr-2000

Freeserve has announced a £4.5m alliance with NetCall and TelePost to develop new value-added voice and data services, such as web-based voice conferencing.
14-Apr-2000

Telecom Service Centres is planning to set up a new £2m call centre on the outskirts of Aviemore, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
14-Apr-2000

Wax Digital Marketing Research has secured £1.5m of capital from 3i, in order to fund the expansion of its e-commerce software products into continental Europe.
14-Apr-2000

Shopcreator Developments, the developer of e-commerce software for small retailers, is planning to raise £25m in a flotation this summer in order to fund an expansion programme that will create 80 jobs in Tadcaster.
13-Apr-2000

Wolverhampton Council is considering plans from B&R properties for the development of a £4.5m two-storey telephone and communications centre at the Wolverhampton Business Park.
13-Apr-2000

CCM Distribution, the Altrincham-based computer components company, has undergone a management buy-out, and is now planning to develop a new range of hard drives, fax modems and other components.
13-Apr-2000

NEC has announced plans to invest a further £60m at its semiconductor plant in Livingston, in order to improve productivity.
13-Apr-2000

Clarity, the internet consultancy, has been acquired by Proxicom of the US for £46m, which will increase its technical capacity and provide access to overseas markets.
12-Apr-2000

AFA Systems has acquired Data Analysis Risk Technology, the derivatives software house, in a £26m deal.
12-Apr-2000

ARM Holdings has acquired Infinite Designs, the Sheffield-based microchip designer, for £0.3m.
12-Apr-2000

Radiant Networks has secured £12m of venture capital funding to develop a sales and marketing campaign for its broadband wireless technology, and it expects to create 100 new jobs this year.
11-Apr-2000

Red Lemon Studios, the Glasgow-based computer games company, is to create 35 new jobs, having secured £1m of venture capital funding.
11-Apr-2000

Cable & Wireless has acquired Jaguar Communications, the St Albans-based network integration company.
10-Apr-2000

Keystone Software has acquired the legal software division of US-based BISPoint Technologies for £5m, partly funded by a £2.4m share placing.
07-Apr-2000

Policy Master is seeking acquisitions in the US insurance software market, and is also looking to develop its third party administration business.
07-Apr-2000

Sage is acquiring CSM, the Birmingham-based developer of tax software, from Freecom.net for £9m.
07-Apr-2000

Deutsche Telekom is planning to set up a London headquarters for its new mobile internet business.
06-Apr-2000

Project Telecom, the virtual network operator, is planning to raise up to £40m in a share placing, in order to fund acquisitions and the creation of new mobile telecom services.
06-Apr-2000

Band-X, the trader of telecoms capacity, has raised £25m to fund its expansion into the US, continental Europe and south-east Asia.
06-Apr-2000

British Telecom and AT&T have announced plans to invest £1.25bn setting up 30 web hosting centres around the world over the next three years, including sites in Cardiff, Birmingham, Bletchley and St Albans.
06-Apr-2000

IS Solutions, the software and computer services group, is acquiring AXL Business Solutions and AXL Performance Solutions for £2.3m.
06-Apr-2000

Solectron Corporation, the US electronics manufacturing service company, is to set up a new outsourcing facility in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 70 jobs.
06-Apr-2000

North Lincolnshire Council is to consider plans from TS&S Global, the supplier of after-sales repairs of telecoms equipment, to build a new factory in Scunthorpe with the creation of 35 jobs.
06-Apr-2000

Deltron Electronics of Newmarket has acquired RAB Distribution and OEM Connectique for £1.7m, in order to expand its French telecoms equipment business.
06-Apr-2000

Geo Interactive Media has acquired Orca Computers, the Israeli supplier of broadband data solutions, for £20m.
05-Apr-2000

Chelsfield is linking up with TrizecHahn of Canada to pay £260m for a 66% stake in Global Switch International, the facilities management business, and they aim to set up a series of international "carrier hotels" for the telecoms sector.
05-Apr-2000

MCI Worldcom is planning to set up a European headquarters at the Reading International Business Park being built by the M4 motorway, where it will employ up to 3,000 staff by 2002.
05-Apr-2000

Cedar Group, the software services company, has announced acquisitions worth a total of £21m, including SBA UK and Ansaback for £17m, and a majority stake in Sword Business Services for £4m.
05-Apr-2000

Magex has raised £50m of private equity funding to develop software for the collection of digital content royalties.
04-Apr-2000

CMG is to acquire Admiral, the computer services group, for £1.15bn, in order to expand its range of products and double its business in the UK, France and Belgium.
04-Apr-2000

In4tek, the Altrincham-based developer of software for health and social services staff, has undergone a £3m management but-out from Systems Team.
04-Apr-2000

Gameplay.com is to acquire Nordic Games, the Scandinavian supplier of computer games by mail order, in a £6m share deal.
04-Apr-2000

CallNet is raising £10m in a share placing and reverse takeover of Primar-e, in order to fund the European expansion of its cut-price telephone calls and internet services business.
03-Apr-2000

JWE Telecom is to acquire Managed Network Services of Oxford for £24m, as part of a strategy to build up a nationwide telecoms business.
03-Apr-2000

UUNET is to invest £2m in the development of two new internet gateway centres in Glasgow and Aberdeen, and will also develop facilities in Sunderland, Sheffield, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Exeter and Bristol this year.
03-Apr-2000

SDL, the developer of translation software, has acquired International Translation & Publishing of Ireland for £14m, funded by a £22m rights issue.
31-Mar-2000

British Telecom is linking up with Microsoft and AT&T to develop software for mobile phone systems, and will contribute human resources and testing facilities to the project.
31-Mar-2000

Marconi is to invest £40m in a new communications technology centre at Cambridge University.
30-Mar-2000

Just2Clicks has acquired Tradezone, the e-commerce software company, for £10m, in order to help with the development of online procurement exchanges.
30-Mar-2000

Mitac Europe is planning a £5m expansion at its computer products facility in Telford, with the creation of 200 jobs.
30-Mar-2000

ERA Technology is planning to create more than 200 jobs at an unnamed site near Ipswich this year, where the focus will be on software testing, e-commerce and multi-media programming.
29-Mar-2000

Spider Software, the Edinburgh-based developer of wireless technologies, has been acquired by Artesyn Technologies of the US for £28m, which will lead to the creation of 60 new jobs.
29-Mar-2000

Signum Circuits, the Selkirk-based printed circuit boards company, has bought Kam Circuits of Wiltshire out of receivership.
29-Mar-2000

Generics Group, the Cambridge-based high technology consultancy, is looking to raise up to £50m in a flotation in order to fund international expansion and the acquisition of start-up companies.
28-Mar-2000

Advent International has acquired CyberCity, the Danish internet access company, for £41m.
28-Mar-2000

NetBenefit is seeking acquisitions in continental Europe in order to expand its domain name registration business.
27-Mar-2000

Freecom.net is acquiring Oneview.net, the web site developer, in a £135m deal, and is now seeking joint ventures with telecoms providers.
27-Mar-2000

ServicePower Technologies is planning to raise £10m in a flotation in order to fund the development of software to help companies manage service engineers and other field personnel.
27-Mar-2000

Ericsson is planning a £10m expansion of its telecoms components business in Scunthorpe, with the creation of 500 jobs.
27-Mar-2000

Cap Gemini is planning to expand its Dingwall call centre in the Highlands with the creation of more than 100 jobs, in order to sell tickets for Virgin TrainLine.
27-Mar-2000

Skillvest.com has raised £8m of venture capital funding to expand its online corporate training business into continental Europe.
24-Mar-2000

Toshiba is to invest £10m at a new laboratory in Bristol over the next five years, in order to research new mobile phone technology.
24-Mar-2000

First People is creating up to 25 new jobs in Fareham to cope with rising demand for its on-site personnel management services.
23-Mar-2000

Vianet is raising £4.4m in a share placing in order to fund the development of new technology to allow remote monitoring of vending machines and other equipment.
22-Mar-2000

First Line is to expand its mobile phone call centre in Swansea with the creation of 250 new jobs.
22-Mar-2000

DMA Design is to relocate its computer games business and up to 25 staff from Dundee to an existing site in Edinburgh.
22-Mar-2000

Iomart is planning to raise about £20m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the expansion of its Madasafish internet access service.
21-Mar-2000

Insight, the direct marketer of computer hardware and software, is creating 100 new jobs in Worksop.
21-Mar-2000

British Telecom is said to be planning to relocate almost 4,000 employees to two new offices at Leavesden Park near Watford and City Place at Gatwick, as part of a strategy to move staff away from central London.
20-Mar-2000

Misys is to acquire IE Group, the supplier of software support to independent financial advisers, for £21m.
20-Mar-2000

Storm Telecommunications is investing over £60m with Telia of Sweden in the development of a fibre optic network to connect Europe's large commercial centres with the US.
17-Mar-2000

Freeserve is to acquire SmartGroups.com, the creator of web-based communities, for up to £60m in new shares, in order to provide new advertising and e-commerce opportunities.
17-Mar-2000

Auspex, the supplier of file servers, is to set up a new European headquarters and sales base in Aldermaston.
17-Mar-2000

Geoconference, the Glasgow-based teleconferencing group, has been bought by a subsidiary of Bermuda-based Global Crossing for £20m.
17-Mar-2000

Sage is acquiring Ubiquis, the French developer of e-commerce software, in a £20m deal.
17-Mar-2000

Sema is to acquire LHS, the US telecoms software company, in a £2.5bn deal, and will merge its SemaVision mobile phone operation with LHS's Targys.
16-Mar-2000

Cedar Group is to raise £40m in a share placing in order to fund the expansion of its software business, and is particularly interested in the US financial services sector.
16-Mar-2000

British Telecom is planning to build a £8m call centre at the former Nantgarw Colliery near Cardiff, with the creation of 800 jobs.
15-Mar-2000

Scottish Enterprise, the development agency, is to spend £6.4m putting all its internal operations online, including business support, information services and training.
15-Mar-2000

NCorp, the developer of online shopping software, is planning to open sales offices in the US and continental Europe later this year.
15-Mar-2000

Outsource Laboratories of the US is setting up a £2m software design centre in Belfast to develop information services for mobile phones, with the creation of 42 jobs.
15-Mar-2000

Orange is to create 60 new jobs in Northern Ireland this year, by opening five new mobile phone shops and expanding management and technical support.
15-Mar-2000

VirtualInternet.net is to raise £33m in a share placing, in order to finance acquisitions and expand its existing European web hosting operations.
14-Mar-2000

Xyratex has announced plans to expand its electronics research facilities in Havant with the creation of 950 jobs, as part of a £35m scheme that will also see the development of a new B&Q Warehouse at the site.
14-Mar-2000

Cityspace has started installing the i-plus network of more than 1,000 e-mail kiosks at hotels, bus stops and railway stations, and aims to attract 2m users a month.
13-Mar-2000

Energis is acquiring Carrier24, the German supplier of broadband telecoms capacity, for £20m.
13-Mar-2000

Information Highway, the Swedish IT company, is to create 30 new jobs following its relocation from Histon to the Cambridge Science Park.
13-Mar-2000

Laird has announced plans to open a £10m telecoms factory near the Irvine Business Park in September, creating a further 750 jobs.
13-Mar-2000

Monster.com Europe is to open a multi-lingual European sales centre for its jobs network in Glasgow in April, and expects to create 200 jobs over the next three years.
13-Mar-2000

British Telecom is to invest £160m in the launch of its Genie mobile internet service in 15 countries, in partnership with more than 30 companies.
10-Mar-2000

Baltimore Technologies has acquired a 72% stake in NSJ, the Japanese distributor of internet security products, for £16m, and is now seeking further acquisitions in Japan.
10-Mar-2000

Easynet is to raise £52m in a share placing in order to build a high-speed telecoms network in Germany, set up new operations in Italy and Switzerland, and expand its web hosting facilities in London.
10-Mar-2000

Time Computer Systems is to create 150 new customer care jobs at its computer mail-order business in Simonstone, Lancashire.
10-Mar-2000

Redbus Interhouse is planning to raise £20m in a share placing in order to set up a network of internet co-location facilities across Europe.
09-Mar-2000

Bell Group is acquiring And Identification, the Dutch supplier of e-commerce security systems, for £15m.
09-Mar-2000

Infineon of Germany is in negotiations to re-open the former £650m Siemens semiconductor plant on Tyneside, which could lead to the creation of 1,000 jobs.
09-Mar-2000

FI Group is opening a new £1m office in Edinburgh, as part of the ongoing expansion of its e-business activities in Scotland.
09-Mar-2000

Vision IT is to relocate its IT recruitment business from Buckinghamshire to a site in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, with the creation of 50 jobs.
09-Mar-2000

Pivotal Corporation of Canada is to set up a £20m internet software development centre in Belfast, with the creation of 150 jobs over the next five year.
09-Mar-2000

EDS is to install up to 10,000 kiosks in Jobcentres to enable jobseekers to use the internet to search for jobs, and the government is investing £68m in the project.
08-Mar-2000

Colt Telecom has raised a further £700m in a share placing, in order to fund the expansion of its inter-city telecoms network and to set up a further 20 web-hosting centres.
07-Mar-2000

Kymata is raising £46m from venture capital funds, in order to fund the expansion of its opto-electronics manufacturing facilities in Livingston.
07-Mar-2000

Orange has announced plans to create a further 600 jobs at telecoms call centres in Peterlee and North Tyneside.
07-Mar-2000

Bookham Technology is planning to raise up to £125m in a flotation in order to expand production of optical components, creating 180 jobs at a new factory in Swindon and another 100 at its Abingdon headquarters.
06-Mar-2000

Knowledge Support Systems is planning to raise £30m in a flotation, in order to expand its sales force and launch its software products in the US.
06-Mar-2000

Sopheon, the information management software company, is to acquire Teltech Resource Network of the US for £29m, partly funded by a £20m share placing.
06-Mar-2000

Atlantech Technologies, the Cumbernauld-based internet software supplier, has been acquired by Cisco Systems of the US for £125m.
02-Mar-2000

Cable & Wireless is to sell its Hong Kong telecoms subsidiary to Pacific Century Cyber Works for £22bn.
01-Mar-2000

UniComp of the US is planning to create up to 100 new jobs in Belfast this year, following a rise in demand for its e-commerce and software products.
29-Feb-2000

ADC Telecommunications of the US is to set up a £27m network components factory in Glenrothes, with the creation of 300 jobs before the end of the year.
29-Feb-2000

Sigtronics of East Lothian has raised £1m from venture capital companies to fund the development of new technology to produce printed circuit board prototypes.
28-Feb-2000

Centrica is to invest £150m in a telecoms and internet service to be launched in September, and will recruit 450 staff for a new call centre.
25-Feb-2000

Redstone Telecom is raising £121m in a share issue in order to fund the development of fibre optic connections from its existing network to British Telecom exchanges and gain access to the local loop to homes and offices.
25-Feb-2000

Electronic Data Processing is to reposition itself as an internet service provider under the Fastfreenet name, in order to speed up the development of its e-business software.
25-Feb-2000

British Telecom is forming an alliance with Panasonic to develop a system that will enable people to download music from the internet via their mobile phones.
24-Feb-2000

RiverSoft has raised £22m of venture capital, in order to fund the expansion of its salesforce and the development of new software to locate failures in web networks.
24-Feb-2000

BG is planning to set up a telecoms venture by the end of the year, which will involve running fibre optic cable alongside its gas pipeline network.
23-Feb-2000

Diagonal is looking to expand its IT consultancy business by making up to six acquisitions this year, and is particularly interested in internet security and remote access systems.
23-Feb-2000

ZEDA is planning to create a further 175 jobs at its Nottingham-based IT business over the next 18 months, having won a contract to supply Baltimore's e-business security solutions.
22-Feb-2000

Mion Electronics is to invest £2.5m at its printed circuit boards factory in Barnsley, in order to increase capacity and upgrade equipment.
22-Feb-2000

Eircom is to invest £25m in the development of a new fibre-optic communications network in Northern Ireland, and expects to create 400 jobs over the next five years.
22-Feb-2000

ICL is forming a joint venture with Nokia to develop new applications to improve internal communications at Nokia and increase electronic links with its suppliers.
22-Feb-2000

Capita is forming an alliance with Microsoft to develop new online services for schools, including a system to allow parents to monitor the progress of their children.
22-Feb-2000

Synergie.net is planning to raise £2m in a share placing in order to fund the expansion of its telephony and internet services.
22-Feb-2000

Virgin is planning to set up a mobile phone service in Australia later this year, in a joint venture with Optus.
21-Feb-2000

Alphameric is acquiring Pennine Retail, the supplier of IT systems to retailers, for £60m.
21-Feb-2000

Memory Corp is forming an alliance with SAP and Microsoft to develop a platform for its internet-based music service.
18-Feb-2000

Telesmart Developments is to be acquired by Prism Holdings, the South African supplier of secure electronic transaction systems, for £4.5m.
18-Feb-2000

XTML, the Manchester-based internet services company, is to recruit 50 new staff, in order to expand its sales, technical and support teams.
17-Feb-2000

One-2-One is planning to create up to 2,000 jobs in Scotland this year, including 300 at contract company TSC's site across the road from One-2-One's main Greenock centre.
17-Feb-2000

Specialist Computer Holdings has acquired the computer distribution business of Buhrmann of the Netherlands for about £115m, in order to meet rising demand for pan-European IT services.
17-Feb-2000

PNC Telecom is raising £6.9m in a share placing, in order to fund the development of its internet telephony business.
16-Feb-2000

Fullerton Computer Industries is to create 700 new jobs at a new £10m facility in Irvine.
15-Feb-2000

John McGavigan is planning to build a £20m electronic components plant at Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire, with the creation of 400 jobs.
15-Feb-2000

JDS Uniphase is seeking 100 new staff for its fibre optics business in Witney, Oxfordshire.
15-Feb-2000

Parity is linking up with Infobank International to develop a business-to-business trading community for the utilities sector.
15-Feb-2000

Critchley, the manufacturer of electronic tagging systems, has accepted a £122m takeover bid from Tyco of the US.
15-Feb-2000

Marconi has acquired Australian Communication Solutions, the supplier of network design services, for £28m.
15-Feb-2000

British Telecom is forming an alliance with Corning to develop photonics technology for the high-capacity transmission of information, and its Photonics Technology Research Centre will be transferred to the US group for £39m.
15-Feb-2000

Kingston Communications has announced plans to raise £100m in a share placing, in order to fund the expansion of its Torch telecoms business into more cities.
11-Feb-2000

One-2-One is planning a £12m expansion at its telecoms call centre in Sunderland, with the creation of 300 jobs.
10-Feb-2000

Science Systems, the software company, is to buy CODA from Baan of the Netherlands for £32m, as part of a strategy to become a leader in the field of internet-based financial services.
10-Feb-2000

InterX is to merge with Cromwell Media in a £226m deal, in order to gain access to software tools for the development of its hardware distribution business.
10-Feb-2000

Paragon Software, the Newbury-based developer of mobile phone software, has been acquired by Phone.com of the US for £314m.
09-Feb-2000

Memory Corp is changing its name to Dig, as part of a restructuring programme that will see the group focus on the development of an internet music service.
09-Feb-2000

Riva Group is selling its Business Solutions Division to eXegeSys of the US, as part of a restructuring by Riva's parent company Anker that will leave Westhoughton as the group's European head office.
08-Feb-2000

MGt has secured a number of new contracts to provide customer management services to travel and TV companies, and is seeking 100 new staff for its call centre in Kirkcaldy.
08-Feb-2000

Hays is expanding its recruitment agency business with the £22m acquisition of Sedi and MD Concept in France and Roozen & van Hoof in the Netherlands.
08-Feb-2000

Anite is acquiring 2 Sell Marketing & Sales Consultancy, the Dutch internet business, for up to £0.6m, in order to create a training centre for its 800 consultants in continental Europe.
08-Feb-2000

Element 14 is to open a new engineering facility in Belgium in order to develop DSL technology for broadband internet access.
07-Feb-2000

Vodafone AirTouch has agreed a £113bn merger with Mannesmann of Germany, which will create the largest telecoms group in the world.
04-Feb-2000

Fujitsu is to set up a £29m engineering centre for advanced communication technology products in Belfast, which will employ 400 engineers.
04-Feb-2000

Alphameric is seeking acquisitions to expand its logistics software business, in order to benefit from the expected rise in demand for warehouses from e-commerce companies.
04-Feb-2000

United Utilities has acquired Intercell, the Sheffield-based telecoms company, for undisclosed terms, and it will be merged into its Norweb Telecom operation.
04-Feb-2000

Manpower is to announce plans for a new £2.5m call centre at Cleddau Bridge in Pembrokeshire in a joint venture with 7C, which could create up to 600 jobs.
04-Feb-2000

Vodafone AirTouch is planning to move into new premises on the Exeter Business Park at Sowton next month, with the creation of scores of new jobs.
03-Feb-2000

Iomart, the Glasgow-based internet service company, is looking to expand the workforce at its call centre on Stornaway from 60 to about 200.
03-Feb-2000

ITnet has acquired French Thornton, the independent management consultancy, for £8.5m.
03-Feb-2000

BATM Advanced Communications is to acquire Telco Systems, the US supplier of data communications equipment, for about £200m.
03-Feb-2000

Future Integrated Telephony is planning to raise £8.5m in a share placing in order to finance the development of its telephone systems business.
03-Feb-2000

Kymata has announced plans to create a further 150 jobs at its new microchip plant in Livingston.
02-Feb-2000

Inmarsat is acquiring part of EAE Group, the Aberdeen-based supplier of integrated telecoms systems, for £2.6m.
02-Feb-2000

British Telecom is forming an alliance with two US internet companies - VerticalNet and Internet Capital Group - to invest £141m in new business-to-business web sites.
02-Feb-2000

Motorola is said to be discussing a £3bn plan to take over the Hyundai semiconductor site in Dunfermline, which could lead to the creation of up to 2,500 jobs.
01-Feb-2000

Psion is forming an alliance with Motorola to develop mobile internet access devices, and the product development team is expected to have more than 100 staff.
01-Feb-2000

Virtutel is planning to create up to 200 jobs at its outsourcing call centre in Peterlee, and is also looking for an additional call centre in County Durham or Tyne & Wear.
31-Jan-2000

Dataflex is planning to raise £10m in a flotation in order to fund the development of its call routing technology.
31-Jan-2000

Hewlett-Packard is to set up a research facility for its Agilent Technologies division on its South Queensferry site in Scotland, in order to develop new data communication technologies.
31-Jan-2000

NSB Retail Systems, the supplier of retailing software, has acquired Real Time Control for £74m.
31-Jan-2000

Nortel Networks is said to be planning a major expansion at its Monkstown plant in Northern Ireland, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
28-Jan-2000

Hyder is planning to set up a commercial customer call centre in Cwmbran for its business services division, with the creation of 300 jobs.
28-Jan-2000

NewNet and Athene Internet are both setting up new offices at the Cams Estate in Fareham, in order to take advantage of the business park's global communication links.
27-Jan-2000

Guildhall Leisure Services is relocating its software business to larger premises in Doncaster, with the creation of 10 new jobs.
27-Jan-2000

Marlborough Stirling, the software company, is planning to set up a call centre next to its existing headquarters in Cheltenham, with the creation of 500 jobs.
26-Jan-2000

Marconi has sold its Network Components & Services business in Europe and China to Viasystems of the US for £70m, as part of a strategy to focus on telecoms and other high technology operations.
26-Jan-2000

VIS Interactive, the Dunfermline-based computer games company, is planning to create 200 new jobs having secured £20m of funding from the Bank of Scotland.
25-Jan-2000

Hays is to acquire EPS, the Banbury-based supplier of services to mobile phone operators, for £55m.
25-Jan-2000

Mitel Semiconductor of Lincoln has been acquired by Dynex Power of Canada, in a £5m deal that will safeguard more than 300 jobs.
24-Jan-2000

Software Box, the York-based software supplier, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
24-Jan-2000

Scipher is planning to raise £30m in a flotation next month, in order to fund the development of its three-dimensional sound system for computers.
24-Jan-2000

Project Telecom is to set up a £3m national operations centre near its existing site in Newark, with the creation of 200 new jobs.
21-Jan-2000

United Utilities is to invest £100m over the next 12 months in the creation of a broad-band national network for its Norweb Telecom business, including a new sales and marketing support division in Liverpool.
20-Jan-2000

Intel is to set up its first European "server farm" at Winnersh near Reading, which will supply e-commerce computer capacity to corporate customers and create 170 jobs.
20-Jan-2000

Carphone Warehouse is launching a £30m venture capital fund to invest in new wireless technology and internet opportunities, and has already acquired stakes in four companies.
20-Jan-2000

Kalamazoo Computer has sold Kalamazoo Answer, the developer of software solutions for food and drink companies, to a management buy-out for a nominal sum.
20-Jan-2000

Gameplay.com has acquired Joysoft, the German online computer games retailer, for £2.5m, and is now seeking acquisitions in France.
20-Jan-2000

Sifam is to expand its fibre optics factory in Torquay and build a new plant in Plymouth, creating 1,000 jobs over the next year.
19-Jan-2000

FI Group is to acquire Druid Group, the business software group, for £763m, in order to create a new force in the market for e-business and IT consulting.
18-Jan-2000

Scottish & Southern Energy has announced plans to build a 1,250km telecoms network linking business centres across the south of England, and intends to lease much of the capacity.
18-Jan-2000

Baltimore Technologies has acquired GTE CyberTrust Solutions, the US internet security company, for £91m.
18-Jan-2000

Highlands & Islands Enterprise has announced that an unnamed company is planning to set up a call centre in Aviemore, with the creation of 300 jobs.
17-Jan-2000

Nortel Networks is to build a new telecoms network across 96 European cities for Vine Telecom, a new UK carrier that is seeking more than £400m of financing.
17-Jan-2000

NTL has won a £10m contract to build a new radio communications network for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
17-Jan-2000

One-2-One is planning to set up a call centre for its mobile phone business in Wales, with the creation of 800 jobs, and a number of potential sites are being considered.
15-Jan-2000

NextCall is to open an office in Glasgow with the creation of up to 60 sales jobs, following a successful pilot scheme for its low-cost phone service in Aberdeen.
14-Jan-2000

Rebus is to acquire Moorepay, the supplier of payroll processing systems, for £41m.
14-Jan-2000

Racal Electronics has agreed to a £1.3bn takeover bid from Thomson-CSF of France, and Thomson's existing 6,000 UK employees are expected to be reorganised around Racal.
14-Jan-2000

Cable & Wireless has bought a further eight internet service providers in continental Europe, and is looking to invest a further £300m in the expansion of its network.
14-Jan-2000

Plymouth City Council is to consider plans from EBC Developments for the construction of a 100,000 sq ft call centre at Roborough, which could lead to the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
13-Jan-2000

Sage has acquired Best, the US supplier of back-office software, for £272m, in order to offer a more comprehensive package to small and medium-sized US companies.
13-Jan-2000

Pace Micro Technology is creating a further 200 jobs at sites in Bradford, Cambridge and the US, in order to cope with rising demand for its digital TV set-top boxes.
12-Jan-2000

DX Communications is planning to expand its chain of mobile phone shops from 170 to 350, and will create 600 jobs including 100 at its call centre in Glasgow.
12-Jan-2000

Vodafone AirTouch is to develop new ways of accessing the internet from mobile phones, in partnership with IBM, Nokia, Sun, Ericsson, Palm Computing and Psion.
12-Jan-2000

British Telecom has launched a £1.5bn recommended takeover offer for Esat, the Irish telecoms group.
12-Jan-2000

Rolfe & Nolan is to acquire Contac, the Singapore-based supplier of derivatives software, for up to £15m.
12-Jan-2000

Manpower is to acquire Elan Group, the IT recruitment agency, for £88m, and will merge all its IT staffing operations across Europe under the Elan brand.
12-Jan-2000

Opsys has raised £1.5m to fund the development of new light-emitting materials for small electronic displays, and expects to recruit 20 new staff at its headquarters on Oxford University's Begbroke Science Park.
11-Jan-2000

Microcosm Communications, the Bristol-based microchip designer, is being acquired by Conexant of the US for £80m.
11-Jan-2000

Sage has acquired Hartley International, the Bristol-based supplier of accountancy software, for £2.5m.
11-Jan-2000

TT Group has acquired BI Technologies of the US from Astec International for £40m, in order to increase its focus on electronic components.
11-Jan-2000

Compel is acquiring Pangaea, the supplier of internet and multimedia services, for up to £10m.
11-Jan-2000

NewMedia Spark has acquired a £0.7m stake in Purple Voice, in order to help the company with the development of software that transmits voice over computer networks.
10-Jan-2000

Anix Group of Bristol has undergone a £16m management buy-out, and is planning an expansion programme in order to become a leading supplier of IT services.
07-Jan-2000

Sage, the accounting software company, has announced plans to move into a new 475,000 sq ft office at the Newcastle Great Park development, as part of an expansion programme that will create up to 1,000 jobs in the north east.
06-Jan-2000

Anite has acquired part of the Local Government Solutions business of Bull Information Systems for £2.2m.
06-Jan-2000

Capita has acquired the LHR teaching staff agency for £12m, in order to strengthen its support services business.
06-Jan-2000