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Carphone Warehouse is to create 180 new jobs at its Opal Telecom call centre at the Birchwood Business Park in Warrington by July 2004.
30-Dec-2003


Sifam Fibre Optics is planning to create 40 new jobs at its Torquay factory over the next six months.
30-Dec-2003


Sage is to acquire ACCPAC, the US supplier of accounting and customer relationship management software, for £62m.
24-Dec-2003


Anite Group is to sell Anite Benelux, its Dutch IT consultancy business, to a local software company for £1m.
23-Dec-2003


Kewill Systems is to acquire TradePoint Systems, the supplier of trade facilitation software with 83 staff in the US and 15 in the UK, for an initial £7m.
23-Dec-2003


Agilisys is expected to create up to 300 jobs in its enterprise solutions business over the next 18 months, and will set up a new 25,000 sq ft office in York by the end of next year.
23-Dec-2003


BT is to acquire the UK operations of NSB Retail Systems for £17m, which will involve the transfer of 148 staff to a new division called BT Expedite.
22-Dec-2003


Xansa is to sell its IT services business in Belgium and the Netherlands to Ewycksgroep for a nominal sum.
22-Dec-2003


ComputerLand UK is to acquire the hardware maintenance business of Information Technology Solutions for £1.7m.
18-Dec-2003


Dicom Group has acquired Perdata, the Spanish provider of electronic document capture services, for £0.5m.
16-Dec-2003


Netstore has acquired the UK-based IT solutions business of EMS Global Holdings of New Zealand, for an initial £0.25m.
16-Dec-2003


Offshore Telecom has acquired Intrinsic Networks, the provider of network and application security solutions, for up to £2m.
15-Dec-2003


Systems Integrated Research has acquired Packpress, the holding company of Surrey-based Linetex Computers, for £5.3m.
15-Dec-2003


Zen Internet is to relocate to new premises in Rochdale early next year, and expects to increase its workforce from 72 to 200 by the end of 2004.
15-Dec-2003


Northgate Information Solutions is to acquire Rebus, the payroll software company, for £150m.
11-Dec-2003


Arjuna Technologies of Newcastle has secured an undisclosed investment from North-East Seed Capital Fund and others to fund the expansion of its e-commerce systems business.
11-Dec-2003


Systems Union Group has acquired Foundation Systems, the business software supplier with 50 staff, for £2.5m.
09-Dec-2003


Staffing Ventures is to acquire Parys Snowdon Payroll Services, which has 165 staff at offices in Bangor, Glasgow, Leicester, Norwich and Oxford, in a £5m reverse takeover.
08-Dec-2003


Business Systems Services is relocating its Swansea-based software development business to a new 5,000 sq ft site at the Garn Goch Industrial Estate in Gorseinon.
04-Dec-2003


Compel Group has acquired Syscap Computer Rentals, the London-based provider of mid-range computer and enterprise IT systems with 34 staff, from Syscap for £2.6m.
03-Dec-2003


ICM Computer Group has acquired ITM Support Services, the IBM support division of ITM Group with 48 staff, for an initial £3.5m.
02-Dec-2003


Highams Systems Services has sold its HBS financial software business to Surecomp of Canada for £0.9m.
01-Dec-2003


Touchstone Group has bought the Sage CRM business of Hertfordshire-based Brown & Co out of liquidation for undisclosed terms.
01-Dec-2003


Orange is planning to set up a training academy to improve the quality of its mobile phone sales staff.
01-Dec-2003


Clearswift has secured £7.3m in a financing round to fund the development of software for managing and securing electronic communications.
28-Nov-2003


Systems Team has acquired Minerva Computer Systems, the Cheltenham-based supplier of membership administration systems with 13 staff, for undisclosed terms.
27-Nov-2003


Goldenhill, the Preston-based supplier of human resources and payroll software with 15 staff, has been acquired by Cedar Software for undisclosed terms.
27-Nov-2003


Misys has sold its UK-based back office software products business to a management buy-out backed by Primary Capital, and the new company will have 150 staff at offices in London, Birmingham and Nantwich.
25-Nov-2003


Corizon has secured £2m from Atlas Venture, LMS Capital, Reuters Venture Fund and others to fund the expansion of its enterprise software business.
21-Nov-2003


Hot Group has acquired Jobsin.co.uk, the online recruitment company, for £0.4m.
21-Nov-2003


Zoo Digital is planning to raise £5.7m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its computer games business.
20-Nov-2003


MSB International has acquired the IT recruitment contracts of Kent-based Leading Edge Recruitment for up to £0.5m.
20-Nov-2003


Absolute Quality, the US-based software testing and technical support company, is to create 150 new jobs in Glasgow over the next two years.
19-Nov-2003


Eclipse Translations has acquired the former in-house translation department of ICI for undisclosed terms, and is also planning to increase its international freelance workforce from 850 to 1,000 by the end of the year.
19-Nov-2003


Sage has completed the acquisition of Softline, the South African supplier of business management software.
18-Nov-2003


Wolfson Microelectronics is planning to expand the workforce at its computer chip design business in Edinburgh from 150 to 300 by the end of 2004.
14-Nov-2003


Forth Active is planning to create 50 jobs at its call centre in Glenrothes over the next five years, having secured a deal to distribute software for US-based Comco.
14-Nov-2003


Morse has acquired Systematics Technology Solutions, the German storage solution and computer supply company with 138 staff, for a nominal sum.
13-Nov-2003


Gatekeeper Systems of the US has acquired ActiveRF, the Cambridge-based developer of wireless tracking systems.
13-Nov-2003


Hot Group is to acquire International Teachers Network, the London-based supplier of staff to the education sector, for an initial £4.4m.
11-Nov-2003


MM Group has acquired Contact 24 of Bristol to create one of the country's largest outsourced contact centre service providers, which will lead to the creation of about 100 new jobs at its site in County Down.
10-Nov-2003


Sherston Software, the Wiltshire-based educational software company with 60 staff in the UK and 120 in India, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lloyds TSB Corporate.
07-Nov-2003


Bookham Technology is recruiting 100 extra temporary staff at its factory in Paignton.
07-Nov-2003


Northgate Information Solutions has acquired PWA Group, the HR software company with 65 staff at sites in Reading, Holborn and Knutsford, from Great Plains Software for £2.5m.
05-Nov-2003


Monstermob is planning to raise £10m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the expansion of its mobile phone content business.
31-Oct-2003


Superscape has raised £9.3m in a share placing to fund the development of 3D technology for mobile phone games.
30-Oct-2003


Deltron Electronics is planning to raise £6.5m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its electromechanical components distribution business.
29-Oct-2003


Edinburgh University has announced plans to build a new £40m informatics and computer science complex in the city centre by 2007, which would house 600 researchers.
29-Oct-2003


Spring Group is to sell its Spring IT Training division to Vidyah for £1m.
27-Oct-2003


Sage Group has acquired Grupo SP, the Spanish supplier of accounting software, for £49m.
27-Oct-2003


Allen Systems Group of the US is to set up a £3.6m software development centre in Belfast, with the creation of 168 jobs over the next three years.
24-Oct-2003


Thus, the telecoms carrier, is to create 250 jobs at its three call centres in Glasgow, to handle an increase in outsourcing work for existing clients.
24-Oct-2003


Birchfield Interactive has secured an undisclosed investment to fund the expansion of its Cardiff-based educational software business.
23-Oct-2003


Vertex is to create 700 new jobs at its customer service call centres in Speke and Knowsley, while a further 400 jobs will be created in Bolton.
23-Oct-2003


Vecta Software Corporation, the developer of sales intelligence software, has received £2.5m in investment funding from venture capital firm Add Partners, in order to develop strategic partner channels and drive global expansion.
22-Oct-2003


ECI Partners is to support a £25m management buy-out of The Learning Library, the provider of distance learning courses in IT and accounting.
20-Oct-2003


Harvey Nash has acquired Snowdogs, the US-based IT recruitment company, for up to £2.7m.
20-Oct-2003


Glow Communications has sold Primary Storage, the distributor of data storage devices, to management for a nominal sum.
14-Oct-2003


Microgen is to acquire MMT, the IT services company, for £18m.
14-Oct-2003


Systems Union Group is to acquire MIS, the German business management software company with 460 staff, for £24m.
13-Oct-2003


Manpower is recruiting 70 additional staff for the BT customer services call centre in Newport, South Wales.
10-Oct-2003


Warings has won a £7.5m contract from Hewlett-Packard to extend a data centre in Swindon.
09-Oct-2003


Dataflex Holdings is to sell the business of Dataflex Design Communications to a management team and place its remaining operations into liquidation.
09-Oct-2003


Orange is to recruit 140 staff at its mobile phone call centre in Darlington over the coming weeks, as part of an ongoing programme to meet customer demand.
09-Oct-2003


GX Networks is to acquire Pipex, the internet service provider, for £55m, and the combined group will be renamed Pipex Communications.
06-Oct-2003


Specialist Computer Holdings is looking to expand its IT services business with acquisitions in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
06-Oct-2003


Alphameric has sold its IT logistics business to LIS Online for £0.3m.
03-Oct-2003


Hot Group has acquired The Buzz Recruitment Consultancy and Buzz Tempz for an initial £0.4m.
01-Oct-2003


SCi Entertainment has bought the Pivotal Games computer games subsidiary of Kaboom Studios out of receivership for £2.4m.
29-Sep-2003


Roxspur is to acquire telecoms services company Cellular Holdings in a reverse takeover, and the new group will be called The Telecommunications Group.
29-Sep-2003


Advantage West Midlands has announced a £24m investment in the development of e-commerce across the region, which could lead to the creation of nearly 1,000 jobs.
29-Sep-2003


Ultra Electronics is to acquire the assets of Ocean Systems, the US-based developer of radio frequency devices, from BAe Systems for £6m.
26-Sep-2003


Bookham Technology is to acquire Ignis Optics, the US supplier of optical modules for communications networks, for £10m.
26-Sep-2003


Schlumberger is planning to sell a number of SchlumbergerSema businesses to Atos Origin for about £1bn, including most of its IT operations in the UK.
23-Sep-2003


Nigel Wright Consultancy is planning to create up to 50 new jobs at its recruitment services business in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
23-Sep-2003


Bookham Technology has acquired New Focus, the US photonics company, for £118m.
23-Sep-2003


Baltimore Technologies has sold its PKI security software operation to beTRUSTed for £5m, leaving Baltimore with just a small customer support business.
23-Sep-2003


Xyratex, the Hampshire-based supplier of hard disks with 600 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by HgCapital.
19-Sep-2003


Pearson has acquired LessonLab, the US developer of education software, for undisclosed terms.
19-Sep-2003


Clarity Commerce Solutions has acquired two divisions of TFMCyntergy for £0.5m, including a 36-strong helpdesk and a training business.
17-Sep-2003


Pennine Telecom, the Bury-based supplier of business telephone systems with 85 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
17-Sep-2003


Axon, the IT services consultancy, is to continue recruiting new staff following an increase in headcount from 322 to 378 over the past 12 months.
17-Sep-2003


SBS Group is to sell its UK-based IT staffing business to InterQuest Group for £1.2m.
16-Sep-2003


Twenty4help is to recruit a further 100 staff for its IT helpline call centre in Gateshead over the next few months.
15-Sep-2003


Intec Telecom Systems has acquired Digiquant, the Danish software company, for £6.7m.
12-Sep-2003


Vodafone has awarded a £6m contract to Moss Construction to refurbish offices at the Newbury Business Park by January 2004.
10-Sep-2003


NWP Spectrum is forming a partnership with The Cloud to set up wireless internet access points at 7,000 sites across the UK, in order to expand The Cloud's Wi-Fi network.
08-Sep-2003


The Welsh Development Agency is to help four hi-tech companies from India establish bases in Wales with the creation of about 300 jobs, and they are GTL, BPL Telecom, Infrasoft Technologies and Elan.
08-Sep-2003


Boston Networks is looking into the possibility of relocating its Glasgow-based telecoms business to England, due to problems finding a large enough site in Scotland.
08-Sep-2003


Nexor is to relocate its Nottingham-based secure messaging systems business and up to 80 staff to Bell House near University Boulevard in October.
08-Sep-2003


EDS, the US-based IT company, is to relocate its Swansea office, which employs 350 staff, to the Matrix Business Park next May.
04-Sep-2003


I-documentsystems has raised £1.2m in a share placing to fund the acquisition of Mandoforms, the Manchester-based e-commerce software company with ten staff.
03-Sep-2003


KVS, the Reading-based software company, has raised £11m of venture capital to expand its global sales and marketing operation.
02-Sep-2003


GX Networks has acquired Firstnet Services, the Leeds-based telecoms services company, for £4.3m.
29-Aug-2003


GB Communications has acquired Motek Portable Products of South Yorkshire, and is now looking to expand its radio equipment business into the offshore and petrochemical sectors and open offices in the south of England and Scotland over the next five years.
28-Aug-2003


Temp Team is planning to expand its recruitment agency business with 18 new offices across the country over the next five years, with the creation of 40 jobs.
26-Aug-2003


BT is to create about 100 jobs in Exeter over the next few months with the opening of a new directory enquiries call centre at Exbridge House.
26-Aug-2003


Vodafone is planning to close its call centre in Abingdon in November, and some of the 210 staff will be offered the chance to relocate to Banbury or Birmingham.
21-Aug-2003


Vocalis, the speech recognition software company with 60 staff, has gone into administration and the main trading division has been sold to Netdecisions for a nominal sum.
21-Aug-2003


Centurion Electronics has raised £1.2m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its in-car audio-visual entertainment business across western Europe.
20-Aug-2003


EDS, the US-owned IT solutions group, is linking up with Akeler to develop a 200,000 sq ft headquarters complex at its Wavenden site in Milton Keynes, and staff will relocate from Luton and existing offices in Milton Keynes.
18-Aug-2003


NCR is to build a £7m customer care centre at the Eurocentral business park in Mossend, with the transfer of about 300 jobs from Cumbernauld and elsewhere in the UK.
15-Aug-2003


Detica has acquired Rubus, the systems integrator that focuses on content management and customer interaction solutions, for £2.6m.
12-Aug-2003


Radstone Technology is to acquire Interactive Circuits & Systems, the Canadian developer of military radio systems, for £21m.
11-Aug-2003


Northgate Information Solutions has acquired Hays Consulting & Solutions for £5.5m, and will close the Hays office in Milton Keynes with the loss of an unspecified number of jobs.
11-Aug-2003


Vodafone is to acquire Singlepoint, the mobile phone services subsidiary of Caudwell, for £405m.
11-Aug-2003


Glamorgan Telecom is to relocate its Cardiff-based telecoms business and 45 staff to the Cardiff Gate Business Park.
07-Aug-2003


Red Shark, the supplier of print cartridges, is to open a new warehouse in Berwick with the creation of 12 jobs.
07-Aug-2003


PinkRoccade, the Dutch IT services company, is opening a new service centre at the Inchinnan Business Park in Glasgow, with the creation of 100 jobs.
07-Aug-2003


Eckoh Technologies is to acquire Intelliplus, the provider of telecoms services, for £8.9m.
07-Aug-2003


Clarity Commerce Solutions has acquired Pacer CATS, the supplier of software solutions to the cinema market, from Ticketmaster for about £2m.
06-Aug-2003


Vodafone is to acquire Project Telecom, the Newark-based provider of mobile phone services, for £155m.
06-Aug-2003


Torex has expanded its healthcare software business with the £1.4m acquisition of the operating theatre and anaesthesia systems business of Civica.
05-Aug-2003


Advanced Power Components has acquired Silver Birch Marketing and GO Technology, the Cambridgeshire-based distributors of electronic components.
05-Aug-2003


Torex is planning to merge with Isoft to create a combined supplier of computer systems to the health care sector with a valuation of £700m.
23-Jul-2003


ARM Holdings has acquired Adelante Technologies, the Belgian designer of data processing systems, for undisclosed terms.
23-Jul-2003


CRC Group has acquired ADP Technical Services, the Bedford-based computer repair company with 35 staff.
21-Jul-2003


Alphameric is to acquire Compass Software for £9m, and has also raised £2.5m in a share issue.
21-Jul-2003


Hays has sold its business process outsourcing division to Astron for £21m, as part of a strategy to focus on recruitment.
21-Jul-2003


Conduit is to recruit a further 300 staff for its 118UK directory enquiries call centre in Swansea by September.
18-Jul-2003


Sage has acquired Timberline Software, the US supplier of business software, for £64m.
18-Jul-2003


HBS, formerly Hyder Business Services, is recruiting a further 70 staff in Middlesbrough, in order to offer a revenues and benefits processing service for councils throughout the country.
17-Jul-2003


Northgate Information Solutions has acquired Blue 8 Technologies, the Nottingham-based provider of IT systems to the emergency services, for £9.3m.
17-Jul-2003


Tribal Group has acquired Kinetic Technologies, the supplier of property and asset management software to local authorities, for £7m.
16-Jul-2003


Mondas is to raise £1.5m in a share placing on Aim, in order to expand its banking and educational software business.
15-Jul-2003


Hays is to sell its information management services business to Iron Mountain Europe for £200m.
14-Jul-2003


Kalido has secured £11m of venture capital to expand its data management software business into the US.
14-Jul-2003


Autonomy is to acquire Virage, the US supplier of video and communications software, for about £16m.
11-Jul-2003


Computer Services Group is planning to double the 29-strong workforce at its IT support business in Bridgend over the next five years.
11-Jul-2003


Sherwood International, the software company, has accepted a £65m takeover offer from SunGard of the US.
11-Jul-2003


Fujitsu is relocating some of its IT operations from Kidsgrove to a new £8m building at the Crewe Business Park, which will house about 600 staff.
10-Jul-2003


Planit Holdings has acquired Huckerby Royall Systems, the supplier of enterprise resource planning software with offices in Woking and Leicester, for £0.5m plus shares.
09-Jul-2003


Scottish Development International has provided assistance to Founder Group, the Chinese PC manufacturer that has announced plans to open a sales and marketing headquarters in Glasgow with the creation of up to 100 jobs over the next three years.
09-Jul-2003


Bookham Technology is to acquire Cierra Photonics, the US manufacturer of fibre optic components with 39 staff, for £2.2m.
07-Jul-2003


Baltimore Technologies is to sell SelectAccess, the provider of an online access service, to Hewlett-Packard for £8.3m.
07-Jul-2003


Marconi has raised £40m from the sale of a 32% stake in broadband internet provider Easynet.
07-Jul-2003


CML Microsystems is to acquire Hyperstone, the German semiconductors company, for £5.2m.
04-Jul-2003


The University of Liverpool's Advanced Internet Methods & Emergent Systems Institute has secured £2m of EU funding to develop grid computing technology at a new science park next to the Metropolitan Cathedral, which could lead to the creation of 175 jobs.
03-Jul-2003


Seagate Technology is to invest £90m at its Londonderry plant over the next two years, in order to develop new computer disk drives with increased storage capacity and performance.
03-Jul-2003


The Department of Trade & Industry is to invest £90m in the commercialisation of nanotechnology over the next six years, and expects universities and industry to collaborate in their research.
03-Jul-2003


Ultra Electronics is to acquire SML Technologies, the Southampton-based developer of electronic surveillance products with 40 staff, for £6.5m.
03-Jul-2003


Cardpoint has acquired Project Telecom Distribution, the Newark-based provider of top-up facilities for mobile phones, for £1.7m.
03-Jul-2003


Valid Information Systems, the Barking-based provider of records management services, has been acquired by Hummingbird of Canada for an initial £10m.
03-Jul-2003


DCS Group has sold DCS eI, the provider of IT solutions to the supply chain sector, to a management team operating under the name of Computer Systems Integration for £1.2m.
02-Jul-2003


Spirent has sold Aviation Information Solutions, its aviation hardware and software business with about 100 staff in the US, Canada and the UK, to Teledyne Technologies for £4.1m.
01-Jul-2003


ComputerLand UK is planning to create up to 100 jobs at its Nottingham-based IT services business by building a new office next to its Ruddington headquarters.
30-Jun-2003


Ofcom, the new communications regulatory body, is setting up its headquarters at Chelsfield's 175,000 sq ft Riverside House in London SE1, while Knight Frank has been appointed to dispose of the four central London properties of Ofcom's predecessors.
30-Jun-2003


Latens Systems is to invest £2.5m in a new operation to produce digital TV software in Belfast, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next four years.
25-Jun-2003


Pelikon has raised £3.2m of venture capital to invest in the expansion of its display systems factory in Caerphilly.
20-Jun-2003


NCC is creating a further 50 jobs at its Manchester-based IT consultancy business, following an increase in demand for its Escrow software protection arm.
19-Jun-2003


IQ-Ludorum has sold its Strategic Software Solutions software development subsidiary in India and its 2DB software consulting division in the UK to Affine Research & Development for a nominal sum.
18-Jun-2003


PCCW of Hong Kong has acquired 13 regional licences to develop a nationwide fixed-wireless broadband network, which could also be used as a relay for 3G mobile phones.
18-Jun-2003


Holders Technology is to sell its 81% stake in its Justfone telecoms services subsidiary to a private investor for up to £0.5m.
16-Jun-2003


Atmel is to create 40 new jobs at its semiconductor plant in Wallsend, and is importing £34m-worth of production equipment from Texas.
16-Jun-2003


Agilent Technologies is to close its fibre-optic components factory in Ipswich in July with the loss of 200 jobs, while 50 research staff will relocate to a new site.
16-Jun-2003


Northgate Information Solutions is to acquire Carapeople, the supplier of payroll processing systems with 120 staff at offices in Brentford, Bristol, Dublin and Basingstoke, from Hibernia Development Capital Partners for £13m.
06-Jun-2003


Telegate is to create 300 new jobs at its 118866 directory enquiries call centre in Dumfries.
06-Jun-2003


Spring Group is to acquire the UK and European IT recruitment operations of Best International Group for £7.5m, including offices in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh.
05-Jun-2003


Epyx has acquired TransLease, the provider of electronic authorisation and invoice delivery systems to the automotive market, from Cap Gemini Ernst & Young for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2003


Carphone Warehouse has acquired the German operations of Hutchison Telecommunications for £32m, as part of a strategy to enter the service provider business.
04-Jun-2003


Securicor has sold Securicor Information Systems, the Chippenham-based provider of IT consultancy services with more than 500 staff, to a management team backed by Kleinwort Capital for up to £30m.
03-Jun-2003


Invensys is to sell Baan, its Dutch software business, to Cerberus Capital Management and General Atlantic Partners for £84m.
03-Jun-2003


Torex has acquired Mercury Petroleum Systems, the supplier of software and services to the retail petroleum industry, for up to £1m.
02-Jun-2003


Advantage West Midlands has announced a £4.6m scheme to establish a network of "learning zones" on industrial estates in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire, in order to improve workforce skills and create 60 new jobs.
29-May-2003


The Number is to establish a new directory enquiries call centre at the Langage Science Park in Plymouth, with the creation of 300 jobs.
29-May-2003


Virgin Mobile is to recruit a further 200 staff at its mobile phone call centre in Middlesbrough next year.
27-May-2003


Nord Anglia Education has acquired the Leeds-based skills training provider Yorkshire Post Training, in order to expand its Lifetime Careers subsidiary.
23-May-2003


ISA International has been bought out of administration by a London-based consortium, securing the future of 290 jobs at its computer supplies business in Bradford.
22-May-2003


Iron Mountain, the US data storage company, is planning to set up a new base at the Primepoint 14 site in Stafford, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
21-May-2003


Vale of White Horse District Council is considering plans for the development of a £4m innovation centre at the UK Atomic Energy Authority site at Harwell, in order to provide flexible premises for small science-based businesses.
21-May-2003


Vertex is creating 90 new jobs at its call centre in Forres, to handle work for the Department for Work & Pensions, Tesco Telecom and an unnamed retail banking organisation.
21-May-2003


Roscom is to create up to 150 new jobs at its Derby-based telecommunications business, in order to carry out testing work for a new police secure communications network.
21-May-2003


Knowledge Support Systems' principal trading subsidiary is to be acquired by Eurovestech, and the remaining KSSG shell will undergo voluntary liquidation.
19-May-2003


Acal has acquired 70% of the issued share capital of Computer Parts International from its management and 3i Group, in a £5.8m deal.
19-May-2003


Atomic Planet Entertainment is creating 20 new jobs at its video games software business in Middlesbrough, and a further 20 jobs will be created over the next 12 months.
15-May-2003


Ventura has announced plans to create up to 1,000 new jobs at its customer service call centre at Wath in South Yorkshire.
13-May-2003


Marconi is to shed 37 of the 374 jobs at its research and development site in Beeston, and plans to set up a new £40m centre in Nottingham have been dropped.
13-May-2003


Touchstone has acquired the Microsoft Great Plains business software division of Tenon Technology, which will involve the transfer of a client list and certain employees.
12-May-2003


Adecco is to expand its recruitment call centre in Middlesbrough with the creation of 80 jobs.
09-May-2003


Torex has acquired Protos, the supplier of maternity IT systems, for £1.5m.
09-May-2003


Project Telecom has acquired IMS Telecom, the Leeds-based provider of mobile telecom services, for £2.2m.
09-May-2003


Concept 2100, the internet support company, is planning to triple its west Cornwall-based workforce to 30 over the next year.
07-May-2003


Nettec is to sell Nettec Solutions, the supplier of content-managed corporate portals, to Aspect Internet Holdings for £0.6m.
06-May-2003


Advantage West Midlands is said to be planning to develop a £5m nanotechnology research centre, and details are expected to be announced in July.
06-May-2003


PCCW of Hong Kong is said to have bid for 15 regional wireless licences, in order to set up a new broadband network across the UK.
06-May-2003


Software for Sport is to acquire Chorus Application Software, the south-west of England-based supplier of financial software systems, for £1.4m, and has also announced plans to change its name to Computer Software Group.
02-May-2003


One NorthEast has announced that the European Telecommunications Resilience & Recovery Association is to set up a new headquarters at the University of Northumbria's Disaster & Development Centre in Newcastle.
02-May-2003


Mouchel has acquired Lloyd Davies Associates, the Newbury-based information management consultancy, for up to £1.7m.
01-May-2003


PNC Telecom has sold KJC Mobile Phones, the mobile phone retail and distribution business, and PNC Telecom Services, the fixed line telecom business, to Harthall for £2m.
29-Apr-2003


CODASciSys has acquired Business Collaborator, the Reading-based provider of knowledge management solutions, from Enviros for £2.8m.
28-Apr-2003


SDL has acquired Lomac, the provider of Eastern European localisation and translation services, for up to £1.2m.
23-Apr-2003


Planit Holdings is to acquire Radan Computational, the Bath-based supplier of CAD software for the sheet metal industry, for £3.6m.
18-Apr-2003


NCC Group, the Manchester-based software services company with 140 staff, has undergone a £30m management buy-out.
18-Apr-2003


Parity Group has acquired the training facilitation business of Technical Training of Edinburgh for £0.7m.
17-Apr-2003


Protekila of Turkey has set up a smart card technology development centre in Belfast, where it expects to employ 17 software engineers over the next three years.
17-Apr-2003


Convergent Communications has sold its systems division to the Oval subsidiary of Azzurri for £4m, in order to focus on its mobile phone service and distribution business.
16-Apr-2003


Seagate Technology is investing £4m in a new digital storage research and development project at its plant in Springtown, Londonderry.
16-Apr-2003


Ericsson is to relocate a corporate office from Burgess Hill to Guildford later this year, which will affect up to 370 staff.
15-Apr-2003


InTechnology has acquired Allasso, the German distributor of IT security products, from Articon-Integralis for up to £20m.
11-Apr-2003


Andor Technology is to invest £6m in the expansion of its scientific cameras business in Belfast, with the creation of 87 jobs over the next three years.
09-Apr-2003


Retail Decisions has sold its Human Resources Technology software subsidiary to management for £0.9m.
09-Apr-2003


XKO has acquired Control, the ERP software company with 40 staff and offices in Deeside and Birmingham, for £1.2m.
08-Apr-2003


Initiative Software has acquired Tele-Connect of Staffordshire from Cedar Enterprise Solutions for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its call centre software business.
07-Apr-2003


TTP Communications has acquired Mobisys Telecom, the South Korean GSM/GPRS terminal integration and design company with 24 staff.
03-Apr-2003


Scottish & Southern Energy has acquired Neoscorp, the Berkshire-based provider of communications network infrastructure, for £13m, in order to expand its SSE Telecommunications division.
03-Apr-2003


The Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire has won a £12m government grant to conduct research into a fourth-generation light source, which would be used for the development of computer memories and pharmaceuticals.
03-Apr-2003


Radstone Technology is to relocate its Foundation Technology electronics manufacturing business and up to 81 jobs from Towcester to Milton Keynes in May, while the remaining Radstone Group headquarters and 225 staff will move to a new site in Towcester.
31-Mar-2003


South Tyneside Council is helping Amicus Outsourcing set up a call centre with 100 staff in Jarrow.
27-Mar-2003


The Scottish Optoelectronics Association has announced plans to open a £4.2m optoelectronics research centre in Livingston this summer.
27-Mar-2003


Itouch is acquire Movilisto, the provider of mobile phone services in Spain and Portugal, for an initial £24m.
26-Mar-2003


The Number is to create 300 new jobs at its directory enquiries call centre in Cardiff.
26-Mar-2003


Telecom Service Centres of Scotland is planning to expand its call centre business into England, and sites are being considered in the Dearne Valley.
26-Mar-2003


Clarity Commerce Solutions is to acquire Romulus Enterprises, the Edinburgh-based supplier of business intelligence analytic software, for up to £5m.
25-Mar-2003


Rixell is to expand its computer parts factory in County Tyrone with the creation of 90 jobs, but there will be 55 redundancies in its printing and packaging operation.
24-Mar-2003


Hartlepool Borough Council has announced plans for a £5.8m project to set up 18 Community Training and ICT Centres across the town.
20-Mar-2003


Conduit is to create a further 350 jobs at its 118UK directory enquiries call centre in Cardiff over the next month.
19-Mar-2003


Flex Recruitment is planning to open four new branch offices over the next few months, and a new headquarters has been established in Hinckley.
18-Mar-2003


Freeserve is considering plans to relocate its broadband internet operations to Madeira, in order to escape the UK's higher VAT rate.
17-Mar-2003


Netstore has acquired NetConnect, the internet security company with offices in London and Cambridge, for an initial £0.8m.
14-Mar-2003


Computacenter is planning to create a further 150 jobs at its IT hardware distribution business in Scotland this year.
14-Mar-2003


Cellular Operations, the Swindon-based provider of mobile airtime services, has been acquired by Vodafone for undisclosed terms.
14-Mar-2003


Quasar Microwave Technology has sold its military, medical and aerospace product range to a management team operating under the name of Waveguide Solution, securing the future of 12 jobs in Newton Abbot.
14-Mar-2003


Torex has acquired Micrelec, the Belgian supplier of forecourt site control systems, for £9m.
11-Mar-2003


Mobile Cohesion is creating up to 20 new jobs, following a £2.7m investment at its Belfast-based telecoms software business.
11-Mar-2003


Rotherham Council has agreed a £150m partnership with BT, which is expected to lead to the setting up of a call centre with 80 staff, civic offices being demolished and more council staff working from home.
10-Mar-2003


GO-teaching is planning to expand its teacher supply agency throughout the country, with the creation of additional jobs at its call centre in Exeter.
05-Mar-2003


O2 is creating a further 180 jobs at its mobile phone call centre in Bury.
04-Mar-2003


FIS, the Israeli supplier of software solutions to the financial services sector, is to set up a permanent office in Cardiff, with the creation of 124 jobs.
04-Mar-2003


Invest NI has announced the creation of a £3m venture capital fund to support the development of research-led businesses in Northern Ireland, and it will target university departments and hi-tech start-ups.
04-Mar-2003


Sun Microsystems has announced plans to invest £36m at its plant in Linlithgow, in order to boost the site's capacity and set up a customer monitoring service.
27-Feb-2003


Eyretel, the call centre software company, is to be acquired by Witness Systems of the US for £37m.
27-Feb-2003


Twenty4help is creating at least 50 new jobs at its call centre operation in Gateshead.
25-Feb-2003


Centerprise International is to set up a £5m computer manufacturing and warehouse facility at the 17-acre Duffryn Meadows site near Caerphilly, with the creation of 290 jobs.
24-Feb-2003


Conduit is to set up a new call centre for its 118UK telephone directory inquiry service in Swansea, with the creation of 350 jobs over the next six months.
20-Feb-2003


BT is considering plans to open a directory inquiries call centre in India, prompting speculation that up to 700 jobs could be lost in the UK.
20-Feb-2003


Radiant Networks has secured a further £12m of venture capital to fund the development of its high-speed internet technology.
14-Feb-2003


Symbol Technologies is planning to relocate its international repair centre business from Reading to continental Europe later this year, with the loss of 90 jobs.
14-Feb-2003


Northumbrian Water has sold its Imass computer solutions business to management for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 80 jobs.
13-Feb-2003


Cheshire Circuits has acquired Cranford Circuits of Winsford, creating a combined circuit boards business with 90 staff.
13-Feb-2003


Morse has acquired Grantham Sutch Associates, the London-based computer services group with 20 staff, for £3.1m.
11-Feb-2003


Conex Data Communications is expanding its computer networks business into Scotland by opening a new office for eight engineers in Livingston.
11-Feb-2003


Telecom Service Centres, the call centre company with 1,700 staff, has undergone a £23m management buy-out backed by Lloyds Development Capital.
10-Feb-2003


Azlan, the distributor of computer networking equipment, is to be acquired by Tech Data of the US for £140m.
10-Feb-2003


Warthog has expanded its games software business with the £0.2m acquisition of Texas-based development studio Fever Pitch, in order to gain a presence in the US.
06-Feb-2003


Bookham Technology is creating 60 new jobs at its telecom components plant in Paignton, but 200 jobs are being lost at its research and development centre in Milton, Oxfordshire.
06-Feb-2003


Rolfe & Nolan, the software supplier, has received a £15m takeover approach from a management team backed by HgCapital.
06-Feb-2003


Ballast has won a £5.4m contract to build a communications centre in Glasgow for Strathclyde Police.
06-Feb-2003


AEA Technology is to sell its CFX software business, which specialises in computational fluid dynamics, to Ansys of the US for £12m.
05-Feb-2003


Caudwell Group is considering plans to set up a £10m call centre for its Phones4U mobile phones business at the Celtic Springs business park in Newport, with the creation of up to 900 jobs.
03-Feb-2003


Planit Holdings has acquired Lignatec, the developer of stair manufacturing software, for £0.3m.
30-Jan-2003


Udex has secured £3m of venture capital from 3i to fund the expansion of its barcode computer systems business in Europe and the US.
30-Jan-2003


Raytheon is to create 20 jobs at its electronic components factory in Glenrothes, having won a new weapons contract for the British Army.
30-Jan-2003


BT is planning to relocate up to 160 call centre staff from Bangor to Colwyn Bay.
29-Jan-2003


Filtronic is planning to increase the workforce at its electronic components plant in Newton Aycliffe from 262 to 500 by the end of 2004.
29-Jan-2003


Imerge of Cambridge has raised £1.5m of venture capital to fund the development of technology for internet-connected hard disk-based audio products and media appliances.
24-Jan-2003


Jigsaw Customer Management is planning to create 50 jobs at a new call centre in Cambridge over the next 12 months.
24-Jan-2003


CBE Business Schools is to set up a call centre in Peterborough to handle enquiries about government-funded training, with the creation of more than 100 jobs over the next 18 months.
23-Jan-2003


Lexicon Group has acquired Strickland Consultants of Glasgow, in order to expand its vocational training business into Scotland.
23-Jan-2003


Cambridge Semiconductor has raised £3.7m from a consortium of investors to fund the development of chip technology for the power supply of consumer electrical goods.
21-Jan-2003


Inverness & Nairn Enterprise has provided £0.6m of funding to a new IT training scheme being operated by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, which will lead to the creation of more than 200 local jobs.
15-Jan-2003


Longhirst Group, the Northumberland-based training and conference group, has undergone a £7.6m management buy-out backed by Northern Venture Managers, and plans to create more than 50 jobs over the next three years.
09-Jan-2003


Viasystems has sold its Ballynahinch electronics factory in County Down to a management buy-out, securing the future of 65 jobs.
08-Jan-2003


Sifam Fibre Optics has undergone a £2.5m management buy-out backed by HSBC Bank and JDS Uniphase, securing the future of 43 jobs in South Devon.
08-Jan-2003


Sage has acquired Concept Group, the French financial software company, for up to £6.5m.
08-Jan-2003


Codemasters is looking to expand the workforce at its Warwickshire-based video games business, and is seeking programmers, designers, artists, project managers and technicians.
02-Jan-2003