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Orchard Toys, the educational games developer, is to relocate its headquarters and 13 staff from Nottingham to Wymondham in January, with the creation of about 30 new jobs. 30-Dec-2005 SAS International is to relocate up to 97 jobs to a new £8m 90,000 sq ft industrial ceilings factory in Oldbury in October 2006. 30-Dec-2005 Weir is considering plans to relocate up to 740 production and sales staff to a new purpose-built site in the Glasgow area over the next two years, while the 30 head office staff are currently being moved to the Clydesdale Bank Exchange. 30-Dec-2005 Now Kitchens is seeking permission to double the size of its kitchens factory in Preston, with the creation of 70 new jobs over the next three years. 29-Dec-2005 Portmeirion is to set up a new 60,000 sq ft pottery distribution centre at Trentham Lakes in Stoke-on-Trent by early 2007. 29-Dec-2005 Douglas of Scotland has shed 42 jobs at its textiles business in Hawick. 27-Dec-2005 Cross Huller is to close its machine tools factory in Knowsley next year with the loss of up to 80 jobs, in order to transfer production to its site in Birmingham. 22-Dec-2005 TEG Environmental is planning to create about ten new engineering jobs in Preston next year, in order to manage the opening of new composting sites across the country. 20-Dec-2005 Ulster Weavers is planning to close its textiles factory at Moygashel in Dungannon with the loss of 60 jobs, while a further ten jobs will be lost at its Banbridge headquarters. 19-Dec-2005 Readers is to shed a further 52 jobs at its wire products business in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. 19-Dec-2005 Johnsons Apparelmaster is expected to set up a new office for its corporate hospitality division at the former Sigma Coatings site in Buckingham, which could lead to the creation of hundreds of new jobs for the area. 16-Dec-2005 Aker Kvaerner Offshore Partner is to open a new office in Stockton in January, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 15-Dec-2005 Wix Filtration is to close its factory in Southampton with the loss of 170 jobs, in order to transfer production of vehicle air and oil filters to Poland and the US. 15-Dec-2005 Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council are planning to build a £50m waste treatment plant in Derby over the next three years, but a suitable site has not yet been selected. 15-Dec-2005 Norfolk County Council is considering plans from Waste Recycling Group for the development of a £90m waste incinerator scheme at Costessey. 14-Dec-2005 First Technology, the Surrey-based maker of crash-test dummies and gas-sensing equipment with an estimated value of £226m, is in discussions with a potential bidder. 13-Dec-2005 Sandvik Hard Materials has secured a £1.8m government grant to fund the expansion of its metalworking tools research and development centre in Coventry and to secure the future of 260 jobs. 12-Dec-2005 Worldwide Environmental Technologies is relocating its steel frames business and 15 staff from Tanfield Lea to a larger 40,000 sq ft site in Newton Aycliffe, and more than 80 new jobs could be created. 12-Dec-2005 The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is planning to close four research centres in Banchory, Dorset, Cambridgeshire and Oxford, with the loss of up to 200 jobs, in order to concentrate work at its four remaining sites. 12-Dec-2005 Invista is to close the technical centre at its nylon fibres factory in Gloucester, with the loss of most of the 31 jobs. 12-Dec-2005 COE Group is to shed 11 of the 41 jobs at its Leeds-based video surveillance systems business. 12-Dec-2005 Mulberry, the luxury leather goods supplier, is looking to expand its production facilities in Somerset by 50% next year. 12-Dec-2005 United Utilities is creating up to 24 new jobs for engineers in its gas emergency service in the north-east, Yorkshire and northern Cumbria. 09-Dec-2005 Gooch & Housego, the Ilminster-based optoelectronics company, is planning to set up a new £4m factory by next November. 08-Dec-2005 Howmet is to shed up to 19 administrative and support jobs at its engineering business in Exeter. 08-Dec-2005 Gloverall is to close its duffel coats factory in Wellingborough by the end of the year, with the loss of 55 jobs, in order to focus production at sites in London, Italy and Poland. 07-Dec-2005 Browns is investing £0.5m in the expansion of its coachworks near Lisburn, including a 6,000 sq ft extension and the creation of more than ten new jobs. 07-Dec-2005 IP2IPO has agreed to invest an initial fund of £5m in the commercial development of inventions and discoveries made at Bristol University. 06-Dec-2005 Pittards is considering plans to close its leather products factory in Leeds with the loss of up to 290 jobs, in order to concentrate production in Yeovil and Ethiopia. 05-Dec-2005 Low & Bonar, the plastics and floorings manufacturer valued at more than £135m, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed company. 05-Dec-2005 Yorkshire Water is planning to spend £55m upgrading the Esholt sewage treatment works over the next three years. 02-Dec-2005 Hull City Council is to consider plans from WRG to build a waste-burning incinerator on a 21-acre site near Saltend by 2010. 02-Dec-2005 Hills Industries is considering plans to close its rotary driers factory in Caerphilly, which is a joint venture with Freudenberg Household Products, with the loss of 90 jobs. 01-Dec-2005 Huntleigh Renray is planning to shed up to 50 of the 100 jobs at its furniture factory in Winsford. 01-Dec-2005 Lloyds of Brierley Hill is to close its chain making business by May with the loss of 170 jobs. 30-Nov-2005 Marshall Tufflex is to shed up to 26 jobs at its extrusion and moulding business in East Sussex. 30-Nov-2005 Wiltshire County Council is considering plans to build a £12m mechanical biological treatment plant in Westbury, in order to deal with 60,000 tonnes of household waste a year. 29-Nov-2005 PVC Group is considering plans to shed some of the 220 jobs at its Derbyshire-based plastic products business, due to rising electricity prices. 29-Nov-2005 Gleason Works is planning to shed a further 25 of the 235 jobs at its tooling factory in Plymouth, and has also announced a £3.5m four-year investment programme. 29-Nov-2005 Plexus Holdings is to raise £10m in a flotation on Aim to fund the commercial development of its Aberdeen-based pipe connection system for the oil and gas industry. 28-Nov-2005 Rolls-Royce is considering plans to set up a jet engine factory in the US, as part of a strategy to expand its global manufacturing base. 28-Nov-2005 Amec is looking to restructure its engineering services business, including the sale of its Spie division in France for up to £500m and the separation of the two remaining businesses. 28-Nov-2005 Caterpillar has announced plans to shed 221 jobs at its industrial equipment plant in Desford, Leicestershire, over the next nine months. 25-Nov-2005 Exacta of Chester is to recruit a 5,000-strong workforce for the collection of empty toner cartridges from homes and offices across the country, in order to send them to Switzerland for recycling. 24-Nov-2005 Croma Group has raised £0.25m in a share placing to fund the development of is surveillance equipment business. 23-Nov-2005 Hamworthy is to raise £17m in a share placing, some of which will fund acquisitions to expand its offshore fluid handling systems business. 23-Nov-2005 Rolls-Royce is planning to create hundreds of new jobs for engineers and IT specialists in Derby over the next 18 months, to meet rising demand for aircraft engines. 22-Nov-2005 Synseal is to extend its PVC-u profile extrusion site at Sutton-in-Ashfield with a new 100,000 sq ft warehouse and picking facility by spring 2006. 21-Nov-2005 Tunstall, the Yorkshire-based personal alarm manufacturer, is to relocate its Response monitoring centre from its Whitley Bridge headquarters to Doncaster, with the creation of 30 jobs. 21-Nov-2005 Herman Miller, the office furniture company, is to relocate its finance, marketing, HR and administration departments and up to 75 staff from Bath to Chippenham in February. 21-Nov-2005 Dawson International, the cashmere supplier, is to raise £1.5m in a share placing to boost working capital. 21-Nov-2005 BAe Systems is to close its engineering and product development facility at Lochside, Edinburgh, early next year, with the loss of 260 jobs. 18-Nov-2005 Electrolux is to shed 50 of the 600 jobs at its cookers factory in Spennymoor, County Durham. 17-Nov-2005 Caterpillar is to shed about 50 temporary jobs at its industrial equipment plant in Desford, Leicestershire, and has also announced plans to transfer its telehandler production overseas. 16-Nov-2005 Express Recycling & Plastics is to set up a £2m plastics recycling plant at Rainham in Essex by February 2006. 16-Nov-2005 Pursuit Dynamics is planning to raise £8m in a share placing to fund the commercial development of its atomisation technology. 14-Nov-2005 Adria is to shed a further 65 jobs at its hosiery factory in Strabane, in order to reduce its fine gauge knitting and dying and end its heavy gauge knitting. 14-Nov-2005 Glenaden Shirts is to shed 53 jobs at its clothing factory in Londonderry, following a fall in orders. 14-Nov-2005 Vestas Blades is planning to shed up to 200 of the 565 jobs at its four turbine blades factories on the south coast and the Isle of Wight. 14-Nov-2005 YKK is to shed 60 of the 135 jobs at its zip fasteners factory in Runcorn. 11-Nov-2005 Geometric Furniture has secured planning permission to set up a new wooden furniture storage and distribution centre in Middleton, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. 10-Nov-2005 Porcelanosa, the manufacturer of ceramic tiles and bathrooms, is to open a new £10m showroom and office at Braehead in autumn 2006, one of two new Scottish showrooms that will create more than 50 jobs. 10-Nov-2005 Hautin, the Billingham-based tarpaulin manufacturer, has gone into voluntary liquidation and a purchaser is now being sought to save the remaining six jobs. 10-Nov-2005 Reid & Taylor is to shed 35 jobs at its textiles business in Dumfriesshire, in order to transfer work to India. 10-Nov-2005 The Ministry of Defence is to reorganise its defence repair and maintenance services, with the loss of almost 2,000 jobs in St Athan, Fleetlands, Donnington, Warminster and Colchester. 09-Nov-2005 Northern Ireland Water Service is to invest £10m in the upgrade of water and wastewater infrastructure in the Newtownabbey area over the next two years. 09-Nov-2005 Bryson House Recycling has won a £5m waste recycling contract from 11 councils in Northern Ireland, which will create 22 jobs. 09-Nov-2005 Screenprint Promotions of York is to relocate its screenprint business and 30 staff to a 27,000 sq ft mill in Easingwold next year. 08-Nov-2005 Thames Water is expected to be put up for sale by German parent company RWE. 07-Nov-2005 Bervin Tool & Die is planning to double the size of its 20,000 sq ft toolmaking site in Wolverhampton and create 25 new jobs over the next six months. 03-Nov-2005 Egger is to proceed with plans for the £120m expansion of its chipboard factory in Northumberland, and work will start next February. 02-Nov-2005 BAe Systems has confirmed plans to close the former Royal Ordnance site in Bridgwater in 2007 with the loss of 130 jobs, and a site in Chorley will also close with the loss of 70 jobs. 01-Nov-2005 QDF Castings has closed its foundry in Derby with the loss of the remaining 116 jobs. 01-Nov-2005 Pilkington, the St Helens-based glassmaker valued at about £2bn, has received a preliminary takeover approach from Nipoon Sheet Glass of Japan. 01-Nov-2005 Nippon Electric Glass is to close its cathode ray tube components factory in Cardiff Bay in November with the loss of 400 jobs. 31-Oct-2005 East Sussex County Council is to consider plans from Onyx for the development of a composting facility at the Woodland Centre in Whitesmith, which would process 46,000 tonnes of garden waste a year. 31-Oct-2005 Roy Walker Pine of Sutton-on-Trent has gone into liquidation with the loss of 14 jobs at its pine furniture manufacturing business. 28-Oct-2005 Scott Tod is seeking voluntary redundancies from the 85-strong workforce in its cash machine manufacturing business. 28-Oct-2005 Polypipe is to close its Oasis Leisure Products resin garden furniture factory in Doncaster next month, with the loss of 80 jobs. 28-Oct-2005 Outokumpu is to close its Coil Products factory in Sheffield early next year, with the loss of 570 jobs, in order to transfer production to Finland. 27-Oct-2005 National Assembly for Wales has announced a £1.9m funding package to expand recycling and composting facilities at the Bryn Pica landfill site in Aberdare. 27-Oct-2005 British Vita is to close its Vitafoam converting factory in High Wycombe, with the loss of up to 35 jobs. 27-Oct-2005 Advanced Composites Group is investing £7m in the expansion of its Heanor factory in Derbyshire, with 30,000 sq ft being added by September 2006. 27-Oct-2005 Airbus is considering plans to set up a design engineering centre in the Midlands, which could provide employment for up to 100 former MG Rover staff. 26-Oct-2005 Johnstons is to shed 23 jobs at its woollen mill in Elgin, having decided to drop the third shift. 25-Oct-2005 Thales Avionics is to relocate up to 120 jobs from its Merton factory to Leicester over the coming year. 24-Oct-2005 ATC Lasham and TES Aviation are to set up operations at the Aerospace Wales park at RAF St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, with the creation of up to 300 jobs. 19-Oct-2005 British Vita is to relocate its UK headquarters and up to 25 staff from Middleton to Accrington. 19-Oct-2005 Hardie & Weatherston, the Glasgow-based bagpipe manufacturer, has gone into liquidation. 14-Oct-2005 National Assembly for Wales is to provide a grant to Greenwood Services to build a £1m materials recycling facility at Grove Quarry near Bridgend, with the creation of 25 jobs. 13-Oct-2005 Damart is planning to expand the workforce at its West Yorkshire-based clothing business from 680 to up to 780 over the next four years. 13-Oct-2005 British Textile Manufacturing Company is considering plans to close its factory in Ballymoney with the loss of more than 120 jobs. 12-Oct-2005 Eborcraft of York is to relocate its wood furniture manufacturing business to a new 28,000 sq ft factory at Chessingham Business Park some time next year. 12-Oct-2005 Norville, the spectacle and lens manufacturer with 200 staff, is to close its Paul Street site in Gloucester and relocate the work to its main Magdala Road site over the next six months. 11-Oct-2005 Asahi Glass is to build a £15m ETFE melt processable fluoropolymer plant at its Thornton Cleveleys site in Lancashire by early 2007. 11-Oct-2005 John Huddleston Engineering is planning to create 46 new jobs, following a £6.7m investment at its aerospace components business in County Down. 11-Oct-2005 John Crane UK is to shed an undisclosed number of the 120 jobs at its couplings and seals factory in Ballymena. 10-Oct-2005 HIE Moray is to fund the development of a new £2m factory with clean manufacturing conditions at the Forres Enterprise Park by next spring, and a potential tenant is already in negotiations. 10-Oct-2005 H Flude is to close its hosiery factory in Hinckley in January, with the loss of 65 jobs. 10-Oct-2005 AVE Rail Products has shed a further 31 jobs at its train interiors factory in Derby. 10-Oct-2005 Stag Furniture has launched a new direct to consumer business that will enable customers to purchase furniture for delivery to the room of their choice within 21 days. 25-Oct-2005 Doncasters is expected to create 100 jobs in Blaenavon over the next two years, having established a new "centre of excellence" for the manufacture of precision components. 07-Oct-2005 Kingston Holiday Homes, the Hull-based caravan manufacturer, has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 12 jobs. 07-Oct-2005 Wood Group is to shed 90 of the 225 jobs at its gas turbine engineering business in Dundee, in order to transfer some work to Thailand. 06-Oct-2005 Bradbury is to close its garage lifts factory in Braintree by the end of the year, with the loss of 23 jobs. 06-Oct-2005 Wogen, the London-based metals trader, is planning to raise £20m in an initial public offering on Aim. 06-Oct-2005 British Vita is to close its Doeflex Vitapol PVC compounds factory in Manchester and its Vitaluxan non-wovens plant in Rochdale early next year, with the loss of 150 jobs. 05-Oct-2005 Thomson Broadband is to shed 75 jobs at its digital set-top boxes factory in Llantrisant. 04-Oct-2005 Merpro is to close its process engineering business in Bristol and transfer key workers from the 23-strong workforce to its main site in Montrose. 04-Oct-2005 Spode is to shed up to 80 jobs at its Stoke-based pottery business early next year, and its distribution facilities will relocate to an alternative site in the city next year. 04-Oct-2005 Rolls-Royce is to shed up to 100 of the 1,800 jobs in its submarine propulsion equipment division, which will mainly affect the Raynesway site in Derby. 30-Sep-2005 Outokumpu is considering plans to shed some of the jobs at its stainless steel production facility in Sheffield, in order to transfer work to Finland. 28-Sep-2005 Aigis Blast Protection has secured a £2m cash injection from Foresight Venture Partners to fund the international expansion of its blast-resistant materials business. 27-Sep-2005 Harkers has shed 40 jobs at its heavy engineering operation in Stockton, following a fall in orders. 26-Sep-2005 Twyford Bathrooms is to shed 30 jobs at its factory in Alsager, Cheshire, by the end of October. 26-Sep-2005 Corus is to close the hot-rolled steel decoiling operation at its Lackenby site on Teesside by the end of January, with the loss of 47 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Womborne in the West Midlands. 23-Sep-2005 York International is to close its air conditioning factory in Basildon over the next 12 months with the loss of 250 jobs, and the remaining 200 staff will relocate to a new office nearby by the end of 2006. 23-Sep-2005 Goonvean has secured a £4m cash injection to fund the modernisation of two china clay pits and to replace laboratories in the St Austell area. 23-Sep-2005 Anotrim, the Wolverhampton-based bathroom products manufacturer, is to close by the end of the year with the loss of about 40 jobs. 22-Sep-2005 Willerby Holiday Homes is to shed a further 95 jobs at its caravans factory in Hull, and its supplier Greatfield Windows is to close its Hull factory with the loss of 120 jobs. 22-Sep-2005 Yorkshire Forward and the White Rose University Consortium have secured outline planning permission for the development of a science centre at Burn Airfield near Selby, which could house the £1bn European Spallation Source facility. 19-Sep-2005 Mark Elliot Furniture is to relocate its Norfolk-based furniture factory and 47 staff from Oulton Broad to the Beccles Business Park in October. 19-Sep-2005 Baylis Recycling is to build a PET reclamation plant at its site in Slough, and has also announced plans to open a sorting facility in Leeds by the end of the year. 16-Sep-2005 Amnitec is planning to shed 60 of the 210 jobs at its flexible hoses factory in Merthyr Tydfil. 16-Sep-2005 Amtico, the Coventry-based flooring manufacturer with 800 staff, is expected to be put up for sale by Electra Partners Europe. 14-Sep-2005 BAe Systems and the North West Development Agency are working on plans to set up a 47-acre aerospace business park at the Samlesbury plant near Preston, which could create thousands of jobs over the next ten years. 12-Sep-2005 Dudley College has unveiled plans to build a new £18m manufacturing centre at its Broadway campus, in order to offer students the latest techniques in testing materials and producing parts for machinery. 12-Sep-2005 FMC Technologies is to expand its subsea engineering, procurement and construction operations in Dunfermline and Aberdeen, with the creation of 100 jobs. 09-Sep-2005 Meggitt is looking to expand its Dorset-based engineering business by making a series of bolt-on acquisitions of up to £100m each. 07-Sep-2005 Protomold is planning to create 40 jobs at its new £0.5m injection moulds factory in Telford by the end of next year. 06-Sep-2005 Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire is to provide £4.2m to boost the number of investment projects at Prestwick Airport's Aerospace Park, which will involve new research units being built and leased to aerospace companies. 06-Sep-2005 Bowman Windows is planning to spend £1.5m expanding its windows factory at Banbridge in Northern Ireland by 25,000 sq ft. 05-Sep-2005 Whitley Willows is to shed more than half of its 160-strong workforce at textile factories in the Huddersfield area, in order to transfer production overseas from early next year. 05-Sep-2005 Glunz & Jensen is to close its graphic arts equipment factory in Thetford by the end of next year, with the loss of up to 83 jobs, in order to transfer production to Slovakia and Denmark. 05-Sep-2005 Cegelec UK, the electrical maintenance company, is to relocate its Swansea operation to the Forest Fach Industrial Estate, securing 42 jobs and creating six new ones. 02-Sep-2005 United Utilities has awarded a £50m contract to a consortium of Amec and Lurgi UK to expand the Mersey Valley sludge processing plant near Widnes by 2008. 01-Sep-2005 Ernst & Young is to close the Christie Tyler furniture factories in Bridgend with the loss of 200 jobs, having failed to sell the business out of administration. 30-Aug-2005 Viktor Achter is considering plans to close its textiles factory in Burnley in December, with the loss of 220 jobs. 30-Aug-2005 Bioganix is planning to build a 48,000-tonne composting plant at Parham for Suffolk County Council. 30-Aug-2005 Huntrose UK has gone into liquidation with the loss of about 25 jobs at its printed circuit design systems factory in Glenrothes. 29-Aug-2005 R Tincknell & Son is to close its agricultural machinery depots in Devizes and Wilton in October, following the loss of the John Deere franchise. 26-Aug-2005 Indesit is to shed 80 jobs at its Blythe Bridge cooking appliances factory in North Staffordshire. 26-Aug-2005 Bombardier is to shed a further 230 jobs at its Shorts aerospace business in Belfast by next summer. 25-Aug-2005 TES Aviation Group has secured a £1.4m investment to fund the expansion of its aircraft engine maintenance business in Abercynon. 25-Aug-2005 Buko is planning to close its shopping trolley factory in Glenrothes in October, with the loss of about 90 jobs. 25-Aug-2005 Warwick Effect Polymers of Coventry has secured a £1.5m investment from Seven Spires Investments and others to fund the commercial development of its polymer range. 24-Aug-2005 Icon Polymer Group is to spend £1m relocating the vibration control part of its recently-acquired Silvertown business in Burton-upon-Trent to a nearby site, securing the future of 75 jobs. 23-Aug-2005 Stead McAlpin is to shed up to 62 jobs at its textile printing business in Carlisle. 22-Aug-2005 JH Birtwistle is to shed up to 40 jobs at its fabric weaving business in Rossendale. 22-Aug-2005 Richard Burbidge is to shed up to 30 management and administrative jobs at its timber business in Oswestry. 22-Aug-2005 TEG Environmental is to raise £3.4m in a share placing to fund the development of a composting plant in Perthshire. 22-Aug-2005 Hamworthy Combustion Engineering, the Poole-based combustion burners manufacturer with 500 staff in 15 countries, has appointed Altium to consider plans for a £30m sale or flotation. 22-Aug-2005 Corus is to set up a new £10m automated distribution centre at its site in North Lincolnshire by autumn 2006, which will result in the loss of about 20 jobs. 19-Aug-2005 Multiyork Furniture is to shed 39 of the 280 jobs at its factory in Thetford. 19-Aug-2005 BSW Timber is investing £3m in the expansion of its Scottish sawmills at Fort William and Boat of Garten, which employ 140 staff. 18-Aug-2005 Quinn Radiators of Ireland is to set up a £133m domestic radiators factory and research centre at the former LG Philips Displays facility in Newport, South Wales, over the next three years, with the creation of 460 jobs. 17-Aug-2005 Maxell Europe is to shed 50 jobs at its video tapes and floppy disks factory in Telford. 17-Aug-2005 Fastflow Pipeline Services is planning to expand its Washington-based waterworks business into the gas and electricity markets, with the creation of 60 jobs over the next year. 15-Aug-2005 Bosch, the German electrical products company, is looking to set up a new headquarters of more than 100,000 sq ft in the Thames Valley, but may still decide to retain its existing site in Uxbridge. 15-Aug-2005 Northrop Grumman has won a £665m contract to maintain radar aircraft for the Ministry of Defence, which will lead to 50 new jobs at RAF Waddington near Lincoln. 12-Aug-2005 Scott Wilson Pavement Engineering is to relocate its Nottingham office and 110 staff to a new £3m office and research centre at Chilwell. 12-Aug-2005 Camcal is to close its wind turbine tower factory in Bangor at the end of the month, with the loss of 60 jobs. 11-Aug-2005 Pringle of Scotland is to shed 35 of the 370 jobs at its knitwear factory in Hawick. 11-Aug-2005 Lancashire County Council has approved plans for the development of a waste recycling plant in Preston's Docklands by 2009. 11-Aug-2005 BES Consulting has agreed a £25m financing deal with private equity firm LDC to fund the expansion of its Huddersfield-based asbestos risk management business, and 40 surveyors will be added to the 190-strong workforce over the next 12 months. 10-Aug-2005 Gleason Works is to shed 15 of the 250 jobs at its tooling factory in Plymouth. 10-Aug-2005 Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority is planning to build a new £4m recycling centre at Stonebridge Lane in Liverpool, in order to transform kitchen and garden waste into compost. 05-Aug-2005 Polar Electro, the manufacturer of sports instruments, is to create 25 jobs at its new headquarters in Warwick over the next six months. 02-Aug-2005 Inergy Automotive Systems has closed its fuel tank factory in Telford with the loss of 40 jobs, but will retain a small site in Coventry for finishing and assembly. 02-Aug-2005 CE Marshall is to close the magnesium diecasting unit at its site in Willenhall next year, with the loss of up to 40 jobs. 25-Jul-2005 KMF Precision Sheet Metal is creating about 40 new jobs as part of a £2m expansion programme at its factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme. 20-Jul-2005 QDF Castings is said to be considering plans to close its factory in Derby, having laid off 125 of the 150 workers. 20-Jul-2005 Rolls-Royce has submitted plans for a new £45m aircraft engine factory in East Kilbride, while a separate planning application will cover an engine test facility. 19-Jul-2005 Adria is to shed a further 185 jobs at its hosiery factory in County Tyrone. 18-Jul-2005 Marlow Ropes is considering plans to shed up to 120 of the 300 jobs at its site in Hailsham, in order to transfer rope production to the north. 15-Jul-2005 British American Tobacco is to close its cigarette factory in Southampton over the next two years, with the loss of 530 jobs. 14-Jul-2005 Rencol, the handle moulder, is to close its two factories near Bristol with the loss of up to 70 jobs, in order to focus on distribution. 13-Jul-2005 Artisan Windows is considering plans to relocate its window manufacturing business and up to 70 staff from Shipley to Leeds, as the council is to demolish its Perseverance Mills site. 13-Jul-2005 Virotec International, the supplier of technology to clean up toxic sludge, is planning to raise £9m in a share placing on Aim to fund its sales and marketing activities in the US and Europe. 11-Jul-2005 Corus is to invest £6.8m in equipment for its steel tube manufacturing plant in Corby, with the creation of about 70 new jobs over the next two years. 11-Jul-2005 Hillarys Blinds is to shed up to 50 of the 500 jobs at its site in Nottingham. 11-Jul-2005 Cellular Developments has acquired the assets of the former Roulunds Codan automotive hose and mouldings operation in south Wales, securing the future of 16 jobs. 11-Jul-2005 Raymarine is to close its navigation equipment factory in Portsmouth by the end of next year, with the loss of 250 jobs. 08-Jul-2005 Selectus is to shed 30 of the 120 jobs at its ribbon factory in Stoke-on-Trent. 08-Jul-2005 Precision Micro, the engineered components manufacturer with 160 staff, is planning to relocate to Fort Dunlop in Birmingham by the end of next year. 06-Jul-2005 Sanyo has announced a global restructuring programme to shed 14,000 jobs over the next three years, casting doubt on the future of up to 350 jobs at its television factory in Suffolk. 06-Jul-2005 Rowlinson Knitwear, the Stockport-based school knitwear company with 74 staff, has secured a £4.5m cash injection to fund the development of a warehouse next to its site on the Woodbank Industrial Estate. 05-Jul-2005 Brighton & Hove Council is creating 50 new jobs through the expansion of its doorstep recycling service, and some of the vacancies are for HGV drivers. 05-Jul-2005 Amec is to cease offshore fabrication work at its Wallsend yard, but more than 100 design engineers will be retained. 04-Jul-2005 Johnson Service Group is to relocate its Bootle-based headquarters and 200 staff to a new site near Switch Island next spring. 30-Jun-2005 ALHCO, the heating installation and maintenance service provider, is considering plans to consolidate its Westbury, London and Scotland offices at a new site in Westbury. 30-Jun-2005 Sony is to close its cathode ray tubes factory in Bridgend by next March with the loss of 400 jobs, while 250 jobs will be lost at its factory in nearby Pencoed. 30-Jun-2005 Camper & Nicholsons is to shed more than 50 jobs at its boatyard in Gosport in September. 28-Jun-2005 Omya UK, the Swiss minerals firm, is setting up a new office for up to 80 staff at the Wyvern Business Park in Derby over the next six weeks, and offices in Matlock and Dorking are being closed. 27-Jun-2005 Wensum is to close its clothing factory in Norwich in September with the loss of 135 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Mauritius. 24-Jun-2005 Readers is to close its wire products factory in Cowes on the Isle of Wight with the loss of 37 jobs, but 84 office and retail jobs will be retained. 24-Jun-2005 Labtech Modular Engineering is to create 24 new jobs in Aberdeen, having won a new contract from US oilfield services firm MI Swaco. 24-Jun-2005 Electrolux is investing £7m in the expansion of its factory in Spennymoor, in order to produce a new range of free-standing cookers. 23-Jun-2005 Sovereign Group is planning to double the size of its PVC windows factory in Nelson to 150,000 sq ft, with the creation of an unspecified number of new jobs. 22-Jun-2005 WS Atkins is to create 30 jobs at its engineering consultancy business on Teesside, taking the local workforce to 300. 22-Jun-2005 Goss Graphics Systems is to shed 92 of the 450 jobs at its printing machines factory in Preston. 22-Jun-2005 Nippon Electric Glass is looking to shed an unspecified number of the 590 jobs at its Cardiff factory, which manufactures glass components for cathode ray tubes. 21-Jun-2005 JDP Integrated Solutions, the Braintree-based electrical equipment manufacturer, is to cease trading with the loss of 53 jobs. 20-Jun-2005 The Royal Navy is to create about 200 helicopter servicing jobs at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall. 17-Jun-2005 Honeywell is planning to shed 90 jobs at its Brand Rex cables factory in Glenrothes. 16-Jun-2005 Wide Range Elastomers is planning to almost double the size of its 5,400 sq ft rubber components factory in Leicester. 15-Jun-2005 AEA Technology, the rail and environmental consultancy, is to raise £33m in a share placing to reduce debt, and has also announced plans to shed more than 200 of its 2,700 staff in a voluntary redundancy programme. 15-Jun-2005 Corus is to shed 75 jobs at its Teesside steel works, as part of a previously-announced plan to close the bloom casting operation by the end of the year. 14-Jun-2005 Agco, the agricultural equipment supplier, is to set up an 81,000 sq ft European operations centre at Abbey Park in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, and 500 staff will relocate from Coventry in autumn 2006. 13-Jun-2005 Precision Antennas is seeking permission to expand its factory in Stratford-upon-Avon with the creation of 150 jobs, which would mean that Stratford Town would have to relocate to a new football stadium in Tiddington. 13-Jun-2005 Jeld-Wen is planning to shed up to 157 of the 300 jobs at its windows and doors factory in Lowestoft. 13-Jun-2005 Dundee University's Division of Civil Engineering has secured a £1.3m grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council to conduct a study into the measurement of sustainability. 10-Jun-2005 Yorwaste has won a new ten-year contract from City of York Council to manage household waste recycling centres, which will include the development of a new site at Hazel Court and the revamp of two other sites. 10-Jun-2005 Cranfield University has secured a £0.5m investment to fund the commercial development of new water treatment technology developed at its School of Water Sciences. 08-Jun-2005 Rhyal Engineering is expected to create 130 new jobs, having won a £14m contract to build storage facilities for the £184m Dragon LNG import terminal at Milford Haven. 08-Jun-2005 Fairline Boats is seeking permission to set up a new 40,000 sq ft factory in Oundle, with the creation of 150 jobs. 08-Jun-2005 FG Wilson is to create 170 new full-time jobs at its engineering plants in Larne, Monkstown and Springvale, and the positions will be offered to existing agency workers. 07-Jun-2005 Filtronic is in negotiations to sell its handset antennae division for an estimated £50m. 06-Jun-2005 Northumbrian Water has announced plans for a £1bn investment programme over the next five years, including an upgrade for 46 sewage treatment works and 15 water treatment works. 06-Jun-2005 BSH Home Appliances is planning to move into a 427,500 sq ft distribution centre at ProLogis Park near Kettering by the end of the year, with the creation of warehousing jobs, call centre jobs and ancillary jobs. 06-Jun-2005 Truma UK, the Burton-based manufacturer of products for caravans and motorhomes, is planning to relocate to Dove Valley Park at Foston by early next year. 06-Jun-2005 Sonaptic of High Wycombe has secured an undisclosed investment from Motorola to fund the development of audio technologies for the mobile device market. 03-Jun-2005 British American Tobacco is to transfer some cigarette production to Korea and Singapore, which could affect some of the 660 jobs at its plant in Southampton. 03-Jun-2005 Alexander Drew is to close its textile printing factory in Rochdale in July with the loss of 60 jobs. 02-Jun-2005 Strand Lighting, the Kirkcaldy-based theatre lighting company, is to close with the loss of 90 jobs. 02-Jun-2005 Arntz Belting is planning to shed about 30 of the 240 jobs at its fan belts factory in Londonderry. 01-Jun-2005 Unidare is planning to sell Daalderop, the Dutch manufacturer of electric water heaters, to 3i for about £35m. 01-Jun-2005 Window World is planning to increase the workforce at its Carlisle-based windows business from 45 to about 65 over the next two years, as part of a £2m investment programme. 26-May-2005 Melloy, the die-cast aluminium and zinc products company, has secured financial backing from Finance Wales to set up a new £1.3m headquarters at the Treforest Industrial Estate. 26-May-2005 Southend Council is planning to build a £9.5m waste facility in Eastern Avenue, and a further £10m will be spent on two dustcart depots. 25-May-2005 Langham Glass is to seek permission to relocate its Norfolk-based glassware business and 15 staff to the Tattersett Business Park by early next year. 24-May-2005 Komatsu has announced plans for the multi-million pound expansion of its excavator factory on Tyneside, which will involve 28 new jobs and a 50% increase in the floor space. 23-May-2005 Deeside Furniture is to close its furniture factory near Holywell with the loss of 400 jobs, in order to transfer production to South Wales. 23-May-2005 Goodacre Carpets is to shed about 50 of the 150 jobs at its carpet factory in Kendal, in order to transfer some production to Poland. 23-May-2005 Freefoam Plastics of Ireland is to set up a £3m plastic building products factory in Northampton. 23-May-2005 Lorne Electric is to close its electronics branch in Londonderry with the loss of 40 jobs. 23-May-2005 Boeing, the aircraft manufacturer, is planning to set up a 12,500 sq ft office at Heathrow House, Heathrow. 23-May-2005 Imerys is to shed 117 jobs at its china clay operations in Cornwall, as part of a restructuring programme to improve competitiveness. 19-May-2005 Wykes is considering plans to close its elastic yarns factory in Tiverton, with the loss of about 60 jobs. 19-May-2005 Hoover is planning to shed 88 jobs at its vacuum cleaner factory in Cambuslang, in order to transfer production to China. 18-May-2005 Hamlin Electronics is to shed about 60 of the 268 jobs at its electronics factory in Diss, in order to transfer production of shock sensors to Mexico. 18-May-2005 Haddon House, the conservatory furniture manufacturer, is to relocate from Wirral to a new assembly and distribution centre at the Sandycroft Industrial Estate on Deeside, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 17-May-2005 NSK is to invest £16m at its bearings factory in Peterlee over the next few years, but 85 of the 600 jobs will be lost by next February. 17-May-2005 Metnor is to close its galvanizing plant in Middlesbrough, with the loss of up to 75 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Chesterfield. 17-May-2005 K&S Plating has ceased trading with the loss of the remaining 18 jobs at its Birmingham-based electroplating business. 16-May-2005 Laserfix, the Birkenhead-based supplier of fixings and fasteners, has ceased trading with the loss of 18 of its 45 staff, with the rest being offered employment with newly-formed FixingsFast. 16-May-2005 Glamal Engineering is planning to relocate its carbon and stainless steel stockholding operations and 180 jobs from six Teesside warehouses to the former Samsung site at Wynyard. 16-May-2005 Britax is looking to sell its child car seat and pushchair operations for about £200m, having appointed KPMG to handle the sale. 16-May-2005 Aker Kvaerner is to shed about 80 jobs at its engineering services business in Stockton, following a fall in demand for its maintenance and overhaul services. 13-May-2005 Legrand Electric is to shed 240 jobs at sites in Wednesbury and West Bromwich, having transferred some of its production to other countries. 13-May-2005 Ametek Prestolite Motors is considering plans to close its electric motors factory in Leyland this summer, with the loss of 44 jobs. 13-May-2005 Enesco is to close its giftware factory in Workington with the loss of up to 55 jobs, in order to transfer production to its site in Penrith. 12-May-2005 BSI Inspectorate, the Essex-based product testing company with 3,863 staff, has been put up for sale for an estimated £80m. 12-May-2005 Red Spider Technology has secured a £0.4m funding package to fund the expansion of its Aberdeen-based tool design and manufacturing business. 11-May-2005 Glasgow University has secured a £4.2m grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council to set up a new electrical engineering centre, while the University of Strathclyde gets £3.8m to research power generation. 11-May-2005 Anglian Windows is planning to shed 40 jobs from its 900-strong manufacturing workforce in Norwich. 09-May-2005 Waterford Wedgwood of Ireland has announced plans to shed up to 1,800 jobs, which is likely to affect its recently-acquired Royal Doulton business in the Potteries. 06-May-2005 Simmons Bedding is to close its factory in Merton with the loss of up to 170 jobs, in order to transfer production of Sleepeezee pocket spring beds to its site in Strood, Kent. 05-May-2005 Sara Lee Courtaulds has confirmed plans to close its hosiery factory in Sutton in Ashfield, with the loss of 300 jobs. 29-Apr-2005 Bede, the supplier of X-ray instruments, is to raise £9.3m in a share placing to expand its sales and marketing operations. 28-Apr-2005 CRC is to create 270 jobs at its television equipment repair business in Glenrothes, having secured a £1m Regional Selective Assistance grant. 27-Apr-2005 Velux Company, the roof window manufacturer, is to create 30 new jobs at its sales and technical support centre in Fife. 27-Apr-2005 Cummins is planning to expand the 800-strong workforce at its engines factory in Darlington with 30 new jobs. 26-Apr-2005 Deceuninck is planning to close a PVC window manufacturing operation in Oldham in August, with the loss of 80 jobs. 26-Apr-2005 Polypipe is to shed up to 30 jobs at its plastics factory in Edlington, Doncaster. 26-Apr-2005 Rentokil Initial, the support services group, is considering plans to relocate its headquarters to a more-suitable site in the East Grinstead area, and there will also be a small head office in central London. 25-Apr-2005 Westminster Bedsteads is to close its bed factory in Wrexham in August with the loss of more than 60 jobs, in order to transfer production to the Far East. 21-Apr-2005 Premier Kitchens & Bedrooms has won permission to build a £1.7m showroom, warehouse and office complex in Peterborough, and plans to relocate the 68 staff from its existing site by the end of the year. 20-Apr-2005 The Environment Agency is considering an application for the installation of a third furnace at the Eastcroft incinerating plant in the centre of Nottingham. 20-Apr-2005 CWV Group is to shed up to 50 jobs at its Imperial Home Decor wallpaper factory in Morecambe. 19-Apr-2005 Anglian Windows is to close its factory in Port Talbot this month, with the loss of 64 jobs. 19-Apr-2005 Time 24 is to shed 58 jobs at its wiring components factory in Derby. 19-Apr-2005 Manor Direct is to create 20 new jobs at its kitchen design and fittings business in Hull this month. 19-Apr-2005 Nicholsons Sealing Technologies is to relocate its aircraft and automotive seals business and 130 staff from three sites to a new 50,000 sq ft site near Stanley later this year, with the creation of 20 new jobs. 15-Apr-2005 Horatio Myer & Company is to shed up to 90 of the 680 jobs at its bed factory in Huntingdon. 14-Apr-2005 Edward Turnbull is to shed about 25 of the 65 jobs at its textile design and print business in Bury, in order to transfer some work to Thailand. 14-Apr-2005 Corus is to invest £4.4m in the modernisation of its beam mill in Redcar, but this will result in the loss of 98 jobs. 14-Apr-2005 Foseco, the supplier of consumable products for foundries, is planning a flotation with a market capitalisation of about £170m. 14-Apr-2005 ARM Plastics, the Bridgend-based plastics engineering company, has changed its name to Thompson Technik. 13-Apr-2005 Scottish Water has outlined details of a £41m investment programme to improve the water and waste water infrastructure across Angus and Dundee. 13-Apr-2005 Tyco Electronics is to close its Dorman Smith switchgear factory in Preston in September, with the loss of the remaining 60 staff. 13-Apr-2005 Riverside Textiles is to close its textiles factory in Lurgan, County Armagh, with the loss of up to 70 jobs. 11-Apr-2005 Qualceram Shires is to shed up to 220 jobs at its bathrooms factory in Stoke-on-Trent, in order to transfer production to either eastern Europe or the Far East. 11-Apr-2005 Sharp Precision Manufacturing is to close its metal casings factory in Llay with the loss of up to 51 jobs, although some of the staff could be redeployed at the adjacent solar panel and microwave facility. 08-Apr-2005 INBIS, the Preston-based design and engineering support services group, has sold an undisclosed stake to Assystem-Brime of France. 06-Apr-2005 Tanfield Group is to relocate its recently-acquired Smith's Electric Vehicles division from Gateshead to its County Durham headquarters by the end of next month. 06-Apr-2005 Ritek is to close its recordable CD factory in Omagh next month, with the loss of 85 jobs. 05-Apr-2005 Xerox is to shed 95 jobs at its copier factory in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, in September. 05-Apr-2005 Sure Maintenance has secured a multi-million pound investment package from Graphite Capital to fund the expansion of its Liverpool-based domestic heating systems business. 01-Apr-2005 Sanyo UK is seeking permission to double the size of its premises at the Gapton Hall industrial estate in Yarmouth to 60,000 sq ft. 01-Apr-2005 Duralay, the Lancashire-based carpet underlay firm with 900 staff, and parent company Interfloor Group have been put up for sale by Rutland Fund. 01-Apr-2005 First Engineering is to relocate its headquarters from Glasgow to purpose-built premises in Hamilton next year, which will involve moving more than 450 staff from four sites in the west of Scotland. 01-Apr-2005 Willerby Holiday Homes is considering plans to shed up to 99 jobs at its caravan factory in Hull. 01-Apr-2005 South Shropshire District Council has secured a £1.2m government grant to build a BioDigester plant in Ludlow, in order to convert gas from household waste into energy. 30-Mar-2005 Vindon Healthcare is planning to raise £0.3m in a share placing to fund the development of its environmental control products. 30-Mar-2005 Yorkshire Water is to invest £1.5bn in upgrading its water mains and treatment works over the next five years. 29-Mar-2005 Elastic Knitting is to shed 65 jobs at its textiles factory in Galgorm, Ballymena. 29-Mar-2005 British Thornton ESF is to relocate its Leeds-based educational furniture manufacturing business and 135 staff from Burley to a new site in Keighley, and 25 new jobs will be created. 29-Mar-2005 Therm Tempered, the Llantrisant-based manufacturer of double glazing and toughened glass, is to close with the loss of 167 jobs. 29-Mar-2005 BAe Systems is to create 100 new jobs in Barrow, having won a £463m order to supply field guns to the US Marine Corps and the US Army. 29-Mar-2005 Utek, the US-based technology transfer company, is planning to raise £8m in a secondary listing on Aim, in order to expand its operations in the UK. 29-Mar-2005 Hartest Holdings, the supplier of medical technology and precision instruments, is to raise £3m in a share placing. 24-Mar-2005 Toshiba Carrier UK is considering plans to close its air conditioning factory in Plymouth with the loss of 163 jobs. 24-Mar-2005 Plymouth City Council is to build a £2m waste transfer station at Chelson Meadow, in order to move waste out of the city when the tip closes in 2007. 24-Mar-2005 Essex County Council is considering plans from Cleanaway to set up a waste treatment plant at Pitsea. 24-Mar-2005 Now Group is to open a new kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms factory in Preston this summer, with the creation of 100 jobs. 23-Mar-2005 Oystertec, the supplier of pipe fittings, is planning to change its name to Advanced Fluid Connections. 23-Mar-2005 Yorkshire Forward is to invest £9.6m in the region's advanced engineering and metals industry, which should help to create about 500 jobs, and grants will be offered to companies and universities for research projects. 22-Mar-2005 Caparo Tubes of Walsall is to close with the loss of 90 jobs, in order to transfer production of steel products to its site in Oldbury. 22-Mar-2005 RU Recycling has identified three potential sites in Derby to build a £5m recycling plant, in order to handle a contract to process the city's waste for the next ten years. 22-Mar-2005 Godfrey Syrett of Newcastle has won a £20m contract to supply office furniture to the Department for Transport and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, which will create up to 30 new jobs. 22-Mar-2005 Weir is to restructure its pump manufacturing operations, with the loss of 500 jobs at sites in Alloa, Cathcart, Manchester and various regional offices. 21-Mar-2005 Yorkshire Forward is providing a £2.1m grant for the development of the country's first manufacturing base for nanotechnology-based consumer products, which will be operated by scientists at the University of Leeds. 18-Mar-2005 Middle Level Commissioners has announced plans for the development of a new £40m pumping station at St Germans near King's Lynn, to prevent flooding in the Fens. 18-Mar-2005 Southern Water is to seek permission for the development of a £200m waste water plant and sludge recycling centre at Peacehaven, Sussex. 18-Mar-2005 Morgan Marine is to create 20 new jobs at its fibreglass composite and steel housings manufacturing business near Ammanford this year. 16-Mar-2005 Elliotts is to shed a further 70 of the 90 jobs at its phone masts manufacturing plant in Newtown, Powys, in April. 16-Mar-2005 Adria is to shed 175 jobs at its hosiery manufacturing operation in County Tyrone. 15-Mar-2005 Portaramp is to relocate its ramp manufacturing business and 41 staff from Thetford to a 43,000 sq ft factory in East Harling over the next two weeks, which could lead to the creation of up to 60 new jobs. 15-Mar-2005 Culverwells is to close its farm supplies depot in Lewes, East Susses, with the loss of 30 jobs. 15-Mar-2005 The Ministry of Defence has confirmed plans to shed 300 jobs at RAF Brize Norton, 325 at RAF Cottesmore, 180 at RAF Kinloss, 700 at RAF Lossiemouth, 160 at RAF Leuchars, 230 at RAF Lyneham, 175 at RAF St Mawgan and 125 at RAF Waddington. 14-Mar-2005 Corus is considering plans to shed up to 200 of the 1,700 jobs at its steel plant on Teesside, in order to secure the future of a supply agreement with Swiss trading company Duferco. 14-Mar-2005 Metalysis of South Yorkshire has raised £5m from Seven Spires Investments and 3i to fund the commercial development of its electrolytic metals processing method. 11-Mar-2005 Wrights of Trowmill is to close its weaving mill near Hawick with the loss of six jobs. 11-Mar-2005 Ercol is to shed 40 of the 260 jobs at its furniture factory in Princes Risborough. 11-Mar-2005 Lewis Spring Products is to create 50 new jobs at its factory in Redditch, having agreed to amalgamate with fellow manufacturer Pre-Met of Kent. 11-Mar-2005 Cityfax is to shed up to 30 of the 114 jobs at its tie factory in Corby, in order to transfer some production to China. 11-Mar-2005 KLM UK Engineering is to shed about 30 jobs at its aircraft engineering business in Norwich, in order to transfer some work to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. 10-Mar-2005 Paul Moy Associates, the Liverpool-based mechanical and electrical consulting engineer, is creating nine new jobs at offices in London and Manchester. 09-Mar-2005 Polaroid is considering plans to shed a further 85 jobs in the camera film division at its Vale of Leven factory. 08-Mar-2005 Crosslee is to close its gas and electric fires factory at Flint in north Wales, with the loss of 47 jobs, in order to transfer production to its site at Hipperholme, Halifax. 08-Mar-2005 The Daresbury Laboratory near Warrington has confirmed plans to shed almost 150 jobs when funding for its radiation research runs out in 2008 and the work is transferred to a new site in Oxfordshire. 08-Mar-2005 Hardide is planning to raise £1.7m in a flotation on Aim next month to fund the expansion of its Oxfordshire-based surface engineering technology business. 07-Mar-2005 Roballo Engineering is investing £1.2m in new machinery at its bearings factory in Peterlee, securing the future of 55 jobs and creating 15 new ones. 03-Mar-2005 LG Philips is to close its television parts factory in Durham in July, with the loss of 761 jobs, in order to transfer production to China. 03-Mar-2005 AEI Cables is to close its cables factory at Northfleet in Kent with the loss of up to 200 jobs. 02-Mar-2005 Royal Doulton is planning to transfer 63 prestige pottery production workers from Burslem to a Wedgwood site in Barlaston, as part of the merger between the two companies. 02-Mar-2005 Brooks & Bentley, the supplier of crystal and china figurines, is expected to be put up for sale by Brown-Forman with an estimated valuation of £30m. 02-Mar-2005 Scottish Water is to invest £75m in improvements to its drinking water infrastructure in Ayrshire. 01-Mar-2005 Hospital Metalcraft is seeking permission to build a new £10m furniture and equipment factory in Blandford, in order to consolidate operations from seven existing sites. 01-Mar-2005 Waltons Garden Buildings, the Nottinghamshire-based supplier of timber sheds, has secured a £15m investment from Close Brothers Private Equity. 01-Mar-2005 Airbus has confirmed plans to create 650 jobs at its aircraft wings factory in Broughton over the next two years. 01-Mar-2005 Severn Trent Water is to invest £2.3bn in improvements to the quality of drinking water across the Midlands over the next five years. 25-Feb-2005 Hagemeyer is to close its Newey & Eyre electrical distribution centre in Runcorn with the loss of 500 jobs, as part of a strategy to establish a regional network of between 10 and 15 centres. 25-Feb-2005 Wensum is to shed up to 60 of the 226 jobs at its clothing factory in Norwich, following a fall in sales. 25-Feb-2005 Status Windows of Staffordshire is to cease trading, with the loss of ten jobs and a reduction in work for 16 contracted installers and 10 self-employed agents. 25-Feb-2005 A&J Scott is to start work next month on the development of a new £5m sawmill at its site in Northumberland. 24-Feb-2005 RingProp is to raise £3m in a share placing to fund the development of its range of propeller designs. 21-Feb-2005 Corus is transfer steel rail production from Workington to North Lincolnshire, as part of a £130m investment that will result in the loss of more than 400 jobs. 18-Feb-2005 Frank Sutton is investing £1.5m in a new tractor and farm equipment dealership near Pencoed. 17-Feb-2005 Perfecta Beds is to shed 66 of the 250 jobs at its bed factory in Barnsley. 17-Feb-2005 Bird & Tole, the Buckinghamshire-based manufacturer of measuring instruments, has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 25 jobs. 17-Feb-2005 Freeplay Energy, the research and development company with 30 staff, is planning to raise £3.5m in a share placing on Aim later this month. 16-Feb-2005 Rolls-Royce is to close its aircraft engine testing facility near Nottingham by the end of 2007 with the loss of about 30 jobs. 16-Feb-2005 Bombardier has announced plans to shed a further 280 jobs at its Shorts aircraft components business in Belfast. 16-Feb-2005 LEC Marine is to shed more than 100 jobs at its Lowestoft-based marine engineering business due to financial difficulties. 16-Feb-2005 Alphaform, the German prototyping and tooling company, is to set up a production site in Newbury by the end of March. 15-Feb-2005 Covrad Heat Transfer, the Coventry-based manufacturer of cooling systems with 260 staff, has received a £5m equity investment from a2e Venture Catalysts. 14-Feb-2005 Weir is to shed 180 of the 350 jobs at its valves and controls factory in Huddersfield. 14-Feb-2005 Ulster Weavers is to close two textile factories in Armagh and Castlewellan in County Down with the loss of 77 jobs, but will retain 150 staff at other plants in Northern Ireland. 14-Feb-2005 SP Systems is to shed up to 50 of the 527 jobs at its advanced composites factory on the Isle of Wight. 14-Feb-2005 Mentor Medical is to close its factory in Colchester in March, with the loss of up to 75 jobs. 14-Feb-2005 Premier Profiles is planning to close its PVC windows and doors business in Doncaster with the loss of 220 jobs. 10-Feb-2005 Victoria is to cease production of Axminster carpets with the loss of 85 of the 340 jobs in Kidderminster. 10-Feb-2005 JMW Aluminium is to create more than 20 new jobs at its Newcastle-based aluminium fabrication business. 09-Feb-2005 Michelin has pledged to invest £5m in the modernisation of its tyre factory in Stoke-on-Trent. 08-Feb-2005 Atraverda is to set up a £4m battery components factory at the Roseheyworth Industrial Estate near Abertillery, with the creation of 40 jobs. 07-Feb-2005 Toshiba is to shed 90 of the 360 jobs at its television factory in Plymouth in March. 07-Feb-2005 Hyder Consulting is to raise £10m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its management consultancy and engineering design business. 07-Feb-2005 Eurocut is planning to almost double the size of its precision instruments factory in Sheffield, and the workforce is rising by 15% to more than 100. 04-Feb-2005 Security Products is to close its locks factory at Wood Street in Willenhall, with staff moving to its nearby Portobello site by the end of the year. 04-Feb-2005 BSW Timber is to invest £15m in the expansion of its sawmill at Newbridge-on-Wye over the next three years, with the creation of 24 jobs. 03-Feb-2005 Marshall Aerospace is considering five potential locations for the relocation of its Cambridge-based aerospace business, including Mildenhall, Alconbury, Wyton, Duxford and Waterbeach. 03-Feb-2005 IMI Cornelius is to shed up to 43 jobs at its factory in Sheffield, in order to outsource the manufacture of retail cabinets. 03-Feb-2005 Mitsui Babcock is to close its engineering fabrication department in Renfrew next month with the loss of 50 jobs. 03-Feb-2005 Group 4 Securicor is to close its security depot in Plymouth in May, and the 63 staff will be offered the chance to transfer to branches in Exeter and Truro. 03-Feb-2005 Forbo Nairn is to close its cushion-vinyl floor coverings production facility in Kirkcaldy with the loss of 110 jobs, but the manufacture of linoleum will continue. 02-Feb-2005 Simclar Group has closed its Kingsway West fabrication facility in Dundee with the loss of 50 jobs. 02-Feb-2005 City Refrigeration Holdings is to receive a £2.4m Scottish Executive grant to help set up a new £15m headquarters in Glasgow, securing the future of 352 jobs. 01-Feb-2005 JBD Plastics is considering plans to close its injection moulding site in Ilfracombe with the loss of 46 jobs, in order to transfer the work to the recently-acquired Aldridge Plastics site in the West Midlands. 01-Feb-2005 AgustaWestland is to shed 550 jobs at its Westland Helicopters business in Yeovil and a further 90 jobs at its transmissions business. 01-Feb-2005 Holman-OEM, the Camborne-based metal fabrication company, has ceased trading with the loss of 25 jobs. 31-Jan-2005 The Department for Environment has awarded £100m to the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority to help fund the development of up to five large waste recycling centres. 31-Jan-2005 Sekers is to close its textile fabrics factory in Copeland in March, with the loss of 53 of the 75 jobs. 28-Jan-2005 BAe Systems is planning to shed 1,396 jobs at 13 of its 70 UK sites, including Manchester, Edinburgh, Rochester, Southampton, Luton and Basildon. 28-Jan-2005 SR Gent is to close its clothing factory in Barnsley with the loss of about 100 jobs, but the site will be retained for distribution and processing. 28-Jan-2005 AMS Cowes is to shed 195 jobs at its radar systems plant on the Isle of Wight, as part of a group restructuring programme. 28-Jan-2005 Dunoon Ceramics is considering plans to close its Argyll-based factory in the spring with the loss of 50 jobs. 27-Jan-2005 Caterpillar, the US industrial equipment group, is to set up a £1m financial centre in Larne, Northern Ireland, with the creation of 25 jobs. 26-Jan-2005 Corus Tubes is to relocate a steel pipe mill and 73 staff from Stockton to its site in Hartlepool by August, and the Stockton site will be sold. 26-Jan-2005 Clogau Gold of Wales is to shed 14 jobs at its Bodelwyddan workshop, in order to transfer production to China. 26-Jan-2005 Zenith Hygiene, the supplier of cleaning and hygiene products, is planning to raise £4m in a flotation on Aim. 25-Jan-2005 Gaskells is to set up a new £2.5m waste transfer and recycling plant in Bootle later this year, with the creation of at least ten jobs. 25-Jan-2005 Thamesdown Software Fulfilment has acquired SDC GB, the CD manufacturer, which will lead to the creation of 60 new jobs in Swindon. 25-Jan-2005 Yuasa Batteries is to close its automotive batteries factory in Birmingham, with the loss of more than 300 jobs. 24-Jan-2005 Ronaldsway Shoe Company on the Isle of Man is to close with the loss of 130 jobs, in order to transfer production to China. 24-Jan-2005 Rolls-Royce has won a £40m contract to manufacture gas turbines for a Caspian Sea oil project, securing the future of 600 jobs at its Liverpool plant. 21-Jan-2005 Sony is to shed 220 jobs at its television factory in Pencoed and 80 at nearby Bridgend, due to falling demand for cathode ray tubes. 21-Jan-2005 Severn Trent is planning to shed 350 jobs at unspecified locations, in order to improve the efficiency of its Midlands water business and meet regulatory targets. 21-Jan-2005 Liquid Plastics is to close its Flexcrete concrete repair business in Preston, with the loss of 30 jobs. 21-Jan-2005 Airbus is to create 800 new jobs at its aircraft wings factory at Broughton in Flintshire. 20-Jan-2005 Gravatom Engineering Systems is to set up a £0.5m factory in Workington to develop systems for the nuclear, pharmaceutical and medical industries, and 30 staff are being recruited. 19-Jan-2005 Gooch & Housego is in negotiations to acquire the Clarks site in Ilminster, in order to set up a new precision optoelectronics factory and headquarters. 19-Jan-2005 Acre Products is to close its television cabinet factory in Darlington in June, with the loss of up to 100 jobs. 19-Jan-2005 Viridor Waste Management has submitted plans to build a new composting centre near Cullompton, in partnership with Devon County Council and Devon Waste Management. 19-Jan-2005 Gallaher is to shed 250 jobs at its cigarette factories in Austria, Northern Ireland and Cardiff. 19-Jan-2005 Workwear Express, the County Durham-based supplier of corporate clothing, is planning to double its 20-strong workforce over the next two years. 17-Jan-2005 Courtaulds is to close its clothing factory in Sutton-in-Ashfield over the next few months with the loss of up to 340 jobs, while 50 jobs will be lost at its factory in Belper. 17-Jan-2005 CompAir Reavell is planning to relocate its Ipswich factory and about 100 jobs to the Landmark Business Park this summer, while its existing site has been sold to housing developer Fairview. 17-Jan-2005 Knauf Drywall is planning to expand its plasterboard factory in Immingham by 50%, including a new production hall, warehouse and trailer park. 17-Jan-2005 Butterley Engineering is planning to shed 76 jobs at its factory in Ripley, leaving 40 staff to focus on the crane industry. 17-Jan-2005 Royal Worcester is planning to shed about 120 jobs in Worcester, in order to transfer tableware production to its site in Stoke. 17-Jan-2005 S Lyles is to sell its Jilling Ing Mills textiles site in Dewsbury and relocate the workforce to its nearby Calder Bank factory. 14-Jan-2005 Presswork Metals is to cease trading next month with the loss of the remaining 110 jobs at its Newton Aycliffe site. 14-Jan-2005 Clarks is to close its only remaining UK shoe factory at Ilminster in Somerset with the loss of 90 jobs, in order to transfer production to India, China, and Romania. 14-Jan-2005 CRC Glenrothes is to create up to 100 new jobs at its Fife-based television equipment repair business, having won a new £9m contract from NTL. 13-Jan-2005 Komatsu UK is to create 20 new jobs at its excavator manufacturing plant in County Durham over the next two months. 13-Jan-2005 Deepdale Solutions is relocating its walling, doors and glazing manufacturing business and 22 staff from Thirsk to Hartlepool, and 19 new jobs are being created. 10-Jan-2005 Trelleborg Bonded Seals is to shed a further 70 jobs at its factory in Newtown, Powys, over the next 12 months. 10-Jan-2005 TSF Retail Solutions, the shopfitting company, is planning to create about 60 jobs at its new headquarters in Washington, Tyne & Wear, over the next six months. 06-Jan-2005 Johnson Matthey is to close its Precision Studios ceramics division in Fenton with the loss of about 80 jobs. 06-Jan-2005 Crane Fruehauf has shed a further 70 of the 390 jobs at its trailer manufacturing plant in Dereham, Norfolk. 04-Jan-2005 The information below comes from the UK Activity Report. 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