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Service Control is planning to expand its Bridgend-based mechanical and electrical services business into the Midlands, and hopes to double its workforce to 100. 31-Dec-2009 EEW Group of Germany is seeking a suitable site in Scotland to build a £27m factory to produce steel tubes for wind turbines, with the creation of 150 jobs. 31-Dec-2009 Fendor is planning to create up to 20 new jobs at its specialist glass business in Gateshead. 22-Dec-2009 GKN is shedding 19 of the 250 jobs at its Aerospace Transparency Systems plant in Birmingham. 21-Dec-2009 K Hartwall to close its roll cages manufacturing facility in Glenrothes, with the loss of 93 jobs. 21-Dec-2009 Performance Window Group is to relocate the production of Clearwood timber windows and doors from Redruth to its main site in Essex, with the loss of up to 20 jobs. 21-Dec-2009 Ellis Furniture is to shed an estimated 50 of the 260 jobs at its furniture factory in Huddersfield. 21-Dec-2009 Marine Subsea (UK) is planning to create a further 25 jobs at its Aberdeen-based subsea services business early next year. 21-Dec-2009 Lyte Industries is to relocate its ladder manufacturing business and 100 staff to a new £8m site in Neath Port Talbot, as Tesco has won permission to build a new supermarket on its existing site in Ystradgynlais. 17-Dec-2009 BAe Systems is to shed up to 300 jobs at its Platform Solutions division in Medway by the end of March. 17-Dec-2009 The Ministry of Defence has announced plans to close RAF Cottesmore in Rutland, in order to transfer the Harrier fast jet fleet to RAF Wittering. 16-Dec-2009 Anglesey Council has approved plans from Grays Waste Management for the development of a biogas plant at Mona, which will create about 14 jobs. 16-Dec-2009 Northamptonshire County Council has unveiled plans to build a £2.1m household waste recycling plant in Kettering by next August. 16-Dec-2009 Carpenter is seeking permission to extend its foam manufacturing facilities in Glossop with 128,000 sq ft of additional space, with the creation of up to 70 jobs. 15-Dec-2009 Smart Timber Frame Company is planning to create more than 300 jobs at its timber house frames factory in Stoke-on-Trent over the next 15 months. 15-Dec-2009 Rapiscan is to relocate its Congleton-based vehicle-mounted x-ray scanners manufacturing business and up to 30 staff to a larger site at Victoria Business Park in Biddulph by June. 15-Dec-2009 The Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) has announced plans to create an executive space agency to replace the British National Space Centre, and the location and name will be decided next year. 14-Dec-2009 Cornwall Council is to consider plans from SITA Cornwall for a new household waste recycling centre in Launceston, as part of a £15m investment in waste management. 14-Dec-2009 Pilkington Sealed Units is to close its glass processing plant in Oldbury by March, with the loss of 111 jobs. 14-Dec-2009 Moulded Foams has secured a £2.5m funding package to expand its polystyrene and polypropylene foam operations in Tonypandy, Scunthorpe and Cumbernauld. 10-Dec-2009 Stadium Electronics is to create about 20 new jobs at its factory in Hartlepool, having won a £2.3m contract to supply water meters to parts of Africa and Brazil. 08-Dec-2009 Corus is to mothball most of its Teesside Cast Products plant early next year, with the loss of 1,700 jobs. 07-Dec-2009 Wessington Cryogenics is relocating its freezing tanks manufacturing business to a 70,000 sq ft factory at the Rainton Bridge business park near Sunderland. 07-Dec-2009 Jeld-Wen is to close its timber processing factory in Lowestoft with the loss of up to 194 jobs. 07-Dec-2009 Telford & Wrekin Council is considering plans to invest £4.2m in the development of two new recycling centres. 07-Dec-2009 Phase Vision is looking to relocate its Loughborough-based 3D measurement devices business to a larger site, and the workforce will rise from 15 to 30. 07-Dec-2009 Rolls-Royce has confirmed plans to build a new aerospace factory at Vigo Lane in Washington by 2016, in order to transfer production and hundreds of jobs from Pallion. 07-Dec-2009 Corus is to rebrand its UK steel operations under the name of parent company Tata by June 2010, at an expected cost of millions of pounds. 03-Dec-2009 Yorkshire Forward is to help fund a government plan to set up a £25m materials and components engineering centre in Sheffield, in partnership with the University of Sheffield. 03-Dec-2009 The Ministry of Defence has confirmed plans to shed about 340 jobs at its military aircraft maintenance base at St Athan in Glamorgan by June 2013. 02-Dec-2009 Amec is planning to expand the 12-strong workforce at its Tyneside-based nuclear engineering division to 26 over the next year, and is moving to a new office in North Shields. 02-Dec-2009 ThyssenKrupp is to end production at its Lift Able stairlift operation in Stockton, with the loss of 13 of the 80 jobs, in order to focus on sales, marketing and service. 02-Dec-2009 Rayner Interocular Lenses is seeking a suitable site for the relocation of its Hove-based production facility and 130 staff, to allow for the £100m redevelopment of the Sackville Trading Estate. 02-Dec-2009 Astrium has won a £456m contract to manufacture four television satellites for SES, securing hundreds of jobs in Portsmouth and Stevenage. 01-Dec-2009 Yorkshire Water is to relocate more than 500 staff to a new 55,000 sq ft office at Clarence Dock in Leeds next February, in order to manage a £1.9bn investment in pipe infrastructure over the next five years. 01-Dec-2009 BAe Systems is to shed 642 jobs at its technology systems operations across the country, including sites in Cowes, Portsmouth, Frimley, Christchurch, Chelmsford, New Malden, Bristol and Hillend in Fife. 30-Nov-2009 Matcon is considering plans to relocate its powder handling systems business and some of the 70 staff from Moreton to a new 35,000 sq ft factory in Bourton. 30-Nov-2009 Havelock Europa is planning to shed up to 60 of the 325 jobs at its shopfitting business in Dalgety Bay, in order to transfer production to Kirkcaldy. 30-Nov-2009 The South West Regional Development Agency has unveiled plans to set up a £16m composite technology research centre in Bristol by 2011, with the support of Airbus, GKN and Rolls-Royce. 30-Nov-2009 Salford City Council is to consider plans from Sky Properties and Energos for the development of a recycling and renewable energy plant on Green Lane by 2012, with the creation of 50 jobs. 25-Nov-2009 NuLife Glass is to create 30 jobs at a new television recycling plant due to open in Salford in January. 25-Nov-2009 Osborne Engineering is planning to create 40 new jobs at its Cramlington-based bearings manufacturing business over the next year, as part of an expansion programme that will include acquisitions and a move into the Far East. 24-Nov-2009 Raymarine, the Portsmouth-based marine electronics company with 419 staff, is seeking a buyer to secure its future. 23-Nov-2009 Southern Water is to relocate 200 staff from Falmer, Chatham and Otterbourne to its headquarters in Worthing over the next six months. 23-Nov-2009 Wellstream is to shed up to 200 jobs at its oil pipelines factory on Tyneside next year. 19-Nov-2009 Biffa has won planning permission to build an anaerobic digestion plant at Poplars in Staffordshire by autumn 2010, with the creation of 15 jobs. 19-Nov-2009 Big Green Book is looking to recruit up to 20 staff at its environmental business network in Oswestry over the next year. 16-Nov-2009 A&P Tyne has won a £55m contract to build a section for a new Royal Navy aircraft carrier, securing up to 210 jobs at its Tyneside shipyard. 11-Nov-2009 Viridor has submitted plans to build a £180m resource recovery centre at Chittening near Avonmouth, including a materials recycling facility and an energy-from-waste plant. 11-Nov-2009 United Utilities is planning to shed up to 260 jobs at its Warrington-based water business. 11-Nov-2009 The North West Aerospace Alliance has secured £7m of funding from the NWDA and the EU to help secure and create hundreds of jobs in the region's aerospace sector. 10-Nov-2009 Glen Dimplex is to shed up to 40 jobs at its Glen Electric heaters factory in Newry, while 30 jobs will be lost at its Seagoe Technologies plant in Portadown. 09-Nov-2009 Julian's Waste Management has gone into liquidation with the loss of 82 jobs at its waste contracting business in Boston. 09-Nov-2009 Agco is to shed up to 72 of the 500 jobs at its agricultural equipment manufacturing business in Stoneleigh. 09-Nov-2009 Houghton International is to create 40 jobs at its Newcastle-based electrical engineering business over the next three years. 09-Nov-2009 Wedgwood has confirmed plans to transfer up to 100 jobs from Stone to a new 128,000 sq ft distribution centre in Stafford from February. 09-Nov-2009 Quinn Group is planning to create 800 new jobs over the next three years, mainly at its Derrylin factory in Fermanagh. 09-Nov-2009 Siemens Flow Instruments is considering plans to close its measuring equipment factory at Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, with the loss of up to 120 jobs. 09-Nov-2009 European Metal Recycling is to submit plans to build a power station fuelled by waste plastic and metal in Oldbury. 09-Nov-2009 Swansea University is to benefit from a £50m investment by Rolls-Royce in new research and training facilities for gas turbine engineers at the University Technology Centre. 09-Nov-2009 Norfolk County Council has unveiled plans to develop a new £1m household waste recycling centre in Dereham by autumn 2010. 05-Nov-2009 Anglian Water is to shed up to 86 back-office jobs in Huntingdon and Peterborough, but some of the staff will be able to apply for 46 new jobs that are being created. 05-Nov-2009 Salem Tube International is looking to increase its 30-strong workforce to 50 by 2011, having just opened a new 70,000 sq ft industrial tubing factory in Northumberland. 04-Nov-2009 Lindley Pate, the Lancashire-based agricultural engineering firm, has ceased trading and a buyer is being sought for the assets. 03-Nov-2009 Areva T&D has won approval for the £55m redevelopment of its energy equipment factory in Stafford, including 335,000 sq ft of new offices and laboratories, which will secure 1,300 jobs on site. 03-Nov-2009 BAe Systems is to shed 217 jobs in Newcastle, as part of the restructuring of its armoured vehicles division that will result in the loss of 590 jobs. 02-Nov-2009 Slingsby has secured a £0.6m Scottish government grant that will create up to 28 jobs at its Prestwick-based aerospace composites business. 02-Nov-2009 Metalysis is to create 90 new jobs at its metals technology business in Rotherham, having secured a £1.5m investment grant from Yorkshire Forward. 02-Nov-2009 Enworks has secured a £10m investment from NWDA and ERDF to expand its environmental business support service, in order to support a further 1,250 companies in the North West and create up to 240 jobs. 02-Nov-2009 Draper Tools is looking to relocate its Hampshire-based tool manufacturing business from Chandler's Ford to a 350,000 sq ft facility in North Baddesley. 02-Nov-2009 Kelvin Kitchens is to shed 40 of the 204 jobs at its kitchen manufacturing business in Cumbernauld. 02-Nov-2009 Babcock is planning to shed 90 jobs at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth by March 2010. 02-Nov-2009 Gleason Cutting Tools has confirmed plans to close its factory in Plymouth next October, with the loss of 80 jobs. 02-Nov-2009 The Department for Business Innovation & Skills is to provide £40m of funding for a new manufacturing technology centre due to open in Coventry in 2011, in a partnership between a number of universities, companies and development agencies that will create 150 jobs. 29-Oct-2009 AvMan Engineering is looking to create up to 40 jobs at its new aircraft maintenance business at Kent International Airport by the end of the year. 29-Oct-2009 J&A Young is to relocate its Jayplas plastics recycling business from Rutland to Corby next year, with the creation of between ten and 100 jobs. 28-Oct-2009 Fuda-Hobart Rose is to create 20 new jobs at its furniture factory in North Shields by the end of the year. 27-Oct-2009 Morris Material Handling is to close its cranes factory in Loughborough next year, with the loss of 90 jobs, in order to transfer production to East Kilbride. 26-Oct-2009 Nacelle Systems Consultancy is to invest £0.9m in the expansion of its aircraft engines technology business in Belfast, with the creation of 13 jobs. 26-Oct-2009 Impalloy is considering plans to build a new foundry at the former Mazak site in Bloxwich. 26-Oct-2009 Thales is planning to shed up to 180 jobs at its defence equipment manufacturing operations in Leicester, Crawley and London. 26-Oct-2009 Lochcarron is to close its knitwear factory in Hawick in December, but some of the 38 jobs may transfer to its site in Selkirk. 22-Oct-2009 Daysoft is to expand the 160-strong workforce at its contact lens production plant in Lanarkshire with ten new staff by the end of the year. 22-Oct-2009 Watson-Marlow is recruiting 12 new staff at its silicon tubing factory in Falmouth, following a recent £7.3m expansion project. 20-Oct-2009 BAe Systems is to shed 60 jobs at its regional aircraft operations in Prestwick and Weybridge by the end of the year. 19-Oct-2009 Seton, the health and safety management firm, is to relocate its warehouse from Banbury to Stockport in February, casting doubt on the future of about 25 jobs. 19-Oct-2009 Hamilton Acorn is to shed 31 of the 75 jobs at its decorating equipment business in Attleborough, in order to transfer production to Sweden and China. 19-Oct-2009 Doncasters Precision Castings is considering plans to shed up to 250 jobs at its machine blades factory in Droitwich Spa. 19-Oct-2009 GKN Aerospace is to shed about 130 of the 350 jobs at its aerospace components factory in Yeovil. 19-Oct-2009 Plumina UK is seeking a suitable location in the North East for a new £2m headquarters and manufacturing facility with 20 staff, following a £30m investment by Almas Capital in its LED lighting business. 19-Oct-2009 UTD Research is considering plans to relocate its tyre recycling business away from Wrexham, unless it can secure Welsh Assembly funding to transform the pilot plant into full-scale production. 15-Oct-2009 Global Renewables Lancashire is to create 340 jobs at two new waste treatment plants due to open in Leyland and Thornton by next summer. 15-Oct-2009 Lawton Electrical is expected to close its electrical engineering business in Meltham with the loss of 48 jobs. 14-Oct-2009 Rocktron has raised £30m to fund the development of a new process to convert fly ash into a structural filler, and hopes to build ten plants around the world to add to its first site in Widnes. 13-Oct-2009 Ulster Carpets is to consolidate its carpet manufacturing operations at its site in Seagoe, as part of a £20m five-year investment project that will include a new distribution centre and finishing operation. 12-Oct-2009 Brita is to shed 12 of the 140 jobs at its water filters factory in Bicester. 12-Oct-2009 Whitestone Weavers is to transfer production of its broad-loom tufted carpets from Belgium and Holland back to Yorkshire. 12-Oct-2009 Cooper Roller Bearings is to shed about 40 manufacturing and engineering jobs at its site in King's Lynn. 12-Oct-2009 Frank Hudson is to relocate its furniture manufacturing business and 20 staff from High Wycombe to Worminghall. 08-Oct-2009 AWS Eco Plastics is considering plans to shed up to 50 of the 100 jobs at its waste recycling plant at Hemswell near Gainsborough, following a recent fire. 07-Oct-2009 Brammer is to raise £35m in a share placing, in order to reduce debt and fund the expansion of its Wythenshawe-based industrial products business. 07-Oct-2009 AEI Compounds is to relocate its plastic compounds factory and up to 57 staff from Gravesend to Sandwich over the next few months. 07-Oct-2009 Thames Water is to relocate 135 jobs from its Operations Customer Centre in Swindon to Reading next April. 07-Oct-2009 West Sussex County Council has approved plans to expand waste recycling at Northwood Farm in Climping from 9,500 to 25,000 tonnes a year. 06-Oct-2009 British Engines is to shed up to 40 of the 360 jobs at its factory in Newcastle. 05-Oct-2009 Helesi has ceased production at its wheelie bins factory in Bradford with the loss of 13 jobs, in order to focus on assembly and distribution. 05-Oct-2009 Augean has raised £13m in a share placing to reduce debt and provide working capital for its Wetherby-based hazardous waste business. 01-Oct-2009 Leyland Rubber Components is linking up with Polymer Recyclers of South Yorkshire to set up a small research laboratory at its site in Leyland. 30-Sep-2009 Mosleys is to invest £10m in the expansion of its waste disposal business in North Yorkshire over the next two years, including a new £8m anaerobic digester and the creation of 20 jobs. 30-Sep-2009 BSS is planning to open up to ten more heating and plumbing outlets over the next six months. 29-Sep-2009 Wedgwood is to set up a 127,000 sq ft tableware distribution centre at ProLogis Park in Stafford. 28-Sep-2009 Glen Dimplex Home Appliances is to close its factory in Burnley in November, with the loss of 20 jobs. 28-Sep-2009 Stirling Moulded Composites has submitted plans to relocate its Accrington-based plastic products business and 24 staff to Shuttleworth Mead, near Padiham. 28-Sep-2009 Alert Fire & Security is seeking permission to expand its office, workshop and storage facilities in Burnley, with the creation of 14 jobs. 28-Sep-2009 BAe Systems has confirmed plans to shed about 180 of the 630 jobs at its Radway Green ammunition factory near Crewe. 28-Sep-2009 TEG Group is seeking suitable locations in Lancashire for the relocation of its Hutton-based recycling operation. 28-Sep-2009 Thames Water is to set up a 43,000 sq ft operations management office at Green Park in Reading. 28-Sep-2009 Aero Inventory UK is to set up a 72,000 sq ft aerospace components warehouse at The Hub in Braintree. 28-Sep-2009 Connectix is to open a 33,800 sq ft cabling systems warehouse at The Hub in Braintree. 28-Sep-2009 Gloucestershire County Council has identified 13 potential locations for waste treatment plants, including eight that already process waste. 24-Sep-2009 Biffa has agreed a £30m deal with Stadler of Germany and TiTech of Norway to build three recycling plants at sites in Manchester, the Midlands and the South East. 23-Sep-2009 Antler, the Bury-based luggage manufacturer, is expected to be put up for sale by Barclays Private Equity, having appointed KPMG to conduct a strategic review. 23-Sep-2009 BTS Fabrications is to expand its cladding fabrication business in County Durham, including an investment in new equipment and the creation of 22 jobs. 22-Sep-2009 North Tyneside Council and One NorthEast have acquired the former Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend from Jaap Kroese for undisclosed terms, and hope to attract marine and renewable companies to the 60-acre site. 21-Sep-2009 HBC Engineering Solutions is to shed up to 60 of the 108 jobs at its plastic injection moulding operation on the Isle of Sheppey. 21-Sep-2009 TES is planning to create a further 15 jobs in Cookstown by 2010, following a recent £4.4m investment in its water and waste treatment systems business. 21-Sep-2009 Lupton Smallshaw Castings has ceased trading with the loss of 35 jobs at its Burnley-based castings business. 17-Sep-2009 BAe Systems is to close its Woodford aerospace factory near Manchester in 2012, with the loss of up to 630 jobs, and a further 205 jobs will be lost at Samlesbury, 170 at Warton and 111 at Farnborough. 16-Sep-2009 Robert Bosch is planning to shed 10,000 of the 280,000 jobs in its global car parts and home appliances business this year, which could affect some of the 5,000 UK-based staff. 16-Sep-2009 MB Aerospace is looking to expand the 40-strong workforce at its factory in Burnley, having won a £18m contract to supply torpedo and desk launch systems to Boeing. 16-Sep-2009 Carillion is looking to sell its Enviros environmental consulting business for an estimated £20m. 15-Sep-2009 Areva T&D is to invest £12m in the expansion of its power transformers factory in Stafford, which could create dozens of new jobs. 15-Sep-2009 SITA UK is linking up with Monmouth-based Cyclamax to develop six waste gasification and recycling resource parks across the country, including sites in Avonmouth, Chesterfield, Dagenham and Derby. 14-Sep-2009 Alcoa Howmet is considering plans to shed a further 95 of the 883 jobs at its turbine blades factory in Exeter. 14-Sep-2009 Viridor has unveiled proposals to build a £180m waste incinerator and recycling plant at Lee Mill in South Devon, which would create 40 jobs. 14-Sep-2009 Hughes Christensen is considering plans to shed a further 98 of the 280 jobs at its drilling components factory in Belfast. 14-Sep-2009 Veolia Environmental Services has won planning permission from Southwark Council to build a mechanical biological treatment facility in London by 2011, as part of a £665m waste contract. 10-Sep-2009 ACR Heat Transfer is seeking a buyer for its air conditioning equipment business, casting doubt on the future of up to 80 jobs in King's Lynn. 09-Sep-2009 Thales has confirmed plans to close its Raynes Park defence support systems office, in order to transfer up to 200 jobs to sites in Crawley and Leicester. 07-Sep-2009 Gleason Cutting Tools is considering plans to close its factory in Plymouth with the loss of up to 90 jobs, in order to transfer production to China, India and the US. 07-Sep-2009 Messier-Dowty is to shed 55 of the 1,050 jobs at its aerospace components factory in Gloucestershire. 07-Sep-2009 Cold Drawn Products is to shed up to 45 jobs at its wire products factory in Cleckheaton, in order to concentrate production in Low Moor and India. 07-Sep-2009 Abfad of Sunderland is looking to set up a new factory in the North East to manufacture a new device for the painting of ships, which will create about 20 jobs. 07-Sep-2009 CAV Aerospace is to shed a further 58 of the 330 jobs at its aircraft components factory in County Durham. 03-Sep-2009 John Pring & Son is shedding more than 30 jobs at its Sandbach-based wire manufacturing business. 02-Sep-2009 Cleeve Technology of Canada is planning to expand the 16-strong workforce at the new Swindon headquarters of its electrical interconnect solutions business over the next few months. 31-Aug-2009 Jones & Shipman Precision has shed 31 of the 90 jobs at its machinery engineering business in Leicester. 31-Aug-2009 Havelock Europa is planning to close its shop fittings manufacturing unit in Dalgety Bay, but some of the 160 jobs could be transferred to its other site in Kirkcaldy. 27-Aug-2009 Ballast Phoenix has won planning permission to build a plant to recycle incinerator bottom ash at Veolia's Beeley Wood recycling facility in Sheffield by the end of the year. 27-Aug-2009 James Fisher & Sons has secured a £22m finance package from Yorkshire Bank to expand its marine services business. 26-Aug-2009 Thames Water is considering plans to relocate hundreds of staff from Reading town centre to a new office at nearby Green Park. 25-Aug-2009 Severfield-Rowen has secured outline planning permission to expand its structural steel fabrication facilities at the Dalton Industrial Estate near Thirsk, which could create up to 120 new jobs. 24-Aug-2009 Jacobs Engineering is reported to be considering Manchester city centre as a potential location for a new regional headquarters. 24-Aug-2009 Biffa has unveiled plans to build a £200m waste incinerator at its Newhurst Quarry site in Shepshed, Leicestershire. 24-Aug-2009 BAe Systems has unveiled plans to set up a new £30m munitions factory at the former Dunlop site at Washington on Wearside, with the creation of about 300 jobs. 24-Aug-2009 Ransomes Jacobsen is shedding about 40 of the 290 jobs at its agricultural equipment manufacturing operation in Ipswich. 24-Aug-2009 Glen Dimplex is to relocate its Halstead Boilers factory and up to 60 jobs from Essex to its site in Prescot in November. 20-Aug-2009 Halcrow is to shed up to 269 of the 4,200 jobs at its nationwide network of 19 engineering consultancy offices. 20-Aug-2009 Greenberg, the glazing company, is to set up a new office and call centre on the Hellaby industrial estate in Rotherham, with the creation of 80 jobs. 19-Aug-2009 Brooks Inspection Solutions, the US robotics engineering firm, is to set up a European headquarters at Barnwood in Gloucestershire, with the creation of up to 80 jobs. 19-Aug-2009 Survitec, the Belfast-based manufacturer of defence safety equipment, has been put up for sale by Montagu Private Equity with a valuation of £300m. 18-Aug-2009 Aberdeenshire Council is to consider plans from Lovie to build a waste processing and soil treatment plant in Buchan, with the creation of up to 35 jobs. 17-Aug-2009 Parker Hannifin is to shed 35 of the 121 jobs at its hydraulic systems factory in Derby. 17-Aug-2009 Kembrey Wiring Systems is to shed 45 of the 230 jobs at its aerospace components factory in Swindon. 17-Aug-2009 BA Components is to create 15 new jobs at its kitchen doors factory in Cookstown, County Tyrone. 17-Aug-2009 Plexus Holdings is to build a new £0.5m assembly and test facility at its site in Dyce, Aberdeen, by January 2010. 11-Aug-2009 Thermacore Europe is planning to expand capacity at its Ashington-based thermal management and electronics cooling systems business, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 10-Aug-2009 Central Group Services is to close its mechanical and electrical engineering business in Belfast, with the loss of about 50 jobs. 10-Aug-2009 Volex, the electrical cabling firm, is relocating its headquarters from Birchwood in Cheshire to Paddington in London. 10-Aug-2009 BE Aerospace is to shed 88 of the 651 jobs at its aircraft seating factory in County Down. 10-Aug-2009 Thomas Broadbent & Sons is planning to consolidate its Huddersfield-based engineering business and 140 staff onto its Queen Street South site, in order to free up its Chapel Hill site for a new 49,000 sq ft Asda store. 10-Aug-2009 Doncasters Aerospace Components is to shed up to 45 of the 431 jobs at its factory in Shrewsbury. 07-Aug-2009 Metsec is planning to shed a further 40 of the 360 jobs at its steel processing operations in Sandwell. 07-Aug-2009 GE Aviation is to shed 96 of the 898 jobs at its aerospace engineering factory in Hamble, Hampshire. 06-Aug-2009 SPS Technologies is to shed about 90 of the 600 jobs at its aerospace engineering factory in Leicester. 06-Aug-2009 Bodycote is planning to reduce the headcount at its worldwide heat treatment operations from 7,700 to 5,400 over the next year. 04-Aug-2009 Rolls-Royce is planning to invest £300m in the development of four new UK factories over the next five years, with the creation of 800 jobs. 04-Aug-2009 British Wool Marketing Board has acquired a 114,000 sq ft distribution depot on the Euroway Industrial Estate in Bradford. 04-Aug-2009 Mitsubishi Electric is looking to expand the 420-strong workforce at its factory in Livingston, in order to manufacture a new low-carbon residential heating system. 04-Aug-2009 Alcoa Howmet is to shed a further 70 of the 1,000 jobs at its castings plant in Exeter. 04-Aug-2009 Davis Pneumatic Systems is to close its factory in Plympton, with the loss of up to 28 jobs. 04-Aug-2009 BBGR of France is to close its lens plant in Salford with the loss of 70 jobs, but a further 30 staff will be retained at a new site nearby. 04-Aug-2009 Business Stream is to relocate its waste water services business and up to 160 staff to Edinburgh Park later this year. 04-Aug-2009 Sunlight Service Group is to shed up to 59 of the 200 jobs at its Combined Linen Services laundry in Newton Abbot. 04-Aug-2009 Edwards Commercial Cleaning Services (ECCS) is planning to expand the workforce at its Tyneside-based commercial cleaning business from 150 to 225. 04-Aug-2009 H&A Mechanical Services is to create about 20 new jobs, in order to operate the government's Warm Home heating scheme in Northern Ireland. 04-Aug-2009 Eimco Water Technologies is to shed up to 20 of the 100 jobs at its factory in Colchester, and the remaining non-manufacturing operation will relocate to a more suitable site over the next year. 04-Aug-2009 Selectus is considering plans to relocate its ribbon manufacturing business and 40 staff, in order to make way for a housing development at its existing site in Biddulph. 23-Jul-2009 Leisureline Joinery has gone into voluntary liquidation through Quadra Business Recovery, with the loss of 12 jobs at its woodworking factory in Barnstaple. 23-Jul-2009 ABCA Systems is to create up to 20 jobs at its new office in Thurmaston, having won a contract to install digital TV systems for Leicester City Council. 23-Jul-2009 British Airways is to shed 32 jobs at its Avionics Engineering plant in Pontyclun, South Wales. 23-Jul-2009 Yorwaste has won planning permission to build a £7m waste wood treatment plant at Harewood Whin in York. 23-Jul-2009 Biossence Polegate is to seek permission to build a 90,000 tonne-a-year waste wood gasification plant at Cophall Wood in East Sussex, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 23-Jul-2009 Speedo is to relocate the Nottingham-based headquarters of its swimwear business and 170 staff to a 43,000 sq ft building at the NG2 Business Park. 23-Jul-2009 Galiform is considering plans to open a small number of kitchen supply depots later this year. 23-Jul-2009 Greenham is to relocate its Swansea-based safety equipment distribution centre to two units totalling 247,000 sq ft on the Kenfig Industrial Estate. 20-Jul-2009 Sterecycle is targeting London and Glasgow as the next locations for its chain of waste management plants. 20-Jul-2009 P2i has raised £4.1m to fund the commercial development of its Oxford-based waterproofing technology business. 20-Jul-2009 Newell Rubbermaid is to close its Parker Pen factory in Newhaven in 2010, with the loss of 180 jobs, in order to transfer production to France. 20-Jul-2009 Bott is planning to expand the 120-strong workforce at its site in Ashby with up to 30 new staff next year, due to rising demand to install storage equipment in commercial vehicles. 20-Jul-2009 Anglesey Aluminium has announced plans to shed a further 250 jobs at its plant in Holyhead, leaving a workforce of about 80. 16-Jul-2009 Biffa is to create 30 jobs at a new waste recycling plant at Trafford Park in Manchester, and a series of similar plants will be built across the country. 16-Jul-2009 Pilkington is to shed up to 90 jobs at its glass research and development centre in Lathom, near Ormskirk. 16-Jul-2009 AssetCo has raised £7.8m in a share placing to fund the implementation of a contract to provide an emergency fire crew capability service to the London Fire Brigade. 15-Jul-2009 Intertek is to build a new European Analytical Testing Centre of Excellence at its laboratory in Manchester, with the relocation of a number of staff from Bebington. 14-Jul-2009 Herefordshire Council has approved plans from Mercia Waste Management to build a new recycling plant in Kington, in order to process up to 4,000 tonnes of waste a year. 14-Jul-2009 Denbighshire Council is planning to build an anaerobic digestion plant in St Asaph, in order to transform food waste into electricity in partnership with Flintshire and Conwy county councils. 14-Jul-2009 Timet is planning to shed up to 48 of the 280 jobs at its aerospace equipment factory in Swansea. 13-Jul-2009 Crumb Rubber has secured a £4m investment from Foresight Ventures to fund the expansion of its tyre recycling business, which currently employs 14 staff in Plymouth. 13-Jul-2009 Wilts Wholesale Electrical is planning to shed up to 39 jobs at its distribution centre in Trowbridge. 13-Jul-2009 JDR Cable Systems is planning to create a further 70 jobs at its new £20m cables factory in Hartlepool over the next 18 months. 13-Jul-2009 Sterecycle has won planning permission to build a £50m household waste recycling plant at Wentloog in Cardiff by 2011, with the creation of 60 jobs. 13-Jul-2009 Essex County Council is planning to build a number of biowaste recycling plants, and will start looking for suitable sites immediately. 13-Jul-2009 Heritage Ceramics is to close its bathroom ceramics operation in Brighouse in November, with the loss of 43 jobs. 09-Jul-2009 Synetics is to create a global hub for its expanding security systems business on the Broadfields Business Park in Sheffield, by transferring operations from other parts of the UK. 09-Jul-2009 Pall Corporation is to shed 14 of the 400 jobs at its filtration equipment factory in Redruth. 09-Jul-2009 Farrel International has shed 12 permanent jobs and a large number of temporary jobs at its plastics and rubber processing equipment business in Rochdale. 07-Jul-2009 Bakers Waste is to create 19 new jobs at its waste recycling operations in Leicestershire by the end of the year. 07-Jul-2009 Cosalt is to raise up to £20m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its marine safety business. 06-Jul-2009 Anglesey Aluminium is to shed up to 140 of the 500 jobs at its plant in Holyhead in September. 06-Jul-2009 Napier Turbochargers is to shed 19 of the 159 jobs at its factory in Lincoln. 06-Jul-2009 BGlobal has secured a £15m funding package from Barclays to expand its Blackburn-based smart meters installation business. 06-Jul-2009 Advantage West Midlands is looking to create a cluster of excellence in thermoplastic composite parts, under the name of the Advanced Composites Development Project. 01-Jul-2009 MAN Diesel has confirmed plans to set up a new headquarters for 120 staff at a new 20,000 sq ft office and 90,000 sq ft warehouse being built at Hazel Grove in Stockport in spring 2010. 30-Jun-2009 National Oilwell Varco is planning to close its drilling equipment factory at Holton Heath near Poole, with the loss of about 50 jobs. 30-Jun-2009 Multishades is to relocate its Bradford-based flooring samples manufacturing business and 30 staff to a new headquarters in Batley over the next few months. 30-Jun-2009 Corus is to shed a further 2,000 jobs at its steel operations in Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Rotherham and Teesside. 29-Jun-2009 Siemens is planning to set up a new £30m engineering school at the University of Lincoln, which would eventually house up to 500 students. 29-Jun-2009 Phase Vision has secured a £1.4m venture capital investment to expand its Loughborough-based measuring systems business, and the nine-strong workforce could rise to 40 within three years. 29-Jun-2009 Huggett Electrical has gone into liquidation through Begbies Traynor, with the loss of 28 jobs at its electrical components business in Bath. 29-Jun-2009 Small & Tidmas is to close its textiles factory in Bodmin with the loss of up to 35 jobs, while a further 15 jobs could be lost at its site in Barnstaple. 25-Jun-2009 Castings has shed 350 of the 1,100 jobs at its metal processing operations in Brownhills and Derbyshire. 25-Jun-2009 Schlumberger is to shed 29 of the 350 jobs at its oilfield services engineering centre in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. 25-Jun-2009 EADS Defence & Security Systems is to shed up to 75 jobs at its aerospace systems business in Newport over the next few months. 25-Jun-2009 J&D Wilkie is planning to redevelop its Gairie Works site in Kirriemuir, in order to secure the 80 jobs at its textiles factory and create 200 new jobs at a retail development with CW Properties. 24-Jun-2009 Waters Corporation is seeking a suitable location in South Manchester for the relocation of its analytical instruments business, which has about 450 staff, from two existing sites in Wythenshawe and Altrincham. 23-Jun-2009 New Earth Solutions is planning to build a £40m waste recycling plant in Avonmouth next year, and hopes to open up to 20 plants over the next five years. 23-Jun-2009 Contour Premium Aircraft Seating is considering plans to shed up to 240 of the 976 jobs at its factory in Cwmbran by the end of 2010. 22-Jun-2009 Airbus has secured a £28m Welsh Assembly grant to develop a new composite wing production plant at its site in Broughton, Flintshire. 22-Jun-2009 The Ministry of Defence is to shed about 125 jobs at the missile test firing ranges operated by QinetiQ on the Western Isles. 18-Jun-2009 P4 is to set up a new 7,000 sq ft headquarters for its emergency lighting business in Fakenham in September, with the relocation of 22 jobs from Shefford. 18-Jun-2009 Linde is to close its forklift truck manufacturing operation in Basingstoke over the next 12 months, with the loss of 350 jobs, in order to transfer production to France and Germany. 18-Jun-2009 Sandvik of Sweden is to build a 112,500 sq ft orthopaedic implants manufacturing centre at the Beighton Link business park in Rotherham, having secured a £1.7m grant from Yorkshire Forward. 17-Jun-2009 Siemens is planning to shed up to 80 jobs at its transmission and distribution operation at Hebburn on South Tyneside. 17-Jun-2009 Cummins Power Generation is to shed 78 of the 600 jobs at its factory in Ramsgate. 17-Jun-2009 Sterecycle is to invest £200m in the expansion of its waste recycling business, including the development of five new plants and the creation of 300 jobs. 16-Jun-2009 Assa Abloy is to shed a further 50 jobs at its locks factory in Willenhall. 16-Jun-2009 Invest NI has announced a £1.3m investment by Erne Extrusions in the production of moulded plastic products for roofing markets in Fermanagh, which will create 18 jobs over the next two years. 16-Jun-2009 James Walker is to shed up to 35 jobs at its seals and gaskets factories in Cockermouth, Crewe and Woking. 15-Jun-2009 Princess Yachts is to set up a new £12m boat building operation at the South Yard area of the Devonport naval base in Plymouth, which could create up to 200 jobs. 15-Jun-2009 SITA UK is to submit plans to South Gloucestershire Council later this year to build a waste-to-energy plant at Severnside by 2014, with the creation of about 50 jobs. 11-Jun-2009 Fordberry of Llandow and Schelkmann of Germany are planning to set up a 16,500 sq ft factory to produce tyres for the mining industry in Newbridge, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 11-Jun-2009 Brulines is looking to expand its Stockton-based beer monitoring equipment business by acquiring three more companies and creating more than 120 jobs. 11-Jun-2009 Magnet is to shed 17 of the 700 jobs at its kitchens factory in Darlington. 11-Jun-2009 Manthorpe Engineering has won permission from Amber Valley Council to expand its gas turbine components factory in Ripley, with the creation of 150 jobs over the next five years. 11-Jun-2009 K-Flex is to create up to 20 jobs at a new 30,000 sq ft insulation materials distribution centre in Coalville over the next three years. 10-Jun-2009 Lockheed Martin is to shed up to 80 jobs at its Insys UK defence systems factory in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. 10-Jun-2009 Robotic Technology Systems, the Irlam-based robot manufacturer with more than 100 staff, has received a takeover approach from Industrial Acquisition Vehicle. 09-Jun-2009 Shanks Group has signed a £720m 25-year waste disposal contract with Cumbria County Council, which will involve the development of two MBT waste processing plants. 08-Jun-2009 Variable Message Signs is hoping to create new jobs on South Tyneside, in order to supply information signs for a government scheme to open up motorway hard shoulders. 08-Jun-2009 Kawasaki Precision Machinery is planning to shed a further 50 of the 273 jobs at its hydraulic pumps and motors factory in Plymouth. 08-Jun-2009 Aquascutum is considering plans to shed its entire 343-strong workforce, unless a buyer can be found for its luxury goods business. 04-Jun-2009 Crystal Fires is planning to double the 16-strong workforce at its gas fires manufacturing business in Liverpool over the next two years. 04-Jun-2009 CSL Group, the office equipment supplier, is opening a new digital printing centre and showroom in Long Eaton. 04-Jun-2009 EIC is planning to create more than 30 engineering jobs at its electrical installations office in Gateshead over the coming months. 03-Jun-2009 James Jones & Sons is investing a further £22m at its timber processing mill in Lockerbie by October, with the transfer of 36 staff from its site in Dumfries. 03-Jun-2009 Meteor Controls International has ceased trading with the loss of 70 jobs at its electrical wholesaling business in Cookstown. 03-Jun-2009 Reid & Taylor is planning to shed up to 23 of the 46 jobs at its textiles factory in Langholm. 01-Jun-2009 Trelleborg Protective Products is to close its engineering site in Hull with the loss of 47 jobs, in order to transfer production to Lithuania. 01-Jun-2009 Intertrade Ireland has announced plans to invest £12m in its Fusion programme by 2010, in order to form up to 180 research partnerships between companies and universities. 28-May-2009 Siemens VAI is considering plans to close its metals technology business in Christchurch, Dorset, with the loss of up to 240 jobs. 27-May-2009 Cutting Underwater Technologies is looking to expand the workforce at its new £3.2m headquarters in Aberdeen from 27 to 35 by the end of the year. 26-May-2009 EnerMech is setting up a 57,000 sq ft headquarters for its mechanical engineering business at Bucksburn, near Aberdeen. 25-May-2009 Qinetiq, the defence research company with 7,000 staff at UK sites including Hampshire, Worcestershire and Wiltshire, is to shed 400 jobs following a reduction in spending by the Ministry of Defence. 25-May-2009 Enpure has won a £60m contract from Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority to build two new anaerobic MBT waste treatment plants. 25-May-2009 Glasgow College of Nautical Studies has announced plans to build a new £5.6m marine skills centre on the banks of the Clyde by 2010. 25-May-2009 Schott is to close its glass factory in Newton Aycliffe by the end of the year, with the loss of 151 jobs. 21-May-2009 Wessex Water is planning to shed 200 jobs by the end of the year, which will mainly affect its pipes and construction operations in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. 21-May-2009 Timken is to close its toolmaking factory in Willenhall, but hopes to transfer some of the 20 jobs to other sites. 21-May-2009 Astley Signs is to relocate its Gateshead-based sign manufacturing business to a larger 50,000 sq ft site on the Team Valley estate at the end of the year. 20-May-2009 TG Green is considering plans to set up a new Cornishware pottery factory in Swadlincote over the next year, creating jobs for about 15 workers at its former site. 20-May-2009 Footprint Tools is to close with the loss of 50 jobs at its Sheffield-based tool manufacturing business, having appointed Barber Harrison & Platt as liquidator. 20-May-2009 East Midlands Development Agency is to invest a further £7.5m in its Manufacturing Advisory Service over the next five years, in order to provide support to local manufacturers. 19-May-2009 RBG is planning to shed up to 70 jobs at its offshore fabrication yard in Invergordon. 19-May-2009 Subsea 7 is planning to shed up to 85 jobs at its subsea engineering operations across the country, including sites in Aberdeen, Wick and London. 19-May-2009 Cookson is looking to shed a further 600 jobs from its ceramics division, in addition to the 1,200 job cuts announced in recent months. 18-May-2009 SKF is planning to shed up to 80 jobs at its bearings factory in Gloucester, in order to transfer production to Italy. 18-May-2009 Siemens is considering plans to relocate all 1,550 staff from its site in Lincoln city centre to the planned £40m Teal Park in North Hykeham. 18-May-2009 Aquafibre Moulding has ceased trading with the loss of the remaining 20 jobs at its Norwich-based boat building business. 18-May-2009 McGeoch Marine is to create 20 new jobs in Glasgow, having won a £4m contract to manufacture heavy-duty doors for aircraft carriers. 18-May-2009 MHT Technology is considering plans to relocate its North Yorkshire-based oil industry monitoring equipment business to a larger site. 14-May-2009 Techflow Marine is planning to expand the workforce at its Cramlington-based offshore hose systems business from 16 to 25 over the next year. 14-May-2009 Airfoil Technologies is to close its aircraft fan blades repair plant in Codnor, Derbyshire, with the loss of up to 170 jobs. 14-May-2009 Atlantic Inertial Systems is to shed up to 40 of the 282 jobs at its sensors and navigation systems factory in Plymouth. 14-May-2009 The University of Strathclyde has unveiled plans to open a £25m Advanced Forming Research Centre in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, early next year, with the creation of about 50 jobs. 14-May-2009 Parlex Europe is to shed 44 of the 101 jobs at its flexible electrical circuits manufacturing business on the Isle of Wight. 14-May-2009 Special Metals Wiggin is to shed about 80 of the 700 jobs at its engineering plant in Hereford. 14-May-2009 VT Group is planning to shed about 300 jobs from its engineering support services business over the next year. 14-May-2009 WWRD Holdings is to shed about 200 jobs at its Wedgwood tableware factory in Barlaston, Staffordshire, following its recent acquisition by KPS Equity Partners. 14-May-2009 Tycoonita, the German manufacturer of water dispensers, is planning to set up a network of 20 regional sales offices across the UK over the next two years. 14-May-2009 H Morris has warned that up to 35 jobs could be lost at its Scottish school furniture division, unless a buyer can be found. 13-May-2009 Gardner Aerospace is to close its factory in Nuneaton with the loss of 55 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Ilkeston. 13-May-2009 Leggett & Platt is to shed about 60 jobs at its bed springs factory in Barnoldswick, in order to transfer some of the production to a new site in Grimethorpe. 13-May-2009 Pilkington is to close a float line at its Greengate glass plant in St Helens, with the loss of 76 jobs. 12-May-2009 Pipex is looking to expand the workforce at its Plymouth-based pipe systems business from 120 to up to 200. 12-May-2009 Corus is to mothball the Teesside Cast Products steel plant in Redcar, casting doubt on the future of up to 2,000 jobs. 11-May-2009 Gas Turbine Efficiency has raised £7m in a share placing to fund the international expansion of its business supplying performance-enhancing systems to industry. 07-May-2009 Scottish Water is planning to close its water testing laboratory in Invergowrie, with the loss of 20 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Edinburgh and Inverness. 07-May-2009 The University of Manchester has secured a £4.7m investment from the Northwest Regional Development Agency to set up a new Composites Certification & Evaluation Centre for the aerospace sector. 07-May-2009 Natural World Products has secured a £1.5m government grant to develop an in-vessel composting facility at a new £6m recycling site in West Belfast. 07-May-2009 Unilever has won planning permission to build an anaerobic digester at its ice cream factory in Gloucester, in order to convert waste into power. 06-May-2009 Timbmet Silverman is to close its timber distribution operations in Rochdale by June, with the loss of about 50 jobs, in order to transfer the work to other sites. 05-May-2009 CAV Aerospace is to shed a further 60 of the 400 jobs at its aircraft components factory in Consett, County Durham. 04-May-2009 MacDermid Engineering is planning to shed a further 22 of the 257 jobs at its coatings technology plant in Wantage. 04-May-2009 Plymouth City Council is considering plans from six international companies for the development of a £100m waste-to-energy plant, and possible sites include Ernesettle, Coypool, Lee Mill and Wrangaton. 04-May-2009 Pegler Yorkshire is to set up a new 104,000 sq ft fittings and valves warehouse at Brookfield Park in the Dearne Valley by 2010. 04-May-2009 Cooper Tire & Rubber is planning to shed up to 50 of the 1,000 jobs at its factory in Melksham. 04-May-2009 Kemble & Co has confirmed plans to close its piano factory in Bletchley later this year, with the loss of 90 jobs. 04-May-2009 Polymer Laboratories is to relocate 50 of the 120 jobs at its medical equipment manufacturing business in Church Stretton, Shropshire, to a new site on the Long Lane Industrial Estate. 04-May-2009 BAe Systems is to close its defence vehicles factory in Leeds next March with the loss of 76 jobs, and up to 500 jobs will be lost at sites including Telford, Guildford, Newcastle and Barrow. 30-Apr-2009 Scott & Fyfe is to shed 45 of the 130 jobs at its industrial textiles factory in Tayport, Fife, and its Kilmarnock site will close with the loss of up to 19 jobs. 30-Apr-2009 Primaflow is planning to shed up to 60 jobs at its heating and plumbing distribution centre in Wellington, Somerset, in order to transfer the work to Birmingham. 30-Apr-2009 Manchester City Council is linking up with the Manufacturing Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to set up a FabLab workshop for inventors, and a suitable location is being sought in east Manchester. 30-Apr-2009 Lincolnshire County Council is planning to set up a new £1.5m recycling centre in Market Rasen by 2010. 29-Apr-2009 Makita Manufacturing Europe is to build a 38,000 sq ft extension at its power tools warehouse in Telford, and construction work will be carried out by McPhillips. 29-Apr-2009 Gleason is to shed a further 25 of the 115 jobs at its cutting tools factory in Plymouth. 29-Apr-2009 Pratt Burnerd International is to close its machine tool parts factory in Calderdale in September, and up to 40 staff will relocate to its site in Heckmondwike. 29-Apr-2009 Firth Rixson is to shed up to 60 of the 156 jobs at its forging plant in Sheffield. 28-Apr-2009 Alcoa Howmet is to shed up to 86 of the 1,000 jobs at its aircraft components factory in Exeter. 28-Apr-2009 Portmeirion Group has acquired the rights to manufacture Royal Worcester and Spode crockery out of administration for £3.3m. 27-Apr-2009 BAe Systems has won a £574m contract to support Harrier aircraft for the Ministry of Defence, which will secure 300 jobs at RAF Cottesmore in Rutland. 27-Apr-2009 Ford Component Manufacturing is planning to shed up to 15 jobs at its engineering operations in South Tyneside. 27-Apr-2009 Outokumpu is to shed a further 110 jobs at its stainless steel melting operation in Sheffield. 27-Apr-2009 Sonae is closing its Spanboard wood products factory in Coleraine, with the loss of the remaining 70 jobs. 27-Apr-2009 Cumbria County Council has approved plans from Shanks for the development of a £20m household waste recycling plant at Hespin Wood near Carlisle by early 2012. 27-Apr-2009 Toshiba is to close its television factory in Plymouth with the loss of 270 jobs, in order to transfer production to Poland, but 50 support staff will be retained. 27-Apr-2009 Air Products is planning to close its gas equipment factory at Acrefair, near Wrexham, with the loss of 190 jobs. 23-Apr-2009 Linde is planning to shed 88 of the 400 jobs at its fork lift trucks and container-handling factory in Merthyr Tydfil. 23-Apr-2009 Retroflo, the Washington-based developer of a new system to detect blockages in filtration systems, is planning a global expansion programme, and up to 300 jobs could eventually be created at a new sales call centre. 23-Apr-2009 Cross Manufacturing is seeking permission to expand its sealing rings factory in Bath, which employs 125 staff, from 64,600 sq ft to 71,000 sq ft. 23-Apr-2009 Deutz is considering plans to close its diesel engine test facility in Dursley, with the loss of 31 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Germany. 23-Apr-2009 Cyclamax is to submit plans to build a £48m waste-to-energy power station at the Commercial Park development in Derby, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 21-Apr-2009 New Balance is hoping to double the 250-strong workforce at its footwear factory in West Cumbria, if it wins contracts to supply shoes to the police, military and NHS. 21-Apr-2009 Portland Adhesive Products, the Nelson-based manufacturer of self-adhesive products, has gone into liquidation through Tenon Recovery. 16-Apr-2009 Matrix International is planning to shed a further 30 jobs at its industrial brakes factory in Brechin. 16-Apr-2009 Premdor is considering plans to close its windows manufacturing business in Sible Hedingham, Essex, with the loss of more than 100 jobs. 16-Apr-2009 Exide Technologies is planning to close its industrial batteries factory in Bolton with the loss of 420 jobs. 16-Apr-2009 Darchem Engineering is to invest £4m in the expansion of its nuclear engineering facilities at Stillington, near Stockton, which should lead to an increase in the 600-strong workforce. 16-Apr-2009 Centrax is to shed 80 of the 800 jobs at its turbine components factory in Newton Abbot. 14-Apr-2009 Perkins Engines is to shed 75 temporary jobs from the 670-strong workforce at its industrial engines factory in Stafford. 13-Apr-2009 NSK is to shed a further 48 of the 220 jobs at its ball bearings factory in Newark. 13-Apr-2009 Viridor Laing has secured a £3.8bn 25-year contract with Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, which will lead to the development of five new waste biological treatment plants and the creation of more than 100 jobs. 09-Apr-2009 Chiltern Invadex has gone into liquidation through Grant Thornton, with the loss of about 45 jobs at its disability equipment business in Bicester. 09-Apr-2009 KPMG has announced the closure of the Furniture Factory site in Redruth with the loss of 96 jobs, having been unable to sell the business out of administration. 09-Apr-2009 South West Water is planning to invest £750m in its network over the next six years, and will focus more on small maintenance schemes. 09-Apr-2009 HepcoMotion is to shed up to 20 of the 180 jobs at its engineering business in Tiverton. 09-Apr-2009 MRX Technologies, the Australian supplier of condition monitoring equipment, is setting up a 2,000 sq ft UK headquarters at Pride Park in Derby. 08-Apr-2009 Industrial & Marine Power Services is planning to expand the 37-strong workforce at its Lincoln-based engineering business to 46 by June, having won a number of new engine servicing contracts. 08-Apr-2009 Kangol is to close its hat factory at Cleator Mill in West Cumbria with the loss of 25 jobs, but seven staff will be retained at the warehouse. 07-Apr-2009 Fermanagh District Council has won government permission to build a £3.5m mechanical biological treatment plant in Enniskillen by 2010, in order to process 30,000 tonnes of household and trade waste a year. 07-Apr-2009 Filtrona Filters is to shed 233 of the 365 jobs at its cigarette filters factory in Jarrow over the next 12 months. 06-Apr-2009 Parker Domnick Hunter is to shed up to 60 jobs at its industrial filter manufacturing operations in Gateshead, Greencroft and Boldon. 06-Apr-2009 Johnstons of Elgin has confirmed plans to shed 40 of the 220 jobs at its knitwear factory in Hawick. 06-Apr-2009 Brush Electrical Machines is planning to shed up to 50 jobs at its power generating turbines factory in Loughborough, while sister company Brush Transformers is to shed 20 jobs at the site. 06-Apr-2009 Bombardier is to shed 975 of the 6,000 jobs at its aerospace factories in Belfast, Newtownabbey, Newtownards and Dunmurry. 02-Apr-2009 Invicta is looking to relocate its Leicester-based plastics manufacturing business and 62 staff to a larger undisclosed site in Oadby. 02-Apr-2009 Avon Rubber is to close its dairy equipment factory in Melksham with the loss of 72 jobs, in order to transfer production to the Czech Republic. 02-Apr-2009 Amadeus Associates International is planning to expand the workforce at its Cardiff-based spill-proof cup manufacturing business from 36 to 70 over the next three years. 02-Apr-2009 Homeserve is to relocate its plumbing and drainage division from Norwich to Banbury, with the loss of up to 20 jobs, but other Norwich-based operations will expand. 02-Apr-2009 Leaderflush Shapland is to shed up to 185 of the 293 jobs at its Barnstaple-based door manufacturing business. 02-Apr-2009 DA Stuart is to close its metal lubricants factory in Wolverhampton with the loss of about 50 jobs, in order to transfer production to Manchester. 01-Apr-2009 Biffa Waste Services is to submit plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant in Cannock by 2011, in order to process 80,000 tonnes of organic waste a year. 31-Mar-2009 Frazer Nash is planning to relocate its Glasgow-based engineering consultancy office and up to 48 staff to 8 Nelson Mandela Place. 30-Mar-2009 Norfolk County Council has secured £91m of government PFI credits to develop a second waste treatment plant, and a potential site is being considered at the Willow's Business Park near King's Lynn. 30-Mar-2009 Dawson International is to shed 16 of the 163 jobs at its Barrie Knitwear cashmere factory in Hawick. 26-Mar-2009 Energos has been appointed by Singleton Birch to build a £40m waste processing and gasification plant at Melton Ross in North Lincolnshire by 2012. 26-Mar-2009 Airea is to shed about 40 jobs at its Wakefield-based luxury carpets manufacturing business. 26-Mar-2009 Jedburgh Kiltmakers is to close its kilt manufacturing business in the Scottish Borders, with the loss of 31 jobs. 26-Mar-2009 Power Jacks is to set up a new £5m lifting and power transmission equipment factory at Ellon by 2010, with the relocation of up to 80 staff from Fraserburgh and the creation of a number of new jobs. 25-Mar-2009 Searle is to shed an unspecified number of the 375 jobs at its refrigeration units factory in Fareham. 24-Mar-2009 Meggitt Avionics is to shed 19 of the 300 jobs at its factory in Segensworth, Hampshire. 24-Mar-2009 Mueller Europe is to shed 36 of the 161 jobs at its copper pipes manufacturing business in Wolverhampton. 24-Mar-2009 Synseal is to shed up to 80 jobs at its windows and doors manufacturing business in Huthwaite. 24-Mar-2009 Airbus is planning to shed up to 250 of the 1,400 agency jobs at its aerospace factory in Broughton, Flintshire. 24-Mar-2009 Waste Recycling Group has won a £30m contract from Suffolk County Council to operate and improve its network of 18 waste recycling centres. 23-Mar-2009 Mech-Tool is to create 30 new jobs at its Darlington-based engineering business, having won a £1.5m contract to build a processing module at the Sellafield nuclear plant. 23-Mar-2009 Bi-Fab is creating 60 jobs at its new fabrication yard in Arnish on the island of Lewis, with vacancies for platers, welders and office staff. 23-Mar-2009 Highland Council is considering plans to build a network of three waste incinerators in Caithness, Inverness and Skye, at a cost of more than £70m. 23-Mar-2009 Peterborough Renewable Energy (PREL) has unveiled plans to develop a waste-fuelled power station at Sutton Bridge by 2012, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 23-Mar-2009 Norfolk County Council has approved plans from Norfolk Environmental Waste Services to build a composting plant at Marsham, in order to recycle up to 45,000 tonnes of food and garden waste a year. 23-Mar-2009 Silentnight Beds is to shed a further 22 of the 900 jobs at its bed manufacturing business in Lancashire. 23-Mar-2009 Cyclamax has submitted plans to build a £50m waste processing plant in Avonmouth, with the creation of 60 jobs. 23-Mar-2009 Alnmaritec is looking to expand its Alnwick-based boatbuilding business into larger premises in North Tyneside, and the 50-strong workforce will grow by 10% a year over the next five years. 19-Mar-2009 Meltham Mills Engineering is to shed 15 of the 75 jobs at its truck components factory in Huddersfield. 19-Mar-2009 Kemble & Co is said to be considering plans to close its piano factory in Bletchley with the loss of up to 96 jobs. 19-Mar-2009 Woodlock Joinery has ceased trading with the loss of 63 jobs at its timber products manufacturing business in Omagh. 19-Mar-2009 Hills Group has won permission from Wiltshire County Council to build a £15m MBT waste processing plant in Westbury by 2011. 19-Mar-2009 FG Wilson is to shed a further 50 management and office jobs at its electricity generator manufacturing operations at Larne, Springvale and Monkstown in Northern Ireland. 19-Mar-2009 Bennetts is to shed up to 27 jobs at its Norwich-based electrical products distribution business. 19-Mar-2009 Kingspan is to shed 67 of the 400 jobs at its insulated panels factory on the Greenfield Business Park in Flintshire. 19-Mar-2009 Rehau is to shed a further 41 of the 217 jobs at its PVC-U windows and doors factory in Blaenau Ffestiniog. 19-Mar-2009 VEKA is to shed up to 35 of the 180 jobs at its window and door systems factory in Burnley. 19-Mar-2009 Hawick Knitwear is to shed a further 32 jobs at its textiles factory in the Borders. 19-Mar-2009 Eco Sustainable Solutions has won permission from Dorset County Council to build a 37,000 tonne-a-year anaerobic digestion facility at Piddlehinton by 2011, and is also seeking permission for a £10m biomass plant at its Parley site. 17-Mar-2009 Dickies is to shed 37 of the 47 jobs at its Westfield workwear production unit in Midsomer Norton. 17-Mar-2009 Meggitt Polymer Solutions is planning to shed up to 40 of the 470 jobs at its Leicestershire-based aircraft engineering business. 16-Mar-2009 Fort Vale Engineering is planning to shed up to 66 of the 290 jobs at its valves and fittings factory in Simonstone. 16-Mar-2009 Texol has closed its electronics and metal fabrication business in Dundee with the loss of the remaining 41 jobs. 16-Mar-2009 James Dewhurst has shed 50 jobs at its Lancashire-based industrial textiles business, partly due to a fall in demand for insulation and roofing products. 16-Mar-2009 Schmitz Cargobull, the Stanley-based trailer manufacturer, is to expand its network of regional business centres by opening new sites in the Midlands, the South West, Scotland and Ireland. 12-Mar-2009 NCR is to shed 252 jobs at its cash machines factory in Dundee, affecting production, marketing and support staff. 12-Mar-2009 Kawasaki Precision Machinery is planning to shed up to 19 of the 290 jobs at its hydraulic equipment factory in Plymouth. 12-Mar-2009 Cyclamax has unveiled plans to build a gasification plant at the London Sustainable Industries Park in Dagenham, generating 15MW and treating 100,000 tonnes of waste a year. 12-Mar-2009 Agco is to shed 55 of the 500 jobs at its agricultural machinery manufacturing and distribution operations in Stoneleigh and Desford. 12-Mar-2009 Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is to close its Welsh factory in Newtown with the loss of 50 jobs, and a further 25 jobs will be lost at two plants in Tewkesbury. 12-Mar-2009 Yamazaki Mazak is to shed 59 of the 600 jobs at its industrial equipment factory in Worcester. 12-Mar-2009 Renishaw is to shed 500 of the 2,000 jobs at its Gloucestershire-based engineering business, following a fall in demand for measuring and calibration devices. 12-Mar-2009 Boulters of Banwell is to close its agricultural machinery business in Somerset with the loss of 11 jobs. 12-Mar-2009 Areva T&D, the manufacturer of electrical transmission equipment, is looking to expand its 74-acre site in Stafford and add hundreds of new staff to its 1,200-strong workforce over the next four years. 12-Mar-2009 Dawson International is looking to sell its Todd & Duncan cashmere business. 12-Mar-2009 BAe Systems is to submit plans for the £800m expansion of its aerospace manufacturing facilities in Samlesbury, Lancashire, over the next ten years, which will create up to 800 jobs. 12-Mar-2009 Interfloor is to shed 29 jobs at its flooring factory in Dumfries, and a further 25 jobs will be lost at its factory in Haslingden. 12-Mar-2009 UPU Industries is to invest £1m in the expansion of its plastic netting factory in Dromore, County Down, with the creation of 12 jobs. 11-Mar-2009 Spirax-Sarco is to shed 80 jobs at its steam technology engineering business in Cheltenham. 11-Mar-2009 Bronx Manufacturing Co has ceased trading with the loss of an estimated 30 jobs at its machinery manufacturing business in Lye, West Midlands. 11-Mar-2009 Closed Loop Recycling expects to announce the location for a third plastics reprocessing facility by the end of the year, having just started work on the development of a £12m site in North Wales. 10-Mar-2009 Hoover is to close its washing machines and tumble dryers factory in Merthyr Tydfil with the loss of 337 jobs. 09-Mar-2009 Princess Yachts is to shed up to 450 of the 2,125 jobs at its boat building business in Plymouth. 09-Mar-2009 Prospect is planning to expand the workforce at its Aberdeen-based subsea engineering services business from 50 to about 100 over the next two years. 09-Mar-2009 The Ministry of Defence has agreed a £450m contract with BAe Systems to support the RAF's Typhoon fighter jets, which will create up to 150 jobs at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. 05-Mar-2009 Total Waste Management Alliance (TWMA) is looking to create at least 50 new jobs at its Aberdeen-based waste management business by the end of the year. 05-Mar-2009 Novelis is to close its aluminium sheet mill at Rogerstone near Newport next month, with the loss of 440 jobs. 05-Mar-2009 Indesit is to close its washing machines factory at Bodelwyddan in North Wales in July, with the loss of 305 jobs. 05-Mar-2009 Score Group has won permission to build a new storage facility for its engineering business in Peterhead, with the creation of about 50 jobs. 05-Mar-2009 Haskins is to shed 20 jobs and close a distribution centre in Shepton Mallet, having agreed to sell its furniture division to a management buy-out. 05-Mar-2009 Mytum & Selby is linking up with Aquegen in a £45m project to convert organic waste into ethanol at a former Maltings site in South Milford, Selby, with the creation of 75 jobs. 05-Mar-2009 IMI, the Birmingham-based engineering group, is expected to shed a further 750 jobs from its 15,000-strong global workforce over the next few months. 05-Mar-2009 Smallbone, the Wiltshire-based luxury kitchen manufacturer with about 600 staff, has put itself up for sale. 04-Mar-2009 Jones Bros is looking to expand the 22-strong workforce at its new Wakefield-based waste management operation to about 50, as new projects are taken on. 04-Mar-2009 Kenneth Mackenzie is to close its Harris Tweed mill in Stornoway on Lewis for at least a year, with the loss of the remaining 11 jobs. 04-Mar-2009 Steelite International is considering plans to shed up to 90 of the 600 jobs at its pottery manufacturing business in Stoke-on-Trent. 04-Mar-2009 Senior is to shed a further 500 jobs in its engineering components business over the next few months. 03-Mar-2009 Hawthorn Theatrical has shed 17 of the 86 jobs at its Leicestershire-based lighting and sound equipment business. 03-Mar-2009 Eveden is to shed about 29 of the 360 jobs at its Desborough-based lingerie and swimwear business. 02-Mar-2009 Otter Controls is to shed 40 jobs at its automotive components factory in Buxton. 02-Mar-2009 Street Crane Company is to expand its cranes factory in Derbyshire, with the creation of 20 jobs. 02-Mar-2009 Galanz, the Chinese manufacturer of electrical appliances, is to set up a UK headquarters in Manchester. 02-Mar-2009 TDK-Lambda is to shed up to 45 of the 300 jobs at its factory in Ilfracombe. 02-Mar-2009 Shortland Crafts, the Nottinghamshire-based kitchen manufacturer, has gone into liquidation through Begbies Traynor with the loss of about 30 jobs. 02-Mar-2009 Thorn is to shed 85 of the 700 jobs at its lighting factory in Spennymoor, including 20 production and 65 administration jobs. 26-Feb-2009 Dekura is to close its plastics recycling branch in Peterlee later this year, with the loss of more than 30 jobs. 26-Feb-2009 Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment firm, is to close 31 of its 200 worldwide plants, with the loss of about 750 jobs. 26-Feb-2009 Magellan Power, the Australian supplier of power systems, is planning to set up a manufacturing and marketing centre in Birmingham, with the creation of an initial ten jobs. 26-Feb-2009 PDM Group has won planning permission to build a £12m anaerobic digestion plant in Doncaster by the end of the year, with the creation of 35 jobs, in order to process food waste from retailers and caterers. 25-Feb-2009 Control Techniques is to shed 30 of the 350 jobs at its machinery components factory in Newtown, Powys. 25-Feb-2009 Baxi Group is to shed 28 management and support jobs at its heating products business in Preston. 24-Feb-2009 Morphy Richards is to shed 28 jobs at its electrical appliances business in South Yorkshire, which includes offices in Mexborough and Manvers. 24-Feb-2009 Gates Hydraulics to close its factory in St Neots by the end of the year with the loss of 100 jobs, but the customer support, sales and technical departments will remain at the site. 24-Feb-2009 Cleveland Bridge is to shed up to 140 jobs on Teesside, following the loss of a contract to build semi-submersible drilling rigs for SeaDragon Offshore. 24-Feb-2009 Peter Scott & Co is to expand the 200-strong workforce at its Hawick-based knitwear business with 14 new jobs. 23-Feb-2009 Prestoplan is to shed up to 20 of the 125 jobs at its timber frames production business in Walton Summit, Lancashire, and a further 20 jobs will go at its site in Gloucester. 19-Feb-2009 Metal & Waste Recycling has won permission to build a new recycling plant at Seaham in Sunderland, with the creation of 25 new jobs and the transfer of six jobs from Newcastle. 19-Feb-2009 Lewmar is to shed an estimated 53 of the 208 jobs at its marine equipment factory in Havant. 19-Feb-2009 British Engines is to shed 47 of the 850 jobs at its engineering plant in Cramlington, Northumberland. 19-Feb-2009 WL Gore is to shed up to 25 of the 90 jobs at its waterproof clothing factory in Livingston. 19-Feb-2009 Basta Parsons is to close its Listers locks and hardware distribution operation in Ipswich with the loss of 57 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Wolverhampton. 19-Feb-2009 Drayton Beaumont, the Burslem-based kiln manufacturer that had 50 staff in 2007, has gone into liquidation through Marshall Peters. 19-Feb-2009 Winfield Engineering is to relocate production of Red Rhino mini crushing equipment from Aylesbury to its site in Grantham. 19-Feb-2009 Atrium Design, the Rotherham-based supplier of kitchen equipment, has gone into liquidation through Centrum Recovery of Matlock. 19-Feb-2009 GKN is to shed more than 550 jobs at its car parts and aerospace factories, including the closure of sites in Walsall, Birmingham, Burnley and Luton. 18-Feb-2009 Schott Industrial Glass is considering plans to close its glass processing factory in Newton Aycliffe over the next 18 months, with the loss of up to 160 jobs. 18-Feb-2009 Hoya Lens is to shed 46 of the 417 jobs at its ophthalmic lenses factory in Wrexham, in order to transfer some of the production to Thailand. 18-Feb-2009 Robust Recycled Products is to expand its Ebbw Vale-based workforce from ten to 30 by the end of the year, having won a new contract to recycle waste polystyrene into decking and street furniture. 18-Feb-2009 Ascot Environmental has won a £5m contract from Lancashire County Council to build a 43,000 sq ft waste processing plant in Lancaster by March 2010. 17-Feb-2009 Thales Air Defence is to create 40 jobs in Belfast, having won a £200m contract to supply a missile system to the Ministry of Defence. 17-Feb-2009 Lymington Precision Engineers is to shed up to 50 of the 185 jobs at its engineering business in Hampshire. 16-Feb-2009 Pegler Yorkshire is to invest £12m in the expansion of its plumbing and heating products factory in Doncaster by early 2010. 16-Feb-2009 Gleneagle Furniture has closed its factory in Caernarfon with the loss of 65 jobs, in order to transfer production to Ireland. 16-Feb-2009 Barden Corporation is to shed 40 of the 430 jobs at its ball bearings factory in Plymouth. 16-Feb-2009 Avalon Plastics is planning to relocate up to 140 staff to a new £5m factory to be built at the Morland Enterprise Park in Glastonbury by March 2010. 16-Feb-2009 Geith International is to close its earthmoving equipment plant in Tredegar by the end of the year with the loss of 47 jobs. 12-Feb-2009 Wood Group is to create 30 jobs at its MCS subsea engineering consultancy business in Aberdeen this year. 12-Feb-2009 NSK Bearings is planning to shed up to 70 jobs at its car parts factory in Peterlee. 12-Feb-2009 Instant Mobility has gone into liquidation through Parkin S Booth with the loss of about 30 jobs at its mobility scooters business in Bangor. 11-Feb-2009 Ultraframe UK is to shed up to 70 of the 295 jobs at its conservatory manufacturing business in Clitheroe. 11-Feb-2009 Lawrence Recycling & Waste Management has secured a £10m cash injection to complete the development of a new materials recycling facility in Kidderminster over the next few months, with the creation of more than 70 jobs. 11-Feb-2009 Managed Support Services is raising £5.7m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its air conditioning business, which employs 160 staff in Woking, Wilmslow and Bolton. 11-Feb-2009 Wellstream is to shed up to 90 of the 624 jobs at its oil pipeline manufacturing business on Tyneside. 11-Feb-2009 Tomlinsons is to handle the liquidation of Sweeneys, the Salford-based clothing supplier, with the loss of 34 jobs. 10-Feb-2009 De Beers is to shed about 100 jobs at the London headquarters of its diamonds business, with the sales department being hardest hit. 09-Feb-2009 SGL Group is to shed up to 90 of the 297 jobs at its carbon fibre products factory in Muir of Ord, Ross-shire. 09-Feb-2009 BCB Environmental Management has unveiled plans to build a £23m waste processing plant in Tockwith, North Yorkshire, which would create 20 jobs. 09-Feb-2009 Cummins Turbo Technologies is to shed a further 119 jobs at its engineering plant in Huddersfield. 09-Feb-2009 Bombardier is to shed 300 jobs at its aerospace factory in Belfast over the next few months, as part of a strategy to shed 1,340 jobs worldwide. 09-Feb-2009 Contour Premium Aircraft Seating is to shed up to 40 jobs at its aircraft seating factory in Llantarnam, South Wales. 09-Feb-2009 Amdega is to shed 41 of the 300 jobs at its conservatory manufacturing business in Darlington. 05-Feb-2009 Cabot Plastics is to close its plastics factory in Dukinfield this summer, with the loss of 50 jobs. 05-Feb-2009 Sencon is to relocate its Worcester-based sensors manufacturing business and 46 staff to a new factory being built at the Stonebridge Cross Business Park by late summer. 05-Feb-2009 Molecular Tools Europe is to relocate its science research products manufacturing business from Glasgow to the European Centre for Marine Biotechnology near Oban. 04-Feb-2009 CenFRA has been awarded £1m by Yorkshire Forward to expand its Doncaster-based centre for food robotics and automation, including new research and development facilities. 04-Feb-2009 Hunter Plastics is to relocate its injection moulding division from Woolwich to its Lenham site in Kent this spring, while its Durapipe manufacturing business will relocate from Cannock to Lenham by late 2010. 04-Feb-2009 Denby is to shed 35 of the 500 jobs at its Derbyshire-based pottery. 04-Feb-2009 Mahle Engine Systems is to shed up to 142 jobs at its factory in Kilmarnock over the next few months. 03-Feb-2009 Rolls-Royce is to shed 100 jobs at its compressor blades plant at Inchinnan, near Renfrew. 03-Feb-2009 Greenstar UK is to invest £1m in the expansion of its network of material recovery facilities, including new sites in Derby and South Oxfordshire. 03-Feb-2009 Glasgow City Council is to proceed with plans to install a £40m autoclave system at Polmadie, in order to recycle up to 80% of domestic waste. 03-Feb-2009 Prosper de Mulder is to invest £110m in the development of new food waste recycling facilities over the next three years, including five waste-to-energy plants. 03-Feb-2009 NMB Minebea is considering plans to close its Rose Bearings factory in Skegness, with the loss of up to 175 jobs. 03-Feb-2009 Bharat Forge Scottish Stamping is considering plans to close its commercial vehicle axles plant in Ayr, with the loss of up to 134 jobs. 02-Feb-2009 Imerys is to shed 54 jobs at its mineral operations across the country, including 43 in Cornwall. 02-Feb-2009 Hawes Signs is to shed about 80 of the 300 jobs at its sign manufacturing business in Northampton. 02-Feb-2009 Cookson is to close its ceramics factory at Newmilns in Ayrshire later this year, with the loss of almost 180 jobs. 30-Jan-2009 Thames Water is to shed up to 300 support services jobs in Reading and Swindon, in order to save £7m. 29-Jan-2009 Edwards is to shed 176 jobs at its vacuum equipment factory in West Sussex, and a further 1,000 will move to a four-day week. 29-Jan-2009 Ardagh is to shed 180 of the 950 jobs at its glass processing operations in Barnsley and Doncaster. 29-Jan-2009 Terex Pegson is to shed up to 215 jobs at its heavy machinery factory in Coalville, and the remaining 100 staff will focus on design and after-sales support. 29-Jan-2009 Scottish Enterprise has launched a three-year campaign to attract more than 1,000 people to work in shipbuilding in Rosyth and on the Clyde, with companies such as Babcock Marine and BVT Surface Fleet. 29-Jan-2009 Powerscreen is to shed a further 90 of the 490 jobs at its construction equipment factory in Dungannon. 28-Jan-2009 PYReco is seeking permission to build a new £80m tyre recycling plant at South Tees Eco Park in Middlesbrough by next year, with the creation of 90 jobs. 28-Jan-2009 Eaton Aerospace is to shed up to 100 of the 800 jobs at its fuel pumps and valves factory in Titchfield, Hampshire. 28-Jan-2009 Scapa Group, the Manchester-based adhesive films manufacturer, is to shed up to 140 jobs from its global workforce. 28-Jan-2009 Perkins Engines is to shed a further 450 of the 2,700 jobs at its industrial engines factory in Peterborough. 28-Jan-2009 Nacco Materials Handling is to shed a further 96 of the 616 jobs at its forklift factory in Craigavon. 27-Jan-2009 Hertel is looking to create 360 jobs at its industrial services business on Tyneside, and will target staff made redundant by electrical engineering firm Watson Norie last year. 27-Jan-2009 Wavin is to shed a further 165 jobs at its plastic plumbing and drainage manufacturing plants in Durham, Chippenham, Doncaster, Exeter, Swadlincote, Sheffield and Burnley. 27-Jan-2009 Corus is to shed 2,500 of the 24,000 jobs in its UK steel production business, including 750 in Rotherham, 500 in Llanwern, 500 at other sites in Wales and 750 in distribution and support. 27-Jan-2009 JB&S Lees is to shed 42 jobs at its steel processing plant in West Bromwich. 26-Jan-2009 Waste Recycling Group is considering plans to build a £120m energy-from-waste plant at Brogborough, near Milton Keynes. 26-Jan-2009 MBA Polymers and European Metal Recycling have selected a former glass factory in Worksop as the site to build a new 80,000-tonne-capacity recycling plant by 2010, with the creation of almost 100 jobs. 23-Jan-2009 Cummins is to shed 185 of the 1,200 jobs at its engines factory in Daventry by the end of March. 23-Jan-2009 Knowaste is seeking permission to build a £10m nappy recycling plant in Birmingham, and also hopes to build four facilities in London and one in the North East. 23-Jan-2009 Staffordshire County Council has won approval from the Government Office for the West Midlands to develop a £600m 300,000 tonne-a-year energy-from-waste facility at Four Ashes near Cannock by 2013. 22-Jan-2009 Komatsu UK is to shed 91 of the 554 jobs at its construction equipment plant in Birtley, County Durham. 21-Jan-2009 Burberry is to close its luxury clothing factory in Rotherham with the loss of up to 290 jobs, in order to consolidate production at its site in Castleford. 21-Jan-2009 Tarmac is to create at least 35 jobs at a new concrete products factory due to open at the former Milbank Floors site in Weeting, Norfolk, in March. 21-Jan-2009 Pontardawe Refrigeration Products is to close its business in the Swansea Valley with the loss of 35 jobs. 21-Jan-2009 Sterecycle is to invest £10m in the expansion of its steam-based recycling plant in Rotherham by 2010, with the creation of up to 20 jobs, and is looking to build similar plants across the country. 20-Jan-2009 Siemens is to shed 49 temporary jobs from the 400-strong workforce at its machinery components factory in Congleton. 20-Jan-2009 Timet is to shed 23 jobs at its aerospace components factory in Swansea. 19-Jan-2009 DEK is to shed 19 of the 350 jobs at its printing machines factory in Weymouth. 19-Jan-2009 Phoenix Polymers International is to close its buoyancy module production facilities in Forfar and Aberdeen, with the loss of 36 jobs, in order to transfer production to Malaysia. 19-Jan-2009 Anglesey Aluminium is to shut down its smelter in September, having failed to secure a deal to supply electricity, casting doubt on the future of 500 jobs. 16-Jan-2009 Bosch Thermotechnology is to seek permission from Wychavon District Council to build a new headquarters for its heating appliances manufacturing business near the M5 in Worcestershire, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs by 2012. 16-Jan-2009 Building Automation Solutions has secured a £5m funding deal from Yorkshire Bank to expand its Altrincham-based building management systems business and benefit from rising interest in energy efficiency. 16-Jan-2009 Sekura Group is to create 40 new jobs at its windows and composite doors factory in Washington, having won a contract to refit homes in East Durham and North Tyneside. 15-Jan-2009 Honeywell is to shed about 80 jobs at its environment controls and combustion products plant in Newhouse, North Lanarkshire. 15-Jan-2009 Sanyo Industries is to close its television monitors factory in Lowestoft next month, with the loss of 60 jobs. 14-Jan-2009 Emtelle is to shed 35 of the 186 jobs at its cable and ducting business in the Scottish Borders. 14-Jan-2009 Ductile Wesson is planning to close its foundry in Walsall, with the loss of up to 150 jobs. 14-Jan-2009 Essilor is to shed 30 of the 400 jobs at its optical lens factory in Thornbury, Bristol. 13-Jan-2009 Lyte Industries is planning to relocate its access equipment business and up to 102 staff from Ystradgynlais to a purpose-built £8m factory in Port Talbot in early 2010. 13-Jan-2009 FG Wilson is to shed 260 jobs at Larne, Springvale and Monkstown in Northern Ireland, due to a fall in demand for diesel and gas generators. 12-Jan-2009 Cummins is to shed a further 130 jobs at its engines factory in Darlington. 12-Jan-2009 Hillarys is to shed up to 25 support jobs at its made-to-measure blinds operations in Nottingham and Washington over the next few weeks. 12-Jan-2009 Equity Shoes is to close its shoe factory in Leicester this month, with the loss of 98 jobs. 12-Jan-2009 Thomas Broadbent & Sons is to shed 65 of the 200 jobs at its centrifuges factory in Huddersfield. 08-Jan-2009 Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services has shed 60 jobs at its engine manufacturing business in Shropshire. 08-Jan-2009 Calcarb is looking to expand the 110-strong workforce at its new carbon insulation products factory at the Eurocentral business park in Lanarkshire. 07-Jan-2009 Goldshield Electronic Security, the supplier of surveillance equipment with offices in Newcastle and Edinburgh, has secured a £2.8m equity investment from Infinity Asset Management. 07-Jan-2009 Metalrax is planning to close its Stackright cabins and Makespace flooring operations, as part of a reorganisation that will also involve the consolidation of its Samuel Groves and RTA consumer durables businesses. 07-Jan-2009 Bridgeway Consulting is to create up to 150 new jobs at its rail engineering business in Nottingham over the next 12 months. 07-Jan-2009
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