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The Barnsley Development Agency is to support plans from Stainsby Grange for a £20m retail and industrial development, which will include a new B&Q DIY superstore employing 250 staff. 21-Dec-2001 Islington Borough Council has approved plans from P&O for the £100m transformation of the King's Cross area into an upmarket tourist and residential district, creating up to 2,500 jobs. 18-Dec-2001 Mountwest Petroleum Engineering has set up a new drilling tools business called Mountwest Services in Aberdeen, where it plans to create up to 25 jobs over the next few years. 17-Dec-2001 Ivex Packaging is planning to create 45 new jobs at its recently-opened factory in Bishop Auckland over the next three years. 14-Dec-2001 Total Fitness UK is seeking permission to build an exercise, rehabilitation and hydrotherapy centre at a former industrial site on Strand Road in Preston, with the creation of 120 jobs. 12-Dec-2001 Hollathans is planning to open eight additional cafe-bars around the country with the creation of 300 jobs, and is currently looking at potential sites in Leeds and Halifax. 11-Dec-2001 TruTac, the supplier of data services to transport operators, is to create a further 75 jobs at the University of Warwick Science Park in Coventry. 06-Dec-2001 Kocher & Beck, the Coalville-based manufacturer of steel cutters, is moving to a larger £1.5m site on the Stephenson Industrial Estate, with the creation of 15 jobs. 06-Dec-2001 Walters Mining has submitted plans for a £35m open-cast mining project at Winchfawr West near Merthyr Tydfil, which could create up to 100 jobs. 04-Dec-2001 Peakdale Molecular, the supplier of chemical research services to the pharmaceutical industry, has secured £1.8m of venture capital from Close Brothers, which could lead to the creation of up to 100 laboratory jobs. 03-Dec-2001 Insurance Personnel Selection is to handle the recruitment of 25 staff for a new NHS insurance office in Croydon. 30-Nov-2001 Taylor Price Direct Choice is to start recruiting staff for a new three-storey insurance centre due to open at the Claydon Business Park in Ipswich next April, which could employ up to 200. 30-Nov-2001 Collins & Aikman Automotive Systems is creating 42 new jobs at its vehicle carpets factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme. 30-Nov-2001 Barratt Construction is to recruit about 100 tradesmen, office staff and managers in the Aberdeen area to work on 14 developments. 27-Nov-2001 Omne Communications, the provider of TV, telephone and internet services via underground cables, has launched its new Lancaster and Morecambe division, and plans to bring more than 150 jobs to the district. 26-Nov-2001 LANergy is planning to double the workforce of 13 scientists at its new headquarters in Newport, in order to develop new communications networking technology. 22-Nov-2001 The Cardiothoracic Centre in Liverpool is to receive £40m of government funding to transform it into one of Europe's leading heart hospitals, which will lead to the creation of 1,000 jobs. 22-Nov-2001 Intasport is planning to recruit 15 additional telesales staff at its new football marketing office at Meir in Staffordshire over the next three months. 20-Nov-2001 Eden Hall Spa is creating 80 jobs at a new £6m health spa at Elston near Newark in January. 19-Nov-2001 Seafield is to create 25 jobs at a new 90,000 sq ft warehouse being built at Claylands Avenue in Worksop. 12-Nov-2001 Daniel Measurement & Control is to set up a new European headquarters at Stirling University, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. 07-Nov-2001 Express Reinforcements, the processor of steel bars for the concrete industry, is to invest £1m in a new factory in Neath, with the creation of 70 jobs. 02-Nov-2001 Aluminium Lighting Company has acquired UK Extrusion & Plastic Bag's 36,000 sq ft factory at Cymmer in South Wales, in order to manufacture lighting columns and create new jobs. 01-Nov-2001 Musgrave SuperValu-Centra has announced plans to set up a £20m grocery distribution centre and administration facility at Belfast's Harbour Estate, combining its three existing operations onto a single site by next summer. 01-Nov-2001 Eastern Contracting is planning to create about 150 jobs over the next six months, having won a number of new orders for electrical engineering work in East Anglia. 30-Oct-2001 Bristol Street Stafford has submitted plans for a new Ford car showroom, health club, car wash and restaurant on its 3-acre site in Stafford, which will create up to 100 jobs. 30-Oct-2001 Xnet is to open a software integration and support centre in Belfast, creating 30 jobs over the next three years. 29-Oct-2001 The Scottish Crop Research Institute is seeking outline planning permission for a new science park at Mylnefield and for a mix of housing and business units at Gourdie, in a £60m investment that could create 1,000 jobs. 29-Oct-2001 Locate in Kent has announced that Rail Europe Group is to locate about 200 staff at a new rail travel call centre on the Kings Hill business park near Maidstone from next February. 25-Oct-2001 CityFleet is to invest £1m in its Comcab taxi business in Scotland, as part of an expansion plan that will involve 250 new jobs and a call centre in Musselburgh. 24-Oct-2001 GMF Motor Factors, the car parts supplier, is planning to create up to 100 jobs at a new head office in Ystalyfera over the next two years. 19-Oct-2001 Trinity College and Gallaher Estates have announced plans to develop a new science park on the outskirts of Cambridge, which would be linked to the new Oakington-Longstanton settlement and provide up to 6,000 jobs. 18-Oct-2001 Desk Link, the Tredegar-based office furniture manufacturer, is to move to the Tafarnaubach industrial estate in a £3.4m investment that will create 75 new jobs. 15-Oct-2001 Culligan International is setting up a new water bottling plant at the Io Centre in Swindon, which will provide jobs for 40 people by the end of the year. 12-Oct-2001 118UK, the provider of directory inquiry information services, is to create 250 new jobs at its Cardiff call centre, in preparation for the deregulation of the market. 11-Oct-2001 Genesis Breads of the World is planning to invest £1m in the expansion of its bakery in Londonderry, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 10-Oct-2001 Hermes Pensions Management is planning to more then double the size of its corporate governance business, increasing the number of specialists from 15 to 40 by the end of 2002. 08-Oct-2001 3M is to create 35 new jobs at its Newton Aycliffe site by relocating the production and development of respiration face masks from London. 05-Oct-2001 Sean Graham is to expand its Northern Ireland-based betting business with the creation of an online operation and up to 100 jobs, following the abolition of betting tax. 03-Oct-2001 Collingwood Developments has started work on a new 254-bedroom Hilton hotel near the Tyne Bridge in Gateshead, which will create 200 jobs. 03-Oct-2001 Nexsan Technologies is planning to relocate the Derby office of its data storage equipment business and 20 staff to larger premises at Pride Park in March, with the creation of 10 new jobs. 02-Oct-2001 Access Partnership, the publisher of safety documents for schools, is to create 50 jobs at a new call centre in Hanley this month. 02-Oct-2001 McGeary Mushroom is to double the size of its fresh mushroom operation in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 15 jobs in Moy. 01-Oct-2001 Fotolec Technologies has secured £2m in a private share placing to fund the development of a shatter-resistant coating for energy-efficient fluorescent lamps, and expects to create 30 new jobs over the next three years. 28-Sep-2001 Humber Quality Foods is to relocate its North Lincolnshire-based vegetable processing business to larger premises at Newton-on-Trent early next year, with the creation of about 20 jobs. 28-Sep-2001 Whessoe International is creating 20 new jobs at its Darlington-based engineering business, having won a number of contracts to design liquid gas storage facilities. 27-Sep-2001 St James's University Hospital in Leeds has announced plans to build a £163m cancer treatment centre by 2006, with the creation of 1,000 jobs. 27-Sep-2001 Diamonite Aircraft Furnishings is creating 50 new jobs at its Bristol factory, having won a £10m contract to refurbish aircraft interiors for the Russian government. 27-Sep-2001 Northern Rubber is to set up a new research laboratory and clean production unit at its rubber factory in Retford, with the creation of 20 jobs, following its £5.5m acquisition by Icon. 25-Sep-2001 Lab Medico Legal Services, the supplier of medical reports to solicitors, is planning to move to a larger office at Bracken Hill in Peterlee, where it will employ up to 120 staff. 20-Sep-2001 Pressfold is investing £1.6m in a new steel products production facility in Lisburn in order to centralise its operations at the Knockmore Industrial Estate, and plans to recruit 18 additional staff over the next three years. 14-Sep-2001 Nippon Gohsei of Japan has announced plans to build a £64m chemical plant, producing environmentally friendly packaging for gases and liquids, at the BP Saltend site in Hull, with the creation of 70 jobs. 14-Sep-2001 Corporate Graphic Group is planning to relocate its audio-visual services business from Rochdale to a larger £2m office at the Broadway Business Park in Oldham next year, with the creation of 20 jobs. 14-Sep-2001 BDR Consulting is to set up a £0.8m e-business systems integration campus at the Floral Buildings in Belfast's new Market Quarter, with the creation of 45 jobs. 13-Sep-2001 BPS Teleperformance is setting up a new teleservices call centre in Edgbaston later this month, as part of an expansion at its Birmingham-based business that will create 275 jobs. 12-Sep-2001 Axa Assistance is moving to a new head office in Redhill later this month, with 240 staff relocating from Leatherhead and 140 from Reigate. 07-Sep-2001 Quest, the US software group, is creating 20 jobs at a new sales and support office in Sheffield. 07-Sep-2001 Orion Pharma of Finland is to set up a new clinical research department in Nottingham, with the creation of up to 52 jobs over the next few years. 07-Sep-2001 FMG Group, the vehicle management company, is moving to larger offices in Huddersfield later this year, with the creation of up to 20 new jobs. 05-Sep-2001 Virgin Incentives, the voucher-giving service, is opening a call centre in Thornaby on Teesside, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 04-Sep-2001 Nico is to recruit 20 new toolmakers and maintenance workers at its hinges factory in Clacton. 04-Sep-2001 Applied Biosystems, the US manufacturer of DNA fingerprinting equipment, is setting up a £7m headquarters at the Birchwood Point Business Park in Warrington, which will employ about 200 staff. 03-Sep-2001 Gibsons is creating an unspecified number of new jobs at its sandwich factory in Ellesmere Port. 31-Aug-2001 Sports Connection is to open four sports stores in Northern Ireland this year, with the creation of more than 100 jobs. 30-Aug-2001 Corus Rail Consultancy is to build a new £1.5m headquarters at Toft Green in York by May 2002, with the creation of 30 jobs. 29-Aug-2001 Wellships Group is planning to create up to 100 jobs in Aberdeen over the next two years, having just ordered a new offshore oil and gas well overhaul and repair ship from a Dutch shipyard. 24-Aug-2001 Wholebake Foods is planning to expand production of cereal bars at its factory in Corwen, Denbighshire, with the creation of 10 jobs. 23-Aug-2001 Sureclean is investing £2m in the expansion of its high-pressure water-jetting and asbestos removal divisions, with the creation of up to 20 jobs a year over the next three years. 15-Aug-2001 Bomb Cosmetics is creating 100 new jobs at its cosmetics factory in Bournemouth, having won contracts worth £1m from three major retail chains. 14-Aug-2001 BitWise is planning to relocate its Dunfermline-based software development centre to larger premises at the Carnegie Campus Business Park, with the creation of up to 45 new jobs. 03-Aug-2001 Power Europe, the logistics company, is creating 500 jobs at a new Tesco frozen food warehouse in Crick, which is due to open in October. 03-Aug-2001 Border Circuits is to relocate its circuit boards factory and 47 staff to larger premises at Wilderhaugh in Galashiels, and 15 new jobs will be created. 27-Jul-2001 Halifax Cetelem is to set up a national operations centre in Coventry to supply finance and credit services to retailers, with the creation of more than 100 jobs. 27-Jul-2001 ARC Euro is investing £5m at its new IMD Solutions plastics manufacturing facility in Stirling, which could lead to the creation of more than 100 jobs over the next three years. 26-Jul-2001 Global Highland is creating more than 40 jobs following the creation of two new divisions - Global Highland Management Services and Global Highland Training & Consultancy. 26-Jul-2001 Bailey Caravans is investing £5m to increase production at its caravan factory in Bristol, which will lead to the expansion of its 250-strong workforce. 24-Jul-2001 Emmerson Industrial Doors is planning to create 12 new jobs following the relocation of its door manufacturing business to larger premises at Sherburn-in-Elmet. 23-Jul-2001 Jenners is planning to open a £5m department store at the Lomond Shores development in Loch Lomond, with the creation of 60 jobs. 23-Jul-2001 IBR, the event organiser with 113 staff, is planning to relocate to a new £1.5m headquarters at Pride Park in Derby next year, with the creation of 25 jobs. 23-Jul-2001 Thermo Goring Kerr is planning to relocate the production of metal detection equipment from Windsor to Rugby, which will lead to the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 20-Jul-2001 AVT Microsystems is planning to expand its workforce from 40 to 80 over the next 18 months, following its move into larger offices in Maid Marian Way, Nottingham. 16-Jul-2001 Radisson Edwardian Hotels is to operate a new luxury hotel at Baskerville House in Birmingham's Centenary Square from 2003, with the creation of 200 jobs. 13-Jul-2001 Scott Dunn, the luxury tour operator, is to set up a new administrative headquarters in Chichester with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 13-Jul-2001 RS Biotech Laboratory Equipment is to invest £0.7m at its new factory in Irvine to produce incubators for the medical industry, with the creation of 12 jobs. 10-Jul-2001 Bertrandt UK is looking to recruit about 25 graduate engineers and designers at its Warwickshire-based automotive engineering business. 10-Jul-2001 The government has announced plans to set up 20 pension administration centres around the country, including one in Swansea that will create 500 new jobs. 05-Jul-2001 HW Plastics, the window frames manufacturer, is to open a new distribution centre in Stoke-on-Trent later this year, which will involve 20 new jobs and the relocation of existing staff from Talke. 03-Jul-2001 Meridio, the developer of document management software products, is to invest £11m in Belfast with the creation of 120 new jobs. 29-Jun-2001 Arvin Replacement Products is planning to expand its exhausts factory in Cheadle with the creation of 50 new jobs. 28-Jun-2001 Inco Europe is to invest £3.8m in the expansion of its Swansea Valley nickel refinery, which will secure the future of 300 employees and create 30 construction jobs. 27-Jun-2001 Maier UK is planning to create a further 100 jobs at its new automotive trimming components plant at Chasewater Heaths in Staffordshire. 21-Jun-2001 Pacson Engineering is looking to relocate its Carnoustie-based valve manufacturing business to larger premises, possibly in Dundee or Angus, and the workforce could grow from 80 to 200. 15-Jun-2001 Active is to expand its financial services business process outsourcing centre near Rotherham with the creation of 250 jobs, while a further 100 jobs will be created in Halesowen. 15-Jun-2001 Tamarind, a new sales and marketing venture, is opening a call centre at Moulton Park in Northamptonshire with the creation of 140 jobs. 14-Jun-2001 Rolland, the Edinburgh-based specialist construction contractor, is to create a further 50 jobs in central Scotland by the end of the year, taking its workforce to 400. 13-Jun-2001 Knauf is to expand production at its plasterboard factory in Immingham, which will involve round-the-clock working and 10 new jobs. 13-Jun-2001 FE Aerospace is to create a further 80 jobs at its new £1.5m aircraft components business at Sherwood Park in Nottinghamshire over the next two years. 08-Jun-2001 SAS of the US is planning to double the size of its Glasgow-based software development business over the next 12 months, adding an unspecified number of jobs to the existing 21. 06-Jun-2001 SSS is setting up a new software development office in Nottingham, with the creation of up to 60 jobs. 05-Jun-2001 Idesta is raising £6m of venture capital funding to expand its Glasgow-based mobile software business, and will create a further 125 jobs. 05-Jun-2001 Davies Wallis Foyster is to set up a national centre of excellence for high-volume legal transactions in Warrington, which will trade under the name of DWF Maxima and create about 150 jobs. 04-Jun-2001 Starglaze Windows is planning a £2m expansion at its windows, doors and conservatories factory in Lincoln, with the creation of 50 jobs. 01-Jun-2001 I&H Brown is planning to set up two new opencast mines in Fife with the creation of 50 jobs, and the sites are at Begg Farm near Cluny and Woodbank Farm near Kennoway. 01-Jun-2001 SureSkills of Ireland is setting up a computer training and consultancy business at Upper Arthur Street in Belfast, with the creation of 22 jobs. 31-May-2001 Total Repair Solutions is planning to double its workforce to 600 after moving its mobile phone repair business to a new £3m headquarters in Clydebank early next year. 29-May-2001 Yes Television is planning a £23m expansion of its digital TV and internet business in Cardiff, with the creation of 210 jobs over the next four years. 22-May-2001 Construct & Build is to invest more than £1.5m in the development of its construction industry software business in Londonderry over the next three years, with the creation of about 30 jobs. 22-May-2001 Griffin Windows is planning a £2.6m expansion at its windows factory in Treorchy, with the creation of 130 jobs. 21-May-2001 Magna is recruiting a further 30 staff at its newly-opened science adventure park in Rotherham. 16-May-2001 Coldshield is planning to expand its Stockport-based conservatories business by recruiting 30 sales staff and 30 fitters over the next two years. 15-May-2001 Aunt Mollies Foods is to invest £1.9m in the expansion of its bakery in west Belfast, with the creation of 60 jobs over the next three years. 14-May-2001 Clayton Glass is planning to create up to 50 jobs at its toughened glass plant in Derwentside over the next three years. 14-May-2001 Research Solutions, the Stockton-based market research company, is planning to double the size of its current field team to 60. 14-May-2001 Bett Homes is creating 50 jobs at a new division on Tyneside, and will start work next month on building 100 homes in two developments in County Durham. 10-May-2001 Shepherd & Wedderburn is planning to create 50 jobs at its law offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, including 40 lawyers and 10 support staff. 09-May-2001 CPI Thermotic of Mansfield is creating more than 150 jobs to work on the production of a new self-heating coffee-in-a-can for Nestle. 09-May-2001 Computer People is planning to create up to 40 new jobs at its computing staff recruitment call centre in Stoke-on-Trent. 08-May-2001 Titan Environmental Surveys is to invest £1m in the expansion of its business in South Wales, which will involve 20 new jobs and the acquisition of new equipment. 04-May-2001 Haywoods Design is expanding its brand management design consultancy into larger offices in Coventry, and will create an unspecified number of new jobs. 02-May-2001 Norman Emerson & Sons is to invest £1.5m in its construction and horticultural products business in County Armagh over the next three years, which will involve a new bagging operation, an expanded distribution network and up to 29 new jobs. 27-Apr-2001 Coltas Group is to create 60 new jobs at its Glasgow-based advertising agency, having won a £40m contract for Tiny computers. 27-Apr-2001 Frederick Hiam Foods is planning to create up to 240 jobs at a new £6m vegetable processing factory in Brandon, Suffolk. 26-Apr-2001 Big Blue International, the mobile phone dealer, is to set up a new call centre at Ystradgynlais with the creation of 130 jobs, and will also create a further 100 jobs at its existing call centre in Swansea. 20-Apr-2001 Specialist Sports Cars is planning to expand production at its self-assembly car plant in Llanidloes from 20 to 50 cars a year, with the creation of about 18 jobs. 18-Apr-2001 Excel Publishing is creating 50 new jobs in Manchester following a £2m expansion of its business magazines. 17-Apr-2001 Specialist Computer Centres is to create up to 200 jobs after winning a £390m contract to supply desktop systems and services to Computer Sciences Corporation. 13-Apr-2001 Mulmuf is to set up a new factory at Killyman in Tyrone to manufacture industrial exhausts, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 12-Apr-2001 Elite Electronics is planning a £3m expansion at its fibre-optics factory in Enniskillen over the next three years, with the creation of 114 jobs. 06-Apr-2001 Jupiter Unit Trust Managers is to relocate its administration department from London to Kings Hill in Kent with the creation of about 25 jobs. 05-Apr-2001 Roys is planning to open a department store in Bury St Edmunds in June, with the creation of 60 jobs. 04-Apr-2001 Cedalion, the Edinburgh-based bespoke software developer, is to create 50 new jobs following a £1.3m equity injection from Northern Venture Managers, and is also seeking acquisitions. 03-Apr-2001 A2Z Computers, the manufacturer of custom-built computers, is creating up to 40 new jobs over the next year with a £2m expansion into larger premises in Loughborough. 03-Apr-2001 Techrete is planning a £1m expansion at its precast concrete cladding plant in North Lincolnshire with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 03-Apr-2001 Skillsoft of the US is setting up a £1.1m e-learning development centre at Quay Gate House in Belfast, with the creation of 40 jobs. 30-Mar-2001 Mitel Networks is to merge with sister company March Networks, and has announced plans to invest £52m in research and development with the creation of 40 jobs in Glasgow and 60 in south Wales. 27-Mar-2001 Matsushita Mobile Communication Development of Japan is to set up an engineering development centre in Thatcham in April, with the creation of 400 jobs over the next two years. 26-Mar-2001 Orincon Corporation, the US data processing and software group, is to open a European headquarters on the Birchwood Industrial Park in Warrington next month, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. 23-Mar-2001 Winsol, the blinds and shutters group, is planning to create a further 30 jobs over the next three years at its new manufacturing, distribution and training centre in Eastbourne. 23-Mar-2001 GB Posters is relocating its poster supplies business to larger premises in Sheffield, with the creation of up to 48 new jobs. 23-Mar-2001 K Home Engineering is to create 50 new jobs in Thornaby on Teesside having opened a new office to house process, structural, instrumentation and electrical engineers. 22-Mar-2001 Logo is to invest £3m rolling out a chain of 15 discount clothing factory outlets, with the creation of 150 jobs, and is also planning to expand its network of high street shops from 17 to 34. 21-Mar-2001 TP Aspinall is to create 30 new jobs in Heysham having won a £8m contract to supply copper foil machinery to Taiwan. 19-Mar-2001 Foreign Currency Services, the foreign exchange bureau, is to create 60 new jobs in Stirling following a £2.3m cash injection, and is also setting up an operation in New York. 19-Mar-2001 Gilchris is seeking permission for a £4m expansion at its chocolate products factory in Fakenham, which would create 30 jobs. 16-Mar-2001 Excell Multimedia is to create more than 200 jobs at a new £2.5m call centre at the Riverside Business Park in Irvine, which is expected to open in the summer. 15-Mar-2001 Chieftain Trailers is planning to double its trailer manufacturing workforce to 100 by 2004, following its move to new premises in Dungannon. 15-Mar-2001 Millbrook Industries is looking to recruit a further 60 staff in Southampton, including joiners, carpenters and decorators, in order to take its workforce to more than 800. 15-Mar-2001 Cleveland Citroen, the Grimsby Citroen dealership, has been bought by the Barker Motor Group of Malton and will undergo a £3m investment programme with the creation of more than 20 jobs. 14-Mar-2001 Visual Gold, the Telford-based computer animation company, has secured a £2.7m capital investment from Aberdeen Murray Johnstone to expand its TV and film production, with the creation of 35 jobs. 13-Mar-2001 Spinnaker International is planning to create up to 140 jobs in Saltash over the next three years, following the development of a new security system for cashpoint machines. 13-Mar-2001 IT Alliance is to create a further 23 jobs at its new software development and testing centre in Belfast. 09-Mar-2001 Bertelsmann Services is to create 60 new jobs at its CD distribution business in Warley this year, with vacancies for IT staff, project managers and manual workers. 07-Mar-2001 Lambrini, the producer of a perry drink, is planning a £15m expansion of storage capacity at its Huyton headquarters on Merseyside, with the creation of 200 jobs. 06-Mar-2001 Netshopper is linking up with a number of other North West companies to launch a new e-commerce business in Sefton, and suitable premises are being sought for about 30 staff. 01-Mar-2001 First Water is looking to recruit 10 scientists for a new £3m research centre being set up in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, where it will develop specialised dressings for burns and other skin treatments. 28-Feb-2001 MousePower is planning to create a further 30 jobs at its digital design business in Corsham, Wiltshire, having formed an alliance the Winsome New Media Group. 28-Feb-2001 Waveline is to create 30 new jobs at its tissue products factory in Larne this year. 26-Feb-2001 Barron McCann, the IT services company, is creating between 50 and 100 jobs by relocating some functions from Burton to new offices in Derby over the next 18 months. 21-Feb-2001 Kalsi Plastics is to open a new injection moulding factory and distribution centre in Derby next month with the creation of 120 jobs, leaving its Birmingham plant to focus on plastic extrusion. 14-Feb-2001 Tessella Support Services, the scientific software developer, is looking to recruit up to 70 staff at offices in Burton, Abingdon, Cambridge, Winchester, Warrington and Den Haag. 14-Feb-2001 Husky is creating 30 jobs at a new refrigeration factory in Blaby, Leicester, which will also house the sales and service departments and provide warehouse facilities. 14-Feb-2001 Flightline International is to set up a flight booking centre at Trident House, near Glasgow airport, with the creation of 60 jobs. 13-Feb-2001 Digit, the internet and network solutions company, is to open a new office in Aberdeen and is looking to recruit eight e-business consultants, developers and project managers. 13-Feb-2001 Citiraya UK is to create up to 48 jobs at its new computer waste recycling centre in Irvine over the next two years. 12-Feb-2001 Welwyn Components is creating 60 new jobs at its electronics factory in Bedlington, following a £2m investment in an extension. 09-Feb-2001 Labtech is planning a further expansion at its microwave printed circuit boards factory at Presteigne in Mid Wales, which will create up to 30 jobs over the next 12 months. 09-Feb-2001 Derry City Council has approved plans from Genova Northwest for a £50m retail park in the Waterside area of the city, including homes, a health centre, restaurants, a hotel and the creation of 500 jobs. 08-Feb-2001 Henry Booth Group has won a £25m contract from the Association of Train Operating Companies to produce ticketing products for the rail network, which could lead to the creation of more than 20 new jobs in Hull. 06-Feb-2001 CCC Network Systems of the US is to create a further 150 jobs in Belfast over the next three years, with vacancies in engineering and hardware and systems development. 31-Jan-2001 Peer Digital of the US is planning to create 70 jobs at its new teleconferencing centre in Glasgow over the next two years. 31-Jan-2001 Advanced Alchemy, the marketing and research group, has set up a new office in Bicester and is looking to recruit up to 40 new staff. 31-Jan-2001 Acer of Taiwan is to set up a computer technical support centre in Belfast, with the creation of 143 jobs. 30-Jan-2001 C-MAC Network Systems of Canada is to open a £14m electronics factory in Carrickfergus in November, with the creation of 150 jobs. 29-Jan-2001 MediaWave, the online broadcaster of pop concerts and business events, is to create 50 new jobs in Derby. 29-Jan-2001 Stanton Bonna is to create 20 new jobs in Ilkeston having won a £10m contract to provide concrete railway sleepers for a section of the Channel Tunnel rail link. 29-Jan-2001 InterCall of the US is planning to create 100 jobs at a new call centre for its conferencing business in Gloucester. 26-Jan-2001 Lau's Buffet King is planning to open four new Chinese restaurants in the North East this year with the creation of up to 160 jobs. 26-Jan-2001 Ireland Freight Services is planning to set up Vendorvillage, a virtual bonded warehouse where internet companies can house their inventory, with the creation of up to 100 jobs in Northern Ireland over the next three years. 24-Jan-2001 Amtec is to double the staff at its Antrim base to more than 50 people in the next two years, having won a £40m contract to supply a portable blood clot detection device to Smith & Nephew. 19-Jan-2001 Magenta NetLogic is planning to double its 30-strong workforce over the next year in order to expand its telecoms software business into overseas markets. 19-Jan-2001 Seat Comfort is to expand its car seats factory in Burton with the creation of 30 jobs, following a management buy-out from parent company Textron Automotive. 18-Jan-2001 Dura Cables is planning to expand its car components factory in Bynea in South Wales, with the creation of 250 jobs by 2003. 17-Jan-2001 Amphion Semiconductor, the communications software company, has secured £6m of private equity to fund the expansion of its office network and to recruit a further 30 staff in Belfast. 15-Jan-2001 Beaver & Tapley is relocating its furniture manufacturing business from London to Old Basford in Nottingham with the creation of 50 new jobs. 15-Jan-2001 Washington Inventory Service, the US supplier of stocktaking services to large retailers, is to set up a UK headquarters in York with the creation of about 70 jobs. 15-Jan-2001 Condat, the German IT company, is to invest £5.5m at a new site in Edinburgh city centre over the next three years, with the creation of 25 jobs. 11-Jan-2001 CardBASE Technologies, the supplier of smart card solutions for secure e-commerce, is to invest £1.9m in Belfast, with the creation of 90 jobs over the next three years. 11-Jan-2001 MacGregor Energy Services of Invergordon is to recruit a further 300 engineers, welders and other workers, having secured a number of offshore drilling rig refit contracts. 10-Jan-2001 Swift Services is planning to expand its insulation and plumbing business in Derby with the creation of up to 40 jobs. 09-Jan-2001 Oxford Semiconductor is planning to recruit a further 20 design engineers following its move to Milton Park, near Abingdon. 09-Jan-2001 JCC Lighting Products is recruiting a further 10 workers, having opened a new factory and showroom in Bognor Regis. 08-Jan-2001 Punjab Kitchen is moving its frozen meals business to a £1m site in South Shields, where it will create 22 jobs. 08-Jan-2001 Lockerbie Creamery is to recruit 15 new staff to meet rising demand for cheese. 03-Jan-2001 The Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory in Oban is planning to redevelop its buildings at a cost of £8m, in order to create 15 jobs and benefit from additional research opportunities created with the emergence of new technologies. 02-Jan-2001 LB Meat Products is to invest £2m in new premises in Newtownabbey, with the creation of 25 jobs over the next three years. 02-Jan-2001 Kenexa Technology, the US human resources software company, has opened a European headquarters in Sheffield and expects to create 60 jobs by May. 02-Jan-2001
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