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Hyndburn Borough Council is considering plans for the development of a new retail and leisure complex at Oswaldtwistle Mills, with the creation of more than 50 jobs.
31-Dec-2001


Liverpool City Council is in talks with British Telecom about the possibility of setting up a call centre to handle calls on behalf of other UK local authorities, which could create 500 jobs.
31-Dec-2001


The Scottish Executive has awarded £3.6m of processing and marketing grants to 27 food production companies, which is expected to lead to the creation of 200 jobs in rural Scotland.
31-Dec-2001


Spark Response is planning to create up to 300 new jobs at its call centre operations on Tyneside, and a new unit will open at Doxford Park in Sunderland next month.
31-Dec-2001


Cobham is forming a £9m joint venture between its FR Aviation subsidiary and Singapore Technologies Aerospace to service commercial airliners at Bournemouth International Airport, which will create 200 jobs over the next 12 months.
31-Dec-2001


Peacocks has announced plans to expand its chain of 344 clothing stores with 40 new outlets in 2002, creating 1,000 jobs, and is particularly interested in London and Scotland.
31-Dec-2001


Diageo is planning to open 35 new Burger King restaurants in 2002, with the creation of 1,250 jobs, as part of a strategy to reach almost 1,000 UK outlets by 2006.
31-Dec-2001


QA, the IT training consultancy, is to set up a new administration centre for 200 staff at the Delta Business Park in Swindon in January.
24-Dec-2001


Honda Motor has started recruiting 300 additional workers for its Swindon car plant, in preparation for the launch of a second shift on the new £130m assembly line.
21-Dec-2001


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


Asda has won approval from Cannock Chase Council to build a £50m superstore in Cannock, with the creation of 400 jobs.
20-Dec-2001


The Inland Revenue is soon to announce plans for the creation of about 500 jobs at a new call centre on Bracken Hill Business Park in Peterlee next year.
20-Dec-2001


Carlisle City Council is considering plans from Harrison & Hetherington for the development of a £11m leisure and office complex near the M6, including an 80-bedroom four-star luxury hotel and 600 new jobs.
20-Dec-2001


The National Assembly for Wales is providing a £1.2m grant to MCS for the development of a £7m compact disc factory at Ystradgynlais in the Swansea valley, which will create 77 jobs.
20-Dec-2001


Plymouth City Council is considering plans from the Land Registry to build a three-storey office building at the International Business Park in Derriford, which would involve the relocation of 300 staff and the creation of up to 200 new jobs.
19-Dec-2001


Quintain Estates and Lend Lease are to enter into a public-private partnership with the government to transform London's Millennium Dome into a 20,000-seat sports and entertainment arena, with the creation of up to 20,000 jobs.
19-Dec-2001


Lancashire County Council is considering plans from South Lakeland Caravans for the development of a £15m holiday park near Carnforth, including 250 log cabins, a tropical swimming pool and the creation of 50 jobs.
18-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


TRW is to invest £7m at its vehicle airbags and steering equipment plant at Rainton Bridge near Houghton, with the creation of 150 jobs.
18-Dec-2001


Yorkshire Bank is to set up a regional business centre at the former Wraggs industrial site in Sheffield, where it will employ 50 business advisors.
17-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


Next Generation is planning to invest £50m in four new fitness clubs in London, York, Bristol and Dartford next year, with the creation of 450 jobs.
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


Telecom Service Centres has announced plans to create 600 jobs at call centres throughout the west of Scotland and the Highlands over the next two years, following a rise in demand from the telecoms and financial services industries.
14-Dec-2001


Lakeland, the kitchen and houseware retailer, is to create up to 300 jobs at its new £10m mail order despatch centre in Kendal over the next five years.
13-Dec-2001


Tomkins is to create 200 jobs at its Schraders Electronics operation in Northern Ireland over the next three years, having won a £50m contract to supply remote tyre pressure monitoring systems hardware to General Motors.
13-Dec-2001


BA Components is planning a £1m expansion at its kitchen furniture components factory in Cookstown, with the creation of about 15 jobs.
13-Dec-2001


Scottish Enterprise is forming a partnership with Medical Marketing International to set up a £15m business incubator for nanotechnology and biotechnology at the Alba Campus in Livingston, which will create up to 500 jobs.
12-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


JL French is creating up to 100 new jobs at its automotive aluminium castings plant in Witham over the next two years, following the recent £15m investment in new production facilities.
11-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


Pizza Hut has announced plans to create 3,000 jobs across the country next year by opening 75 new restaurants and delivery outlets.
11-Dec-2001


Arsenal has won approval from Islington Borough Council for a £300m scheme to build 60,000-seater football stadium at Ashburton Grove by 2004, which will create about 1,800 jobs.
11-Dec-2001


Northbrook Technology has announced plans to create 300 jobs in Belfast and 250 in Londonderry in a £11m investment in software development.
10-Dec-2001


Mentorn is to set up a TV production office in Glasgow with the creation of at least 15 jobs.
10-Dec-2001


Alldaypa is planning to set up a £7m secretarial services call centre at either Salford Quays or Cheetham Hill in Manchester, with the creation of 500 jobs.
10-Dec-2001


Abbey National is to create 600 new jobs over the next 18 months in order to expand its small business banking division, including 500 branch-based managers and 50 sales staff for the First National leasing operation.
10-Dec-2001


WH Smith has announced plans to open 120 new stores across the country over the next three years, with the creation of 3,000 jobs, including its first move into Northern Ireland.
06-Dec-2001


Mission Foods has announced plans to create a further 60 jobs at its tortilla chips factory in Coventry, following an investment in new capacity.
06-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


Scarborough Borough Council has approved plans for the £35m transformation of a former holiday camp at Filey into a sports, leisure and residential complex, with the creation of 600 jobs.
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


Oxford Metrics, the supplier of special effects systems for use in films, is planning to increase its workforce from 70 to 100 next year and is seeking larger premises in the Oxford area.
06-Dec-2001


BAe Systems has announced that its Silicon Sensing Systems venture will set up a factory in Plymouth to produce micro machined sensor heads for the new Segway Human Transporter invention in the US, creating 200 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


Tesco is planning to build up to eight new stores in the north east with the creation of about 4,000 jobs, including sites in Alnwick, Chester-le-Street, Newton Aycliffe, Middlesbrough and four other undisclosed locations.
03-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


Great Universal Stores is planning to expand its chain of Argos stores at a rate of 35 outlets a year.
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


TK Maxx has launched a recruitment drive for 800 staff to work at its new clothing distribution centre in North Staffordshire, which is due to open in January.
30-Nov-2001


Lynx Express is creating 70 jobs at a new £1.5m parcel distribution centre at the Scotia Business Park in North Staffordshire.
30-Nov-2001


Collins & Aikman Automotive Systems is creating 42 new jobs at its vehicle carpets factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
30-Nov-2001


Blue Circle has won government approval to build a new cement works at Snodland, Kent, to replace the existing Northfleet operation, with the creation of 180 jobs.
29-Nov-2001


Richmond Foods is relocating 30 staff from an administration centre in York to Leeds, where a further 30 staff will be hired.
29-Nov-2001


William Hill is planning to open a new call centre for its telephone betting service in Sheffield city centre early next year, with the creation of 200 jobs.
29-Nov-2001


The Welsh Development Agency is supporting a £1.8m investment by Creditsafe UK in a new telesales centre at the Caerphilly Business Park, which will create 60 jobs.
28-Nov-2001


Scottish Power has announced plans to upgrade the electricity network in the Borders region at a cost of £11m, which will create about 100 jobs.
28-Nov-2001


E-blana, the Dublin-based software company, is to set up a new office at the Atek centre in Armagh in January, which will involve the relocation of 30 employees and the creation of up to 10 new jobs.
28-Nov-2001


DHL, the international freight company, is planning to relocate its customer service team from Hounslow to Castle Donington, with the creation of up to 850 jobs.
27-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


Amec Developments has won a contract from Bournemouth-based Bowlplex to build a £2.6m indoor bowling centre in Dudley, which will create up to 100 new jobs by next summer.
27-Nov-2001


North Wiltshire District Council has approved plans for the development of a 120-room hotel and conference centre on the Bowood Estate, which will create about 100 jobs.
27-Nov-2001


Havelock Europa, the shopfitter, is to create 90 jobs in Fife by transferring its timber processing machines to Dalgety Bay, but a plant in Nottingham will close with the loss of 200 jobs.
26-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


NSK is creating 50 jobs in a £11m expansion at its automotive bearings plant in Peterlee, but 16 jobs will be lost through the closure of its steering column division.
23-Nov-2001


North Norfolk District Council has approved plans from XLFX for the development of a £1m fireworks factory at Tattersett near Fakenham, which will create about 25 jobs.
23-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


Emerald Airways is planning to expand its European freight business following the acquisition of two additional aircraft, and has launched a recruitment drive to increase the current workforce of 168.
22-Nov-2001


Robert Wiseman Dairies is seeking planning permission for a £6m depot at the Cabot Park industrial site near Avonmouth, which would involve the relocation of 60 jobs from Longwell Green and the creation of 60 new jobs.
22-Nov-2001


Manthorpe is to consolidate its building products business and the 240-strong workforce at its Ripley headquarters, which will involve the closure of sites at Long Eaton and Heanor Gate and the creation of 25 new jobs.
22-Nov-2001


Liverpool City Council is to consider plans from the Greyhound Racing Association for a £6m 2,000-seater greyhound stadium in Fazakerley, which would create 200 jobs.
21-Nov-2001


Scottish & Newcastle is to set up a £3.5m customer call centre for its Scottish Courage brewing business in Livingston by 2003, with the creation of 250 jobs.
21-Nov-2001


Adrian Flux Insurance is planning to create up to 50 jobs over the next year, following the recent consolidation of its three King's Lynn offices onto a single site at East Winch Hall.
21-Nov-2001


Stan Robinson has submitted plans to expand its distribution centre and lorry park at Seighford near Stafford, with the creation of 100 jobs.
21-Nov-2001


BAA has won government approval to build a £2.5bn fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport, which will create about 6,500 jobs.
21-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


Hutchison Ports has submitted plans for the creation of a £400m 250-acre container terminal at Bathside Bay, Harwich, which would create 500 jobs.
20-Nov-2001


Asda has submitted plans for a £20m superstore in Derby Road, Belper, which could create 350 jobs.
20-Nov-2001


Rafiki Protection of Cwmbran is planning a new sales and recruitment drive following the launch of a new fire alarm system, and the workforce is expected to increase from 25 to 35 next year.
19-Nov-2001


Tulip International is to set up a £15m cooked bacon plant at the former Thermos site in Thetford, with the creation of 50 jobs.
19-Nov-2001


Tesco has announced plans for a £130m shopping development in West Bromwich town centre, which will create about 1,600 new jobs by 2006.
19-Nov-2001


DFS is setting up a new furniture factory at the Redhouse Interchange in Doncaster over the next six months, which will involve a £10m investment in equipment and the creation of 250 jobs.
19-Nov-2001


Eden Hall Spa is creating 80 jobs at a new £6m health spa at Elston near Newark in January.
19-Nov-2001


Consignia and Opus Trust are forming a Leicester-based joint venture called Optecon, in order to provide direct mail and billing services with a workforce of 120.
19-Nov-2001


Heart of England Co-op is to create an additional 50 jobs in its stores as part of a £4m investment across Coventry, Warwickshire and south Leicestershire.
16-Nov-2001


Heerema is to start recruiting 300 workers at its offshore yard in Hartlepool to work on the Shell Bonga contract for a Nigerian oil installation.
16-Nov-2001


Communisis, the information management company, is planning a £1.2m expansion at its factory in Lisburn, with the creation of 20 jobs.
16-Nov-2001


Diageo has announced plans for a £13m expansion at its alcopops bottling plant in Leven, Fife, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
16-Nov-2001


Hutchison 3G is to set up a headquarters and customer care centre for its new-generation mobile phones business in Glasgow, with the creation of more than 600 jobs over the next three years.
15-Nov-2001


Moyle District Council is to consider plans from the National Trust to set up a £10m visitor centre at the Giant's Causeway, which could create 200 jobs.
15-Nov-2001


Headland Foods is planning to build a £15m pasta factory in Grimsby, which would involve the relocation of about 350 jobs from its existing site and the creation of 100 new jobs.
15-Nov-2001


IQE has raised £20m in a rights issue to fund the production of a new silicon wafer for Motorola, which could lead to the creation of about 300 jobs in Wales.
15-Nov-2001


Inverness Medical has won permission from Highland Council to expand its biomedical production plant in Inverness, raising hopes that 450 new jobs will be brought to the site.
14-Nov-2001


Isle of Wight Council has approved plans from Guernsey-based Seaward Marine to set up a boat building business at the former Island Plastics factory at Cowes, with the creation of 50 jobs.
14-Nov-2001


Liverpool City Council has approved a plan by London-based Rumford Investments for a £60m waterfront development on the River Mersey, which could create 2,500 jobs.
14-Nov-2001


B&Q has announced plans to create 4,000 jobs over the next year, and will expand its chain of large-format DIY warehouses to 175 by 2006.
14-Nov-2001


Sainsbury is creating 130 jobs at a new superstore due to open in Cockermouth in April.
13-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


HBOS is planning to invest £40m in the expansion of its Clerical Medical Investment Management business over the next three years, and 150 staff will be added to the current 250.
12-Nov-2001


Ryland Group is planning a £0.5m expansion at its Rybrook Jaguar car dealership in Chester, with the creation of 20 jobs.
09-Nov-2001


Costain is planning to create 400 new jobs, in order to support its projects in the London area, re-establish a presence in the Midlands and tender for substantial projects in Scotland.
09-Nov-2001


Airtours is to open a new MyTravel superstore at Teesside Retail Park in February, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
09-Nov-2001


Morinoak International is planning to create up to 80 jobs in Great Yarmouth following its recent acquisition by US drilling equipment group Varco International.
09-Nov-2001


Tibbett & Britten has won a contract to operate a new DIY import centre in North Lincolnshire for B&Q, which will create 200 jobs.
09-Nov-2001


MGt has announced 130 new jobs at its customer service call centre in Kirkcaldy, taking the workforce to nearly 600.
09-Nov-2001


Fitness First is to develop a fitness club at the former Cumberland Infirmary site in Carlisle, with the creation of 30 jobs.
08-Nov-2001


Marks & Spencer has announced plans to create 100 jobs in Northern Ireland by refurbishing and expanding stores in Belfast, Londonderry and Bangor.
08-Nov-2001


Saga Group is to create up to 750 new jobs in Kent, including 600 at a new £15m call centre near Margate selling financial and other services to customers over 50.
08-Nov-2001


London Clubs International is to double the size of its casino development at Brighton Marina, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
08-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


Innogy is planning to create 500 new jobs at its Nvisage billing call centre in Peterlee, which currently employs 700.
07-Nov-2001


Peel Holdings is to lodge a planning application for a further extension of the terminal at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, which could lead to the creation of up to 2,200 jobs by 2003.
06-Nov-2001


Dixon Motors is reviving plans for the development of a new Ford dealership in Bury next year, which will involve the relocation of its existing Derby Street operation and the creation of up to 100 jobs.
06-Nov-2001


System C Healthcare, the supplier of patient management software, is to double its staff to 60 over the coming months, and is considering plans for a flotation next year.
06-Nov-2001


Belfast City Council is to consider plans from Westfield and MEPC to double the size of the CastleCourt shopping centre, with the creation of 3,500 jobs.
05-Nov-2001


Egg is creating 110 new jobs at its internet banking call centre in Derby over the next few months.
05-Nov-2001


Westbury is planning to expand production at its prefabricated houses plant in Castle Bromwich, with the creation of 70 jobs.
05-Nov-2001


Leicester City Council has revealed plans to develop a £58m cultural village in the St George's area by 2006, including a major new theatre and film-making centre and the creation of 600 jobs.
02-Nov-2001


Ilkeston Co-op Motor Group is to create 150 new jobs having won the franchise to sell Renault and Nissan cars from its forecourts across the East Midlands, and will invest £3m in new premises.
02-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


Branston Potatoes is looking to recruit 20 more workers at its potato packing plant in Lincolnshire, following a rise in demand from Tesco.
01-Nov-2001


UYT is to invest £20m at its automotive pressings plant in Coventry, with the creation of 120 jobs.
31-Oct-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


Tibbett & Britten has won a contract to manage Sainsbury's new Hams Hall distribution centre near Birmingham, which will employ 750 people from September 2002.
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


AK Holdings is investing £0.7m in a new waste recycling plant near Nottingham, with the creation of 30 jobs.
29-Oct-2001


Leisure Parcs has submitted plans to build a 1,000-bed hotel, casino and conference centre on Blackpool seafront, which will create up to 3,000 jobs.
29-Oct-2001


British Gas is to invest £2.7m at its National Sales Centre in Cardiff, with the creation of a further 200 jobs.
26-Oct-2001


McAvoy Group, the supplier of timber and steel-framed portable buildings, is to create 20 jobs in Tyrone, having won a five-year government contract.
26-Oct-2001


The Inland Revenue is considering plans to set up a new call centre on Merseyside with the creation of up to 500 jobs, and is said to be looking at two possible sites in Birkenhead and Bootle.
25-Oct-2001


Wing Yip is to redevelop its Manchester-based oriental grocery with the creation of more than 60 jobs, which will involve a new superstore, warehouse and restaurant.
25-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


Cavaghan & Gray is to create 10 new jobs at its chilled ready meals plant in Carlisle, having won back a £2m contract to supply Virgin Atlantic.
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


Northbrook Technology, a subsidiary of US-based Allstate Insurance, is to set up a 70,000 sq ft office at the Lanyon Place development in Belfast.
24-Oct-2001


Tesco and the Evans of Leeds department store have announced plans for the £30m redevelopment of the River Don waterfront in Rotherham, which could lead to the creation of 1,200 jobs.
23-Oct-2001


Ardana, the reproductive healthcare specialist, has secured £13m of venture capital, and is now looking for up to 15 scientists and new offices on one of Edinburgh's science parks.
23-Oct-2001


ClinPhone, the Nottingham-based supplier of clinical trial management solutions to pharmaceutical companies, has secured a £6m refinancing facility and hopes to create 70 new jobs over the next year.
23-Oct-2001


HBOS is planning to expand its activities in the small business banking market through the recruitment of an extra 1,500 staff over the next three years, which will involve the use of Halifax's high street branches.
22-Oct-2001


Inca Digital is planning to expand its workforce from 70 to 250 over the next four years, following the relocation of its print technology research operation to larger premises in Cambridge.
22-Oct-2001


Europa Magnetics is seeking government funding to expand its computer disks factory and offices in Cramlington, which could lead to the creation of 200 jobs.
19-Oct-2001


Scottish Equitable is to launch a new personal investments business in Stirling next year, with the creation of at least 100 jobs.
19-Oct-2001


De Vere is to create more than 80 jobs at a new £6m Greens Health & Fitness club in Shipley next spring.
19-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


Leaf Technologies is to create 45 jobs at its factory in Newtownabbey to produce the new Conversor electronic hearing device for the partially deaf.
18-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


Synseal Extrusions is planning a £7m expansion at its plastics factory in Huthwaite, Notts, with the creation of 40 jobs.
18-Oct-2001


The Welsh Development Agency is to help Bluebird Electric Vehicles set up an electric car factory at the former BAW factory at Pontardawe, with the creation of 100 jobs.
18-Oct-2001


The Health & Safety Executive has begun a recruitment process for 40 new specialist inspectors, and is also planning to relocate about 40 London-based staff to its Rose Court office.
18-Oct-2001


Tesco has announced plans to invest £200m in the West Midlands, which will involve eight new stores and up to 3,500 new jobs.
17-Oct-2001


Southend Airport is preparing plans to expand the airport over the next five years, in order to attract low-cost holiday flights and create up to 3,000 jobs.
17-Oct-2001


Tiny Computers is planning a £7m expansion programme to open computer concessions in up to 140 Powerhouse shops.
17-Oct-2001


Texol Technical Solutions, the Dundee-based supplier of prototyping, packaging and fabrication services, is planning to create up to 250 jobs over the next five years, to add to the existing 220-strong workforce.
16-Oct-2001


AMP of Australia is planning to expand its door-to-door insurance salesforce in the UK from 600 to 1,000 over the next two years.
16-Oct-2001


Continental Teves is planning a £18m expansion at its auto components factory in Ebbw Vale, with the creation of 116 jobs over four years.
15-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


British Telecom is to set up a £90m BT Ignite data centre at the Celtic Gateway development in Cardiff Bay, which will provide website hosting services and employ 200 people by the end of next year.
15-Oct-2001


RF Shielding is planning to double the 50-strong workforce at its electronic shielding business in Abertillery over the next year.
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


I-documentsystems, the supplier of document management systems, has opened an office in Glasgow and aims to create up to 45 jobs helping councils establish electronic services.
12-Oct-2001


London Electricity is planning to create 600 new jobs at its call centre in Sunderland over the next two years, using space freed up by the relocation of the One-2-One call centre to the nearby Doxford Technology Park.
12-Oct-2001


Bank of Ireland has launched a new leasing and hire purchase business and expects to recruit 150 staff over the next three years.
12-Oct-2001


CP Pharmaceuticals has started recruiting 25 additional staff to prepare for an increase in production at its pharmaceuticals plant in Wrexham.
11-Oct-2001


McIntosh of Dyce is planning to create 100 new jobs and launch a new range of branded food products.
11-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


Regent Inns is to open a £2m Jongleurs comedy club at the Millennium Plaza development in the centre of Cardiff in January, with the creation of 50 jobs.
10-Oct-2001


Gloucester City Council is to start recruiting up to 100 staff for the new £16m Gloucester Leisure Centre, which is due to open in May 2002.
10-Oct-2001


Hyper Value is planning to expand its chain of 26 discount stores with the creation of more than 500 jobs over the next two years, including five new outlets in the south-west.
08-Oct-2001


Tyne Slipway Engineering is to buy Wear Dockyard from the receivers of Cammell Laird, which is expected to lead to the creation of 120 boat-building and repair jobs.
08-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


Cavanagh Group, the firm of financial advisers, is to raise £1.5m in a share issue in order to recruit new consultants.
08-Oct-2001


Trico is planning to expand its windscreen wipers factory in Pontypool with the creation of 200 jobs, having secured a Regional Selective Assistance grant from the National Assembly for Wales.
05-Oct-2001


Garlands is recruiting a further 100 staff at its outsourcing call centre in Hartlepool, and plans to open a third Teesside centre in the coming months which will employ 500 staff within three years.
05-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


Angus Council is to consider plans from a local businessman for the development of a £200m sports academy at Monifieth, which would be called Snow Valley Sports Park and create 500 jobs.
05-Oct-2001


B&Q has announced plans to create more than 350 jobs at two new DIY superstores in Newtownabbey and Craigavon early next year.
05-Oct-2001


Leicester University has announced a £31m expansion plan to build three new research centres in biomedical science, space science and mathematics, which could lead to the creation of hundreds of new jobs.
05-Oct-2001


Hazlewood Foods is recruiting 300 staff to work at its new £13m chilled pizza factory at the Deeside industrial park, but 379 jobs will be lost through the closure of its Bedford plant.
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


British Ceramic Tiles is to expand its sales and IT divisions with the creation of up to 30 jobs, and a further 50 jobs will be created when it expands the Devon factory next year.
03-Oct-2001


Blue Anchor Leisure has submitted plans for the development of a £5m leisure complex on the Skegness seafront, which would include a Victorian promenade and lead to the creation of up to 100 jobs.
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


IMS Response is to create an additional 150 jobs at its call centre near Keighley in Yorkshire, due to rising demand for its customer response services.
02-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


Midlands Co-op is to create 100 new jobs when it opens an enlarged £2m food distribution centre in Leicester in spring 2002.
02-Oct-2001


Aberdeenshire Council is considering plans from Dundas Brothers for the development of a £10m energy-from-waste plant at an animal rendering site in Kintore, which would create 30 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


Beacon Foods is planning to create 20 more jobs over the next 12 months as it continues to expand its food ingredient production facility in Brecon.
01-Oct-2001


Virgin Mobile is creating a further 100 jobs at its mobile phone customer call centre in Trowbridge.
01-Oct-2001


Gateshead Council and the Terrace Hill Group have announced plans to build a £250m business park at Gateshead Quays on Tyneside, with the creation of up to 5,000 jobs.
01-Oct-2001


AnswerCall Direct has announced the creation of 68 new jobs, following a £1m investment in a telemarketing call centre in Portadown.
28-Sep-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


Jacksons Landing, the factory shopping centre in Hartlepool, is to be transformed into the North-East's biggest discount department store by de Keyser of London, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
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


Capital Shopping Centres has revealed plans for the £220m expansion of the Westgate centre in Oxford, which would include a new department store and the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
28-Sep-2001


Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to create 6,000 jobs in order to improve customer service by replacing NatWest's automated telephone service.
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


NewNet is relocating its internet business to larger premises on the Cams Hall Estate in Fareham, and expects to create up to 50 new jobs.
27-Sep-2001


Insight Enterprises, the US hardware and internet technology group, has confirmed plans to start work on the development of a £70m headquarters in Sheffield next year, with the creation of 1,700 jobs.
27-Sep-2001


Inverness Medical is seeking permission to double the size of its base in Inverness, due to rising demand for blood glucose diagnostic systems, which could lead to an increase in the 800-strong workforce.
27-Sep-2001


Alton Towers is seeking permission to build a new £35m hotel with 200 bedrooms at its Staffordshire leisure park, with the creation of 320 jobs.
27-Sep-2001


Damovo, the communications direct sales and service operation, is planning to create 140 jobs at a new site in Glasgow.
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


Bonmarche, the fashion retailer, is planning to create up to 300 jobs in Huddersfield over the next three years, and is seeking permission to consolidate its head office and warehousing on a new site in Grange Moor.
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


Asda is planning to create up to 3,000 jobs by establishing new in-store optician departments, pharmacies, photo centres and jewellers over the next three years.
26-Sep-2001


Morrisons is to submit plans for a superstore in Port Talbot with the creation of 300 jobs, as part of its Welsh expansion programme that will also see new stores in Rogerstone, Barry and Ebbw Vale.
26-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


McCain is planning to build a £70m frozen chips factory at Rugeley in Staffordshire by 2004, with the creation of 150 jobs.
25-Sep-2001


West Midlands Co-operative Society has announced plans for a £10m expansion of its food retail, travel and funeral operations, which will create up to 165 new jobs.
24-Sep-2001


Safeway is to invest £100m in the refurbishment of 22 stores in Scotland over the next 12 months, with the creation of 2,000 jobs.
24-Sep-2001


BP is planning to build a new £110m North Sea headquarters in Aberdeen to house 2,000 staff, and has also reaffirmed plans to invest $1bn a year on UK offshore development over the next four years.
21-Sep-2001


Telegate, the German information services provider, has announced plans to create 400 jobs at a new call centre in Dumfries, following Oftel's decision to open the 192 directory enquiries service to competition.
21-Sep-2001


Cheshire County Council has approved plans from Cleanright Industrial Services for the development of a new treatment centre for water-based waste at Oil Sites Road in Ellesmere Port, which will create 100 jobs.
21-Sep-2001


Misco is expanding its computer products sales and support centre in Wellingborough, and expects the workforce to grow from 250 to 600 over the next five years.
21-Sep-2001


Wychavon District Council is forming a partnership with a new Anglo-German company called Calypso for the transformation of Droitwich's lido into a multi-million pound spa complex, with the creation of 40 jobs.
20-Sep-2001


Golden Vale is to invest £1.5m at its Golden Cow cheese snacks plant in Portadown, with the creation of 15 jobs over the next three years.
20-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


B&Q is planning to build a second headquarters at Chandler's Ford in Hampshire, where it will create 400 new administrative jobs.
20-Sep-2001


Project Telecom has won planning permission for the £4m expansion of its customer services centre in Newark, with the creation of 200 jobs.
20-Sep-2001


Tesco is planning to create 8,000 jobs in the UK over the next year, including 600 at a new £20m superstore in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
19-Sep-2001


Shell Expro has unveiled plans to build an onshore gas plant at the St Fergus terminal near Peterhead, which will involve laying a 65-mile pipeline and the creation of 400 construction jobs and 25 permanent jobs.
19-Sep-2001


The Industrial Development Board is supporting a £1m textile finishing joint venture between Samuel Lamont and Valley Dyeworks, which will lead to the creation of 30 jobs at the former Clendinnings site in Lurgan.
19-Sep-2001


Bradford Council is linking up with Tesco and local organisations to form the Bradford Odsal Regeneration Partnership, which will lead to the £60m redevelopment of the Odsal sports stadium and retail centre and create 500 jobs.
19-Sep-2001


Tiny is creating 100 new jobs at its customer service and technical support centres in Redhill.
18-Sep-2001


Lebus Furniture is to expand production at its furniture factory in North Lincolnshire, with the creation of 70 jobs.
18-Sep-2001


Mitchell Cotts has opened a new laboratory at its chemical plant near Huddersfield to produce liquids used in eye drops, and a second laboratory will open next year with the creation of 10 jobs.
18-Sep-2001


Leicester University has revealed plans to build a new £30m training and leisure centre in Oadby, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
18-Sep-2001


CGNU is creating 100 jobs at its Norwich Union car insurance call centres in Norwich and Worthing.
17-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


Reg Vardy, the car dealer, is planning to set up a new call centre with 40 staff next summer, which will replace the current customer care department at its Tyne & Wear head office.
14-Sep-2001


Asda is in talks with Allerdale Council about the possibility of building a superstore in Workington, with the creation of 450 jobs.
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


Ultimate Leisure is planning to create 200 jobs over the next two years by opening bars in several Northern cities, including Leeds and Sheffield.
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


Debenhams is to modernise its department store in Belfast, which will involve the transfer of stockrooms to a new unit in Crumlin and the creation of up to 90 jobs.
12-Sep-2001


Carmarthenshire County Council has announced that Elev8 Solutions of Ireland is planning to set up an outsourcing call centre in Ammanford, with the creation of 266 jobs.
12-Sep-2001


Time 24, the supplier of advanced wiring systems, is opening a new plant at Cowes on the Isle of Wight with the creation of 40 jobs, and a further 60 staff will be recruited over the next 12 months.
12-Sep-2001


Marks & Spencer is to open four more discount stores in Manchester, Swindon, Street and North Shields, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
11-Sep-2001


MBNA is seeking permission to double the size of its credit card headquarters on Chester Business Park, which could lead to the creation of up to 3,000 jobs.
10-Sep-2001


Baird Group is to set up a £3m linen-based dyeing and finishing plant for its John Hanna subsidiary in Kells, Co Antrim, with the creation of 24 jobs.
10-Sep-2001


HBOS is planning to expand in the small business banking market, which will involve the creation of hundreds of jobs at Halifax branches and Bank of Scotland call centres.
10-Sep-2001


Spektra Systems is planning to create 60 new jobs in its e-commerce software business, having just opened a new office at the Alba Campus in Livingston.
07-Sep-2001


Weatherford, the US oil services group, is to set up a £1.5m research headquarters at the Aberdeen Offshore Technology Park, with the creation of 12 jobs.
07-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


Nissan is seeking 300 temporary workers to start next month at its Sunderland plant, in order to gear up for production of the new Primera model.
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


Arriva is planning to recruit 120 train drivers this year and 170 next year, due to a shortage that is forcing the company to replace some train services with buses.
07-Sep-2001


Carlisle City Council is to consider plans from Capita BS for the development of a £3m business centre at Kingmoor Park, which will house up to 500 staff working for the former design and business service of Cumbria County Council.
06-Sep-2001


BMW is to recruit an additional 500 workers at its Mini plant in Oxford, in order to set up a new weekend shift.
06-Sep-2001


B&Q is planning to build a DIY superstore at Cleveland Retail Park on Teesside with the creation of 250 jobs.
05-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


Associated British Ports has announced plans to build a £50m roll-on roll-off ferry terminal at Immingham, creating up to 200 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


Bethell is creating 30 jobs in a new security division, while 100 jobs are being created to work on a £25m waste water maintenance contract in Greater Manchester for United Utilities.
03-Sep-2001


Gibsons is creating an unspecified number of new jobs at its sandwich factory in Ellesmere Port.
31-Aug-2001


B&Q is seeking planning permission for a new DIY superstore at Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
31-Aug-2001


Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council is to consider plans from Fairfield Properties and Westair Properties for the development of a movie studio complex at Llanilid, with the creation of 2,000 jobs.
31-Aug-2001


Vauxhall and Ryder are starting work on the construction of a car components warehouse at Ellesmere Port to supply parts for the new Vauxhall Vectra, which will create 350 jobs.
30-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


Andor Technology is planning a £5m expansion at its scientific imaging equipment factory in Belfast over the next three years, with the creation of 75 new jobs.
29-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


Safeway is to create 100 new jobs at its supermarket in Belper after completing a £1m refurbishment over the next six months.
28-Aug-2001


The Telegraph Newspaper Group is moving its subscriptions department to Chatham in Kent over the next few months, where it will create about 100 jobs.
27-Aug-2001


Asda is to create 200 jobs at a revamped Wal-Mart superstore in Pudsey, which opens in November.
27-Aug-2001


Cox Insurance is to recruit 100 additional staff at its insurance call centre in Bradford over the next few months.
27-Aug-2001


Pendragon, the car dealership, is to expand its headquarters at the Sherwood Business Park in Annesley with the creation of up to 160 jobs over the next few years.
27-Aug-2001


Scottish Enterprise is in discussions with Clydeport about the possibility of building a £400m wood pulp mill at the Hunterston deepwater terminal in north Ayrshire, which could create about 800 jobs.
24-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


Legal & General is to recruit 100 extra staff in Birmingham over the next nine months, partly due to a partnership deal that involves L&G's products being sold by the Woolwich.
23-Aug-2001


Caudwell is planning to open 25 Phones 4u stores across Wales over the next two years, in a £50m expansion drive that will create up to 300 jobs.
23-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


Exeter City Council has approved plans from Overload Project Services for the development of a 150-bed hotel and conference centre at Clyst St Mary, which will create dozens of new jobs.
23-Aug-2001


Stanley Leisure is recruiting 400 new staff for its casino division, and is seeking new sites across the country.
22-Aug-2001


Bradford Metropolitan District Council is considering plans from Skylark Leisure for the development of a £4m football academy near the Eurocam business park, which would create 100 jobs.
22-Aug-2001


Tesco is to submit plans to Stroud District Council for the development of a supermarket in Dursley town centre, with the creation of up to 250 jobs.
22-Aug-2001


Mersey Docks & Harbour is linking up with other port users to support a new scheme to recruit 300 apprentice dockworkers across Merseyside, as part of the MerseyPort project to link port-related activities across the region.
21-Aug-2001


Magnet, the kitchen manufacturer, is to close its Keighley head office and switch 140 jobs to Darlington and Crossflatts, near Bingley.
21-Aug-2001


Listening Company, the call centre operator, is planning to recruit a further 200 staff at its Enterprise House office in Portsmouth.
21-Aug-2001


National Express has selected Exeter as the location for the new Wessex Trains headquarters, and 45 staff will be recruited.
21-Aug-2001


Royal Bank of Scotland has announced plans to create 100 jobs at a new £3m call centre in Norwich for its Virgin One all-in-one current account and mortgage.
20-Aug-2001


CGNU is to create 250 jobs at its Norwich Union life and pensions business in York, having decided to relocate some administration processing investment from Croydon.
20-Aug-2001


Yorkshire Building Society is creating 72 jobs at call centres in Bradford over the next six months.
17-Aug-2001


Scottish & Newcastle is to set up an 85-bedroom hotel in Cardiff Bay, as part of a £7.5m leisure development being planned by Brunswick and Broadhall that will create about 300 jobs.
17-Aug-2001


TRX, the online travel business, is planning to expand the workforce at its Leicester call centre this year from 50 to more than 150.
17-Aug-2001


Williams Medical Supplies, the Blaenau Gwent-based medical supplies company, is planning to increase its workforce from 60 to 85 over the next three years, following an increase in demand from doctors' surgeries.
15-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


Tiny is transferring its PC production from China to Scotland with the creation of 160 jobs, having awarded a £40m five-year manufacturing contract to Fullarton Computer Industries of Prestwick.
15-Aug-2001


West Midlands Co-op Travel is planning to open two new travel bureaux in Walsall and Kidderminster, with the creation of 50 jobs.
14-Aug-2001


ScotNursing is planning to open eight new nursing recruitment centres in Scotland and four in England, with the creation of 200 jobs over the next year.
14-Aug-2001


First Great Western is to invest £13m in improvements at its train maintenance depot at St Philips Marsh in Bristol, with the creation of 50 jobs.
14-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


Kidsunlimited is planning to expand its chain of children's nurseries from 32 to 64 over the next five years with the creation of 1,000 jobs, having secured £12m of funding.
14-Aug-2001


Britannia Biscuits is planning to double the workforce at its Teesside biscuit factory to 150 over the next year.
14-Aug-2001


WS Atkins is to create dozens of jobs at its Faithful & Gould project management office at Thornaby on Teesside, having won a contract to help decommission the Dounreay nuclear plant.
14-Aug-2001


Caddick Construction is planning to convert the historic Conditioning House in Bradford into a multi-million pound shopping and office complex, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
14-Aug-2001


Serif, the Nottingham-based desktop publishing and software company, is planning to recruit up to 50 sales staff, upgrade its warehousing operation and expand its customer call centre.
14-Aug-2001


Whitbread has announced plans to invest £100m in the expansion of its chain of David Lloyd Leisure fitness clubs to 100 over the next five years, with the creation of 4,000 jobs.
10-Aug-2001


B&Q is seeking 90 additional staff in Kidderminster in preparation for the relocation of its DIY store to Green Street later this year.
03-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


B&Q is creating more than 500 jobs by opening two new stores in Glasgow and one in Dundee over the next few months.
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


Air Miles Travel Promotions is to recruit 150 new staff at its call centre in Warrington, but its call centre in Crawley will be closed with the loss of about 200 jobs.
03-Aug-2001


Swan Hunter has confirmed plans to acquire the Kvaerner shipyard at Port Clarence on Teesside in September, where it will create 200 jobs for a Ministry of Defence contract.
02-Aug-2001


Argos is considering plans to build a distribution centre near Lichfield with the creation of about 200 jobs, and negotiations are taking place with East Staffordshire Borough Council.
01-Aug-2001


Whitbread is looking to recruit 90 staff for a new £4m Brewers Fayre and Travel Inn at the Crowood roundabout in Glasgow.
30-Jul-2001


Vertex is planning to launch a major recruitment drive to fill 700 jobs at its new £6.5m call centre in Whitehaven, which is due to open in November.
30-Jul-2001


Sunseeker International is to set up a £10m boat building design and development centre in Poole, which will create 300 jobs and secure the future of its existing 1,100 workers.
30-Jul-2001


Bank of Scotland is to recruit an additional 15 managers at its new business bank in Inverness.
30-Jul-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


John Lewis is to create 90 new jobs at the Bonds department store in Norwich, following a decision to open the store on Mondays.
27-Jul-2001


Bath & North East Somerset Council is considering plans for the development of a new sports complex at the University of Bath, which would create about 60 jobs.
27-Jul-2001


Ryanair is to create 120 new jobs at Stansted Airport to cope with its expanded winter schedule.
27-Jul-2001


MFI is to create 90 new jobs in a £2m investment at its Hygena furniture factory in Stockton, but up to 358 jobs will be lost at plants in Hull.
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


Asda has submitted plans for the development of a superstore at Chesser Avenue in Edinburgh, with the creation of 300 jobs.
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


TRW is to invest £17m at its automotive electronics factory in Birmingham over the nest two years, creating 150 jobs.
25-Jul-2001


Malton Foods is creating an unspecified number of new jobs at its Unipork bacon plant in Cookstown.
25-Jul-2001


Unilever is planning to create a further 50 jobs at its new European IT infrastructure headquarters in Flintshire, taking the total workforce at the site to more than 500.
24-Jul-2001


Shalibane's automotive products division has been bought out of receivership by a management buy-in team for about £2m, saving more than 130 jobs at factories in Coventry and Camberley.
24-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


Center Parcs is to invest £18m in the expansion of its Sherwood Forest holiday village, including a new health and beauty spa, additional apartments and the creation of 70 jobs.
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


Northern Foods is creating up to 150 jobs at a new £2.5m food production facility in Trowbridge, which will enable its Bowyers division to produce nut-free meat products.
23-Jul-2001


Hilton's Ladbrokes division is to create up to 1,000 jobs in preparation for the introduction of tax-free betting in October, involving a £40m investment in its 1,900 high street betting shops and the creation of 40 betting superstores.
23-Jul-2001


The Welsh Development Agency is in discussions with an unnamed company, thought to be Rally Sport Development, about setting up a motor sports component-manufacturing plant in Llandrindod Wells, with the creation of 50 jobs.
20-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


IBM is setting up a regional headquarters at the Thorpe Park business park on the outskirts of Leeds, and the building is expected to house around 400 staff after completion in March 2002.
19-Jul-2001


The Scottish Executive has announced plans to move the Scottish Public Pensions Agency from Edinburgh to Galashiels at the end of next year, which is expected to lead to the relocation of 50 jobs and the creation of 175 new jobs.
19-Jul-2001


Swansea Council is set to receive a £11m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to go towards the £75m Waterfront Museum project, which will create up to 240 jobs.
19-Jul-2001


Birmingham City Council has given the go-ahead to the Richardson Carillion partnership for the development of a £20m Costco warehouse club at the Star Park North site, which will create 160 jobs.
19-Jul-2001


Liverpool City Council is expected to approve plans from Nottingham-based Lace Market Hotels for the development of a £2m hotel in Hope Street, with the creation of 79 jobs.
19-Jul-2001


Ford is to create 150 new jobs at its Land Rover subsidiary in Solihull, in order to increase production of the Freelander model.
19-Jul-2001


The University of Ulster is to create up to 100 jobs at a new £2.5m Technology & Engineering Innovation Centre at the Jordanstown campus in County Antrim.
17-Jul-2001


Youngs Bluecrest is planning to recruit a further 100 workers at its Grimsby fish products factory over the next few months.
17-Jul-2001


Carcraft is to set up a car supermarket in Wednesbury with the creation of about 200 jobs.
17-Jul-2001


Liverpool Victoria is expected to create more than 100 jobs in Poole through the acquisition of Essex-based Bishopscourt Financial Holdings and some of its subsidiaries.
16-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


Tesco is planning to open a new superstore in Ollerton, Notts, with the creation of 300 jobs.
16-Jul-2001


RMC is to set up a new administration centre for its ready-mixed concrete business in Stockton, with the creation of up to 130 jobs.
16-Jul-2001


Fresh & Wild has raised £3.5m from Bank of Scotland to fund the development of 14 traditional grocery stores, including 10 in London, with the creation of 750 jobs.
16-Jul-2001


Ford has outlined plans for a £355m five-year investment programme at Dagenham, which will create 500 jobs and transform the site into a global centre for diesel engineering.
16-Jul-2001


Quinn Glass is planning to build a £180m glass bottling plant on the former Ince Power Station site in Cheshire, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
13-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


TNT Express is to open a £4.3m parcels depot in Basildon in October, creating 150 new 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


Elequip Projects is planning to create a further 30 jobs at its Leicester-based electrical engineering business, having won a number of new orders to supply train equipment.
12-Jul-2001


Matalan is to create up to 80 jobs at a new discount store in Basildon in October, one of 21 being opened across the country.
11-Jul-2001


Kwoks is planning to expand its Oriental food factory in Grimsby later this year, and the workforce will rise from 45 to more than 60.
11-Jul-2001


Safeway is seeking permission to upgrade and modernise the Westhill Shopping Centre near Aberdeen, with the creation of 100 jobs.
11-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


Richmond Foods has announced plans to invest more than £4m at its ice cream factory in Leeming Bar, Yorkshire, with the creation of 80 jobs.
09-Jul-2001


Dixons is planning to open about 70 electrical product stores over the next year with the creation of about 1,300 jobs.
06-Jul-2001


Blooms of Bressingham is seeking permission to demolish Bicester Garden Centre and replace it with a new purpose-built garden and aquatics centre, in a £10m project that could create up to 120 jobs.
06-Jul-2001


N Brown, the catalogue retailer, is planning to create 500 call centre jobs at an undisclosed location in Manchester early next year, while a further 500 jobs will be relocated from its existing site in Dale Street.
06-Jul-2001


Tesco has announced plans to build a £10m superstore at Rugeley in Staffordshire, with the creation of 300 jobs, while a further £20m will be invested at stores in Hanley and Stafford.
06-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


ClientLogic is setting up a call centre in Exeter to support customers of British Telecom's internet service, and has already recruited 230 of the 270 staff required.
05-Jul-2001


Sainsbury is preparing to recruit 300 staff for its new store in Claypotts, Dundee, which is due to open in December.
05-Jul-2001


British Waterways has announced plans to restore a disused canal linking the Thames and the Severn rivers, in a £82m project that could lead to the creation of 500 jobs.
05-Jul-2001


Polatis is planning to increase the workforce at its new optical switch manufacturing centre on the Cambridge Science Park from 40 to 100 over the next 12 months.
04-Jul-2001


MG Rover is considering plans to recruit a further 100 production employees at its Longbridge plant.
04-Jul-2001


Auto Trail is to build a new factory in Grimsby to manufacture luxury motor homes, which will involve the transfer of 90 jobs from Immingham and the creation of at least 40 new jobs.
04-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


NCorp, the developer of online trading software, is moving to larger premises at the Cambridge Business Park and plans to increase its 25-strong workforce by 50% over the next 12 months.
02-Jul-2001


Prolog is to set up a new 250,000sq ft warehouse at the Sherwood Park industrial estate in Annesley with the creation of 600 jobs.
02-Jul-2001


GDS Publishing, the Bristol-based contract publisher, is planning to double its 160-strong worldwide workforce over the next 12 months, partly as a result of its expansion into organising e-business conferences.
02-Jul-2001


Laura Ashley is planning to create 120 jobs at its Texplan Manufacturing factories in Powys over the next four years, in order to expand the output of clothing, wallpaper and textiles.
29-Jun-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


Comeleon is looking to create up to 300 jobs in its County Durham-based business over the next three years, due to anticipated demand for its personalised imaging technology from mobile phone users.
29-Jun-2001


WS Atkins is to set up a central services facility at King's Court near Worcester, where up to 350 staff will provide group accounting services, IT, human resources, payroll and marketing.
28-Jun-2001


EDS is creating a further 50 jobs in Swansea to meet rising demand for its IT services.
28-Jun-2001


The Book Service has won approval from Tendring Council for a £6m expansion of its book warehouse in Frating, with the creation of 50 new jobs.
28-Jun-2001


Grampian Country Foods is in discussions with Aberdeenshire Council about plans to double the size of its chicken products plant in Banff, which could involve hundreds of new jobs.
28-Jun-2001


Arvin Replacement Products is planning to expand its exhausts factory in Cheadle with the creation of 50 new jobs.
28-Jun-2001


Halifax has opened its new £45m banking call centre in Belfast, and has also announced plans to create a further 100 jobs at an e-commerce centre on the site.
27-Jun-2001


Abbey National is creating 15 new jobs in Chelmsford, as the town has been chosen as one of nine locations nationwide to act as an advice centre for its new Inscape investment management service.
27-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


Hodgson Chemicals has unveiled plans for a £10m expansion project in Selby that could lead to a new global technical service centre for leather manufacture, additional production capacity and 40 new jobs.
27-Jun-2001


The South East England Development Agency has announced that Krystaltech Lynx Europe, the German distributor of computer components, is to set up a UK headquarters at Cams Hall in Fareham, with the creation of up to 20 jobs.
27-Jun-2001


Midland Mainline has won government permission to build a £17m station near Ratcliffe-on-Soar in the East Midlands, and 34 jobs will be created when it opens in summer 2002.
26-Jun-2001


Vodafone is to create a further 50 jobs at its mobile phone customer contact centre in Blacklands Way, Abingdon.
26-Jun-2001


IMS Response is creating 50 new jobs at its call centre in Steeton, near Keighley, due to rising demand for its customer response services.
22-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


Oxford United is looking to recruit more than 100 staff for its new football stadium at Minchery Farm.
21-Jun-2001


Airbus UK is planning to recruit 400 design engineers and 500 manufacturing workers at its Filton plant in Bristol, to produce wings for the A400M transporter aircraft.
21-Jun-2001


Debenhams has agreed to open a department store at the £55m Grand Arcade Shopping Centre being planned for Wigan by Modus Properties in 2004, with the creation of 100 jobs.
21-Jun-2001


Liverpool City Council has been approached by FiberCore of the US about the possibility of setting up a fibre optics factory in the city, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
20-Jun-2001


Millfield is planning to expand its network of financial advisers from 100 to about 300 by April 2002.
19-Jun-2001


Vestas of Denmark has confirmed plans to build a £10m wind turbine manufacturing plant at Campbeltown on the Mull of Kintyre with the creation of about 100 jobs, and funding will be provided by Highlands & Islands Enterprise.
19-Jun-2001


Warburtons is to create a further 100 jobs later this year at its new £30m bread-making centre in Wednesbury.
18-Jun-2001


Opal Telecom of Warrington is to invest a further £20m on its telecoms network, product range and salesforce and is creating 50 new jobs.
18-Jun-2001


Nimans is creating 50 new jobs at its telecoms distribution business in Salford Quays, following the recent relocation of its business-to-business mail order operation into new premises.
18-Jun-2001


Royal Bank of Scotland is to create 80 new jobs at the NatWest Bank call centre at Theale near Reading.
18-Jun-2001


Norbrook Laboratories is to recruit 20 additional scientists at the former Scotia pharmaceuticals plant in Carlisle, and is also in negotiations to set up a chemical plant on a 40-acre site in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
15-Jun-2001


Bravissimo, the lingerie retailer, is to set up a customer service centre in Leamington in August, with the creation of 35 jobs.
15-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


InVision Software of Germany is to set up a £0.5m software development centre in Londonderry with the creation of 30 jobs.
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


PricewaterhouseCoopers is to create a further 50 jobs at its new Business Process Outsourcing centre in Potters Bar, having won a contract to provide human resource services for Nortel Networks.
14-Jun-2001


The Welsh Development Agency is supporting plans from Rhiannon to establish a Welsh Gold Visitor Centre at Tregaron, with the creation of 15 jobs.
14-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


Asda has submitted plans to Walsall Council to build a £15m superstore in Darlaston with the creation of up to 350 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


Legal & General is planning to create a further 300 jobs at its two financial services sites in Cardiff this year.
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


R Griggs is creating 68 new jobs at its shoe factory in Whetstone, Leicestershire, following the introduction of a new cell system of working.
13-Jun-2001


The National Assembly for Wales has awarded £1.3m for the creation of 112 new jobs at six companies in Tredegar and Ebbw Vale, including Universal Batteries, Dambi, Yajima, Newpress Plastics, Eastern Choice Ingredients and M&J Europe.
13-Jun-2001


Green Flag has announced plans to recruit a further 194 staff at its insurance call centres in Leeds and Pudsey, with vacancies in motoring assistance, customer service, telesales and claims departments.
11-Jun-2001


Dawson International is opening new premises at the Arbroath Business Centre for its Ballantyne Cashmere business, and will recruit 12 collar binders.
11-Jun-2001


Card Protection Plan has announced plans to create a further 400 jobs at its Holgate Park headquarters in York.
11-Jun-2001


ANT is to relocate its internet software business to larger premises on the Cambridge Business Park, and plans to double the size of its 60-strong workforce.
08-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


Alstom is linking up with the Engage division of GKN to set up a rail signals development centre at an unnamed site in Swindon, with the creation of 50 jobs.
08-Jun-2001


Finlay Block Making Equipment is to open a new concrete equipment production facility in County Tyrone, as part of a £5m expansion plan that will create 45 jobs.
07-Jun-2001


North Somerset Council is to consider plans from Gabriel Estates for the development of a new 80 bedroom hotel at Wrington near Bristol International Airport, which would create 50 jobs.
07-Jun-2001


Wagon is considering plans to build an aluminium car parts factory in the West Midlands, with the creation of hundreds of jobs.
07-Jun-2001


TJ Morris is to double the number of Home Bargains discount stores to 110 over the next two years, in an expansion programme that will also involve a new distribution centre and head office in Liverpool and up to 1,100 new jobs.
07-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


Ward Evans is to create about 12 new jobs in its York-based insurance and financial services business over the next two months, to add to the existing 185.
06-Jun-2001


Kwik-Fit Insurance is to create a further 100 jobs at its insurance call centre in Tannochside, to add to the existing 800.
05-Jun-2001


SSS is setting up a new software development office in Nottingham, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
05-Jun-2001


Tesco is submitting plans for a £30m retail development on the River Don in Rotherham, which would include offices, leisure facilities and the creation of up to 1,200 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


Liberty Information Technology of the US is to create a further 40 software development jobs in Belfast this year.
04-Jun-2001


Thomas Cook has confirmed plans to create more than 200 jobs in Peterborough, where it will base the headquarters for a new joint venture with British Airways Holidays.
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


Tesco is recruiting 130 staff for a new Tesco Extra store that is due to open in Swansea in August.
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


Dimensions Corporatewear is relocating its corporate clothing business and 55 staff from Hinckley to Castle Donington, with the creation of 10-15 new jobs.
31-May-2001


DPS Composites Aerospace is to create 50 new jobs at its Pembroke Dock plant following an increase in orders.
30-May-2001


CGNU is investing £250m in its new Norwich Union internet business, which will involve online banking and wealth management and the creation of 300 jobs in Norwich.
30-May-2001


SBS Logistics, the offshore services company, is to create about 30 jobs in Shetland by operating two dedicated cargo vessels every day between Aberdeen and a distribution centre in Lerwick.
29-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


Stewart Milne Group has won planning permission to build a £10m timber frame systems factory at Witney near Oxford, with the creation of about 150 jobs.
28-May-2001


BMW has won planning permission from Chichester District Council for the construction of a £60m Rolls-Royce factory, which could create more than 400 jobs.
24-May-2001


Jones Lang LaSalle is opening a new office in Norwich this month to provide property management services to CGNU, and staff numbers are expected to double to 100 over the next 12 months.
23-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


BOC is setting up a £5.3m micro cylinder plant in Leatherhead to produce gas cylinders for Powderject's needle-free injection system, with the creation of 25 jobs.
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


Macduff Shellfish has acquired the mothballed Abacus factory in Mintlaw and plans to double its workforce to 240 by the end of this year.
22-May-2001


Heerema is looking to recruit 40 welders and pipe fitters at its Hartlepool yard, having won a contract to provide pre-assembled units for a BP offshore plant.
22-May-2001


Grampian Records is planning to invest £2.5m in the expansion of its CD factory at Wick, with the creation of up to 30 new jobs.
21-May-2001


DAT Group is recruiting a further 22 staff at its new mobile solutions office in York.
21-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


Officers Club is planning to open 150 menswear stores over the next three years, with the creation of 1,700 jobs.
21-May-2001


Morgan Sindall is creating 25 jobs at a new Snape Roberts contracting office in Preston.
17-May-2001


Esure is to set up a customer support call centre in Glasgow for its motor insurance business, with the creation of up to 400 jobs over the next three years.
17-May-2001


Magna is recruiting a further 30 staff at its newly-opened science adventure park in Rotherham.
16-May-2001


Asda has announced plans to create 10,000 jobs by recruiting an average of 40 new staff at each of the 244 stores.
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


Eternit Building Materials is planning a multi-million pound expansion at its roof tile factory in Madeley Heath near Keele, with the creation of 17 jobs.
15-May-2001


Lichfield District Council is to consider plans from London & Cambridge Properties for the £100m transformation of Burntwood town centre into a major retail and leisure complex, with the creation of 1,500 jobs.
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


B&Q has started work on a new DIY superstore in Craigavon, which will create 250 jobs.
11-May-2001


Ulster Bank is to set up a £8.3m internet-enabled account management centre at Danesfort in Belfast, with the creation of 210 jobs over the next five years.
11-May-2001


Marconi has announced plans to set up a £5m photonics research centre at Warwick University, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
11-May-2001


Rehau of Germany is to invest £7m in a new nationwide distribution centre for its Blaenau Plastics operation in North Wales, which will safeguard 300 jobs and create a further 35.
11-May-2001


Bellway, the housebuilder, is to set up a new regional headquarters in Liverpool with the creation of about 265 construction jobs and 35 administration jobs.
10-May-2001


The Funding Corporation is setting up a new financial services business in Chester to provide hire-purchase finance, and expects to create more than 100 jobs.
10-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


Sendo has announced plans to set up a mobile phone research plant at Sheldon in Birmingham, which could create up to 500 jobs over the next three years.
09-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


The RAC is planning to set up a motoring call centre at Cussons House in Cheadle, which will eventually house up to 350 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


Lex Service has launched a nationwide recruitment drive for its recently-acquired Auto Windscreens business, and is looking for at least 100 extra mobile fitters.
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


Pfizer has announced plans to build a £134m pharmaceuticals research centre at Sandwich in Kent, with the creation of 400 jobs.
07-May-2001


Ambion Brick is planning to invest £15m in a new factory at the Wealden Brickworks in Horsham, with the creation of 40 jobs.
04-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


Strakan Group has raised £30m in a private equity investment to fund the development of new drugs for bone and skin disease, and expects to create about 20 jobs at its Galashiels base.
04-May-2001


Ikea has announced plans to invest £100m in two new furniture stores in Sheffield and Southampton and a distribution centre in Peterborough, with the creation of 1,450 jobs.
04-May-2001


Ricardo is looking to recruit 30 graduates at its automotive engineering business in Sussex and Warwickshire.
03-May-2001


HE Services is planning to set up a £3m Diggerland theme park at Verbeer Manor in Willand, Devon, with the creation of 200 jobs.
03-May-2001


Kingfisher has announced plans to build a Big W superstore on a site near Corporation Bridge in Grimsby, as part of a £25m retail development that will create almost 300 jobs.
03-May-2001


Whitbread has outlined plans to create more than 4,000 jobs in the UK over the next three years, and the expansion will include the opening of 80 Brewers Fayre and Brewsters pub restaurants and 10 David Lloyd Leisure clubs.
03-May-2001


Argos is to set up a home delivery warehouse at the former Manchester Tobacco factory in Trafford Park, creating up to 200 new jobs.
02-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


Matalan is setting up a £1m warehouse and distribution depot at the Knowsley Industrial Park on Merseyside, with the creation of 150 jobs.
01-May-2001


NTL is creating 100 new jobs at its customer call centre in Nottingham, due to rising demand for its digital TV services.
30-Apr-2001


Morrison Developments has won outline permission from the Scottish Executive to build a £20m hotel and leisure scheme in Aberdeen, with the creation of 150 jobs.
30-Apr-2001


Quinn-Direct is planning to set up a new call centre for its insurance business in Enniskillen with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs, but has not yet disclosed the location of the facility.
30-Apr-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


The Welsh Development Agency is to help fund a £5.4m investment by Packem of Austria to set up a printing facility for the drinks industry in Rhyl, with the creation of 50 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


Matalan is planning to build another six discount clothing stores in the North-East over the next three years, with the creation of 500 jobs.
27-Apr-2001


Barclays is planning to extend the opening hours at most of its 1,719 branches over the next two years, with the creation of 2,000 jobs.
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


CPP is looking to recruit a further 250 staff at its financial services call centre in York by September, taking the total workforce to 1,000.
26-Apr-2001


Orange is planning to open four more mobile phone shops in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 30 jobs.
26-Apr-2001


Bethell, the Manchester-based contractor, is planning to add a further 250 staff to its 700-strong workforce.
26-Apr-2001


RJB Mining has announced plans to build a 64-acre business park at the former Denby Hall colliery near Ripley, which could create 500 jobs.
25-Apr-2001


HSBC is to expand its call centre operations in Leicester with the creation of 250 jobs, and will move its commercial contact operations to the city over the next 18 months.
25-Apr-2001


Huntsman is to recruit 10 new workers at its recently-acquired Rhodia chemical plant in Whitehaven.
23-Apr-2001


Altran of France is planning to expand its UK network of technology consultants, with the creation of 500 jobs over the next two years.
23-Apr-2001


East of England Development Agency is to fund a £2.4m scheme to redevelop a former trailer manufacturer's site in North Walsham, which could create up to 400 jobs.
20-Apr-2001


Zytek is planning to set up a research headquarters for its electric vehicle division at the Centrum 100 Business Park in Burton, with the creation of 40 jobs.
20-Apr-2001


Primark is to open two discount clothing stores at former C&A outlets in Aberdeen and Dundee over the next two months, with the creation of 156 jobs.
20-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


The National Trust is planning to set up a new headquarters in the Chippenham area to house 400 staff, which would involve relocating jobs from London, Melksham and Cirencester.
20-Apr-2001


Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is considering plans from H&H Holman Properties and Richardson Developments for the construction of 13 shops and a 100-bedroom hotel in the town centre, which would create about 500 jobs.
20-Apr-2001


Consignia is planning to build a £150m postal distribution centre near Heathrow airport by 2002, where it will employ 800 staff.
19-Apr-2001


South Gloucestershire Council is considering plans from Bristol University and London-based Howsmoor Developments for the development of an international science park on a 70-acre site at Emersons Green, which could create 5,000 jobs.
19-Apr-2001


RF Brookes has started recruiting 200 new workers at its ready meals factory in Newport, in order to handle the transfer of a £30m contract from Wolverhampton-based Sun Valley Foods.
19-Apr-2001


Moorcroft has started work on a new £3m pottery in Burslem, which will create 180 jobs over the next four years.
18-Apr-2001


Morrisons is to open a superstore on the waterfront in Barry in October 2001, with the creation of 300 jobs.
18-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


HE Services is setting up a new hire depot for diggers and dumper trucks at Langley Park in County Durham, with the creation of 25 jobs, and the site will also include a Diggerland theme park.
18-Apr-2001


Excel Publishing is creating 50 new jobs in Manchester following a £2m expansion of its business magazines.
17-Apr-2001


James Irlam & Sons is to set up a distribution depot in Stoke with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
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


De Vere is to open a £12m Village Hotel and leisure club on the Waterford Business Park in Bury later this year, with the creation of 200 jobs.
13-Apr-2001


The Royal Mail is to create a further 150 jobs at its St Rollox mail centre in Glasgow.
13-Apr-2001


Dawson International is planning to relocate its cashmere de-hairing operation from Bradford to Kinross, in a £2.5m investment that will create about 70 jobs.
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


Inkfish is planning to set up a call centre in Brighton to provide customer contact services to other companies, with the creation of 400 jobs.
12-Apr-2001


Colchester Council is to consider plans from Bunting & Sons for the development of a £20m John Constable Countryside & Heritage Centre on an 80-acre site in Great Horkesley, which could create up to 300 jobs.
12-Apr-2001


Bolsover District Council is to consider plans from Sladen Estates for the development of a £9m regional distribution centre for an unidentified company at South Normanton, which would create about 180 jobs.
11-Apr-2001


Exel is to set up a national distribution centre for Selfridges in Solihull with the creation of 200 jobs, which will replace an existing warehouse in Paddington.
11-Apr-2001


Amtico is setting up a flooring factory at the Solar Park development in Solihull, with the creation of 50 jobs.
10-Apr-2001


AEA Technology is to centralise its battery operations at Thurso, which will involve the relocation of up to 50 jobs from Crawley and the creation of 20 new jobs.
09-Apr-2001


International Rectifier is planning to recruit an extra 400 people at its power semiconductors plant in Swansea over the next five years.
09-Apr-2001


BP Energy has won government permission to build a 70MW gas-fired combined heat and power station at the Jaguar car plant in Halewood, which will create 250 construction jobs.
06-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


CF Taylor is seeking permission to expand its aircraft interiors factory in Llanelli, with the creation of 80 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


P&O Cruises is to create a further 150 jobs at its call centre and customer service operation in Southampton.
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


IBM is planning to create a further 150 jobs at its new human resources call centre department in Portsmouth, which already employs more than 200 people.
04-Apr-2001


LBM Solutions is planning to create 600 jobs in the Manchester area, including 500 at a new direct marketing call centre in Wythenshawe and 100 at its Altrincham headquarters.
03-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


UK Atomic Energy Authority and ProLogis Developments have announced plans to add 120,000 sq ft of office space at the Harwell Business Centre in Oxfordshire over the next three years, which will create up to 1,000 jobs.
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


Dynex Semiconductor is creating 15 new jobs at its industrial power products factory in Lincoln, and many more jobs are expected over the coming year.
02-Apr-2001


Cleveland Circuits is creating up to 25 jobs at its new electronic components facility at Skelton on Teesside.
02-Apr-2001


BMW is preparing to recruit an additional 1,800 workers to produce the new Mini at the former Rover plant in Oxford.
02-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


ClientLogic is to set up a customer services call centre at Great Northern Road in Derby with the creation of about 500 jobs.
29-Mar-2001


JMC is planning to open a new package holiday base at East Midlands Airport, which will involve one Airbus A320 aircraft and the creation of 65 jobs.
29-Mar-2001


Booths is planning to set up a new supermarket distribution depot in Preston with the creation of 200 jobs.
29-Mar-2001


Ikea is planning to set up a £30m furniture store and call centre in Stockport by May 2003, with the creation of 600 jobs.
28-Mar-2001


Iforce is to create 200 jobs at a new e-commerce warehouse at Bromford Gate in the West Midlands.
28-Mar-2001


S&A Foods has announced plans to build a £31m ready meals factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme, with the creation of 1,000 jobs by 2002.
28-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


Sainsbury has won planning permission from North Warwickshire Borough Council to build a 700,000 sq ft regional distribution centre at Hams Hall, with the creation of 700 jobs.
26-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


TMD Friction is planning to create 100 new jobs at its car brake pads factory in Hartlepool.
26-Mar-2001


ICS Computing is to create 144 jobs at a new facility in Newtownards and an additional 53 at its existing Belfast office over the next three years, as part of a strategy to focus on the growing market for payroll application services.
23-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


Asda has announced plans to build a £25m superstore in Llandudno, with the creation of 100 new 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


Seven C (7C) is to create 500 jobs at a call centre in Birkenhead, having decided to relocate its Vodafone mobile phone customer services business from Swindon.
23-Mar-2001


John Mowlem and Denvale Trade Parks are to build a £10m retail park on London Road in Salisbury, which will create up to 200 jobs.
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


Tesco has won permission from Cannock Chase District Council to build a superstore in Rugeley, with the creation of 270 jobs.
23-Mar-2001


The Ministry of Defence has announced plans for a £40m refurbishment of the Bovington Army barracks in Dorset, which will create civilian jobs in catering, cleaning and contract work.
22-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


ANT Marketing, the Sheffield-based telephone marketing group, is planning to create a further 200 jobs in Sheffield by setting up a new call centre at the historic Sheaf Quays building.
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


Inventive Leisure is to spend more than £8m opening 14 Revolution vodka bars by the end of next year, with the creation of 500 jobs.
21-Mar-2001


Tulloch has won a contract from the Kazakhstan government to supply 500 skilled workers for a number of oil projects in the Caspian Sea, through its ABC Corries manpower arm.
21-Mar-2001


Insight Enterprises, the US computer and software group, has announced plans to invest £67m in a new European headquarters in Sheffield with the creation of 1,700 jobs.
21-Mar-2001


Green Tyre Company is planning a £1.2m expansion at its Middlesbrough base following a rise in demand for its puncture-proof tyres, and 40 new jobs are being created.
20-Mar-2001


Ikea is to open a new call centre for its furniture retailing business at Wath in South Yorkshire's Dearne Valley, with the creation of 150 jobs.
19-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


Sainsbury is to invest £500m in 27 new stores and refurbishments in London over the next three years, creating 3,000 jobs.
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


Sandwell Council has approved plans from Modus Properties for the development of a retail park in Smethwick, which will include an Asda superstore and about 700 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


Lookers has announced plans to invest £20m in new car showrooms in Oldham, Chester and Liverpool with the creation of 200 jobs.
15-Mar-2001


Sophos has announced plans to create 400 new jobs in its anti-virus business over the next two years, as part of a £30m expansion that will involve moving to a new headquarters at the Abingdon Science Park.
15-Mar-2001


Leekes is investing £1m in the expansion of its department store at Cross Hands in West Wales, with the creation of 30 jobs.
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


Acxiom is to create a further 200 jobs at its 2Touch telesales outsourcing call centre in Sunderland.
15-Mar-2001


Amec is to create about 1,000 jobs at yards in Wallsend and Hartlepool having won a £300m contract from Shell to build equipment for an oil platform destined for Nigeria.
15-Mar-2001


Morgan Sindall is to merge its Snape and Roberts contracting businesses in the North West and Yorkshire to form Snape Roberts, which will lead to the creation of 40 new jobs.
15-Mar-2001


Montupet, the Dunmurry-based car components company, is to invest £6m in the development and manufacture of a new 16-valve engine cylinder head for Ford, with the creation of 100 jobs.
14-Mar-2001


Cumbrian Seafoods is planning a £2.5m expansion at its factory in Maryport, which will create 75 new jobs.
14-Mar-2001


Lloyds TSB is planning to create 500 more jobs at its call centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
14-Mar-2001


Royal Crown Derby is investing £1m in the extension of its porcelain factory in Derby, in order to increase production by 25% and create 17 jobs.
14-Mar-2001


Kingfisher is recruiting up to 250 staff in Derby in preparation for the opening of two Woolworths stores at sites in the Eagle Centre and Normanton Road.
14-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


AnswerCall Direct is to create 60 jobs at its telemarketing call centre in Portadown, having just moved to larger premises.
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


Tesco has won permission to build a £10m superstore at Glanford Park in Scunthorpe, with the creation of 600 jobs.
13-Mar-2001


QVC, the TV shopping channel, is planning to create a further 1,000 jobs on Merseyside by expanding its Knowsley call centre and warehouse complex over the next two years.
12-Mar-2001


Infast is creating 50 jobs at a new £1.8m factory in Speke, in order to supply fastenings to the Jaguar Halewood car plant.
12-Mar-2001


Loop Customer Management is to create 80 jobs at a call centre in Bradford, having won a contract to organise appointments for the National Blood Service.
12-Mar-2001


Stratus Holdings is to open a new book printing facility in Thirsk with the creation of 50 jobs.
12-Mar-2001


IT Alliance is to create a further 23 jobs at its new software development and testing centre in Belfast.
09-Mar-2001


EMTEC, the technical support company for the motor industry, is expanding its Ruddington Fields site near Nottingham, which will involve a new body repair and paint facility and the creation of 30 jobs.
09-Mar-2001


Arla Foods is to build a dairy and distribution centre on a 32-acre site in Stourton, Leeds, which will involve the relocation of its existing city centre site and the creation of up to 100 jobs.
09-Mar-2001


Direct Solutions International, the print-to-post and distribution service, is to expand its call centre in Jarrow, Tyneside, with the creation of 200 jobs.
09-Mar-2001


St Modwen has been selected to build the £50m national food heritage centre in Stafford, which will be called The Great British Kitchen and lead to the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
09-Mar-2001


Arrowcroft is planning to develop a 100-bedroom hotel at Conway Park in Birkenhead, which will create about 100 jobs by 2003.
08-Mar-2001


Alberto Culver is considering plans to double production at its cosmetics factory in Swansea, with the creation of hundreds of new jobs.
08-Mar-2001


Swan Hunter and Imtech of the Netherlands are planning to jointly acquire the Port Clarence shipyard on Teesside, and expect to create about 400 jobs at the site.
08-Mar-2001


TRB is creating 50 new jobs at its automotive switches factory in St Asaph, with vacancies in engineering, production and administration.
08-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


Fort James Georgia-Pacific is to invest £10m at its tissue products factory in Maesteg, which should lead to the creation of new jobs.
07-Mar-2001


Simon Group is planning to expand its new £20m ferry terminal at Killingholme, which will involve the development of new warehousing and distribution facilities and the creation of up to 200 jobs.
07-Mar-2001


The Welsh Development Agency has allocated £1m of funding for the development of the Auto Technium motor sport innovation centre at Pembrey, which could create hundreds of jobs.
07-Mar-2001


Northgate has opened a new Mercia Vehicle Hire depot at the Grovelands Industrial Estate in Coventry, and expects to create about 20 jobs at the site over the next two years.
07-Mar-2001


Portman Building Society is to start relocating 500 staff to a new £27m headquarters in Bournemouth in May, while a further 50 new jobs will be created.
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


The East of England Development Agency has provided assistance to the Excelsior Trust in the acquisition of the George Prior Engineering shipyard at Lake Lothing, Lowestoft, which will lead to the creation of 30 jobs.
06-Mar-2001


PHS Group is seeking permission to build a hand-drier factory at Alderman's Green industrial park in Coventry, where it would employ 60 staff.
06-Mar-2001


Ethnic Cuisine is to create 125 new jobs at its ready meals factory in Swansea over the next three years, having completed a £6m expansion of the site.
06-Mar-2001


Exel is to expand its distribution and warehousing operations in the Midlands, which will create 800 jobs at sites in Coventry, Daventry and Rugby.
06-Mar-2001


Ikea has announced plans to build its first furniture store in Wales, creating 500 jobs at the Lattice gas works site next to the Cardiff Bay Retail Park.
05-Mar-2001


JL French is looking to recruit up to 30 people at its new foundry in Witham, which will manufacture diecast components for the motor industry.
05-Mar-2001


Project Telecom is planning to create 200 new jobs in its Newark-based telecoms business, with most of the vacancies being in customer service, IT, account management and sales.
05-Mar-2001


National Express is setting up a £1m customer contact centre for its coach business at the No1 Hagley Road building on Five Ways in Birmingham, which will involve the transfer of 300 staff from its Digbeth site.
02-Mar-2001


Esso is to set up a call centre at Salford Quays in Manchester to provide support to retail and industrial customers throughout Europe, with the creation of 300 jobs.
02-Mar-2001


South Derbyshire District Council has approved plans from the Amelca dairy farmers co-operative to build a milk processing factory at Dove Valley Park in Foston, with the creation of 150 jobs.
02-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


Tesco has won planning permission for a new £4m superstore in Forres, which will create 80 jobs.
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


Highlands & Islands Enterprise is to set up a new 33,000 sq ft headquarters at the Inverness Retail and Business Park in January 2002, while 20 jobs will be created at a new network service centre at Benbecula in the Western Isles.
28-Feb-2001


B&Q is planning to build a DIY superstore in Grimsby this year, with the creation of scores of new jobs.
28-Feb-2001


British Gas Trading is expanding its Business Customers Directorate in Leicester, with the creation of 30 new jobs.
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


Novartis has opened a £40m research centre in Horsham to develop treatments for respiratory diseases, and the site will employ 180 scientists.
28-Feb-2001


Lloyds TSB has started recruiting more than 250 new staff for its call centre at Tredegar Park in Newport.
26-Feb-2001


Waveline is to create 30 new jobs at its tissue products factory in Larne this year.
26-Feb-2001


Marks & Spencer is to set up a £3m food store in Sale this summer with the creation of 50 jobs, and a £6m store will open in Manchester's Trafford Centre.
26-Feb-2001


Kirklees Council is planning to set up a new £0.25m call centre in Huddersfield with the creation of 20 jobs, as its current telephone system cannot cope with demand.
23-Feb-2001


South Staffordshire Group is planning to expand its Home Services division, which provides emergency plumbing, drainage and utility services, with the creation of 250 jobs in Walsall.
23-Feb-2001


Target Express is to open a new warehouse at North View in Coventry with the creation of 300 jobs, having won a contract to distribute computers for Dell.
22-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


Asda has announced a £25m plan to build a superstore at Brighton Hill in Basingstoke, with the creation of 400 jobs.
21-Feb-2001


Vestas of Denmark is planning to build a wind turbine factory at the former military airfield at Machrihanish in Kintyre, with the creation of 90 jobs.
20-Feb-2001


Britannia Biscuits has opened a new £4m factory at the South Tees Imperial Food Park near Middlesbrough, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
19-Feb-2001


Your Move is seeking 70 new staff at its estate agency call centre on the Newcastle Business Park in Tyneside.
19-Feb-2001


Arnold Laver is planning to reorganise its Sheffield-based timber business at a cost of £12m, which will include the development of a new £7m production site in Halfway, creating 76 jobs, and a £3.5m group head office at Bramall Lane.
19-Feb-2001


Manpower is to create up to 200 jobs at a new call centre at the former Claridge Mill in Selkirk, and is in talks with companies who may use the facility.
16-Feb-2001


Matalan is to open a clothing store in Kidderminster in March with the creation of 85 jobs, which will be the fourth of 20 stores due to open this year.
16-Feb-2001


Fergusons Transport has won permission to develop a new logistics centre on the Pattinson North Industrial Estate in Washington, with the creation of 194 jobs.
15-Feb-2001


Sunderland Football Club is to build a new leisure complex next to its stadium, including swimming pool, sports arena, leisure centre and the creation of up to 500 jobs.
14-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


Fine Tubes is undertaking a £2m expansion at its Plymouth factory, which will include a new tube production mill, handling equipment and the creation of 10 jobs.
14-Feb-2001


Durham Pine is planning to open 47 furniture stores throughout the country over the next two years, creating more than 200 jobs.
14-Feb-2001


Merck Sharp & Dohme is planning a £170m expansion at its pharmaceuticals site in Hoddesdon over the next 15 years, which will involve a new laboratory, additional office space and the creation of 350 jobs.
13-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


Newcastle Borough Council is considering plans from Morston Assets for a hotel, restaurant and industrial development at Wolstanton, which would create up to 100 jobs.
13-Feb-2001


Aktrion, the Banbury-based engineering consultancy, is planning to create 50 new jobs in order to become a global player in the business services market over the next three years.
12-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


Atmel of the US is to start production at its new North Tyneside microchip factory in June, and is looking to recruit 500 people by the end of the year.
12-Feb-2001


JJB Sports is to open a new fitness club at St John's Gate in Middlesbrough in the summer, with the creation of about 60 jobs.
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


Yes Telecom is planning to open five new regional offices throughout the UK, as part of a £20m expansion scheme that will create 50 jobs.
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


Virgin is planning to relocate its online Travelstore business from Ashford to Norfolk, where it already employs 200 people in Gorleston, which will involve new premises and the creation of up to 200 new jobs.
09-Feb-2001


Bank of Ireland is to invest £8m in a customer contact centre in Newry, which will begin operations in July 2002 and create 300 jobs.
08-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


TK Maxx is seeking permission to build a distribution centre for its discount clothing business in Newcastle-under-Lyme, which would create 870 jobs.
08-Feb-2001


Borders is to open a books and music superstore at the former Eaden Lilley department store in Cambridge later this year, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
07-Feb-2001


Wilkinson is to relocate its Lincoln store to a larger site at the town's former C&A outlet in May, where it will employ about 100 people.
07-Feb-2001


Halifax has announced plans to create a further 400 jobs at its Card Services business in Cardiff this year.
07-Feb-2001


Oxford Instruments has set up a new manufacturing site for its plasma technology division at Clevedon near Bristol, where it will employ 30 workers.
07-Feb-2001


McClure Naismith has announced plans to move to larger offices in Edinburgh later this year, recruit 40 lawyers and launch new legal services in banking and corporate finance.
06-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


Mitsui is to create 100 new jobs at its motor components factory in Capel Hendre this year.
06-Feb-2001


Quasar Microwave Technology is seeking permission to expand its mobile phone components factory near Bovey Tracey in Devon, with the creation of 80 jobs.
05-Feb-2001


The UK Atomic Energy Authority is to recruit a further 200 workers at Dounreay this year, to cope with a rise in the number of new decommissioning projects.
05-Feb-2001


Isle of Wight Council is considering plans from Godshill Park Developments for the creation of a 60-bedroom hotel and conference centre in Wootton, which would create about 100 jobs.
05-Feb-2001


Ford is planning to invest £236m at its Bridgend plant to produce engines for Jaguar and its other premium brands, with the creation of 600 jobs.
05-Feb-2001


St Helens Glass is to open a window sales, service and installation centre in Queensferry, North Wales, with the creation of dozens of new jobs.
02-Feb-2001


Genzyme of the US is to build a £37m biotechnology production plant in Haverhill to meet rising demand for its Renegal kidney drug, with the creation of 200 jobs.
02-Feb-2001


Northern Rock is to create 250 jobs at new administration headquarters in Gosforth and Sunderland this year.
01-Feb-2001


Boeing is to invest £15m in a new aerospace research centre in Rotherham in partnership with the University of Sheffield, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
01-Feb-2001


Premier Hotels is to build a 96-bedroom Days Inn and a 114-room Howard Johnson hotel at Glasgow airport, in a £8m project that will create 60 jobs.
31-Jan-2001


Derby City Council is to consider plans from Wheatcroft Land for the development of a £12m shopping and leisure complex on the former site of Mackworth College, which will create about 200 jobs.
31-Jan-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


Skandia Life is to create up to 450 jobs in Southampton this year, as it prepares to move into a new office at Liberty House in Commercial Road.
31-Jan-2001


Sandwell Council has given provisional approval for a £50m leisure and retail complex in Oldbury, including a multiplex cinema, restaurants, superstores, fitness centre and the creation of up to 2,000 jobs.
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


Warthog has raised £5m in a share placing to expand its computer games business, and now plans to recruit 30 new staff.
29-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


NWF is planning to double production of blended animal feeds at its Nantwich plant, with the creation of 40 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


PPL Therapeutics has confirmed plans to build a £42m bio-manufacturing facility at the Gowkley Moss Farm site near Penicuik, Midlothian, where it will employ up to 250 people.
29-Jan-2001


Scottish Coal has announced plans to create a further 130 jobs at the Longannet deep coal mine.
26-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


The BBC has begun recruiting 80 staff for a new £4m TV and radio news broadcasting facility in Sevenoaks.
26-Jan-2001


British Telecom is to create about 100 new jobs in Scotland in order to roll-out its ADSL high-speed internet service, and is using Hampshire-based recruitment specialist White & Nunn to find 545 engineers throughout the UK.
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


Great Mills is seeking permission to build a new DIY store and garden centre in Fakenham, Norfolk, with the creation of 30 jobs.
26-Jan-2001


Huco Lightronic is planning a £3m expansion at its automotive lighting components factory in Limavady, which will create 25 new jobs.
25-Jan-2001


TK Maxx is to set up a discount clothing store at the former C&A building in Worthing, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
25-Jan-2001


Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is looking to recruit a further 250 staff at its One-2-One mobile phone call centre in Moray.
25-Jan-2001


Neath Port Talbot Council is to set up a £30m waste recycling plant at Crymlyn Burrows, with the creation of about 70 jobs.
25-Jan-2001


Nissan has announced plans to build the new Micra model at its Sunderland plant, in a £230m investment that will create several hundred jobs and increase output from 330,000 cars a year to 500,000.
25-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


Affinity Healthcare is to invest £4m in a new 20-bed private psychiatric unit at Trees Park Village near Darlington, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
24-Jan-2001


JP Morgan, the investment bank, is planning to recruit 100 software engineers at its technology centre in Glasgow this year, and a further 120 jobs are planned at its accounting subsidiary in Edinburgh.
24-Jan-2001


The Meteorological Office is looking to recruit a number of IT and science specialists in Bracknell, in preparation for its relocation to Exeter in 2003.
24-Jan-2001


MoTech Software is to set up a European headquarters for its global software and IT consultancy business in Livingston, where it will create 250 jobs over the next 12 months.
23-Jan-2001


Asda is planning to expand the number of in-store photo centres, opticians and pharmacies over the next 12 months, with the creation of 870 jobs.
23-Jan-2001


Nova Chemicals of Canada is setting up an operating centre for its European styrenics business near Manchester Airport, with the creation of 50 jobs.
23-Jan-2001


Avaya, the US voice and data network specialist, is to close offices in Farnborough, Fleet, Winchester and Gerrards Cross and set up a new UK headquarters in Guildford, where it will employ up to 550 staff.
23-Jan-2001


Surface Technology is starting work on a £4.7m expansion at its microchip machine factory in Newport, which will create 83 new jobs.
23-Jan-2001


Talisman Energy is planning to invest up to £30m rebuilding its North Sea pipeline linking the Beatrice oilfield with the Nigg terminal on the Cromarty Firth, as part of an expansion that will create 1,600 jobs.
22-Jan-2001


National Air Traffic Services is planning to increase air traffic control capacity over south-east England by 20% by reorganising the division of airspace next month, and recruitment of controllers will rise by up to 50% a year.
22-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


The Ministry of Defence is to create a further 120 jobs at the RAF Stafford distribution and storage centre in Staffordshire.
19-Jan-2001


Hallmark, the producer of greetings cards, is to expand its new headquarters in Bradford with the creation of up to 300 new jobs, but jobs will be lost at other sites in Henley and Bath.
18-Jan-2001


Abbey National is to relocate a customer service centre from Milton Keynes to Bradford, where it will create about 200 jobs.
18-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


JTF Wholesale is planning to set up a new £2m wholesale warehouse in Lincoln with the creation of about 60 jobs.
17-Jan-2001


British Telecom is to set up a new call centre in Fort William with the creation of 200 jobs over the next year.
17-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


Tesco has submitted plans to Bury Council to redevelop its site in Prestwich with additional retail units and 150 homes, creating 170 new jobs.
16-Jan-2001


Axa Insurance is to create 60 new jobs at a call centre in Morecambe over the next few months.
16-Jan-2001


M-Sport is to create a further 50 jobs at its Ford World Rally base in Cockermouth, having won the contract to run two cars in this year's British Rally Championship.
16-Jan-2001


Durham City Council is considering plans to develop a new health and swimming complex on the site of the city's baths, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
16-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


Entranet is to create 50 new jobs at its online financial services business in Scotland this year, having opened a new office in Edinburgh.
15-Jan-2001


GBL International has confirmed plans to create 48 jobs at a new soft drinks bottling plant in Clay Cross.
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


Sainsbury is submitting plans to transform the 20-acre Raglan Street site in Wolverhampton into a multi-million pound retail and leisure complex, with the creation of more than 750 jobs.
15-Jan-2001


Mersey Docks & Harbour has awarded a contract to Amec to build a £22m terminal in Liverpool for Irish Sea ferries, which will create 100 construction jobs.
12-Jan-2001


St Helens Glass is to open a new regional headquarters in Nottingham with the creation of more than 50 jobs, including about 10 installation teams and a 20-strong salesforce.
12-Jan-2001


Marconi is planning to build a £35m research and development centre in Nottingham with the creation of 500 jobs, which would involve moving from its Beeston premises to the Nottingham Science Park.
12-Jan-2001


Breckland Council is to consider plans from Sunmark Produce to set up a new processing plant at Attleborough to handle organic foods imported from South Africa, which would create 30 jobs.
12-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


Willmott Dixon has submitted plans to build a £25m 152-bedroom hotel complex at Brunton on Tyneside, which would create 90 jobs.
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


Peel Holdings is to open a £5m hotel opposite the Trafford Centre in Manchester later this year, with the creation of 40 jobs.
10-Jan-2001


Marsh is planning to create a further 100 jobs at its insurance office in Norwich.
10-Jan-2001


Mainetti Technology is planning a £1.9m expansion at its plastic ducting factory in Hawick, and expects to double its total workforce to 200 within four years.
10-Jan-2001


Apax Partners and a number of banks are investing £34m in Pure Wafer, a start-up business that will develop a silicon wafer reclaim plant in Swansea with the creation of 120 jobs.
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


Powerleague is to create 40 jobs at a new £1.5m five-a-side football complex in Stoke-on-Trent, and plans to have 25 of the centres across the country by the end of the year.
09-Jan-2001


Potter Group is planning to invest about £7m in the development of a new textiles warehouse at its premises in Selby, with the creation of up to 100 jobs over the next four years.
09-Jan-2001


One-2-One is planning to recruit 100 people a month at its new Merthyr Tydfil mobile phone customer service centre until June.
08-Jan-2001


Hilton is to create a further 140 jobs at its hotel reservation call centre at Atlantic Quay in Glasgow.
08-Jan-2001


Axa Insurance is to create up to 200 new jobs at its Severalls Lane Industrial Estate call centre in Colchester.
08-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


Tesco is seeking 200 workers for a new £9m store in Fraserburgh, which is due to start trading in April.
05-Jan-2001


Fife Council is to consider plans from the Murray Group of Edinburgh for the development of an opencast coal site in Kirkcaldy, which would create 34 jobs.
05-Jan-2001


Chartwell Land has announced plans for the £20m extension of the Silverlink Retail Park in North Shields, with the creation of 300 jobs.
05-Jan-2001


Asda has announced a £450m programme to open 13 new stores and create 5,000 jobs this year, including a purpose-built Wal-Mart Supercentre in Swindon and a distribution depot in Bedford.
04-Jan-2001


United Norwest Co-op is to create 30 jobs at its Norpak Food Services warehouse in Eccleshall, having won a new contract to store and distribute temperature-controlled products.
03-Jan-2001


Lockerbie Creamery is to recruit 15 new staff to meet rising demand for cheese.
03-Jan-2001


Mersey Docks & Harbour is to invest £3.5m at the Port of Sheerness in Kent, which will involve the creation of 300 jobs at a new fruit packing facility and a pre-delivery inspection centre for cars.
03-Jan-2001


Dairy Crest has won planning permission to expand its Severnside Creamery near Stroud, which will involve a new blow moulding facility to produce plastic bottles and the creation of 12 jobs.
02-Jan-2001


JD Wetherspoon has announced plans to open 110 pubs in 2001 to add to the existing 462, as part of a £400m expansion programme that will create about 3,000 jobs.
02-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


Tulloch is planning to build a £6m hotel and office complex on Glebe Street in Inverness, with the creation of 300 jobs.
02-Jan-2001


Kingfisher is planning to open 25 B&Q Warehouse stores in 2001 with the creation of more than 4,000 jobs.
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