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Lamb Weston is in discussions with Fenland District Council about plans to set up a £20m food processing plant in Wisbech, with the creation of up to 130 jobs. 28-Dec-2007 Help-Link is to expand its heating and plumbing installation business in South Yorkshire, with the creation of 15 jobs for supervisors, surveyors, engineers and apprentices. 28-Dec-2007 Enviro Kleen has submitted plans to build a £1m waste transfer and recycling unit in Kirkcaldy, with the creation of ten jobs. 24-Dec-2007 HIE Innse Gall has awarded grants to Harris Tweed Hebrides and Harris Tweed Textiles Manufacturing for the purchase of new equipment that will create about 40 jobs at their mills in the Outer Hebrides. 24-Dec-2007 Intellection is to relocate its X-Ray Mineral Services business from Colwyn Bay to a larger site at Abergele early next year, with the creation of 20 jobs. 20-Dec-2007 Webro is seeking permission from Erewash Borough Council to expand its fibre cables warehouse in Long Eaton, with the creation of 26 jobs. 20-Dec-2007 Mark Group, the domestic insulation firm, is to double the staff at its Leicester head office to 700, while the national workforce will rise from 800 to about 1,500 over the next 18 months. 19-Dec-2007 Logical Resources is planning to expand its recruitment business with new offices in London, Glasgow and Cardiff next year, and about 40 jobs will be created. 19-Dec-2007 Datatron is planning to expand the 24-strong workforce at its Tyneside-based document management business by 20% early next year. 18-Dec-2007 Nicolson Engineering is seeking permission to expand its premises at Bower in Caithness with the creation of 70 jobs, in order to take on more work for the oil industry. 17-Dec-2007 CAV Aerospace is to invest £7m in the expansion of its aircraft components factory in Consett, with the creation of 44 jobs. 12-Dec-2007 URS Corporation is to create about 60 jobs at its new environmental engineering office at the Derwent Business Centre in Derby over the next two years. 12-Dec-2007 Anglesey Mining is to restart operations at the Parys Mountain zinc, lead and copper mine near Amlwch next year, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 11-Dec-2007 Fabricom Offshore Services is planning to set up an oil platform maintenance base in North Tyneside by next February, with the creation of up to 250 engineering jobs. 07-Dec-2007 Polypipe Civils is to relocate its headquarters to a new 60,000 sq ft site at the Charnwood Business Park in Loughborough over the next few weeks, with the creation of 15 jobs. 07-Dec-2007 Wolf Minerals is planning to reopen Hemerdon tin and tungsten mine near Plymouth, with the creation of 200 jobs. 05-Dec-2007 Jemella Group is to set up a new headquarters for its Ghd hair products business at Bridgewater Place in Leeds, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 04-Dec-2007 Customer Street, the internet services firm, is to create up to 80 jobs at a new office due to open at the Pennine Business Park in Huddersfield in January. 03-Dec-2007 ClinTec International is planning to set up a new headquarters for its clinical research business in Glasgow, with the creation of 240 jobs over the next three years. 29-Nov-2007 Econotherm is to set up a heat exchangers factory and research centre in Bridgend, with the creation of 12 jobs. 29-Nov-2007 Ex-Or is to expand the capacity at its lighting technology business in Haydock by 50% over the next 18 months, with an increase in the 34-strong workforce. 22-Nov-2007 Ringrose Law is looking to relocate its Lincoln-based professional services office to a larger site on the edge of the city, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. 22-Nov-2007 James Jones & Sons has unveiled plans to invest £20m in the development of a new sawmill in Lockerbie by 2009, which will increase the existing 56-strong workforce. 20-Nov-2007 Babcock Marine is to create a further 350 jobs at its naval support operations in Rosyth over the next 18 months, and a £50m programme of improvements in new facilities starts next spring. 20-Nov-2007 EH Smith is to set up a new 20,000 sq ft building materials branch in Longbridge next spring, with the creation of 20 jobs. 19-Nov-2007 Skillsmart Retail is planning to expand the headcount at its London-based retail skills development business from 28 to 40. 19-Nov-2007 Conduit Construction Network is to expand capacity at its timber door sets manufacturing business in Cramlington, Northumberland, with the creation of 20 jobs. 15-Nov-2007 Parker Steel is seeking permission from Adur District Council to build a new steel processing factory at Shoreham Harbour, with the creation of up to 280 jobs. 15-Nov-2007 Shalam Packaging is seeking permission to set up a plastic packaging factory in Bedale, North Yorkshire, with the creation of up to 56 jobs. 13-Nov-2007 PWS is to invest £10m in the expansion of its kitchen components factory in Newton Aycliffe, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next five years. 12-Nov-2007 Hickman Industries is to open a 42,000 sq ft timber products facility in Wolverhampton in January, as part of a £5m expansion programme that will create dozens of jobs. 12-Nov-2007 O2 is creating up to 1,000 jobs at call centres in Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff and the Dearne Valley, in order to handle sales of the new Apple iPhone. 09-Nov-2007 Litter Boss has acquired Bettakleen, the North Shields-based cleaning firm, and the combined 600-strong workforce will rise by 100 over the next 12 months. 07-Nov-2007 Advantica is creating up to 30 jobs at its engineering business in Loughborough, due to rising demand from the oil and gas industry. 07-Nov-2007 Almac Sciences is looking to double the 25 staff at its production and research site at Elvingston Science Centre in East Lothian, while its Irish parent company is to set up a new US headquarters in Pennsylvania. 06-Nov-2007 PlayFootball is to create about 75 jobs at a new football centre and Roko health club due to open at Clifton Moor in York in February. 02-Nov-2007 Quative, the Swiss supplier of interactive TV software, is to set up a £1.8m research and development centre in Cwmbran, with the creation of 35 jobs. 01-Nov-2007 Salans, the law firm, is to open a new office at the Keystone Innovation Centre in Thetford in December, with the creation of up to 40 jobs. 01-Nov-2007 Northern Recruitment Group is planning to expand its staffing levels in Middlesbrough from 12 to 40 over the next 18 months, in response to rising demand from the chemical industry. 01-Nov-2007 Minster Law is to create 400 jobs at a new legal services call centre at Calder Park Business Park near Wakefield over the next three years. 01-Nov-2007 Bluestone is to start recruiting 400 staff for its new holiday village due to open in Pembrokeshire next summer, and a further 300 jobs will be added later. 30-Oct-2007 MWH, the water and environmental engineering group, is planning to create up to 70 jobs at a new office on Solihull Business Park. 25-Oct-2007 AlphaGraphics North-East has announced a £4m investment programme at its main printing plant in Stockton, including new equipment and the creation of about 20 jobs over the next two years. 25-Oct-2007 CLS Dual Fuel is to relocate its County Durham-based LPG Autogas systems business and 12 staff to Meadowfield by the end of the year, and the workforce will grow to 24 next year. 25-Oct-2007 Avery Healthcare is to create up to 60 jobs at a new care home due to open in Heckmondwike in West Yorkshire in summer 2008. 24-Oct-2007 Portland Spa is to create 40 jobs at a new conference and banqueting centre in Dorset over the next six months. 24-Oct-2007 Milsom Hotels is to create about 60 jobs at a new £4m hotel and restaurant due to open at Kesgrave Hall near Ipswich next March. 24-Oct-2007 AAG Swepco is planning to double the 50-strong workforce in its electrical contracting business and relocate to larger premises on Teesside, having secured a private investment of about £1m. 23-Oct-2007 Statebourne Cryogenics is to expand production of cryogenic vessels at its factory in Washington, with the creation of 20 jobs. 22-Oct-2007 Prosource.it is planning to create a further 50 jobs at its Aberdeen-based IT outsourcing business over the next 18 months. 22-Oct-2007 Tomlinson Hall is planning to expand its Billingham-based workforce from 24 to 40 by 2010, having agreed a deal to distribute pumps for Crane of Germany. 19-Oct-2007 Retallack Spa & Resort is to submit plans for a £25m holiday centre at St Columb Major near Newquay, including an artificial surf machine and the creation of up to 130 jobs. 19-Oct-2007 Jane Lewis Social Care has won a three-year contract to provide a range of home care services to Cheshire County Council, and is seeking 65 new staff. 18-Oct-2007 AAI Pharma is to expand its drug industry support business in Edinburgh over the next three years, including a new site in the Riccarton area and the creation of up to 47 scientific and administration jobs. 18-Oct-2007 Royston Power Generation is planning to expand the 80-strong workforce at its Newcastle-based engineering business and double turnover to £16m over the next four years, having secured a cash injection from NEL Fund Managers. 17-Oct-2007 Techtronic Industries is to create 50 jobs at a new 156,000 sq ft power tools distribution centre in Didcot. 17-Oct-2007 Interpreting Translation Line of Gateshead is planning to double its staff of 150 interpreters over the next five years, having just opened new offices in Glasgow and Manchester. 16-Oct-2007 ABS Biodiesel is planning to build a £21m biofuel production facility at Avonmouth Docks by October 2008, with the creation of about 50 jobs. 16-Oct-2007 F Jones is planning to double the workforce at its granite and marble surfaces business in Middlesbrough to 90 over the next two years, following a recent £5m investment in new equipment. 11-Oct-2007 Sonhoe has announced plans to build a £2bn crude oil refinery at Wilton International on Teesside by 2014, with the creation of up to 400 jobs. 11-Oct-2007 Clifford Jones Timber is investing £2.5m in a new 20,000 sq ft fuel pellets factory in North Wales, with the creation of 15 jobs. 10-Oct-2007 Hilti, the Manchester-based supplier of construction equipment, is planning to expand its nationwide chain of 26 outlets with a rise in the sales force from 180 to 280. 10-Oct-2007 Avoca of Ireland is to create 60 jobs at a new 14,000 sq ft clothes and giftware store due to open in Belfast at the end of the month. 09-Oct-2007 Circle Anglia, the housing association, is to relocate its central services team from London to St Andrew's Business Park in Norwich, with the creation of 45 jobs by January 2008. 05-Oct-2007 Cedar Court Hotels has unveiled proposals to convert the GNER building at Station Rise in York into a five-star hotel, with the creation of 250 jobs. 05-Oct-2007 Tobermore is to invest £10m in the expansion of its concrete products factory in County Londonderry, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next two years. 04-Oct-2007 Avecia Biologics is creating about 20 new research and development jobs, following a £1m investment in new laboratory facilities at its site in the Tees Valley. 04-Oct-2007 Mentholatum is to invest £10m in the expansion of its non-prescription medicines and healthcare products factory in East Kilbride, and the 80-strong workforce will grow by about 25%. 04-Oct-2007 Mformation Technologies of the US is to receive £2.1m from Invest NI to set up a mobile telecoms technical support centre in Belfast, with the creation of 162 jobs. 03-Oct-2007 NCsoft Europe is to relocate its Brighton-based computer games business and up to 112 staff to the CityPoint development in 2009, with the creation of 116 new jobs. 03-Oct-2007 Kids 1st is investing £3m in the expansion of its chain of five children's nurseries in the North East, with the creation of about 140 jobs and the opening of new branches in Hartlepool and Darlington. 01-Oct-2007 Cooper Bearings is to create 120 jobs at its bearings factory in King's Lynn over the next year. 01-Oct-2007 TWMA of Aberdeen is planning to create 100 new jobs in its worldwide drilling-waste management operations over the next two years. 01-Oct-2007 Balbirnie House Hotel is to invest £5m in the expansion of its hotel in Fife next year, including a new spa and the creation of 30 jobs. 01-Oct-2007 WM Armstrong is to recruit about 20 drivers to operate a fleet of road tankers for the West Lakes cheese factory due to open near Carlisle in September 2008. 01-Oct-2007 Ingliston Equestrian Centre in Renfrewshire is to create up to 100 jobs following a £10m revamp of its riding centre and catering facilities. 28-Sep-2007 Automatic Retailing is to relocate its vending machines business from Gateshead to Cramlington this month, and will "significantly" expand the 100-strong workforce. 25-Sep-2007 Sense Scotland is looking to recruit 200 additional staff in Inverness over the next year, having won a contract from Highland Council to provide home support for disabled people. 25-Sep-2007 Fresca Group is to set up a £80m fruit and vegetable growing and packing facility on the 91-hectare Thanet Earth site at Birchington in Kent over the next year, with the creation of 550 jobs. 25-Sep-2007 London General Insurance is to set up a new £4m call centre in the Forest of Dean early next year, with the creation of 250 jobs. 24-Sep-2007 Sword is to set up a new £30m software development centre at the Pavilions site in Cwmbran, with the creation of 200 jobs by 2012. 20-Sep-2007 Biotec Distribution Wales is to set up a new £1.5m drug development centre in Bridgend by next April, with the creation of 27 jobs. 20-Sep-2007 West Lakes Dairy Park has announced plans to build a £50m dairy factory at Kingmoor Park in Carlisle next year, with the creation of at least 70 jobs. 20-Sep-2007 Knowledge IT is to open a 50-seat data recovery centre in Wallsend next month, and work will start on a 100-seat centre in Washington early next year. 17-Sep-2007 The Woodlands Hospital in Darlington has submitted plans to open a health-care village by 2009, including an 86-bed nursing centre, specialist needs unit, visitor accommodation and the creation of 100 jobs. 17-Sep-2007 Neuro Partners is looking to double the 75-strong workforce at its Newcastle-based rehabilitation support business, in order to expand operations into Yorkshire, Carlisle and the Tees Valley. 13-Sep-2007 Converso is planning to create 150 jobs at its call centre outsourcing business in Southend over the next year, following its acquisition by Usha Martin of India. 13-Sep-2007 Borland Software Corporation is planning to expand the workforce at its Belfast-based technical support department from 30 to 80 by 2008. 11-Sep-2007 Precision Polymer Engineering is to submit plans for a £5m expansion at its rubber seals factory in Blackburn, with the creation of more than 100 jobs. 11-Sep-2007 Spark Energy, the gas and electricity supplier, is to relocate its headquarters from Edinburgh to Selkirk, with the creation of up to 150 jobs over the next four years. 11-Sep-2007 Bee Health is to create up to 50 new jobs at its factory in Bridlington, having won approval to supply Halal vitamins and supplements to Malaysia. 10-Sep-2007 Smedleys Salads is seeking permission to expand its factory at Pinchbeck near Spalding, which could eventually create up to 80 jobs. 10-Sep-2007 Universal Sensors, the Cambridge-based developer of biosensor technology to detect drugs, is planning to expand its workforce from eight to 40 over the next year. 06-Sep-2007 Crash Services is to expand the workforce at its Newry-based accident management business from 36 to 61, following a £2m investment in new facilities. 06-Sep-2007 Rollits, the law firm, is to expand its York office by October, in order to increase staffing levels from 33 to 44. 05-Sep-2007 Electro-Flow Controls is planning to expand the workforce at its Aberdeen-based instrumentation business from 40 to 60 by the end of the year. 05-Sep-2007 Unipart Logistics is to create hundreds of jobs at a new distribution centre in Burton upon Trent, having won a contract to provide supply chain services to the Waterstone's chain of bookshops. 03-Sep-2007 GRS Roadstone is to relocate the headquarters of its aggregates business and 40 staff from Hinckley to the Eliot Business Park in Nuneaton in December, with the creation of ten new jobs. 31-Aug-2007 Citri, the Gateshead-based mortgage broker, is looking to expand its newly-formed nationwide team of 60 mortgage advisers to 400 by 2008. 31-Aug-2007 West Riding Motor Group is to set up a new Lexus car dealership at Station Road in Bradford next year, with the creation of 20 jobs. 31-Aug-2007 LE Pritchitt is to invest £6.6m in the expansion of its dairy processing factory at Newtownards in Northern Ireland, in order to secure the future of 168 jobs and create up to 20 new jobs. 30-Aug-2007 Almac Solutions is creating an initial ten jobs at its new engineering fabrication and coatings site in Arbroath, and a further 50 jobs should follow later. 29-Aug-2007 Oakland House, the recruitment firm, is seeking 20 customer service advisers and 50 sales staff to work for two undisclosed companies in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Crewe. 28-Aug-2007 Davies Catering Equipment is to relocate four branches in Telford into one 20,000 sq ft building in Halesfield 20 next month, and the workforce will rise from 15 to nearly 30 over the next year. 27-Aug-2007 Autonet Insurance Services is creating 60 new jobs at its vehicle and property insurance business in Stoke-on-Trent. 23-Aug-2007 Checkwell Decision Corporation of Canada is to open a UK headquarters for its employee checking business in Swansea, with the creation of 125 graduate jobs over the next two years. 23-Aug-2007 Bond Aviation Group is to invest £4m in a new training programme that will create jobs for 12 helicopter pilots and 20 engineers at sites in Gloucestershire and Aberdeen. 23-Aug-2007 Great Bear Distribution is to open a new distribution centre in Desborough early next year to service its contract with Master Foods, and up to 330 jobs will be created. 23-Aug-2007 Hotel Partners is to operate a new £20m 131-room Fitzwilliam hotel to be built at Great Victoria Street in Belfast by 2009, with the creation of 100 jobs. 22-Aug-2007 Tio is to invest £2.5m in the expansion of its organic vegetables production facility in Forres, with the creation of up to 20 jobs over the next few months. 22-Aug-2007 Lowcosttravelgroup is to create 50 new jobs at its travel call centre in East Grinstead, taking the total workforce to 150. 22-Aug-2007 BGL Group, the insurance broker, is planning to create 70 jobs at its IT department in Peterborough, following a recent £1.8m investment in new premises. 17-Aug-2007 Translift Bendi is planning to expand its forklift truck factory in Redditch by 75% next year, and up to 20 new jobs will be added to the 107-strong workforce. 17-Aug-2007 Moffat 2000 has secured a One NorthEast grant to help relocate its subsea pipelines manufacturing business to a larger site in Ashington, which will create 20 new jobs. 15-Aug-2007 Durham Scientific Crystals has raised £3.5m to fund the expansion of its X-ray technology business into the medical, defence and security markets, and the workforce will double to 26 by next April. 15-Aug-2007 Pectel Group, the hazardous waste removal firm, is to set up an operation at Devonshire Meadows in Plymouth in September, and the 15-strong workforce is expected to grow to 40. 10-Aug-2007 Wilton Engineering Group is planning to expand the 200-strong workforce at its oil fabrication business in Middlesbrough with 50 new jobs over the next three years. 09-Aug-2007 Homeloan Management is to set up a new mortgage administration services centre at the Skypark complex in Glasgow, with the creation of up to 425 jobs. 08-Aug-2007 Owens Road Services is to acquire the former Panasonic site at Baglan in Port Talbot, and hopes to create up to 200 jobs operating the 141,000 sq ft distribution centre for an unnamed company. 03-Aug-2007 Bayagent of Durham is planning to open nine surplus stock warehouses across the country next year, each employing about ten staff. 03-Aug-2007 Gravells has won permission from Carmarthenshire Council for the £3m expansion of its Renault car dealership in Kidwelly, which will create up to 20 jobs. 30-Jul-2007 Greene Tweed is said to be planning a £3m expansion at its engineering components factory in Nottingham, with the creation of up to 200 jobs. 25-Jul-2007 WG Buchanan is to relocate to a new 25,000 sq ft food processing factory at Invest NI's Trooperslane Business Park in Carrickfergus by October, with the creation of 15 jobs. 23-Jul-2007 Glenbervie House has submitted plans to build a £30m spa village in the grounds of its recently-refurbished hotel in Stirlingshire, with the creation of up to 400 jobs. 20-Jul-2007 Syen is to expand the workforce at its Welshpool-based engineering services business from 14 to 50 over the next 18 months. 19-Jul-2007 Mirae Asset Financial of South Korea is planning to set up a headquarters for its fund management business at Canary Wharf in London in September, employing 30 staff. 19-Jul-2007 CRT Recycling is to invest £2.4m in the development of a cathode ray tube glass recycling centre in Mold, with the creation of more than 20 jobs. 18-Jul-2007 Liverpool Primary Care Trust is planning to invest £100m in new health facilities across the city by 2014, including three NHS treatment centres and 25 super surgeries, while up to 200 extra doctors and nurses will be recruited over the next year. 18-Jul-2007 Serenity in the City is planning to open up 20 urban spa sites across the country by 2012, with the creation of about 200 jobs. 18-Jul-2007 Options Group has won outline planning permission to build an autism hospital at the Shortwood Business Park in Barnsley, with the creation of 250 jobs. 17-Jul-2007 Salem Tube International has submitted plans to build a new 75,000 sq ft heat exchanger tubes factory at its site in Northumberland, and hopes to double the 22-strong workforce over the next few years. 16-Jul-2007 O2 has launched a recruitment drive for 500 new staff at its Skypark customer services call centre in Glasgow. 16-Jul-2007 Muller is to submit plans to expand its dairy operations in Market Drayton with new manufacturing, storage and distribution facilities, which could create up to 300 jobs. 16-Jul-2007 Smiths of Peterhead has announced plans to build a new 33,400 sq ft woollen textiles factory near Buchan by 2008, with the transfer of 75 jobs from its existing site and the creation of 40 new jobs. 12-Jul-2007 Mercury Packaging is planning to expand its 30-strong workforce at Kirkby-in-Ashfield with 15 new staff, following a £1.2m investment in a new printing press. 03-Jul-2007 F Jones Cleveland is to expand the 35-strong workforce at its Middlesbrough-based marble and granite business with 15 new jobs over the next 12 months. 02-Jul-2007 Excel Fortune of Hong Kong is planning to set up a £6m mobile phone recycling operation and call centre at the Selectron electronics plant in Cwmcarn, Gwent, with the creation of up to 250 jobs. 28-Jun-2007 Energy & Power Consultants, the technical consultancy for the energy, utilities and capital industries, is setting up an office at the Baglan Bay Energy Park in South Wales, with the creation of 30 jobs. 26-Jun-2007 I4u, the Newcastle-based developer of medical referencing software, is planning to double its staff to 20 over the next 12 months. 26-Jun-2007 Remax, the US-based estate agency, is planning to open 16 new offices in Northern Ireland over the next two years, with the creation of 100 jobs. 21-Jun-2007 FMS NI is to invest £2m in the expansion of its notebook computer factory in Crumlin, with the creation of ten jobs. 21-Jun-2007 MB Aerospace is to create at least 20 new jobs at its factory in Burnley, having won a £40m contract extension to supply engine parts to Rolls-Royce. 20-Jun-2007 MTR Corporation of Hong Kong has won a franchise to operate a number of rail services in London, and more than 400 jobs will be created to improve standards on the proposed London Overground system. 20-Jun-2007 Veetee Rice is looking to expand the workforce at its factory in Strood from 200 to more than 400, if demand for its rice-based ready meals meets expectations. 19-Jun-2007 Qserv is to recruit 180 additional onshore and offshore staff by the end of next year, taking the total workforce at its Aberdeen-based oilfield services business to 500. 19-Jun-2007 Seacon Phoenix is to build a new 28,000 sq ft submarine cables factory in Barrow by early 2008, and its workforce will rise from 15 to about 30. 18-Jun-2007 Morson Projects is to create up to 50 jobs at a new aeronautical engineering design office in Belfast. 13-Jun-2007 TH-NK is planning to expand the workforce at its Tyneside-based digital media business from 57 to 90 over the next three years, and a new office will open in London with 12 staff by the end of this year. 13-Jun-2007 Blinkx is planning to expand the workforce at its online video search business from 30 to 60 by the end of the year, following its flotation on Aim. 07-Jun-2007 Envy is investing £2.2m in the expansion of its TV production facilities in London, with the creation of ten new jobs. 07-Jun-2007 Quinn Group is to build a £66m insulation products factory in Newport, South Wales, by early 2008, with the creation of 340 jobs. 05-Jun-2007 Falcon Steel is to build a steel roofing and cladding factory in Newport, South Wales, with the creation of 180 new jobs over the next three years. 31-May-2007 DP World has won government approval to build a £1.5bn container port on the Thames in Thurrock over the next 15 years, including a logistics and business park and the creation of 14,000 jobs. 31-May-2007 Hamilton Park Racecourse is to create 204 full and part-time jobs over the next few months, having appointed Prestige Scotland to improve on-site catering and hospitality. 30-May-2007 Moneygate, the South Tyneside-based mortgage advice company, is planning to recruit 40 customer services staff and up to 150 face-to-face advisers over the next year. 30-May-2007 Tech Mahindra of India is considering plans to set up a £6m software development centre in Belfast, with the creation of up to 200 jobs. 30-May-2007 UK Digital Storage is planning to relocate its Tyneside-based electronic data storage business to a larger 100,000 sq ft office, where it will create 30 new jobs over the next five years. 29-May-2007 Affinion, the supplier of ID protection systems, is planning to create 100 new jobs at its call centre in Portsmouth by the end of the year. 29-May-2007 Shades Blinds is to open a new blinds factory in Cumbernauld, with the creation of about 200 jobs over the next three years, and new retail outlets are planned for Edinburgh, Greenock, Hamilton and Stirling. 29-May-2007 Reflex Mouldings is to create 34 new jobs at its car accessories and floor tiles factory in County Armagh, having secured a £2m investment from Invest NI that will help the company double its turnover over the next four years. 25-May-2007 St Moritz Hotel at Trebetherick in Cornwall is to recruit more than 50 staff in preparation for its opening in July. 24-May-2007 NetJets Europe is planning to increase the pilot numbers in its executive jets business from 750 to 1,500 by 2011. 24-May-2007 Commercial Group Properties has agreed a 10-year lease on a 1m sq ft development at the Manston International Business Park in Thanet, in order to attract a number of Chinese companies and up to 1,000 jobs to the site. 23-May-2007 Park Homes UK has announced plans for the £7m expansion of the St Andrews Nursing Home in Hawick, including a new 60-bed care facility and the creation of 100 jobs. 18-May-2007 O2 is to create 50 new jobs at its customer contact centre in Bury, having decided to transfer its eService department from India. 16-May-2007 Global Telecoms & Technology is to relocate its Bury headquarters and 130 staff to a new £5m site in Hornby Street, and 125 new jobs will be created over the next 18 months. 16-May-2007 ASB Law, the Maidstone-based law firm, is setting up a new division called ASB Aspire to focus on high-volume work, and the 38 staff will rise to 70 by the end of the year. 14-May-2007 Cosworth is to create an unspecified number of new jobs at its Northampton-based engineering business, having won a £10m contract to supply pistons and engineering services to US-based Lycoming. 10-May-2007 VLM UK is to create 33 new jobs in Birmingham, having won a contract to print the new home information packs for house sales. 09-May-2007 Goldsmith Williams is to create at least 100 new jobs at its Liverpool-based law firm, as part of a strategy to double its workload over the next three years. 08-May-2007 Eskmeals is to create 12 new jobs at its weapons testing site in West Cumbria, to add to the existing 75. 04-May-2007 Clayton Hotels is planning to rebuild Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales, into a £6m five-star country house hotel, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 02-May-2007 Stacey's Coaches is to set up a new depot at the ice rink site in Carlisle, with the creation of 30 new jobs. 30-Apr-2007 The Macdonald Portal Hotel is recruiting 60 new staff at its hotel, golf and spa complex in Cheshire, following a £12m redevelopment project. 27-Apr-2007 McGill Electrical is to create 50 new jobs at its Dundee-based electrical engineering business this year, with many of the vacancies going to former employees of DH Morris. 26-Apr-2007 Agri Energy has unveiled plans to build a £50m biodiesel plant at Blackbridge near Milford Haven, with the creation of 80 jobs. 25-Apr-2007 OGL Computer Services is to open a new office in Kidderminster with the creation of 30 jobs, and a further ten sales and support jobs could be created later in the year. 24-Apr-2007 International Power Group is to set up a new global headquarters for its waste-burning technology business in the North East, with the creation of an initial 50 jobs, and is considering a site in Blyth. 24-Apr-2007 Casino Red is planning to set up a £5m casino at the former Princess Cinema site in Huddersfield, with the creation of more than 120 jobs. 18-Apr-2007 Corniche Fine Arts is planning to create up to 25 new jobs at its packaging graphics business in Bridlington over the next three years, as part of a strategy that will involve a rise in turnover from £3m to £5m. 17-Apr-2007 Exploration Logistics Group is looking to expand the 60-strong workforce at its safety and support services business in Gloucestershire with ten additional administrative and project management staff. 13-Apr-2007 Palatial Leisure is to open a new £2m casino in Great Yarmouth in October, with the creation of more than 70 jobs. 11-Apr-2007 Natural Power is to extend the headquarters of its Galloway-based renewable energy consultancy business, and the workforce will rise from 32 to 65 by 2011. 11-Apr-2007 IT Installations is planning to increase the turnover of its Sheffield-based communications business from £1.5m to £3m this year and to £5m by 2009, with the workforce rising from 20 to 40. 11-Apr-2007 James Fisher Nuclear has won planning permission to extend its factory in Egremont, in order to test robotic machinery for use in radioactive parts of Sellafield, and the workforce will rise from 20 to 40. 10-Apr-2007 Contract Design (Northern) is to create up to 90 jobs in Newcastle for mechanical engineers, draughtsmen and electrical design engineers, following a rise in demand for its ship design services. 06-Apr-2007 Acumen Group is planning to expand the 80-strong workforce at its Aberdeen-based financial and business services group with ten new staff over the next three months, and its Freelance Euro Contracting division in Manchester is seeking larger premises. 05-Apr-2007 Connaught Motor Company is to set up a £12m headquarters and sports car factory in Llanelli, with the creation of 200 jobs. 30-Mar-2007 Spicerhaart of Colchester is planning to create 50 new call centre jobs, in order to become a leading provider of the new home information packs. 30-Mar-2007 SkyMerlin is to launch its new Flyforbeans airline from Cardiff International Airport later this year, offering flights to several European destinations and creating an initial 100 jobs. 29-Mar-2007 Linden Lab is seeking a suitable site to set up an online games development office in Brighton, with the creation of up to 15 jobs. 29-Mar-2007 Magnate Grey Box is planning to expand the workforce at its Plymouth-based signalling control equipment business from 43 to 100 over the next two years. 29-Mar-2007 Valtech is planning to set up a new software development office in Caerphilly in May, with the creation of up to 40 jobs in the first year and 170 jobs over the next three years. 28-Mar-2007 Quantix, the Nottingham-based IT services company with 31 staff, is planning to relocate to the Chetwynd Business Park at Bulwell in May, and is also looking to create new jobs and make acquisitions following a £10m buy-out from Lynx. 28-Mar-2007 Relate is to set up a relationship support call centre in Doncaster by the end of 2008, with the creation of more than 100 jobs, having secured £3.2m funding from Yorkshire Forward. 27-Mar-2007 Cognia, the US life sciences company, is to set up a new European operations centre at its site in Edinburgh, with the creation of 75 jobs. 26-Mar-2007 TGI Friday's is planning to recruit 250 new staff to improve customer service levels in its 45 restaurants. 26-Mar-2007 Pepper Post Production is to increase the workforce in its London-based film and TV production business from 47 to 70 and take over the running of Future Film's audio facility in Soho. 22-Mar-2007 Hanseatic Shipping Company is planning to create 20 jobs at its new shipping management office in North Shields over the next three years. 22-Mar-2007 Keystore is to invest £4m in the expansion of its warehouse facilities in Hull with the creation of 24 jobs, in order to benefit from ABP's planned new container terminal. 20-Mar-2007 Gentronix has secured a £1.4m investment from NVM Private Equity and existing backers to fund the recruitment of a global sales team for its Manchester-based biotechnology business. 19-Mar-2007 Morvus Technology is to create 54 jobs at a new 14,000 sq ft pharmaceuticals research centre at the National Botanical Garden in Carmarthenshire over the next three years. 16-Mar-2007 FM Developments has unveiled plans for the £40m transformation of the 1,500-acre Ury Estate near Stonehaven into a luxury leisure complex, including a hotel, championship golf course and the creation of up to 100 jobs. 16-Mar-2007 Diamond Bus Company is creating 35 new jobs for drivers and support staff, in order to expand its bus operations in the Redditch area. 15-Mar-2007 Infinity Group is planning to expand the workforce at its Leicester-based telephony products business from 33 to 70 by the end of the year, and is currently seeking a larger site. 15-Mar-2007 Tenon is to relocate its Edinburgh-based accountancy office to a larger site in Dundee Street in April, and the 70-strong workforce will rise to 100 over the next 18 months. 13-Mar-2007 SGL Technic has secured a £22m investment to fund the expansion of its carbon, graphite and composite materials business in Ross-shire, which will create up to 64 jobs. 09-Mar-2007 Track Safe Telecom, the Cardiff-based rail industry telecoms company, is to create 90 new jobs over the next three years, and has just acquired London-based track-welding specialist Gem-Weld. 09-Mar-2007 Henson Motor Group is planning to open two new car showrooms on North Tyneside and Teesside, with the creation of 60 jobs by the end of the year. 08-Mar-2007 Bruichladdich has announced plans to rebuild the Port Charlotte distillery on Islay with the creation of ten jobs, at a cost of about £3m. 08-Mar-2007 Ceridian is planning to expand the workforce at its human resources consultancy in Glasgow from 80 to 330 over the next three years. 02-Mar-2007 Bedmax, the Northumberland-based horse bedding manufacturer with 27 staff, is looking to set up a new 20,000 sq ft factory in the South, with the creation of up to 12 jobs. 27-Feb-2007 Camden Group is to create 300 jobs at a new double glazing factory in Antrim, as part of a £30m expansion programme that also includes the acquisition of K McAnallen, the Tyrone-based sealed units manufacturer with 95 staff. 26-Feb-2007 Roman, the shower manufacturer, is to open a new call centre with 20 staff in Newton Aycliffe in March, and hopes to expand the workforce to 40 in the future. 26-Feb-2007 Mark's Specialised Transport of Lincolnshire is planning to expand its 70-strong workforce with up to 30 new jobs over the next year, and will relocate to a new £0.3m site in Washingborough in May. 23-Feb-2007 Alchemy Plus is planning to set up a new computer data centre on a 2.4-acre site at Dingwall Business Park next year, and the 12-strong workforce will rise to 30. 23-Feb-2007 MRC International, the recruitment firm, is to create up to 35 jobs at a new office due to open in Shrewsbury on March 1, with vacancies for accounts and administration staff. 23-Feb-2007 Estate Graphics is to create 30 jobs for home energy assessors in Lancaster, in preparation for the introduction of the Home Information Pack for property buyers. 21-Feb-2007 O2 is to create 120 jobs at its broadband customer service call centre in Glasgow this year, and a further 50 jobs will be created in Leeds. 20-Feb-2007 Supermac's of Ireland is planning to open fast food restaurants in Northern Ireland, in a £10m investment that will create 200 jobs. 20-Feb-2007 Matrix Direct Recycle is to create up to 80 jobs at a new consumer electronics recycling plant due to open in Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire, in March. 20-Feb-2007 Dawn Advice is planning to expand the workforce at its telephone-based debt advice business in Northumberland from 20 to 150 over the next three years, having won a contract from government agency Community Legal Services Direct. 20-Feb-2007 Junction Solutions, the US-based software company, is to create about 30 jobs at its new European headquarters in Sheffield by the end of the year. 15-Feb-2007 Taxibank is planning to create up to 120 jobs at its taxi booking call centre in Plymouth over the next year. 15-Feb-2007 Fusion Contact Centre Services is to open a new call centre in Peterlee in March, which will create up to 600 jobs over the next three years. 13-Feb-2007 Windowstyle UK is planning to create about 130 jobs at its glass factory in Barnsley this year, following an investment in new equipment. 13-Feb-2007 Prestige Acceptance is planning to create 19 new jobs at its Cardiff-based secured loans business over the next seven months. 09-Feb-2007 Regatta, the supplier of outdoor clothing, is seeking a suitable site in Greater Manchester for a new warehouse, which will create 100 jobs. 08-Feb-2007 C&K Meats has won planning permission to build a £3m abattoir at the Mid Suffolk Business Park in Eye, with the creation of 30 jobs. 08-Feb-2007 Continental Underfloor Heating is planning to set up a new £3m 13,000 sq ft headquarters in Bude over the next two years, with the creation of 50 jobs. 08-Feb-2007 ADR Accident Repair Centres has acquired the Premier Accident Repair Centre in Derby for undisclosed terms, and plans to expand the 20-strong workforce to 30 over the next three months. 08-Feb-2007 Car People is setting up a new £10m car showroom on a 10-acre site in Sheffield, and the initial 70-strong workforce is expected to rise to 150 within two years. 08-Feb-2007 Sharp Manufacturing is to invest an estimated £9.3m in the expansion of its solar energy systems factory in Wrexham, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 06-Feb-2007 Hays Public Services is looking to recruit 98 delivery workers and 107 follow-up staff to carry out a test run for the next official census in Stoke-on-Trent. 06-Feb-2007 Bovington Tank Museum in Dorset is to start work on a £16m expansion project in April, which will create about 100 jobs. 06-Feb-2007 The Clumber Park Hotel near Worksop has submitted plans for a £2.5m expansion project, including 27 new rooms, a spa and the creation of almost 50 jobs. 05-Feb-2007 The Scottish Funding Council has announced a £77m alliance between the universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde and St Andrews to collaborate in life sciences research, with the creation of 18 research and 24 support jobs. 02-Feb-2007 Mercury Health is planning to operate a new mini-hospital at Festival Leisure Park in Basildon from next autumn, creating 400 jobs, as part of a £36m contract to provide health services across Essex. 02-Feb-2007 Thermastrate of Northumberland has secured £0.6m to fund the development of new technology for the production of electronic components, and will create up to 25 jobs for technical managers and sales people. 29-Jan-2007 Dearing Plastics is creating 20 new jobs in Hull, having won a contract to manufacture Cadbury Chocolate Moneyboxes. 29-Jan-2007 Independent Forgings & Alloys is creating 25 new jobs at its Sheffield-based engineering business, following an investment in new manufacturing equipment. 24-Jan-2007 Care Knight, the mobility equipment supplier, is to create 40 new jobs at its Staffordshire-based call centre. 23-Jan-2007 Cellartis of Sweden is planning to set up a £9m biotechnology research centre in Dundee, with the creation of up to 75 jobs. 19-Jan-2007 EMag Solutions of the US is to set up a European headquarters for its computer forensics business in Cardiff, with the creation of 23 jobs. 18-Jan-2007 Abengoa is to submit plans to North East Lincolnshire Council to build a £290m bioethanol plant in Stallingborough by 2009, with the creation of 70 jobs. 17-Jan-2007 PSM Direct, the law firm, is to create a further 25 jobs at its new office in Glasgow later this year. 16-Jan-2007 Teleperformance is to set up a new £6.5m call centre in Newry, with the creation of about 450 jobs over the next three years. 12-Jan-2007 LS Care is planning to expand its homecare services this year, with the opening of two new offices in Carlisle and North Yorkshire and the creation of 130 jobs. 12-Jan-2007 The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles is to relocate its museum and office from Halifax to York later this year, with the creation of up to ten jobs. 12-Jan-2007 Winn Solicitors is planning to expand the staff at its Newcastle-based law firm from 70 to 250 over the next three years. 11-Jan-2007 Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems has secured a £2m Scottish Enterprise grant to develop anti-missile systems at its site in Edinburgh, which will create 60 jobs. 11-Jan-2007 Norton Finance is planning to create up to 300 jobs at its Rotherham-based financial broking business, and its £5m expansion programme will include a new customer care office at Portland House. 11-Jan-2007 Geko Direct is to expand the 80-strong workforce at its Telford-based mobile phones business with 50 new staff this year. 10-Jan-2007 Mountwest Services is to invest £2.5m in new facilities in Montrose, following the acquisition of drilling tool manufacturer Well Service, and plans to expand the local workforce from 18 to 60 over the next two years. 09-Jan-2007 Almac Pharma Services is to create 60 new jobs at its site in Craigavon, following a £5.4m investment in new pharmaceutical research facilities. 04-Jan-2007 The information below comes from the UK Activity Report. 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