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Opportunities for Employment 1997
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The information below comes from the UK Activity Report.
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The government has selected Sheffield as the site for the proposed national sports academy, which will create 1,000 permanent jobs. 17-Dec-1997 Acer Peripherals is planning to build a £25m computer monitor plant in Cardiff, creating 1,000 jobs. 16-Dec-1997 Ryobi of Japan is planning a £28m expansion to its Northern Ireland factory that makes aluminium transmission and clutch cases, increasing the workforce to 155. 11-Dec-1997 Cadence Design Systems of the US has confirmed plans to build a chip design centre at Livingston in Scotland, creating 1,800 jobs by 2004. 11-Dec-1997 ADI Manufacturing of Taiwan is to set up a £10.5m computer monitor plant at Cramlington near Newcastle upon Tyne, creating 600 jobs. 09-Dec-1997 M&J Seafoods is to set up five new depots around the country, creating 220 jobs, with £6m of funding being provided by Lloyds Development Capital. 08-Dec-1997 ScS Upholstery, the furniture company, is planning a flotation in order to fund the opening of up to 20 outlets in the Midlands, which will be followed by nationwide expansion. 01-Dec-1997 Euromed, which supports a number of biomedical companies, is to go-ahead with plans to set up a biomedical business park in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, creating 150 jobs. 29-Nov-1997 Continental of Germany is planning a 25% increase in output at its Newbridge tyre plant near Edinburgh, creating 170 jobs. 24-Nov-1997 ADI Corporation of Taiwan is expected to announce plans to set up a computer monitor factory in the north-east of England, creating 600 jobs. 28-Oct-1997 INA of Germany is planning a 30% increase in production at its roller bearings plant in Llanelli, south Wales, creating 100 jobs. 20-Oct-1997 Delta Print and Packaging is planning a £17m investment in its full-colour carton manufacturing factory in Belfast, creating 150 jobs. 02-Oct-1997 Altatron of the US is to set up a £4.9m printed circuit board factory at Hamilton in Lanarkshire, creating 300 jobs. 12-Aug-1997 The construction industry is having severe difficulties recruiting skilled workers due to a shortage of bricklayers, carpenters and joiners, according to the Construction Confederation. 30-Jul-1997 Oki Electric of Japan is to focus production of plain paper faxes at its Cumbernauld factory near Glasgow, creating several hundred jobs. 22-Jul-1997 Eurosil, the maker of synthetic rubber components for cars, is planning a £2.6m expansion of its plant in County Durham, creating 111 jobs. 03-Jul-1997 Avco Trust is to set up a customer service centre in Sunderland, creating 220 jobs. 25-Jun-1997 Step2, the US plastics company, is to set up a £1.9m factory in Coleraine, Co Londonderry, to make plastic toys, creating 52 jobs. 10-Jun-1997 International Management Resources of Florida is to set up a software development centre in Belfast, creating 311 jobs for software professionals over the next three years. 03-Jun-1997 Bausch & Lomb of the US is to expand Award, its contact lens business based in Livingston near Edinburgh, creating 500 jobs. 31-May-1997 TRW of the US and Toyoda Motor Works of Japan are setting up a joint venture called TRW Toyoda Automotive, to make pumps for power-assisted steering systems near Neath in Wales, creating 220 jobs. 31-May-1997 The National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham has secured private sector investment to build four new halls at a cost of £65m by September 1998, creating over 2,000 jobs. 21-May-1997 Bentley Health Care, a new company being set up by a former executive of Zeneca, is aiming to raise up to $300m to set up a chain of cancer and HIV clinics. 16-May-1997 Eni, the Italian oil and gas group, is planning a corporate restructuring which will involve moving part of its international business from Milan to London, in an effort to become a true multinational. 25-Apr-1997 Matsushita is planning a £13m replacement factory to make car speakers at Port Talbot, which will provide employment for an additional 200 people. 23-Apr-1997 Hoya Lens of Japan is to expand its opthalmic lens factory in Wrexham at a cost of £10m, creating over 100 jobs. 28-Feb-1997 Calvin's Barbecue of the US is planning to set up a chain of 100 fast food outlets across the Midlands, offering chicken, fish and pork, in a move which will create an initial 500 jobs. 21-Feb-1997 Sunderland city council is planning a £70m redevelopment of the city centre, a project that will create about 500 jobs. 19-Feb-1997 Cardiff county council is planning a £200m industrial development, including a food park, which will create 9,500 jobs over the next 15 years. 13-Feb-1997 Osram, the subsidiary of Siemens, is to expand its Manchester lightbulbs factory with the creation of up to 200 jobs. 03-Feb-1997 Matrixx Marketing, the provider of customer care to American Express cardholders in Europe, is creating 150 jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne, many for French and German speakers. 14-Jan-1997 Express Group is investing £3.2m in Express 2 Automotive, a new company based in County Durham to make machined parts for the automotive sector, in a move which will create an initial 61 jobs, rising to 300 jobs later. 03-Jan-1997 The information below comes from the UK Activity Report. 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