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Derby City Council and English Partnerships are considering plans to transform two 150-acre sites in Derby into business and leisure parks, creating up to 6,000 jobs. 30-Dec-1998

Motorail is planning to set up a head office and phone booking operation in Inverness, in preparation for the relaunch of its vehicle transport service between Scotland and England. 29-Dec-1998

Walton Group is to start work in the new year on a £100m shopping mall in Liverpool city centre, which should create up to 1,500 jobs. 28-Dec-1998

Styles Precision Components is to recruit an additional 60 employees at its plastic prototype models business in Teesside and in a new German facility. 23-Dec-1998

The South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall is set to reopen, and about 25 workers will be taken on initially with more jobs being created later. 23-Dec-1998

Ocean Resource is planning to set up a plant at Newport Docks in Wales to make specialist buoys and shallow-water platforms, creating 200 jobs. 22-Dec-1998

Southern Energy of the US is seeking government approval to build a £450m gas-fired power station at Killingholme on the Humber Bank, creating more than 1,000 construction jobs over the next three years. 22-Dec-1998

Arco, the safety equipment and industrial products company, is planning to build a national distribution centre in Hull, creating 100 jobs. 21-Dec-1998

English Partnerships has announced plans to build a £6m industrial and commercial facility at Seaton Barracks in Plymouth, creating up to 1,000 jobs. 21-Dec-1998

Bridgend County Borough Council is linking up with Macob Projects to expand the Bridgend Science Park, which will create enough new space to provide several hundred jobs. 21-Dec-1998

Thomas Sanderson Blinds is opening a new £2.2m factory and office complex in Waterlooville, creating 40 additional jobs. 18-Dec-1998

Software AG of Germany is planning to double the workforce at its Derby headquarters, with the creation of 150 jobs. 18-Dec-1998

Nexus has won government approval for a £84m scheme to extend the Tyneside Metro system to Sunderland, and work is due to start next autumn. 17-Dec-1998

Experian is to open a telephone centre in Preston to handle calls for other companies, and 450 jobs will be created over the next 18 months. 17-Dec-1998

Card Protection Plan, the global credit card insurer, is to set up a £10m call centre in York, with the creation of 750 jobs. 17-Dec-1998

Flymo is to create 135 jobs at its Newton Aycliffe lawnmowers factory in a £2.1m project funded by Electrolux and a DTI grant. 16-Dec-1998

The government has shortlisted four potential sites on Merseyside to locate the new national Criminal Records Bureau, and the project will create 1,200 new jobs. 15-Dec-1998

Moorcroft, the Stoke-based pottery company, is to build two new factories creating more than 200 jobs. 15-Dec-1998

Organon of the Netherlands is to open a laboratory in Newhouse, Lanarkshire, to develop treatments for diseases of the central nervous system, creating 60 jobs. 11-Dec-1998

Bimeda, part of the Dublin-based Cross Vetpharm group, is to set up a £3.6m veterinary products manufacturing plant and distribution depot on Anglesey, creating 72 jobs. 10-Dec-1998

Bombardier of Canada is to create 40 jobs at new offices in Vernon Gate, Derby, in order to manage its train building project for Virgin. 10-Dec-1998

Naturelle Consumer Products is to invest £1.2m in the expansion of its disposable products factory in Omagh, creating 25 new jobs. 10-Dec-1998

Scorpion, the Ripley-based performance exhaust specialist, is planning to create 50 new jobs over the next two years and build a 10,000 sq ft plant alongside its headquarters. 09-Dec-1998

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is to recruit an extra 300 staff in Swansea, and will expand its site by building new offices. 08-Dec-1998

Nastech Europe is to invest £9m in the expansion of its factory in Peterlee to produce a new type of steering column with integral electrical power, creating 150 jobs. 08-Dec-1998

Freedom Direct is to set up a holiday telesales centre at the Sunderland Enterprise Park, creating 70 jobs. 08-Dec-1998

Perstorp of Sweden is to invest £10m at its resins plant in Newton Aycliffe, creating 20 jobs. 07-Dec-1998

Kvaerner Oil and Gas is to recruit hundreds of workers on Teesside to transform a giant tanker into a floating North Sea oil platform. 07-Dec-1998

WorldCom is planning to set up a telecommunications switch centre at the Bilton Business Centre in Portsmouth, employing 11 staff. 07-Dec-1998

Apar Infotech and Polaris Software, two Indian software companies, are said to be planning to create 500 jobs in London. 07-Dec-1998

CSL is to create more than 200 jobs in Reading, having won a contract to review pensions for Windsor Life. 04-Dec-1998

Airbags International is to create an additional 30 jobs at its vehicle airbags factory in Congleton by the end of the year. 04-Dec-1998

State Street, the US-owned bank and trust company, is planning to double the size of its Edinburgh operation over the next few years, creating about 80 jobs. 03-Dec-1998

Caudwell has opened a mobile phone skills centre in Stoke as part of an ongoing expansion, and its airtime provider arm, Singlepoint 4U, is planning to create a further 50 jobs. 02-Dec-1998

Holdcroft Group has announced plans to set up a new car sales centre at the former Chatfield Ford site in Stoke, creating up to 170 jobs. 02-Dec-1998

AC Yule is to relocate its present plant in Livingston to larger premises nearby, and expects to create an additional 50 jobs as it expands its glass and architectural aluminium business in central Scotland. 02-Dec-1998

Slumberland is planning a £2m expansion at its Oldham factory to increase production of bed springs, and 100 jobs will be created. 01-Dec-1998

Addis is setting up a new household products research and development facility in Swansea, creating an unspecified number of new jobs. 30-Nov-1998

The Foreign Office has announced plans to set up a secure email network, recruit an additional 375 diplomats and other staff, and sell off £100m of overseas properties. 28-Nov-1998

Rail companies are to recruit an additional 800 train drivers as part of a 10-point action plan, in response to government demands for an improvement in service. 27-Nov-1998

Wrexham council is considering plans from Knutsford-based developers Bushwing for a motel, petrol station and McDonald's restaurant at Halton, which would create up to 100 jobs. 27-Nov-1998

Hot Bread Kitchens is creating 60 new jobs in Ellesmere Port having won a DTI Regional Selective Assistance to help finance its £1.2m expansion plans. 25-Nov-1998

Barnsley Council and a consortium of local companies have won European funding for a marketing initiative to attract an extra 30,000 visitors a year to the Penistone and Hoyland areas, and 70 jobs will be created. 25-Nov-1998

Langford Lodge is investing £8m at its precision engineering plant in Northern Ireland with the creation of 56 jobs, having won a contract to supply aerospace components to Lucas. 24-Nov-1998

Derry City Council has given three local businessmen approval to build a £9m hotel on the banks of the River Foyle, which will create more than 130 jobs. 24-Nov-1998

Urban Splash and Speke Garston Development Company are planning a £30m project to convert the former Bryant & May match factory on Merseyside into a business village, creating up to 1,000 jobs. 23-Nov-1998

Oriental Eastern Foods has won a contract to produce chilled ready meals for Loughborough-based French food firm Le Sezannais, which could create an extra 50 jobs at its Nottingham factory. 20-Nov-1998

Philips Business Communications is to move to new premises on the Cambridge Business Park and increase its workforce by 40 over the next six months. 19-Nov-1998

Westport Developments has submitted plans for a £10m student village and leisure complex in Stoke, which would create 50 jobs. 19-Nov-1998

Criterion Assurance is to recruit 20 new staff in Petersfield due to growth in its business supplying tailor-made schemes to financial services companies. 19-Nov-1998

Gregory Properties is planning to build a £20m call centre in Bradford that could create more than 1,500 jobs. 18-Nov-1998

Amtrak Express Parcels has moved its Cambridge depot to larger premises in Bar Hill, which will enable it to expand and create more jobs. 16-Nov-1998

Lucas Rists is to recruit an additional 100 workers at its automotive components factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme, having won a contract to supply the new Rover 75 with wiring harnesses and fuseboxes. 16-Nov-1998

Datel Electronics is planning to build a new industrial unit and offices next to its existing base on Stone Business Park in Staffordshire, which will create up to 100 new jobs. 16-Nov-1998

TRB, a division of Tokai Rika of Japan, is to set up a £6m automotive components factory in St Asaph, North Wales, creating 150 jobs. 14-Nov-1998

Universal Scientific Industrial of Taiwan is planning to set up a £15m electronic components factory in Irvine, Scotland, creating up to 700 jobs over the next three years. 13-Nov-1998

Bertram Books, the Norwich-based book wholesaler, is to build a new warehouse and offices at the Broadland Business Park in Thorpe, which will enable it to increase headcount from 600 to 1,000. 13-Nov-1998

Heil Europe is planning to invest £5m building a refuse lorry factory at Sandiacre in the East Midlands, creating 140 jobs. 13-Nov-1998

The Mill Hotel in Chester has won planning permission for a £2.5m development that will create 50 jobs, and plans include a leisure and health club and conference facilities. 13-Nov-1998

OMB Speciality Valves of Italy is to set up a steel valves factory in Annesley, Nottinghamshire, creating 18 jobs. 13-Nov-1998

Option Technologies International is to set up a new drilling department at its printed circuit boards factory in Haslingden, creating an unspecified number of new jobs. 12-Nov-1998

Ulster Bank is planning to create an additional 100 jobs in Northern Ireland, and is also looking to streamline its processing systems in conjunction with its parent group NatWest. 12-Nov-1998

Toyoda TRW Steering Pumps has moved into its new factory in the Neath Valley, where it will make power steering pumps and create more than 200 jobs. 11-Nov-1998

Research International of the US has reopened a factory in Plymouth to make reflow ovens for the electronics industry, and plans to double its 20-strong workforce within 18 months. 10-Nov-1998

Colchester Council is considering plans from a local businessman for the creation of an £8m Roman circus, which would accommodate 1,200 visitors and create 150 jobs. 10-Nov-1998

Mail Marketing, the Bedminster-based direct marketing company, is planning to open a call centre in Bristol which will employ up to 100 people. 10-Nov-1998

Britannia Biscuits is planning to build a £4m biscuit factory at South Tees Food Park on Teesside, creating about 180 jobs. 10-Nov-1998

Gatwick Airport is planning to create 7,000 new jobs over the next decade by extending facilities, although the development will stay within the present boundary. 10-Nov-1998

Astra Charnwood is planning to build a new pharmaceutical laboratory in Loughborough, and up to 100 jobs will be created over the next three years. 09-Nov-1998

Skymark Packaging is to invest up to £2m on lamination lines for its newly-acquired Huntsman Packaging business in Scunthorpe, and up to 30 new jobs will be created over the coming year. 09-Nov-1998

Holiday Inns is planning to build a 77-bed hotel complex in Grimsby next year, creating at least 100 jobs. 09-Nov-1998

A Morrey Distribution, the storage company, is planning to expand its warehouse near Stoke with the creation of up to 60 new jobs. 09-Nov-1998

NHS Direct, the new instant health-advice service, is to set up a call centre in Wakefield with the creation of 150 jobs. 09-Nov-1998

Plymouth Council is to consider plans for the creation of a maritime museum at the abandoned Jaeger factory in Union Street, and up to 100 jobs could be created. 06-Nov-1998

Acer Snowmec is planning to build a £100m winter theme park called Xanadu in Birmingham, which will create 3,000 jobs. 06-Nov-1998

Geka Manufacturing is to create 40 jobs at its packaging plant in Stanley, Co Durham, having won a £1.3m expansion grant from the Department of Trade and Industry. 06-Nov-1998

Laurens Patisseries is planning to double the production capacity at its chilled and frozen desserts factory in Newark, creating 50 jobs. 06-Nov-1998

Eastgate, the provider of services to the insurance industry, has opened a new call centre in Thurmaston, Leicestershire, and will recruit up to 100 staff. 05-Nov-1998

Principality Pension Trust, an investment trust linked to a privately-owned South Wales group of companies, has submitted plans to Caerphilly County Borough Council for a £14m retail park in Caerphilly that would create up to 150 jobs. 05-Nov-1998

Haslam Homes is planning to expand its operations in the East Midlands by building 300 new homes a year and creating 80 jobs. 04-Nov-1998

Merlin Communications International has won planning permission to build eight satellite dishes and six control buildings in the grounds of the Cams Hall estate in Fareham, and more than 80 jobs could be created. 03-Nov-1998

Capital Bank is creating 50 jobs at its financial services telesales operation in Chester. 03-Nov-1998

Norwich Airport is planning to create hundreds of new jobs over the next three years and offer new destinations, improved facilities and extra flights on established routes. 02-Nov-1998

Next Generation Tennis, the David Lloyd-owned sports club business, has revealed plans to build a £7m sports centre in Plymouth, including tennis courts, squash courts, and swimming pools. 02-Nov-1998

BKR Haines Watts is to set up an accountancy office in Derby and expects to create up to 30 jobs over the next five years. 02-Nov-1998

Norwest Co-op and Freeport Leisure are planning to open a £20m shopping complex at Talke in Staffordshire next spring, creating up to 500 jobs. 02-Nov-1998

Leaveland Shoe, a new Chinese-owned company, is to build a shoe factory at Pembroke Dock which will create 150 jobs. 02-Nov-1998

Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Direct is to launch a new 24-hour free helpline offering health advice, creating more than 20 jobs. 02-Nov-1998

Bestway is planning to set up cash and carry depots in Swansea and Gateshead as part of a strategy to be present in every major conurbation in England and Wales. 31-Oct-1998

The McArthur Glen shopping village off the M4 at Bridgend is planning to almost double in size, with the creation of 44 new shops and more than 200 jobs. 30-Oct-1998

North Tyneside Council has approved plans by the Duke of Northumberland to build a multiplex cinema, houses and a new metro link at Backworth near Whitley Bay. 30-Oct-1998

Newpress Plastics is to double the size of its Ebbw Vale factory and increase staffing levels by 40%, having won a contract to become sole UK agents for Polymer-Chemie's foams used in the automotive industry. 29-Oct-1998

AFN of Reading is to set up a new Audi centre in Portsmouth, creating more than 20 jobs. 28-Oct-1998

Highbridge Properties and the Ashall Group have announced plans to build a major new business park next to the doomed Siemens plant on Tyneside, and up to 5,000 jobs could be created. 28-Oct-1998

Highlands & Islands Enterprise has won approval to invest £10m in the construction of a mountain railway up Cairn Gorm in Scotland, which will create 60 jobs. 28-Oct-1998

Vale Royal Borough Council has unveiled a £100m regeneration plan for Northwich, which could create more than 2,000 jobs. 27-Oct-1998

Philip Russell, the Belfast-based drinks wholesaler, has confirmed plans to invest £3m in a chain of licensed convenience stores in Northern Ireland, creating up to 120 jobs. 27-Oct-1998

Nortel Networks of Canada is to invest £4.7m in the expansion of its Belfast factory, creating 400 jobs. 27-Oct-1998

Lattice Semiconductor of the US has selected Hartham Park, near Corsham in Wiltshire, as the site for its European Research and Design Centre, and up to 100 engineering jobs will be created. 26-Oct-1998

AD Aerospace Finishes, the aircraft paint company, is to relocate from Abingdon to new headquarters in Leicester's Meridian Business Park, and is looking for warehousing, production, technical, and office staff. 26-Oct-1998

Landmark Developments is planning to build a new hotel in York that will create up to 100 jobs. 23-Oct-1998

Donside Game and Meat of Inverurie is to set up a new venison processing operation in Grantown, creating 35 jobs. 23-Oct-1998

Leisure Villages is planning to develop a £60m SnoWorld winter sports and leisure complex in Manchester, creating 2,600 jobs. 23-Oct-1998

Spinnaker International of Plymouth has combined with NCR of the US to develop a new product to protect money in cashpoint machines, and Spinnaker will be recruiting a further 100 workers over the next year. 22-Oct-1998

The David Sharp Studio is to double the size of its stoneware factory in Somercotes, Derbyshire, and recruit a further 10 staff. 22-Oct-1998

ATS Euromaster is planning to build a £7m tyre-fitting customer service centre in Birmingham, creating 250 jobs. 22-Oct-1998

Gill Airways of Newcastle is to add four more Air France franchise routes, which will create 150 jobs over the next year. 21-Oct-1998

Allstate Corporation of the US is to set up a £3.6m software support centre in Belfast, creating 250 jobs. 21-Oct-1998

Peacocks, the Cardiff-based clothes retailer, is planning to invest £12m in a nationwide expansion programme that will result in 40 new clothes stores and up to 1,400 jobs over the next 14 months. 20-Oct-1998

Cisco Systems of the US is said to be close to announcing plans for a £7m high-tech research centre in the Edinburgh area, which could create up to 60 jobs. 19-Oct-1998

Yajima of Japan is opening a $6m plant in Ebbw Vale to make steel frames for television tubes, creating 110 jobs over the next two years. 19-Oct-1998

VideoWeb, the videoconferencing equipment company, is to create 80 jobs at a new call centre in Thatcham, Berkshire. 16-Oct-1998

DAS, the legal expenses insurer, is to expand its motor claims centre in Bedwas, near Caerphilly, with the creation of about 50 new jobs. 16-Oct-1998

Warner Village Cinemas has won approval to build a £6m multiplex cinema at the Conway Park development in Birkenhead, creating 70 new jobs. 16-Oct-1998

Raytheon Systems of the US is to recruit a further 50 engineers and 30 manufacturing staff at its site in Harlow, Essex, as well as a further 20 manufacturing staff at its Glenrothes site. 15-Oct-1998

Aram Resources is planning to build a £1m road surfacing material plant in Plymouth, creating up to 12 jobs. 15-Oct-1998

The Dartington Food Company is looking to double the workforce at its Ivybridge luxury foods plant to over 60 employees. 15-Oct-1998

Danesbury Freight, the haulage company, is preparing plans to relocate to the site of the former Congleton Paperboard factory at Buglawton, creating up to 100 jobs. 15-Oct-1998

Panasonic is planning to create a further 150 jobs at its cellphones packaging and distribution plant in Portsmouth. 15-Oct-1998

Tranville Developments of Leeds is planning to build a superstore in Blackburn in order to regenerate the northern side of the town centre and create 400 jobs. 15-Oct-1998

Delta Business Computing has moved to new offices in Derby and is looking to recruit a further 50 staff over the next two years. 14-Oct-1998

F Bailey is to create a further 60 jobs in Stoke having won a number of new heating and ventilating contracts. 14-Oct-1998

Caudwell, the mobile phone company, is to create 50 new jobs in its Singlepoint 4U division in Stoke and Newcastle-under-Lyme in order to cope with growing demand for connections to the Vodafone network. 14-Oct-1998

The Web Factory of Newcastle-under-Lyme is planning to create 70 new jobs over the next 12 months due to rising demand for its intranet and extranet services. 14-Oct-1998

Pakfin, the magazine wrapper, is planning to create a further 100 jobs by opening a second site in Colchester. 14-Oct-1998

Segue Software of the US is to set up a worldwide technical support centre in Belfast, creating 45 new jobs over the next three years. 14-Oct-1998

Riley Leisure, the snooker group, is setting up a new 65,000 sq ft headquarters and manufacturing facility on the Network 65 business park in Burnley, creating an extra 34 jobs. 13-Oct-1998

Sweet Dreams, the bed manufacturer, has bought Turkington's 81,000 sq ft former factory in Burnley and aims to create 50 new jobs. 13-Oct-1998

Oakgate Leisure has submitted plans for new development at Monks Cross in York, including a hotel, restaurants, leisure facilities and a sports medical centre, creating up to 1,000 jobs. 13-Oct-1998

Traxdata is planning to create a further 200 jobs at its new £5.5m compact disc packing plant in Williamstown, Wales. 13-Oct-1998

Wilson's Country is investing £1.5m in new storage, grading and packing facilities at its potato packing plant in Portadown, with the creation of 35 jobs. 13-Oct-1998

Wakefield Council is planning to recruit a further 85 staff to improve social services to 3,000 elderly, housebound and disabled people. 13-Oct-1998

Archer Communications Systems is to create 120 new jobs in Hedge End near Southampton, having been appointed prime contractor for a £2bn project to supply the armed forces with an integrated battlefield communications system. 12-Oct-1998

St Modwen Developments has started work on a 23,000 sq ft European headquarters office building near Worcester, and the £3m project is pre-let to Milltronics UK. 12-Oct-1998

Kestonbond Holst has won approval to build a £17.5m leisure and housing complex in Grimsby, including multiplex cinema, hotel, restaurant, bowling alley and pub. 12-Oct-1998

Cisco Systems of the US is considering plans to acquire a number of privately-owned UK technology companies. 09-Oct-1998

Sunderland Glassworks is creating 80 new jobs with the introduction of a stained glass-making facility at the city's National Glass Centre. 09-Oct-1998

Perlos, the Finnish plastic components company, is opening a new factory near Sunderland with the creation of 44 jobs. 09-Oct-1998

Darenth is opening a new vending machine factory after a fire destroyed its plant in Eckington near Sheffield, and it is now creating an additional 30 jobs. 09-Oct-1998

Plans are being prepared for a £10m scheme to regenerate the Quayside maltings in Mistley, Essex, and up to 500 jobs could be generated. 09-Oct-1998

Karavale Enterprises is to invest £10m in a printed circuit board plant in Cwmbran, South Wales, with the creation of 400 jobs. 08-Oct-1998

Bradgate Textiles is expanding its Sileby factory to meet rising demand for its child safety seat covers and mail order home furnishings, and an extra 35 jobs are being created. 06-Oct-1998

Cornhill Insurance is to set up a new dedicated processing centre in Leeds, creating 15 jobs. 06-Oct-1998

Quickfruit is planning to set up a £1m organic farm in Chester to produce and pack organic foods, creating 75 jobs. 06-Oct-1998

Keddy Services, the Grimsby-based company that refurbishes company cars for Nissan and VW, is to expand its site on the South Humberside Industrial Estate and create more than 50 new jobs. 06-Oct-1998

TK Maxx, the discount fashion retailer, is to open its first two Welsh stores this month, creating more than 100 jobs in Carmarthen and Cardiff. 05-Oct-1998

Sonae of Portugal is to build a £70m chipboard factory in Knowsley on Merseyside, which will create 220 jobs. 05-Oct-1998

Construction work is expected to start early next year on a £45m industrial park at Newburn in Newcastle, which is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs. 05-Oct-1998

Sarah Coggles is to open 20 new fashion stores nationwide over the next three years, creating about 400 jobs. 02-Oct-1998

Pi Technology, the Cambridge-based developer of software for the motor industry, is to create a further 120 jobs by forming a partnership with Ford-owned Visteon Automotive Systems. 02-Oct-1998

The Credit Protection Association is to set up a regional office in Newmarket with the creation of 15 jobs. 01-Oct-1998

Callender Aeropart has opened a new factory to manufacture fan blades for jet engines on the Altham Industrial Estate in East Lancashire, and plans to increase its 220 staff to 275 by 2001. 01-Oct-1998

Kanes Food has won approval from Wychavon District Council to build a vegetable and salad factory at its site in Middle Littleton, with the creation of 70 jobs. 01-Oct-1998

WorldPay is setting up an office in Cambridge to process payments made over the Internet on behalf of other companies, and is creating about 40 jobs. 30-Sep-1998

Hewitt Refractories of Fenton is to create up to 30 new jobs following the launch of a new range of lightweight kiln furniture and ultra-lightweight insulation brick products. 30-Sep-1998

Pindar Print is installing a new £6m press at its Scarborough site as part of a £13m investment that will create 20 jobs. 30-Sep-1998

Voyager Foods is to expand its sauces factory at the Sunderland Enterprise Park in Castletown, creating 48 new jobs. 29-Sep-1998

Faccenda Chickens is investing £1m to expand production at its Brierley Hill poultry plant, and 100 jobs will be created. 29-Sep-1998

ACB Hydraulics is planning to extend its Cheadle headquarters and create at least 20 new jobs, due to an increase in work on industrial cranes. 29-Sep-1998

International Rectifier Corp of the US is to set up a £25m electronics component plant at Penllergaer in the Swansea Valley, creating 500 jobs. 29-Sep-1998

El Paso and Global Energy of the US are planning to build Scotland's first independently-owned gas-fired power station on the site of the former British Gas experimental station at Westfield in Fife. 29-Sep-1998

Pine Direct is opening a new head office and furniture manufacturing plant in Burnley, with the creation of 113 jobs. 28-Sep-1998

The St Edward's Hospital in Cheddleton, North Staffordshire, is to close in 2000 which will free up funds so that 100 new jobs can be created for community-based care. 28-Sep-1998

Albemarle & Bond, the jewellery retailing and cheque cashing company, is raising £3.5m in a share placing in order to fund the opening of 20 more stores over the next three years. 25-Sep-1998

Shadsworth Industrial Estate in Blackburn is to be expanded with a £6m investment in new commercial buildings, and up to 700 jobs could be created. 25-Sep-1998

Datel Electronics is planning to expand its computer parts plant at Stone near Stoke, creating up to 100 jobs. 25-Sep-1998

Foxteq of Taiwan is to set up a £15m plant in Renfrew to make PC enclosures, creating over 500 jobs. 25-Sep-1998

Silicon Systems has opened a £1.5m design centre in Belfast and is looking to recruit a further 65 people. 25-Sep-1998

Ulster Waterways Group is pressing for the £100m restoration of Northern Ireland's waterways, and claims it will create up to 200 tourism jobs. 25-Sep-1998

Huddersfield University is planning to build a £10m technology park at an unnamed location in Huddersfield, and up to 20 companies are expected to locate there. 24-Sep-1998

Marcroft Engineering is expanding its rail maintenance facilities in Stoke, and expects to recruit a further 50 employees. 24-Sep-1998

Almost 500 NHS jobs are to be created across Scotland, as part of the government's £44m investment to reduce hospital waiting lists. 24-Sep-1998

Unipres is to recruit a further 150 employees at its car parts plant in Sunderland, in order to support the nearby Nissan plant as it prepares to launch the new Almera in year 2000. 24-Sep-1998

Rotrax, the building services company, is creating 30 jobs in Leeds with the launch of its fourth regional office in the city. 24-Sep-1998

Barry Action, the partnership between the Welsh Development Agency and the Vale of Glamorgan Council, has begun work on a multi-million pound steam railway tourist attraction in Barry. 23-Sep-1998

William Davies Properties has won a contract to develop a new business park near the M1 outside Nottingham, which could create up to 4,000 jobs. 22-Sep-1998

Comtel is to recruit an additional 50 customer service advisers in Reading to cope with an increase in calls from cable TV customers. 21-Sep-1998

Alan Nuttall Ltd of Dudley is creating an extra 50 jobs to expand production of shelving and display equipment for retailers. 21-Sep-1998

Masterskreen International, the Dungannon-based quarrying equipment company, is to create 36 jobs and expand its international marketing efforts through an alliance with Nordberg-Read. 21-Sep-1998

White Horse Ferries is considering plans for a daily ferry service between Weston-super-Mare and Cardiff Bay. 21-Sep-1998

Bank One International of the US is to start marketing credit cards in the UK from new offices in Cardiff Bay, creating 100 jobs initially and up to 1,000 in five years. 18-Sep-1998

Nike is to open its first retail outlet in Scotland at a £25m retail site in Tillicoultry, which will create nearly 500 jobs. 18-Sep-1998

Hull Prison has submitted expansion plans to the city council, which would create up to 120 jobs. 18-Sep-1998

Bell Geospace of the US, IPRES of Norway, and Trihedral Engineering of Canada are to set up operations at the Aberdeen Science and Technology Park, with the creation of up to 200 jobs. 17-Sep-1998

Hoyts of Australia is planning to open up to 15 multiplex cinemas in the UK over the next four years at a cost of £75m, and has already secured sites in Kent, London, Liverpool and Wolverhampton. 16-Sep-1998

Rasmi Electronics is to create a further 45 jobs at its new electronic components factory in Annfield Plain, County Durham. 16-Sep-1998

Hammerite, the Northumberland-based paints maker, is to create a further 40 jobs over the next 12 months to cope with rising sales. 15-Sep-1998

The Technology Partnership is planning to build a £5m office and laboratory complex at the Melbourn Science Park in South Cambridgeshire, and is recruiting a further 60 people this year. 14-Sep-1998

Personal Computer Sciences is to set up a computer assembly plant in Eaglescliffe on Teesside, which will provide an initial 100 jobs with a further 200 to be added within 18 months. 14-Sep-1998

Cymru Country Chickens has begun work on a £7m chicken-processing factory in Anglesey, which will create up to 255 jobs. 14-Sep-1998

Celeritek, the US telecommunications firm, to set up a £2m design centre in Belfast, creating 35 jobs. 10-Sep-1998

Auto Direct is looking to recruit a further 100 staff at its North Staffordshire-based insurance call centre, in order to cope with an increase in business. 10-Sep-1998

FirstTel Systems Corp, the US provider of software to the telecoms industry, is to set up a design and development centre in Glasgow with the creation of 50 jobs. 10-Sep-1998

Antolin-Irausa of Spain is planning to build a £12m factory in Ramsgate, Kent, to make interior trim for cars, creating 230 jobs. 09-Sep-1998

Enterprise Properties is planning to build a two-storey technology management centre in the Ribble Valley, signalling the start of a £25m scheme to set up a business park which will create 1,000 jobs. 09-Sep-1998

Next Generation Club is planning to build an £8m indoor tennis and sports centre in York, which could create more than 100 new jobs. 09-Sep-1998

The Welsh Development Agency has submitted plans to Swansea Council to build an electronics assembly and test facility building at the Penllergaer Business Park, which would create 500 jobs, although the company concerned has not been named. 08-Sep-1998

Dell Computer is planning to invest £77m to expand capacity at a computer factory in Limerick, Ireland, creating 1,700 jobs. 07-Sep-1998

Sterile Technology is planning to build a multi-million pound clinical waste treatment facility at Antrim Hospital which could handle all of Northern Ireland's healthcare refuse and create up to 50 jobs. 07-Sep-1998

EPC of the US is to build a £2.2m car parts factory in Blaenau Gwent, creating 72 jobs. 07-Sep-1998

The government is said to be planning to create a "Scottish Riviera" on the Edinburgh shoreline, with the construction of new hotels, shops, beaches and houses, and the creation of up to 4,000 jobs. 07-Sep-1998

The Stirling Mushrooms farm near Callender in Scotland is planning a £3.2m expansion programme that will create 140 jobs, and it could lead to a further 500 jobs in other agricultural businesses throughout Scotland. 04-Sep-1998

Northumberland Training and Enterprise Council is planning a £5.5m development to expand the Longhirst Hall four-star hotel, creating up to 30 new jobs. 04-Sep-1998

Mainetti is to expand production of microlight fibre optic cable sheathing at its Burnfoot manufacturing plant in Hawick, creating up to 30 jobs. 04-Sep-1998

Greenfield Park has won outline planning approval from Pendle Council to build a business and retail complex that will create 490 jobs. 04-Sep-1998

Bethell Group, the construction company, is to create 100 new jobs and double the size of its headquarters at the Europa Park in Stoneclough. 02-Sep-1998

Wallace Arnold is planning a £4.5m coach interchange at Wakefield, creating 190 jobs. 02-Sep-1998

Endpoint Research of Canada is setting up its first overseas operation in Bellshill, in order to provide clinical trial management services to its European customers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. 01-Sep-1998

National Wind Power is planning to build what is claimed to be Europe's biggest wind farm near Allendale, Northumberland, with 40 wind turbines, but local people are protesting against the move despite the promise of 250 manufacturing jobs linked to the development. 31-Aug-1998

Supreme Knitwear is to expand its factory in Stockton and take on 40 new staff, and it is hoped that the new buildings will eventually house 300 workers. 28-Aug-1998

The Egypt Mill hotel in Nailsworth near Stroud is planning to transform itself into a £12m leisure complex, with the creation of 100 jobs. 28-Aug-1998

The City of Sunderland Partnership is bidding to bring the headquarters of the new University for Industry to Doxford International Business Park, which would result in 150 new jobs. 27-Aug-1998

Lattice Semiconductor Corp of the US is planning to set up a £25m European research and development headquarters near Bristol, creating 100 new jobs. 26-Aug-1998

Specialist Computer Holdings is to expand its systems integration business and create 250 jobs across the UK, including 100 at its Birmingham headquarters and computer assembly plant. 26-Aug-1998

Baxi Air Management is planning to create an additional 200 jobs in Preston, in order to keep up with anticipated demand for its new Clean Air ventilation system. 25-Aug-1998

King Consolidated Holdings of South Africa is planning to move into the UK and open up to 50 Keg and McGintys pub-restaurant franchises over the next two years. 25-Aug-1998

William Wilson, the Aberdeen-based heating and electrical wholesaler, is to open a new depot at Solihull in the West Midlands, creating 12 jobs. 25-Aug-1998

Aldi, the discount food retailer, is to build a distribution centre just outside Chelmsford. 25-Aug-1998

Limavady Borough Council in Northern Ireland is planning to build a £3m arts centre and museum at the town hall. 25-Aug-1998

East & Lothian NHS is planning to build a £9m community hospital in Midlothian. 25-Aug-1998

Red Dot Corp, the US producer of air conditioning for heavy-duty vehicles, is to open a European headquarters in Ipswich. 25-Aug-1998

Coretech Group, the Aberdeen-based provider of maintenance services to drilling rig owners, has raised £1m to fund an expansion programme that will double its workforce to 180 and result in the opening of a new office in Houston, Texas. 25-Aug-1998

Edward Jones, the US stockbroker, is to open new offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh as part of a plan to have 40 UK offices by the end of the year. 25-Aug-1998

The New Millennium Experience Company is creating 5,000 temporary jobs at London's millennium dome, and is looking for people to work in catering, cleaning, sales and exhibitions. 20-Aug-1998

HBO & Company, the healthcare IT specialists, is planning to set up a new head office in Warwick, creating an additional 100 jobs. 20-Aug-1998

Boeing is planning to set up a $170m training centre for airline flight crew and maintenance staff at either Heathrow or Gatwick, employing 55 staff from 2000. 05-Aug-1998

Toprak of Turkey is to build a £45m factory at Deeside to make ceramic wall tiles and bathroom suites, creating 430 jobs. 30-Jul-1998

Wall Colmonoy is planning a £2m expansion at its metal alloy facility near Swansea, creating 70 jobs. 30-Jul-1998

Mitsubishi Estates has won planning permission for the redevelopment of Paternoster Square in London, which will result in the construction of office, retail and leisure space at the site alongside St Paul's Cathedral. 22-Jul-1998

The government has announced a package of measures aimed at creating 50,000 jobs in depressed coalfield communities, and the plans include the creation of a new trust that will work with the regional development agencies. 14-Jul-1998

The Bluewater shopping centre near Dartford is beginning a roadshow across the south-east of England in order to recruit 6,700 staff in preparation for its opening next March. 08-Jul-1998

The government has awarded private finance initiative contracts for the construction and operation of two new prisons, with UK Detention Services getting an 800-place prison near Salford, and Premier Prison Services a 400-place young offenders institution near Bristol. 08-Jul-1998

The Wineworld theme park in London is expected to open next May, and plans are being prepared for an exhibition of the world's wines as well as restaurant and corporate entertainment facilities. 19-Jun-1998

Autokuhler of Germany is to invest £3m in a new heat exchangers production plant in South Wales. 16-Jun-1998

Packard Bell NEC is to set up a £26m computer factory in Livingston, Scotland, with employment reaching 450 by 2000. 13-Jun-1998

Creative Group of Redditch is planning to resurrect the Jensen sports car brand, with the launch of a new model by the end of 1999. 08-Jun-1998

Tomoe of Japan is planning a £6m expansion at its valves factory in Newport, Gwent, that will create 100 jobs. 08-Jun-1998

Coffee Republic is planning to expand its chain of coffee stores out of its London home and into other parts of the UK, and is looking particularly at Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh. 28-May-1998

Hill Hire, the truck and trailer rental group, is planning to open three more regional centres over the next two years and is currently looking for sites in the West Midlands and the south west. 27-May-1998

Daiwa Securities, the Japanese stockbroker, is to move the headquarters of its international operation to London. 23-May-1998

DreamWorks SKG of Hollywood is to set up a film production company in London, and will invest £30m a year in the venture. 22-May-1998

Abbott Laboratories of the US is to set up a £30m biosensors factory near Witney in Oxfordshire, creating 700 jobs. 20-May-1998

Mitsubishi Chemical is to provide funding for a new Genetic Therapies Centre at Imperial College, London. 13-May-1998

Ask Central is to raise £6.4m in a rights issue in order to fund the expansion of its chain of 35 restaurants. 13-May-1998

GAME, the computer games retailer, is to raise about £10m in a flotation in order to fund the expansion of its chain from 65 outlets to at least 120 over the next three years. 12-May-1998

Foxteq of Taiwan is to set up a £15m plant to make enclosures for personal computers at Renfrew near Glasgow, creating an initial 300 jobs. 08-May-1998

Aida Engineering of Japan is to invest £3m in the expansion of its machine tools plant in Derby, to cater for rising demand for high-speed presses that stamp out small metal parts. 05-May-1998

Galgon Industries of the US is to open a metal-forming plant in Glenrothes with the creation of 100 jobs. 30-Apr-1998

Maverick, the US record label, is planning to open a London operation in the next six months. 22-Apr-1998

Delta Electronics of Taiwan is planning a £10m plant to make power supplies for computers at East Kilbride, creating 200 jobs. 31-Mar-1998

Fidelity Investments is said to be planning to set up a £10m centre in preparation for the launch of Individual Savings Accounts in April 1999, creating 200 jobs. 20-Mar-1998

Commercial Financial Services of the US is to set up a call centre in Maidstone to offer debt collection services, creating 200 jobs. 19-Mar-1998

The Ministry of Defence is to set up a science park for biotechnology companies at the Porton Down germ warfare research centre near Salisbury, as part of a strategy to increase technology transfer with industry. 09-Mar-1998

Grundig is planning a £4m expansion at its Llantrisant factory in south Wales to make set-top boxes for BSkyB, creating 215 jobs. 04-Mar-1998

Roach Foods is expanding its meat production facilities in Cornwall with the creation of 300 jobs. 14-Feb-1998

Nakagawa Sangyo of Japan is to set up a factory to make fibreglass components for car exhausts in Corby, creating 120 jobs. 09-Feb-1998

Kyoshin Shoji of Japan is to build a factory to make foam for car interiors in Mansfield, creating 70 jobs. 09-Feb-1998

LJ Specialities of Japan is to build a chemical dyestuffs plant in Chesterfield, creating 20 jobs. 09-Feb-1998

Hawkesbay Sportswear, the US clothing company, has acquired three factories in Ireland in preparation for the creation of 1,200 jobs and 100 retail outlets in the UK and Ireland. 07-Feb-1998

600 Group is launching a low-cost laser cutting system called LazerBlade that will sell for under £200,000, and about 40 jobs will be created at its Loughborough plant. 14-Jan-1998

Isola Werke of Germany is planning to invest £28m at its printed circuit board base factory in Cumbernauld, creating about 300 jobs. 13-Jan-1998

The Inter-Alliance chain of financial advisers is to raise £5m with a listing on Aim in order to expand to 1,500 advisers over the next three years. 05-Jan-1998

Paramount Foods is to set up a pizza factory in Deeside, North Wales, creating 85 jobs over the next two years. 03-Jan-1998

BFT Plastics is linking up with Krupp Kautex of Germany to make plastic pallets at its Carrickfergus plant in Northern Ireland, and plans to employ up to 70 people in its challenge to the worldwide dominance of wooden pallets. 02-Jan-1998







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