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Woodville Polymer Engineering is creating 40 new jobs at its airbags factory in Swadlincote, having won new contracts from Fiat, Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz. 20-Dec-1999 Gordon Jopling, the Barnsley-based food products group, is to invest £2m in new production facilities, new offices and a development laboratory, with the creation of 40 jobs. 14-Dec-1999 Bellhouse Aerospace is to move into a new headquarters in Wigan next April with the creation of 60 skilled engineering jobs. 13-Dec-1999 Edinburgh Smoked Salmon Company of Dingwall is to spend £2.5m on a new cold store and production facility, with the creation of 60 jobs. 10-Dec-1999 Britax Rumbold is to build an aircraft seats factory in Cwmbran, creating up to 450 jobs, as part of a strategy to consolidate 28 sites across the UK into three new units. 10-Dec-1999 Thomas Vale Construction of Stourport is recruiting 100 extra workers, having won contracts worth more than £8m. 09-Dec-1999 The government is to set up a new call centre in Bristol to handle passport enquiries, with the creation of 60 jobs. 08-Dec-1999 The Roslin Institute and Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise have announced a £5m expansion plan for the Roslin BioCentre, creating 250 jobs and space for a further ten biotechnology companies. 07-Dec-1999 NCN Logistics is to open a central distribution hub and call centre in Wednesbury, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 02-Dec-1999 Indigo Active Vision Systems, the Edinburgh-based manufacturer of security cameras, is to double its workforce to 70 following a £5m investment boost. 30-Nov-1999 Johnson Controls Automotive of the US is planning to set up a manufacturing facility in Redditch by June 2000, with the creation of up to 300 jobs. 26-Nov-1999 Independent Lifts is creating a further 30 jobs in Chesterfield, due to an increase in demand for the supply and installation of lifts. 25-Nov-1999 Greenhill Chemical Products, the manufacturer of washing-up liquid and car care products, is to merge with sister company Reabrook and set up a £4m warehouse at the former Rawdon Colliery near Swadlincote, with the creation of 100 jobs. 23-Nov-1999 Leicestershire & Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust has announced plans for a £9.4m hospital development in Loughborough, creating 100 jobs as well as a day surgery, minor casualty facilities, an X-ray department, and mental health services. 23-Nov-1999 CyberCall is building a new call centre in Cardigan, Dyfed, with the creation of 200 jobs, in a link-up with internet retailing business Avenue One. 23-Nov-1999 Andronics has launched a new satellite communications business in Londonderry in partnership with the Satcom International Group, which will involve the development of the Orbcomm vehicle tracking system and the creation of at least 100 jobs. 23-Nov-1999 Senior Air Systems is to relocate its air conditioning equipment depot in Manchester to its main site in Stoke-on-Trent, with the creation of more than 50 jobs. 18-Nov-1999 Eurostock Meat Marketing is investing £1.3m in a new production area at its factory in Newry having won a contract to supply meat products to the US, and 23 jobs will be created. 18-Nov-1999 Hollywood Signs, the Birmingham-based signmaker, is to relocate to a new headquarters at the Cole Valley Business Park in June, creating an unspecified number of new jobs. 11-Nov-1999 AW Jenkinson, the Penrith-based haulage company, is planning to expand its fleet by 38 trucks, creating an additional 30 driving jobs. 10-Nov-1999 Massilly of France has begun production at a refurbished jar-top factory at Williamstown in the Rhondda, where it will employ up to 80 workers by next spring. 10-Nov-1999 Gunn & Moore, the sports equipment manufacturer, is to relocate its Nottingham headquarters to a larger facility in Colwick, with the creation of 10 new jobs. 09-Nov-1999 Seagoe Technologies is investing £4m at its electrical heaters factory in Portadown, with the creation of 68 new jobs. 09-Nov-1999 Triplex Foundry is creating 50 jobs at its casting foundry in Tipton following a £3m investment. 05-Nov-1999 McLarens Toplis, the loss-adjuster, is to set up a £3m claims management centre in Portsmouth with the creation of 100 jobs. 04-Nov-1999 John Williams Mouldings is creating 100 new jobs at its light assembly department in Dudley. 30-Oct-1999 Martin Dawes Business Communications of Warrington is planning to increase the size of its workforce from 66 to over 110 as it rolls out its national network service. 29-Oct-1999 Corkills Motor Group is looking to recruit an additional 30 staff at its new Volkswagen showroom in Liverpool. 29-Oct-1999 Wrights is to create 50 new jobs at its bus factory in Ballymena having formed a strategic alliance with Chance Coach of Kansas to develop a new bus for the US market. 29-Oct-1999 Draexlmaier Automotive of Germany is to set up a £5m factory at Rubery to manufacture car components for Rover's nearby Longbridge plant, with the creation of 200 jobs. 29-Oct-1999 Creative Tooling is to create 11 new jobs at its Oswestry factory to manufacture tooling for the new Jensen sports car that will be built on Merseyside. 29-Oct-1999 KSCL, the supplier of telecoms billing software, is to create an additional 1,000 jobs over the next three years, including 500 at its Edinburgh headquarters. 27-Oct-1999 Quantex is planning to set up a computer manufacturing centre in the Stevenage area, creating about 1,000 jobs. 23-Oct-1999 Alpine Rose, the Walsall-based babywear manufacturer, is creating 40 new jobs having won an order to supply clothes to France and Germany. 14-Oct-1999 Dataracks is seeking permission for a £1m expansion at its metal rack enclosures factory in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, with the creation of 15 jobs. 02-Oct-1999 Lyte Industries has taken over the former Lucas SEI factory in Ystradgynlais, Wales, where it will employ up to 250 workers to manufacture ladders and access equipment. 01-Oct-1999 Caterpillar Logistics Services is to extend its Desford warehouse facilities in Leicestershire having won a contract to distribute parts for Rover, with the creation of 300 jobs. 01-Oct-1999 Connect-2 Technology is creating ten new jobs at its Teesside factory having won a contract to manufacture circuit monitoring and protection devices for W Lucy of Oxford. 29-Sep-1999 Peoples Choice is to set up a call centre in Leicester for its motor and household insurance business, creating 600 jobs. 27-Sep-1999 Haslam Homes is relocating its East Midlands headquarters from Alfreton to Kegworth with the creation of up to 30 jobs, as part of a strategy to expand its housebuilding business in the region. 24-Sep-1999 Crofts is to add a commercial vehicle centre at its Toyota base in Billingham, with the creation of eight jobs. 23-Sep-1999 Westwood Communications is to double the capacity of its mobile phone repair facility at Clydebank, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next six months. 21-Sep-1999 E Park & Sons is planning a £1.7m expansion at its Epworth potato packing plant in North Lincolnshire, with the creation of 20 jobs. 21-Sep-1999 Sentinel, the US manufacturer of packaging foam, is to set up a European headquarters in Plymouth with the creation of 200 jobs over the next four years. 21-Sep-1999 The government has indicated that the proposed Scottish Food Standards Agency will be based in either Aberdeen or Dundee, with the creation of up to 45 jobs. 17-Sep-1999 Bowey Construction has built a £1.3m care home for the Helen McArdle Care Group in Forest Hall, Tyne & Wear, which will create 50 jobs. 11-Sep-1999 Tees Valley Development Company has announced that the Katsushiro Matex Company of Japan is to set up a £5m steel structures plant at the former Hallcalm Engineering site in Norton, with the creation of about 150 jobs. 08-Sep-1999 MeterLink is to set up a factory in the Forth Valley to manufacture equipment for measuring the use of electricity, water and gas, and 50 jobs will be created when a suitable site is found. 03-Sep-1999 Thomson Multimedia of France is to set up a consumer electronics sales and marketing centre at Kings Hill near Maidstone, with the creation of more than 100 jobs over the next three years. 03-Sep-1999 Arnott-Century is creating 20 new jobs as part of an expansion of its insurance business in the north-east. 02-Sep-1999 Weatherseal Windows is to create 200 jobs at its headquarters in Winsford, Cheshire, and there will be vacancies in the factory, office and a new call centre. 25-Aug-1999 Standard Products is to set up a plastic and rubber components division at its plant in Plymouth with the creation of up to 100 jobs, but its Huntingdon factory will be closed. 24-Aug-1999 Sylvan Learning Systems of the US is to set up an office in Manchester with the creation of 200 jobs, having won a contract to supply driving theory tests. 24-Aug-1999 Gough Engineering is to create 30 additional jobs at its Stoke-based factory following an increase in orders from the quarrying, steel and food industries. 20-Aug-1999 Web Factory is to create 80 new jobs at its offices in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford, due to rising demand for its internet services. 18-Aug-1999 First Badgerline has opened a new £4m bus depot in Bath, and is planning to recruit an additional 25 drivers. 18-Aug-1999 McKesson HBOC, the US-based distributor of health care products, has opened its new European headquarters at the Warwick Technology Park and is planning to create a further 100 jobs. 12-Aug-1999 Leighton, the Sunderland-based developer of internet and multimedia products, is creating 100 new jobs this year and will open offices in London, Edinburgh and California. 11-Aug-1999 Hanson Logistics is to build a 50,000 sq ft chemicals warehouse in Huddersfield that will create 50 jobs, having won a major contract to store chemicals for Avecia. 10-Aug-1999 Pisani Natural Stone is re-opening the Westhill Granite Works in Aberdeenshire with the creation of 30 jobs. 03-Aug-1999 Hamer Group has acquired Appleyards' Toyota dealership in Hockley, and plans to create 100 jobs by setting up new dealerships at the Star City complex and in south Birmingham. 02-Aug-1999 Huber & Suhner is to expand its electronics factory in Bicester with the creation of 50 jobs, in order to cope with rising demand from the telecoms industry. 27-Jul-1999 Raven Manufacturing is creating 20 jobs at the Altham Business Park near Accrington, having won a contract to supply digital satellite dishes to BSkyB. 23-Jul-1999 E&I Engineering is to invest £1.1m in its sheet metal products business in Londonderry, creating 18 jobs. 20-Jul-1999 JJ Gallagher is planning to build a £8m out-of-town shopping centre in Scunthorpe, with the creation of up to 200 jobs. 14-Jul-1999 The Concorde Club in Eastleigh is building a 35-bedroom hotel next to its existing facilities, and 15 jobs will be created when it opens next spring. 14-Jul-1999 Berkshire Foods is to relocate its snacks factory from Hook to Gosport with the creation of 20 jobs. 13-Jul-1999 London Emblem is relocating its soft toys business from Surrey to a new office and warehouse facility in Gosport, with the creation of up to 40 jobs. 13-Jul-1999 Lansbury Holdings is planning to invest £35m in three retail and industrial projects in Southend, including a new B&Q DIY store and the creation of up to 760 jobs. 13-Jul-1999 Alexander Knight Financial Management is planning to create 10 jobs in Yarm near Middlesbrough, having been awarded the Allied Dunbar financial consultancy franchise. 12-Jul-1999 MB&G Insurance Services is creating 200 additional jobs at its call centre in North Shields over the next 18 months. 09-Jul-1999 George S Hall, the Stoke-based supplier of maintenance services, is to relocate its 90 head office staff to a new site at Festival Park, and an additional 20 jobs will be created. 09-Jul-1999 Alba Windows is building a double glazing factory in Inverness, which will create an additional 25 jobs. 09-Jul-1999 Sala International is to set up a data storage warehouse in Southend with the creation of up to 300 jobs. 08-Jul-1999 Gold Medal Travel is to set up a call centre in Preston employing 400 people, as part of a £10m office and leisure development on the docks. 05-Jul-1999 Granville Technology is creating 500 jobs at its head office in Burnley and a further 450 jobs at computer showrooms throughout the country. 05-Jul-1999 Aerospace Systems & Technologies is to invest £8m in the expansion of its Derwentside manufacturing facilities for aircraft wing components, creating 80 jobs over the next three years. 01-Jul-1999 Obara Corporation has opened a £3m factory in Reading to make welding equipment for the motor industry, and is expected to recruit up to 100 additional workers in the future. 01-Jul-1999 Bridge Computer Systems is planning to recruit 50 additional staff over the next two years, following its relocation to new premises in Burnley. 28-Jun-1999 Avocado Chemicals has won permission to expand its chemicals factory in Heysham with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 25-Jun-1999 Cartwright Group is creating an extra 60 jobs at its trailer-manufacturing business in Altrincham. 23-Jun-1999 Thistle Confectionery is to set up a confectionery factory at New Leeds in Aberdeenshire, creating an initial 15 jobs. 22-Jun-1999 BioReliance of the US is creating 50 jobs through the £2.3m expansion of its biotechnology headquarters at Stirling University's Innovation Park. 19-Jun-1999 J Wild is relocating its bakery business to new premises in Steeton near Keighley with the creation of 50 jobs, in order to expand production of its biscuit gift ranges. 18-Jun-1999 Park Applications Computer Engineering is creating 20 new jobs at its software development business in Craigavon, in order to become a leading supplier of management information systems to the agri-food industry. 18-Jun-1999 LA International is relocating its IT recruitment business to a £2m purpose-built facility in Stoke-on-Trent, and expects to create 50 jobs over the next two years. 18-Jun-1999 Acco Europe, the office products company, is returning to its former headquarters in Wrotham Heath, where it will employ about 80 staff. 17-Jun-1999 Haq, the Yorkshire-based food retailer, is planning to open five new stores in a £9m nationwide expansion that will create 275 jobs. 16-Jun-1999 Catch Monitored Security, the supplier of security and surveillance systems, has opened two new sales offices in Coventry and Manchester and is recruiting an extra 55 staff for its call centre in Middlesbrough. 16-Jun-1999 DDA Care Services has announced plans to create 30 jobs in Tyrone in an expansion of its business providing care to elderly and housebound people. 15-Jun-1999 Targetbase is planning to create at least 50 jobs in Middlesbrough over the next three years, having won a contract to provide market research to a Dutch firm. 14-Jun-1999 The government's property agency has agreed plans for the redevelopment of the historic code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, involving a visitor's centre, leisure facilities, and the creation of hundreds of jobs. 10-Jun-1999 Fenland Laundries is planning to set up a £4m factory in Louth in order to provide a nationwide garment service, and 80 jobs will be created. 09-Jun-1999 Initial City Link is planning to build a new parcels depot in Willenhall, which will create up to 600 jobs. 08-Jun-1999 Philips Semiconductors has started work on a £5m semiconductor design facility in Southampton, which will create 160 jobs. 08-Jun-1999 Pink Elephant, the Dutch-owned systems support company, is to create 250 jobs at its offices in Reading over the next two years as part of an ongoing expansion programme. 05-Jun-1999 Toyoda Gosei of Japan is planning to build a plant to make car window seals in Rotherham, creating up to 120 jobs. 04-Jun-1999 Protek, the computer security company, is to set up an office in Crewe later this month with the creation of about 100 jobs. 02-Jun-1999 L'Oreal is planning to expand its cosmetics factory in Llantrisant by 18,000 square metres, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 02-Jun-1999 Portico has revealed plans to convert Ecclesgreig Castle near St Cyrus in Scotland into a hotel and leisure centre with the creation of up to 60 jobs. 01-Jun-1999 Aerolaminates of Denmark is planning to build a £13m wind turbine blades factory on the Isle of Wight's St Cross Business Park, with the creation of 250 jobs. 28-May-1999 Modern Engineering is to merge with sister company Billington Structures in order to create a combined structural steel company called Billington Modern Structures, and 50 jobs will be created as it improves facilities at its Bristol site. 27-May-1999 Travel House, the Swansea-based travel agency, is planning to create 800 jobs in the city over the next three years following its acquisition by Thomson Travel, and it will move to a larger call centre to run Thomson's Teletext operation. 27-May-1999 Hilton Meat Products is to invest £1.5m in the expansion of its factory in Carrickfergus, with the creation of 20 jobs. 26-May-1999 GT Group, the Peterlee-based engineering company, is to create 120 jobs in the north-east having secured export orders worth £20m. 24-May-1999 Just Rentals, the South Wales electrical retailer, is changing its name to Buy As You View, and is planning to open stores across the country starting with an outlet in Sunderland next month. 24-May-1999 The Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Barnsley has secured £6.5m of funding for an expansion that will transform it into a major tourist attraction, and several hundred jobs will be created. 24-May-1999 Chadfort Engineering is to expand its factory in Blackburn, with the creation of 35 jobs and the introduction of new robotic welding equipment and a powder coating plant. 20-May-1999 Southampton Cargo Handling is starting its first significant recruitment drive since the business was established in 1990, having won a number of new contracts, and several dozen jobs are expected to be created. 17-May-1999 OSM, the Southampton-based machining specialist, is setting up a new workshop and office in Doncaster to service the offshore industry, and at least 12 jobs will be created. 15-May-1999 Fratelli Sarti is planning to set up four Italian restaurants in Glasgow with the creation on 400 jobs. 14-May-1999 CCS Mobile Phone World is to open new sales centres in Newcastle, South Shields and Durham and expand its Sunderland head office, with the creation of about 30 jobs. 12-May-1999 Irish Road Motors is opening a £1.1m car repair centre at Campsie in Londonderry, with the creation of 40 jobs. 10-May-1999 Pink Home Loans, the Lichfield-based home loans company, is seeking to expand its office space and 50-strong workforce due to its success in the mortgage intermediary market. 07-May-1999 TIB is to expand its CD pressing plant in Merthyr with the creation of 44 jobs. 04-May-1999 Sterling Fluid Systems is to open a new information technology centre at its site in Letterkenny, Donegal, with the creation of 16 jobs. 04-May-1999 Joden, the manufacturer of Jessica Maybury jewellery, is planning to relocate from Hove to Port Talbot, where it will create dozens of new jobs. 03-May-1999 Paul Cockcroft Properties is planning to build a leisure park between Brighouse and Elland, including a 30-bedroom hotel, holiday cottages and sports facilities, with the creation of 100 jobs. 30-Apr-1999 Airbus Industries has announced plans to develop a 650-seater passenger jet, codenamed A3XX, that could create up to 10,000 UK jobs at the British Aerospace factory near Chester and at 400 component suppliers. 29-Apr-1999 Sunley Holdings and Hawk Property Development Company are planning a new £11m retail park in Torquay, which will include a McDonald's drive-thru restaurant and up to three other retail stores, creating 100 jobs. 29-Apr-1999 Grundig UK is to expand production at its TV set-top boxes factory in Llantrisant with the creation of 120 jobs. 28-Apr-1999 Smart Europe is seeking 70 new staff for its telemarketing call centre in Sandbach, and is also planning to open a second call centre in the north employing 30 people later this year. 28-Apr-1999 Jagged Globe, the operator of tours for climbers, is to set up a new headquarters at the Foundry climbing centre in Sheffield, creating 20 jobs. 23-Apr-1999 DDL Electronics is to invest £5.6m at its electronic components factory in Lurgan in order to increase production and expand its international marketing operations, and 148 jobs are being created. 22-Apr-1999 Ambic Technical Furniture, the maker of specialist furniture, is to relocate from Newcastle city centre to the Stella Gill Industrial Estate at Chester-le-Street, creating 15 jobs. 22-Apr-1999 Astronics is creating 30 new jobs in Portsmouth, having won a contract to manufacture radio-based telephones for Africa. 21-Apr-1999 The new Defence Vetting Agency is to create about 140 jobs when it sets up in York next April, and a further 40 staff are expected to relocate from existing vetting agencies in the south. 16-Apr-1999 Promotional Logistics is to build a call centre and warehouse to distribute promotional material at Sherwood Park near Annesley Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire, creating 600 jobs. 14-Apr-1999 Delta Print & Packaging is to create an extra 20 jobs in Belfast, having won an order to supply cartons to McDonald's outlets throughout Ireland and the UK. 13-Apr-1999 Stevenson & Company is planning to spend £1.8m on the expansion of its Cullybackey pork products factory in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 30 jobs. 13-Apr-1999 Matra Datavision is planning to create an extra 20 jobs in Coventry over the next two years, and hopes to benefit from a £50m contract won by its French parent to supply technology engineering services to Renault. 08-Apr-1999 MPC Data has opened a new office near its existing headquarters in Bradford-on-Avon, and is seeking additional staff to work on a number of software projects. 08-Apr-1999 Content Technologies is seeking to recruit an extra 60 engineers at its offices in Reading and abroad, in order to cope with rising sales of its internet software products. 08-Apr-1999 Salvador Caetano of Portugal is seeking to recruit an additional 80 workers for its coach and bus factory in Waterlooville. 07-Apr-1999 Sissons is seeking to recruit an additional 25 workers, following the expansion of its stainless steel sanitary ware factory on the Sheepbridge trading estate in Chesterfield. 02-Apr-1999 Hyundai Car is to develop a 30-acre car importing facility at the Port of Tilbury, creating at least 20 new jobs. 01-Apr-1999 The Independent Television Commission has given Caledonia Television the go-ahead to launch a commercial TV channel for the Highlands, creating 15 jobs in Inverness. 31-Mar-1999 The government has announced plans to set up two multi-million pound science parks at Magee and Coleraine Universities creating up to 700 jobs, as part of a £30m science park package. 30-Mar-1999 Bibby Distribution Services is planning a £3.7m expansion at its Scunthorpe operation to distribute drinks for the Nisa Today grocery chain, and up to 150 jobs will be created. 29-Mar-1999 M Thomas Management is to launch a new rail freight container service in Plymouth, which will transfer goods from lorries to railway wagons and create an unspecified number of jobs. 26-Mar-1999 Omega Electronic Equipment is creating an extra 15 jobs in Stone, having won a contract to market its range of personal computers in the Freemans catalogue. 26-Mar-1999 Air France is to set up a European telephone reservation centre at Wembley in London with the creation of 240 jobs, and nine other centres in continental Europe will be closed. 25-Mar-1999 Vision Consulting is to invest £1.7m expanding its Belfast software business into new markets in Europe and the US, with the creation of up to 95 jobs. 24-Mar-1999 Direct Car Finance is planning to set up a new car financing office at the Sunrise Enterprise Park in Sunderland, with the creation of 35 jobs. 23-Mar-1999 Highland Window Company is opening a sales office and showroom in Nairn, with the creation of 10 jobs. 23-Mar-1999 Scottish Highland Hotels is to build a £1.4m health and leisure club at the Hellaby Hall Hotel in Rotherham, creating 20 jobs. 23-Mar-1999 JE Eltherington & Son is planning to build a £1.5m factory to manufacture windows and doors in Hull, which will create 65 jobs if approval is given. 22-Mar-1999 La Glacerie is planning to build a new factory to make ice-cream cakes for caterers in Ashford, Kent, with the creation of 35 jobs. 22-Mar-1999 Newstel Information is considering plans to set up a public transport information call centre in Aviemore, with the creation of 100 jobs. 19-Mar-1999 Direct Holidays is to open a customer service support centre in Glasgow in May, with the creation of 150 jobs. 17-Mar-1999 Gemini Corrosion Services is setting up a £1.5m corrosion protection plant in Montrose in order to double production capacity and create an unspecified number of new jobs. 17-Mar-1999 The government is offering cash from a fund called the Regional Selective Assessment to help create more than 1,000 jobs in the North East. 15-Mar-1999 Core Design, the computer games company, is planning to move to a new headquarters in Derby's Pride Park in May with the creation of 25 jobs. 15-Mar-1999 User Technology Associates, the US software solutions company, is planning to open a new office in Belfast which will create 100 jobs. 15-Mar-1999 Nova Retail Finance, part of the Hitachi Credit group, is doubling the size of its consumer credit call centre in Leeds, which currently employs 85 staff. 15-Mar-1999 Utopia Furniture is to set up a £6m headquarters for its fitted bathrooms business in Wolverhampton, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 12-Mar-1999 Uttoxeter Leisure & Development Company is planning a £2.5m development at Uttoxeter racecourse, in order to create a major tourist attraction and 200 jobs. 12-Mar-1999 Sven Christiansen is to expand its office furniture factory in Kingswinford in the West Midlands, with the creation of 25 jobs. 11-Mar-1999 ARD Electronics has set up a new facility on the Altham industrial estate in East Lancashire to distribute electronic components, and the 30-strong workforce is expected to rise significantly over the next year. 10-Mar-1999 Craigavon Borough Council has approved plans from Windsor Securities to develop a £20m factory outlet centre at Northway in Portadown, which could create 600 new jobs. 09-Mar-1999 Integrated Silicon Systems has secured £3m of funding from Apax Partners, which will enable it to expand its Belfast semiconductor business and create more than 30 jobs. 09-Mar-1999 WD Meats is investing £2.3m in a new production facility for retail meat products in Coleraine, and expects to create 20 jobs. 09-Mar-1999 Hoppe of Switzerland has invested £2.5m in a new distribution centre for its door handle products at Four Ashes near Cannock, which will employ 70 people. 08-Mar-1999 Creative Manufacturing is planning to produce up to 300 Jensen sports cars a year, and will set up a factory near Birmingham that will employ 60 people. 08-Mar-1999 The Forest Inn pub at Fence near Burnley is planning a £2.5m refurbishment to create a 66-bed hotel with conference and leisure facilities, and 140 jobs could be created. 04-Mar-1999 Lex Commercials is creating 30 jobs by keeping its vehicle servicing garage in Stoke-on-Trent open for 24 hours a day. 04-Mar-1999 John Tams is to recruit an extra 50 temporary workers and return all its six potteries to full production following an increase in orders. 04-Mar-1999 Warings Contractors has won a £2.5m contract to build a 78-room Granada Travelodge in Portsmouth, which will create 30 jobs. 03-Mar-1999 G-Force Express Parcels is to move its headquarters from Shifnal to Telford, and will then expand its vehicle fleet and workforce. 03-Mar-1999 Seaquest UK expects to recruit an extra 20 workers to produce a new marine floating system that can support hotels and offices. 03-Mar-1999 Rockeagle, the Exeter-based property developer, is planning to build a new call centre in Plympton that could create up to 400 jobs, and discussions are taking place with potential occupiers. 02-Mar-1999 Mal Tool is planning to expand its aerospace parts factory in Colne with the creation of up to 75 new jobs, and is seeking to diversify into the supply of parts for the gas turbine industry. 02-Mar-1999 Key Country Foods is to create 30 jobs at its bacon-processing plant in Scunthorpe due to rising demand, and £0.5m will invested in a new curing plant. 01-Mar-1999 The government has announced plans to set up a £140m network of sporting centres of excellence, with a headquarters in Sheffield and ten regional centres. 01-Mar-1999 The government has selected London Bridge City in Southwark as the site for the headquarters of the Greater London Authority, and the project will include retail, restaurant and recreational facilities and create about 10,000 jobs. 27-Feb-1999 CFM Kinder is planning to build a £2.5m gas fire factory at the Trentham Lakes employment park in Stoke-on-Trent, with the creation of 120 jobs. 26-Feb-1999 Web Dynamics, the manufacturer of hi-tech fabrics for the building, medical and automotive industries, is investing £1.1m in a new factory in Bolton, where it will employ 35 people initially. 26-Feb-1999 Deeside Woodland Products has won government approval to build a £42m 23MW wood-fired power station near Inverness, which could lead to the creation of 260 jobs. 26-Feb-1999 Intimate Moments is opening a lingerie factory in Derby next month with the creation of 50 jobs, and also plans to open about 10 stores in major shopping centres over the next two years. 25-Feb-1999 Leeds City Council is expected to approve plans for the construction of a luxury hotel and conference centre on the Thorpe Park office development in Leeds, which will create 160 jobs. 25-Feb-1999 Robert Wright & Son is investing £4.5m in the expansion of its bus building factory in Ballymena which will enable it to produce 700 vehicles a year, and 118 jobs are being created. 24-Feb-1999 Parker Hannifin is to set up a call centre in Derby to control its nationwide network of vans that repair construction and agricultural vehicles, and 10 jobs will be created. 24-Feb-1999 Capital One, the credit card group, is increasing investment at its Nottingham operations centre to £50m and aims to recruit 900 staff this year. 24-Feb-1999 Arco is planning to build a national distribution centre for safety equipment and industrial products in Hull, creating 100 jobs. 23-Feb-1999 Uniplas is to invest £1m in Portadown to expand production of a new lightweight plastic piping product, creating nine jobs. 23-Feb-1999 Callsafe Services is creating an unspecified number of new jobs at its base in Rugeley, Staffordshire, due to rising demand for its health and safety consultancy service. 22-Feb-1999 Balmoral Marine and Trident Offshore have formed a joint venture in Aberdeen to supply mooring system packages to the offshore oil and gas industry, and up to 20 jobs will be created. 19-Feb-1999 CD Bramall is planning to set up a £1m Rover dealership in Stoke-on-Trent with the creation of 40 jobs. 19-Feb-1999 The Yorkshire and Humberside Development Agency has announced that Silknet Software, the US developer of internet software, is to set up a European base in Harrogate, creating 20 jobs over the next year. 19-Feb-1999 Ferguson Shipbuilders of Greenock has won a £15m order from Caledonian MacBrayne to build a ferry for use on the west coast of Scotland, creating an additional 100 jobs. 19-Feb-1999 Seeboard is to set up a customer service centre at its office in Hove, East Sussex, with the creation of 300 jobs. 19-Feb-1999 Helios Ventilation Systems is to move its sales and distribution department from Sussex to Colchester with the creation of an extra 10 jobs. 18-Feb-1999 Smales Group is opening a new fish processing factory adjacent to its head office in Hull, with the creation of 30 jobs. 18-Feb-1999 Morrison Developments is to open a £25m designer outlet village at Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire in April, and 500 jobs are expected to be created in the 47 shops. 18-Feb-1999 A consortium of engineering companies, including Swan Hunter, Shepherd Offshore, Amec and Aker McNulty, is considering plans to transform the Tyne into a leading centre for oil rig decommissioning, creating 3,500 jobs. 18-Feb-1999 Aerpac is to create 70 jobs at its fibreglass wind turbine blades plant in Glenrothes due to rising demand. 18-Feb-1999 Tempo is to open a computer superstore at Brierley Hill in April, with the creation of 25 jobs. 18-Feb-1999 Allied Coatings is creating 150 jobs at its plant in Whetstone, due to rising demand for resin-based coatings. 18-Feb-1999 London Taxis International is planning to set up a £15m factory on the former Keresley Colliery site in Coventry. 17-Feb-1999 Marcroft Engineering has won a £1m contract to build a new design of rail car transporter in partnership with Forward Trust Rail, and an extra 30 jobs will be created. 17-Feb-1999 St Andrew's Hospital, the Northampton-based charitable trust, is to develop an £8m nursing home for the mentally ill at Benfleet in Essex, with the creation of 150 jobs. 17-Feb-1999 Golden Vale is planning an £8m investment to modernise cheese processing facilities at its Dairy Produce Packers plant in Coleraine, creating more than 70 jobs. 17-Feb-1999 Burgess & Garrick Oil Services and Global Recycling Systems have announced plans to invest £1.5m in the construction of two new drill cutting clean-up plants in Aberdeen and Peterhead, with the creation of 20 jobs. 17-Feb-1999 The government is to invest £1.1m in Liverpool's Blood Centre in order to create an international leader in the fight against leukaemia, and 218 more staff will be recruited over the next 12 months. 16-Feb-1999 North Tyneside Council is considering plans from Northern Micro Developments to set up a call centre at the Royal Quays in North Shields, which could lead to the creation of 800 jobs. 16-Feb-1999 Johnson Controls of the US is planning to set up a car seats factory in Solihull to supply Land Rover, with the creation of 350 jobs. 16-Feb-1999 The Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland is supporting a plan by CMA International of the US to set up a £2.5m medical devices factory in Belfast, with the creation of 75 jobs. 16-Feb-1999 Pillar Retail Parks is planning to open a 300,000 sq ft shopping park in Broughton near Chester in May that will create more than 1,000 jobs. 15-Feb-1999 Teesland Group has announced plans to set up a theme park at the abandoned Rosyth navy base in Fife, with the creation of more than 1,000 jobs. 15-Feb-1999 DA Stuart Oil, the manufacturer of metalworking lubricants, is undergoing a £1.5m expansion programme at its Wolverhampton site that will create 38 new jobs. 15-Feb-1999 Derby City Council has approved plans for the construction of a £9m leisure and retail complex next to Pride Park Stadium, including a JJB Sports superstore, fast-food outlets, football pitches and roller-hockey pitches. 12-Feb-1999 Macfish is to create an extra 60 jobs at its fish processing factory in Fraserburgh, having won a major new contract from an unnamed supermarket chain. 12-Feb-1999 Kilron Seafoods has opened a new fish smoking plant at its Fraserburgh site, and is seeking 20 additional workers. 12-Feb-1999 ABB Steward, the building services company, is planning to create more than 200 jobs in the East Midlands over the next three years, and has opened a new regional office in Derby. 12-Feb-1999 Bertram Books is to relocate its book wholesaling business from Norwich to the nearby Broadland Business Park development, where it will eventually house some 880 workers. 11-Feb-1999 Cryomedical Instruments is building a £1.2m factory and office complex in Mansfield to make medical equipment for destroying unwanted tissue, and 37 jobs will be created. 11-Feb-1999 Sandwell Investment Bureau has won more than £1m of EU funding to regenerate industrial land in the West Midlands, and expects to create or safeguard 800 jobs. 11-Feb-1999 Synchro Systems is creating 50 jobs in Newcastle-under-Lyme to handle a new national identity card scheme that is designed to stop children buying cigarettes and alcohol. 10-Feb-1999 Terrace Hill is to create 150 jobs in the Peak District when it completes the construction of the Peak Village Factory Shopping Outlet at Rowsley. 10-Feb-1999 Sidoli's is planning to double the size of its ice cream and confectionery factory in Welshpool, which already employs 150 people. 05-Feb-1999 Broxtowe Borough Council is considering plans from Geo Akins for a £15m leisure development near Ilkeston, including health club, hotel, restaurant, and country park, and about 100 jobs could be created. 04-Feb-1999 Darlington Council is considering plans from Miller for a £70m retail and business park scheme next to Lingfield Industrial Estate, and it could create up to 3,500 jobs. 04-Feb-1999 LG Electronics could be planning a substantial jobs boost at its Newport plant, having won a contract from Apple to manufacture the iMac computer. 03-Feb-1999 Marconi Communications is planning to recruit 300 specialists to develop its fibre optic networks at four UK sites. 03-Feb-1999 Bowey Construction is linking up with Helios Properties and others to plan a £25m leisure scheme in Sunderland, including multiplex cinema and bowling alley, that could create up to 500 jobs. 02-Feb-1999 PanCredit, the Leeds-based software supplier, is creating 40 new jobs in order to cope with a growing order book. 02-Feb-1999 Richard Roberts, the knitwear and fashions company, is opening a new factory in Leicester which will create up to 50 new jobs. 01-Feb-1999 Staffordshire Building Society is creating 61 new jobs in its 50-strong branch network, but 87 other positions are being made redundant. 29-Jan-1999 Pioneer Foodservice is opening a £1m depot in Gateshead and expanding its Carlisle headquarters with the creation of 20 jobs. 28-Jan-1999 S&A Foods is planning a £7m expansion at its ethnic ready meals factory in Derby, and the workforce is expected to rise from 800 to 1,000 over the next year. 28-Jan-1999 Allied Domecq is to build a Big Steak Pub in Ryhope, Sunderland, with the creation of 50 jobs. 28-Jan-1999 Mopack Systems is investing £1.2m in the expansion of its flexible plastic packaging factory in Strabane, with the creation of 10 new jobs. 28-Jan-1999 Corrie Services, the Inverness-based recruitment company, has set up offices in Melbourne and Perth to enable redundant Scottish oil industry workers to find work in Australia. 27-Jan-1999 Gamar, the Bristol-based telecoms company, is planning to recruit 200 software engineers to help with a number of new projects. 27-Jan-1999 Birch Developments is planning to build a new distribution facility at South Normanton in Derbyshire, and 70 jobs will be created when an unnamed company moves from nearby Somercotes and from Merseyside. 27-Jan-1999 Berkeley Group is planning a £100m waterside leisure development in Leeds, in partnership with the Royal Armouries and British Waterways, including hotels, restaurants, arts centre and casino. 27-Jan-1999 GGI Office Furniture, the UK subsidiary of Global Group of Canada, is opening a new £6.7m European headquarters in Darwen, East Lancashire, with the creation of 100 jobs. 26-Jan-1999 Michelin has announced a £12m investment at its Ballymena plant in Northern Ireland in order to expand the production of truck tyres for export to North America, and 115 new jobs have already been created. 26-Jan-1999 Air International of Australia is to set up a £10m factory in Blaina, south Wales, to manufacture car and rail air conditioning systems, with the creation of 98 jobs. 26-Jan-1999 The Prison Service has applied for planning permission to expand Hull Prison, with the creation of up to 150 jobs. 25-Jan-1999 English Partnerships is to provide £12m of funding to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal restoration project, and up to 400 new jobs will be created. 25-Jan-1999 The Imperial War Museum is to build a £28m branch in Manchester, and aims to attract 400,000 visitors a year after it opens in 2001. 25-Jan-1999 Cromer Crab Company is to set up a new factory to process luxury shellfish products and expects to create 160 jobs over the next three years. 23-Jan-1999 Acer Peripherals is to start recruiting 140 workers for its new computer factory at Wentloog near Cardiff next month. 22-Jan-1999 Skipton Building Society has started work on a £9m extension to its headquarters, which will create 600 jobs on completion next year. 22-Jan-1999 Jennings is to recruit up to 80 staff for its new £4m Ford dealership in Middlesbrough, while Tristar Nesham is scaling down its operations with the loss of 50 jobs having lost the Ford franchise. 22-Jan-1999 Swansea Council has begun work on a £5m scheme to convert the former Wind Street post office building into a restaurant, bar, and offices, and up to 300 jobs will be created or relocated there. 21-Jan-1999 Highland Council has approved a £25m proposal from BSW Timber to build a 23MW wood-burning power station in Lochaber, which will create more than 100 jobs. 20-Jan-1999 City of York Council has approved plans by Esprit Fort to set up a £3m 60-bed private nursing home at the former Clifton Hospital in York, which will create up to 70 jobs. 20-Jan-1999 The new five-star Hilton hotel in Cardiff, which is due to open in the spring, has begun its recruitment drive for 160 staff. 19-Jan-1999 The Inland Revenue has confirmed plans to set up a new tax department in Liverpool employing 800 staff. 18-Jan-1999 TR Fastenings and Oncad Engineering are setting up new factories on the Heart of the Park industrial estate in Newton Aycliffe, with the creation of more than 20 jobs. 18-Jan-1999 Regus is to set up 30 business centres in the UK this year, which will help to create 1,000 jobs, and a further 100 centres will be set up in other countries. 18-Jan-1999 Peter Christian has bought the Dewhirst clothing factory in Knighton, Powys, and is to create 45 jobs to manufacture knitwear garments. 15-Jan-1999 Cygnet Properties is close to completing the £1m refurbishment of the Cygnet Hotel in Leicester, and is seeking 150 staff. 15-Jan-1999 Black Country Mental Health Trust is to recruit 30 new nurses to staff up hospitals and residential homes in Rowley Regis and Old Hill. 15-Jan-1999 Orion Electric of Japan is to recruit an additional 50 workers at its TV and video factory in Port Talbot to cope with rising sales. 15-Jan-1999 Petrus Oil is to create up to 20 jobs in Stoke following the award of a £22m joint venture deal with Velten Oil to construct a new waste oil refinery in Germany. 14-Jan-1999 TRW Automotive Systems has confirmed plans to invest £8.8m in the expansion of its hydraulic steering systems plant in Houghton-le-Spring, which will create 107 jobs. 13-Jan-1999 Touchdown Travel is to relocate its Teletext holidays business from Bristol to Weston-super-Mare as part of an expansion plan that will create up to 100 jobs. 13-Jan-1999 Bleckmann Logistics of the Netherlands is to set up a warehouse in Basildon to distribute clothes for a US company, and up to 200 jobs will be created. 13-Jan-1999 Rank is to open a £3m Mecca bingo club in Dewsbury during the next few months, with the creation of 70 jobs. 13-Jan-1999 Aura Books and Advanced Marketing, the book suppliers, are to relocate their operations to Bicester this summer, creating 100 new jobs. 12-Jan-1999 Lonsdale Travel Group, the supplier of business travel services, is planning a £1m extension to its Derby headquarters, and is creating an extra 100 jobs. 12-Jan-1999 CartoInvest of Italy is to set up an £18m tissue paper factory at the Oakenholt paper mill in north Wales, creating 140 jobs. 12-Jan-1999 Portmeirion is planning to build a £6m visitor centre and factory extension at its pottery in Stoke, creating 110 new jobs. 11-Jan-1999 Alton Towers has launched a recruitment drive for 650 workers to fill temporary vacancies at the Staffordshire theme park. 11-Jan-1999 Simoco Systems Solution is to recruit an additional 25 staff at its Derby office to cope with an increase in demand for its radio communication products. 11-Jan-1999 Costco is planning to open 12 more stores and a chain of petrol stations over the next few years, including outlets in Twickenham, Chingford and Gateshead. 09-Jan-1999 Boing, the Bristol-based manufacturer of inflatable play products, is looking to recruit an additional 25 staff to cope with an increase in orders. 08-Jan-1999 Strategic Systems Solutions is to open a new software development office in Leeds, creating up to 70 jobs. 08-Jan-1999 Gerald McDonald is to set up a new operation in Basildon to blend and store fruit juices and spices, with the creation of 30 new jobs. 07-Jan-1999 A new company called Kishorn Base is planning to re-open the Howard Doris oilyard at Kishorn on the West Coast of Scotland, and up to 600 jobs could be created to repair, build and decommission oil rigs and platforms. 07-Jan-1999 The Welsh Development Agency is linking up with Modis Training Technologies of the US to set up a £4m virtual reality skills training centre in Newport, creating up to 80 jobs. 07-Jan-1999 Aker McNulty of South Shields has won a £17m order to help upgrade North Sea gas platforms for Statoil, which could create up to 600 jobs. 06-Jan-1999 Ragdale Hall Health Hydro is seeking permission from Melton Borough Council to expand its leisure facilities and add new bedrooms, in a scheme that would create 100 new jobs. 06-Jan-1999 The Northern Call Centre is to set up a new operation at Hartlepool Marina in February, and expects to create up to 300 jobs to handle two new contracts with unnamed companies. 06-Jan-1999 Kidsgrove Fabricating & Engineering is planning to create 50 jobs at a new manufacturing unit in Chesterton, which will involve the transfer of operations from existing sites in nearby Tunstall and the Crewe Gates Industrial Estate. 06-Jan-1999 The Oxford Bus Company is planning to recruit up to 60 extra bus drivers in preparation for the launch of the city's new transport strategy this spring. 06-Jan-1999 Retailers are planning a major recruitment drive to fill 3,500 vacancies that will be created with the opening of the £250m Oracle centre in Reading in September. 06-Jan-1999 Churchill Insurance is to open its new call centre at Thornaby near Stockton-on-Tees this month, which will eventually create 250 jobs. 04-Jan-1999 Great Western Packaging is opening a new distribution facility in Newbury, creating up to 20 jobs. 01-Jan-1999 The information below comes from the UK Activity Report. 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