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One Anglia, the rail operator, is setting up a £2.5m customer service centre in Norwich, with the creation of 20 jobs. 31-Dec-2004 Corby Council is to consider outline plans from Bee Bee Development to build a £200m rail freight centre at Stanion Lane Plantation, which could lead to the creation of 3,500 jobs. 27-Dec-2004 Warrenpoint Harbour in County Down is to receive more than £13m of government funding over the next three years to improve facilities for its roll-on roll-off ferry service. 23-Dec-2004 Amec and Royal Bank of Scotland have won a £200m contract to extend the Docklands Light Railway to Woolwich by 2008. 21-Dec-2004 Alstom is to close its train renovation factory in Eastleigh next year, with the loss of about 530 jobs. 20-Dec-2004 PlaneStation is to raise £30m in a share placing to provide working capital and to fund the acquisition of the remainder of budget airline EUjet. 20-Dec-2004 Shetland Islands Council has announced a £3m investment in Faroese company Smyril Line, in order to support an operational merger with Fjord Line of Norway and secure a major stake in North Atlantic ferry operations. 17-Dec-2004 Monarch Airlines is to set up a new base at Birmingham International Airport offering flights to Tenerife and Malaga from next summer, with the creation of 50 jobs. 16-Dec-2004 Translink is to invest £50m in improvements to Northern Ireland's public transport system, including the purchase of more than 300 new buses. 14-Dec-2004 Jarvis is planning to sell its 33% stake in the Tubelines London Underground consortium to Star Capital for about £100m. 14-Dec-2004 Forth Ports is investing £14m in the acquisition of a 50% stake in Multi-Link Terminals, the Irish company that operates container terminal facilities in Russia and Finland. 14-Dec-2004 National Assembly for Wales is to invest £7bn in a new 15-year transport plan, including subsidised local air services and a new motorway toll road near Newport. 08-Dec-2004 ProLogis is planning to develop a 600,000 sq ft distribution centre at South Marston Park in Swindon. 06-Dec-2004 Cornwall County Council is to invest £1.3m extending the terminal at Newquay airport, following news that Air Southwest is to launch four new routes in the spring. 03-Dec-2004 Bombardier is to shed 560 jobs at its train manufacturing plant in Derby and 165 jobs at its maintenance depot in Ilford. 02-Dec-2004 Wolverhampton Council has approved plans for the £390m expansion of the Midland Metro tram system by 2009. 01-Dec-2004 Flybe is to launch new routes from Norwich International Airport to Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Jersey next year. 01-Dec-2004 Southend Airport has won permission from Rochford District Council to build a new passenger terminal, train station and visitor centre. 29-Nov-2004 The Department for Transport is expected to abolish the Strategic Rail Authority by the end of 2005 and transfer the work to a new "Rail Group", with the net loss of about 250 jobs. 29-Nov-2004 Northwestern Shiprepairers has resurrected the name of Scott Lithgow at the Inchgreen ship repair dock in Port Glasgow, and hopes to create at least 100 jobs over the next year. 26-Nov-2004 Steam Packet Company is to withdraw the Liverpool to Dublin Seacat ferry service, with the loss of an unspecified number of the 48 jobs. 24-Nov-2004 Ryanair has announced ten new routes from the North West with the creation of up to 1,000 new jobs, including European flights from Liverpool and Blackpool. 23-Nov-2004 Dunn-Line, the operator of 113 buses and coaches with 320 staff, is planning to raise £2m in a flotation on Aim next month. 22-Nov-2004 Swissport UK, the Heathrow-based provider of airport check-in and other services, has ceased trading with the loss of up to 750 jobs. 17-Nov-2004 PD Ports is in discussions with a "major international retailer" about plans to build an import centre at the Tees Dock estate. 16-Nov-2004 Eurostar has confirmed plans to relocate its Waterloo operation to St Pancras when the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is finished in 2007. 16-Nov-2004 Hoverspeed is planning to withdraw from Newhaven and is expected to sell the cross-channel ferry service to Transmanche Ferries of France. 16-Nov-2004 Henry Boot has submitted plans to build a 409,000 sq ft distribution centre for an undisclosed client at the former Staffordshire Tableware site in Stoke-on-Trent. 16-Nov-2004 ING Real Estate has announced proposals for the £150m regeneration of the port of Bo'Ness on the Forth, including a link to the canal network and a waterfront refurbishment. 11-Nov-2004 Mersey Docks & Harbour has received a takeover approach from CVC Capital, which could lead to a £1bn offer. 11-Nov-2004 PlaneStation is to relocate its head office operations and up to 150 jobs from London and Ireland to its Manston airport site in Kent by the end of the year. 10-Nov-2004 P&O Ferrymasters is to shed about 12 jobs in Ipswich, as part of a reorganisation of its haulage operations that will result in the loss of about 300 jobs. 08-Nov-2004 First Group is to recruit 90 revenue protection staff in Strathclyde, in order to reduce fare dodging at its ScotRail franchise. 05-Nov-2004 Network Rail is planning to borrow up to £20bn in the bond market to fund investment in its track over the next five years. 02-Nov-2004 Central Trains is to create more than 40 jobs at a new rail depot in Crewe. 01-Nov-2004 Eurotunnel has announced a recovery plan that will involve the loss of some jobs and services, as well as an attempt to negotiate a financial restructuring with its banks. 01-Nov-2004 The Department for Transport has ordered 30 high-speed trains from Hitachi of Japan to operate between London and Kent from 2009. 28-Oct-2004 Exel is creating 40 permanent and 200 seasonal jobs at a Christmas gifts distribution centre at the Shire Business Park near Worcester. 27-Oct-2004 Flybe, the low-cost airline, is to launch seven new European routes from Birmingham International Airport, creating 35 jobs within the company and 400 in the local economy. 26-Oct-2004 Scotfreight is opening a new transport depot for its Alliance Road & Rail division at the Manchester Euro Central rail terminal, and aims to expand its operations in the north west over the next 12 months. 26-Oct-2004 Flyglobespan is to expand its scheduled operations from Edinburgh and Glasgow airports, with the addition of five new European destinations to the existing 12. 22-Oct-2004 Royal Mail is to recruit more than 170 delivery and sorting workers to improve its services across the north-east. 21-Oct-2004 Freightliner is to expand its rail freight services from the port of Felixstowe, following the completion of work to allow large shipping containers to be carried on the rail network. 18-Oct-2004 Merseytravel is looking into the possibility of investing £11m in reviving the Burscough Curves train link between Southport and Ormskirk. 14-Oct-2004 Brittany Ferries is to take over ferry routes being closed down by P&O at Portsmouth, which could lead to the transfer of 350 staff. 14-Oct-2004 The Mayor of London has unveiled plans for a £10bn transport investment programme over the next five years, including extensions to the Docklands Light Railway, the Metropolitan line and the Croydon Tramlink. 13-Oct-2004 Flybe, the low-cost airline, is to start operating from Liverpool John Lennon airport, with flights to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast and Jersey. 12-Oct-2004 First Group has submitted plans to set up a new £10m global headquarters and bus depot in Aberdeen, with the creation of more than 140 jobs. 11-Oct-2004 Continental Airlines is to set up the first direct scheduled service between Belfast and the US, with flights to New York's Newark airport from May 2005. 11-Oct-2004 Christian Salvesen is in merger talks with TDG, which could lead to the creation of a combined logistics group with annual turnover of £1.3bn. 04-Oct-2004 Go NorthEast is to close its Mile End Road bus depot in South Shields, and 159 drivers will be relocated to North Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland and Washington. 01-Oct-2004 GB Airways, the British Airways franchise, is to expand its services at Manchester airport, with the creation of about 140 jobs. 01-Oct-2004 Dart Group is to establish a base at Manchester airport for its Jet2 low-cost airline, with flights to nine destinations from next spring. 30-Sep-2004 A&P Tyne is to mothball its shipyard at Wallsend and relocate the 350 staff to its Hebburn site. 29-Sep-2004 Virgin Atlantic is planning to invest £14m in the creation of a new Nigerian airline called Virgin Nigeria. 28-Sep-2004 P&O is to shed up to 1,200 jobs at its ferry operations in Dover, Portsmouth and Calais, and four of the 13 routes will be closed. 27-Sep-2004 Unipart Technology Logistics is to set up a 207,000 sq ft distribution centre at Magna Park in Leicestershire. 27-Sep-2004 PlaneStation has raised £5.2m in a share placing to fund the development of Manston airport in Kent. 27-Sep-2004 EasyJet is moving into Ireland for the first time by launching flights from Gatwick to Cork, Shannon and Knock. 27-Sep-2004 British Airways is to recruit 200 additional customer service staff at Heathrow airport, in order to prevent a repeat of recent staff shortages. 27-Sep-2004 Birmingham City Council is funding a feasibility study into the development of an underground transport network. 27-Sep-2004 National Air Traffic Services is planning to create 700 new jobs at its Whiteley headquarters in Hampshire, with new buildings for engineering and systems staff being relocated from West Drayton and Gatwick. 24-Sep-2004 Royal Mail is planning to close the Lime Walk sorting office in Oxford, and the 60 staff will relocate to the Sandy Lane site. 21-Sep-2004 DHL is planning to scale down its parcel depot in Loughborough, with the loss of about 94 of the 214 jobs. 20-Sep-2004 Port of Felixstowe is planning to recruit a further 200 workers over the next 12 months, in order to handle an increase in cargo. 16-Sep-2004 Strategic Rail Authority is considering plans to cut the number of franchises running trains between London and Glasgow, which could lead to the recreation of the London & North Western Railway. 14-Sep-2004 Birmingham International Airport is to host a new daily service to Milan for Italian airline Alitalia. 14-Sep-2004 Bristol International Airport is to invest more than £50m on improvements over the next five years, starting with 16 new check-in desks for Continental Airlines. 13-Sep-2004 Fermanagh Council is to reopen Enniskillen airport, having awarded the lease to a new business consortium, and the site will initially be used as a pilot training centre. 09-Sep-2004 British Airways is to raise £425m from the sale of its stake in Qantas, prompting speculation that the proceeds may be invested in a rival airline. 09-Sep-2004 Hays is to float its DX business-to-business mail service in November, in order to focus on its recruitment operations. 08-Sep-2004 Continental Airlines is to launch the first direct scheduled service between south-west England and the US next May, with daily flights between Bristol and Newark. 08-Sep-2004 Associated British Ports is to set up a new £1m office at its Hams Hall freight terminal in Birmingham. 06-Sep-2004 Hagemeyer is planning to create a further 100 jobs at its electrical products distribution centre in Runcorn over the next 18 months. 03-Sep-2004 George Prior Engineering is to close its shipyard at Great Yarmouth in October, with the loss of 29 jobs. 02-Sep-2004 EUJet has launched a new discount airline service from Manston airport in Kent, offering flights to a number of European airports. 02-Sep-2004 Prestwick Airport is to undergo a £3m refurbishment this autumn, with changes to the shops, check-in area and concourse. 01-Sep-2004 Royal Mail is planning to build a multi-million pound postal centre in Northampton by 2006. 01-Sep-2004 Devon County Council has officially put Exeter International Airport up for sale, and offers of more than £8m are expected. 26-Aug-2004 Fareham Borough Council is interested in acquiring the former HMS Daedalus air base at Lee-on-the-Solent, in order to build a regional airport for low-cost airlines. 26-Aug-2004 Gazeley is forming a joint venture with MetLife of the US to carry out the £200m expansion of Asda's Magna distribution park in Lutterworth, and MetLife is also planning a series of other projects in the UK. 26-Aug-2004 Siemens has announced plans to set up a train maintenance depot in Northampton, with the creation of 100 jobs, in order to maintain Desiro trains for Angel Trains and National Express. 25-Aug-2004 Rhys Davies Freight Logistics and Nichols Foods have announced plans to open a £4m distribution centre at Haydock next month. 24-Aug-2004 First Group has secured a £1.9bn contract to operate the ScotRail franchise in Scotland, and will spend £40m on trains and stations. 23-Aug-2004 Milford Docks Company is forming a joint venture with Southampton-based Williams Shipping to expand the marine and port services sector in South Wales, and a new company called Williams Marine & Port Services will be established in Pembroke Port. 19-Aug-2004 PD Ports has announced that international shipping group K Line is establishing a base at Teesport, which will involve ships docking there weekly. 18-Aug-2004 Associated British Ports has won permission for the £4m extension of Teignmouth docks, and work is expected to start in 2005. 18-Aug-2004 Stagecoach is considering plans to launch a commuter ferry service between Fife and Edinburgh, due to increasing congestion on the Forth Road Bridge. 17-Aug-2004 CH Bailey is to close its ship repair facility at Newport, Gwent, and is looking to sell Bute Dry Dock in Cardiff. 16-Aug-2004 Coventry Airport is to submit plans for a new passenger terminal to Warwick District Council next month. 13-Aug-2004 One Anglia, the train operator, is planning to set up an administration centre in Colchester, with the relocation of up to 80 jobs from London, Ipswich and Norwich. 11-Aug-2004 Virgin Atlantic has announced plans to create about 6,000 jobs over the next few years, mainly at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. 06-Aug-2004 Network Rail is to shed 900 managerial and administrative jobs, having taken control of rail maintenance operations from contractors. 04-Aug-2004 Bmibaby is to expand its airline operations at Birmingham International Airport by launching 20 new routes, and about 150 jobs will be created. 02-Aug-2004 National Express is to refurbish Digbeth coach station in Birmingham at a cost of £6m. 02-Aug-2004 MyTravel is planning to shed up to 500 jobs at its airline operations in Manchester, Birmingham, Gatwick, Stansted and Leeds. 27-Jul-2004 Teesside Airport has announced plans for a £20m development programme, including an extension of the terminal, new aircraft stands, a hotel and a cargo and maintenance village for air freight handling. 14-Jul-2004 GNER is to refurbish Peterborough railway station at a cost of £1m, as part of a £10m investment in the modernisation of facilities at key stations on the East Coast Main Line. 12-Jul-2004 Bristow Helicopters is to close its technical services division at Redhill Aerodrome with the loss of 138 jobs. 07-Jul-2004 Dudley Council has announced plans to build a £2.3m bus station in Halesowen, and work could start within 12 months. 06-Jul-2004 Pall-ex UK of Leicestershire is looking to recruit a number of call centre staff, administration assistants and forklift drivers for its headquarters in Ellistown and a new warehouse in Bardon. 06-Jul-2004 Serco Group and NedRailways have formed a joint venture that has been selected as preferred bidder for the Northern Rail franchise, which is due to start in the autumn. 02-Jul-2004 Wrightbus is to create 100 new jobs at its bus factory in Ballymena, having won a £66m contract to supply 486 buses to First Group. 01-Jul-2004 Qantas is to create 400 cabin crew jobs in the UK, in order to increase its flights from Heathrow to Australia. 28-Jun-2004 Associated British Ports has announced plans to develop an additional £45m riverside terminal for coal imports at Immingham. 23-Jun-2004 Network Rail is said to be considering plans to set up a maintenance operation at the former Thrall wagon works site in York, with the creation of up to 250 jobs. 22-Jun-2004 Jarvis, the rail contractor, is planning to rationalise its London property holdings but is expected to drop plans to move to a new £30m headquarters in Smithfield. 16-Jun-2004 Containerships has agreed a £10m deal with PD Teesport to relocate its container services from Terminal 1 to the new £20m Teesport Container Terminal 2. 14-Jun-2004 First Group has been selected as preferred bidder for the ScotRail rail franchise, and will take over from National Express in October. 14-Jun-2004 TBI is looking to sell its three airports in Bolivia and its airline services business in the US, in order to focus on its UK airports. 14-Jun-2004 Bombardier is to close its Crewe Works train maintenance plant with the loss of up to 1,100 jobs, unless immediate productivity improvements are achieved. 10-Jun-2004 PD Ports is planning to redevelop Hartlepool's North Dock at a cost of £500m, including a new cruise terminal, 3,500 homes and leisure facilities. 07-Jun-2004 Amaro is to expand its Gateshead-based door-to-door mail delivery business over the next 18 months with the creation of 300 jobs, and new depots will open in Leeds, the North West and the Midlands. 03-Jun-2004 Yearsley Cold Storage & Distribution is to create 70 jobs at its new £12m refrigeration depot in Seaham, County Durham, by the summer, and work is to proceed on the second-phase of the expansion of the 38-acre site. 03-Jun-2004 EasyJet is planning to introduce self-service kiosks to replace all of its check-in staff. 31-May-2004 Gazeley has won planning permission to set up a speculative 488,000 sq ft logistics facility in Purfleet, and work on the £55m project will start in June. 31-May-2004 KLM, the Dutch airline, has confirmed plans to close its call centre in Norwich in September, with the loss of 96 jobs. 27-May-2004 Associated British Ports has awarded a £3.5m contract to Nuttall to expand its roll-on roll-off ferry facilities at Ipswich Docks. 26-May-2004 Wincanton, the logistics company, is to relocate its headquarters and up to 400 staff from Trowbridge and Somerset to the Turnpike Industrial Estate in Chippenham early next year. 21-May-2004 Tibbett & Britten has won a contract to manage Tesco's new non-foods distribution centre at Keresley Park near Coventry, and up to 350 jobs will be created when the site becomes operational in August. 20-May-2004 Forth Ports has announced plans to build a £15m cruise liner terminal in Edinburgh. 19-May-2004 Sheffield City Council is to consider plans from Gazeley for the development of a distribution centre on the 48-acre former Tinsley Bar Mill site. 19-May-2004 PD Logistics is to shed about 30 of the 80 jobs at its Billingham-based transport business. 18-May-2004 Transdev of France has been selected to operate and maintain a proposed tramway system in Edinburgh, in partnership with Transport Initiatives Edinburgh. 17-May-2004 First Group is developing a tram with rubber wheels to introduce into Yorkshire next year, as part of the Yorkshire Showcase scheme to increase bus travel by 30% over the next five years. 13-May-2004 Bowmer & Kirkland has won a £1m contract to extend the international departure lounge at East Midlands International Airport. 13-May-2004 Coventry City Council and Centro are developing plans for a £30m Rapid Transit system in Coventry. 06-May-2004 Exeter Airport has secured outline planning permission to build a new £20m terminal by 2008. 06-May-2004 Arriva has acquired a 49% stake in Societa Autoservizi EVG, the Italian bus company, for £19m, and has an option to acquire the remainder by 2006. 05-May-2004 Penta Capital and Caledonia Investments are to provide £10m of venture capital backing to Omniport, in order to establish an international group of regional airports. 04-May-2004 Horseman Coaches, the operator of 91 coaches, may have to relocate its 120 staff as Reading Borough Council want its existing site for the redevelopment of junction 11 of the M4. 03-May-2004 British Land and Rosemound have won planning permission to build a 750,000 sq ft warehouse at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal. 03-May-2004 Transport for London is planning to acquire 50,000 sq ft of office space at the Empress State building in Earls Court. 03-May-2004 Zoom Airlines is to start operating transatlantic flights from Gatwick and Stansted. 03-May-2004 ProLogis has acquired 380 acres of land in Kettering, Wellingborough and Northampton to develop more than 6m sq ft of distribution space. 30-Apr-2004 BAA is to submit plans later this year for a further expansion at Stansted airport to handle 35m passengers a year. 29-Apr-2004 Oakland International, the Redditch-based storage and logistics company with 75 staff, has combined its contract packing operation with that of Birmingham-based Deltex. 28-Apr-2004 Associated British Ports is to invest £1m in the expansion of the ABP Connect rail freight terminal at Hams Hall, in order to cope with a new daily service from Southampton. 28-Apr-2004 Merseytravel has unveiled plans for the £75m refurbishment of Liverpool's Lime Street train station, and the first phase is due to be completed by 2007. 27-Apr-2004 Exel is to create 1,250 jobs at transport hubs in Worksop and Daventry to handle distribution contracts for B&Q and JD Wetherspoon. 26-Apr-2004 McNulty Offshore is creating 100 jobs at the A&P Tyne shipyard after winning a contract to work on the Haewene Brim oil production vessel for Bluewater Energy Services. 23-Apr-2004 TMS Greenwood, the Gwent-based tachograph chart analysis and transport consultant with 23 staff, is to relocate to a larger site in Blackwood town centre. 22-Apr-2004 Network Rail has received £3.7m of funding from the Scottish Executive to draw up plans for the £150m upgrade of Edinburgh's main railway station by the end of 2007. 21-Apr-2004 Associated British Ports has been refused permission to develop a £600m container terminal facility at Dibden Bay near Southampton, due to environmental concerns. 21-Apr-2004 Thomsonfly is to open a second base for its low-cost airline at the renamed Robin Hood airport near Doncaster. 19-Apr-2004 Associated British Ports is to invest £0.9m extending storage facilities for South Dock Terminals at the Port of Goole, while £0.5m will be invested in a new production facility for Whitemountain Roadstone at the Port of Immingham. 16-Apr-2004 Hankyu Cargo is to relocate its Washington-based freight forwarding business and 11 staff to a 71,000 sq ft site at the Wearside Industrial Estate next month. 16-Apr-2004 First Group is said to be planning to set up a new corporate headquarters in Aberdeen with the creation of 100 jobs, if it can obtain permission to redevelop its King Street bus depot for retail use. 16-Apr-2004 Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council is to consider proposals for the £10m refurbishment of Crewe railway station. 15-Apr-2004 The Scottish Executive is to put the contract to operate ferry services to Orkney and Shetland out to tender again, as existing operator NorthLink has suffered financial problems. 13-Apr-2004 Marshall Maritime Services is to expand its shipping operations at the Port of Hull by investing £0.5m in additional steel and timber storage facilities. 09-Apr-2004 First Group is to shed 130 jobs in Cornwall by closing a bus depot in St Austell and cutting back operations in Penzance, Newquay, Truro, Falmouth and Camborne. 09-Apr-2004 Port of Tyne is investing a further £10m in the development of new facilities at Tyne Dock, South Shields, including a new warehouse with office accommodation for 50 staff. 08-Apr-2004 Royal Mail has agreed a deal to give Dutch-owned TPG Post access to its delivery network, which will involve the use of TPG's existing TNT infrastructure to carry business mail to 73 mail centres. 08-Apr-2004 Merseytravel is planning to refurbish St Helens train station at a cost of £4.9m. 07-Apr-2004 Brit Valley Railway has announced proposals for a £20m light railway between Weymouth and Portland, as part of a network linking Axminster, Bridport, West Bay and Abbotsbury. 06-Apr-2004 Swan Hunter has warned that its Tyneside shipyard will be mothballed with the loss of 1,500 jobs when work runs out in 2006. 05-Apr-2004 BAe Systems is to shed 760 jobs, including 720 of the 3,000 employed at its Barrow shipyard in Cumbria. 05-Apr-2004 Manchester Airports Group has secured a £325m loan to fund the expansion of its airport terminals, which include Manchester, Nottingham, Humberside and Bournemouth. 02-Apr-2004 Aberdeen City Council is considering plans to allow Aberdeen Airport to operate 24 hours a day, which could lead to an increase in flights and a boost to the local economy. 02-Apr-2004 Samskip of Iceland is to expand its shipping operation into Liverpool by acquiring the agency representation of TECO Lines from Vogt & Maguire Liner. 01-Apr-2004 Exel is to create 250 jobs in Daventry, having won a £100m national distribution contract from pub operator JD Wetherspoon. 01-Apr-2004 Exeter Airport has announced plans for a £3.5m expansion that will create 96 jobs, including the construction of a new aircraft maintenance hangar for Flybe. 26-Mar-2004 The Defence Aviation Repair Agency is to shed 550 of the 2,000 jobs at the St Athan aircraft base in the Vale of Glamorgan. 25-Mar-2004 EasyJet is to start four new air routes from Belfast to Paris, Nice, Malaga and Alicante in June, which will lead to the creation of more than 200 jobs in Belfast. 24-Mar-2004 Virgin Atlantic is planning to double in size over the next six years, with the creation of 1,400 jobs, and is in negotiations with Boeing and Airbus to buy 30 wide-bodied aircraft. 24-Mar-2004 Lok n Store is looking to expand its chain of 18 self-storage outlets to 50 in the long-term. 24-Mar-2004 Hampshire County Council is planning to revamp Havant bus station at a cost of £1.2m. 23-Mar-2004 Deutsche Post has secured a long-term licence from Postcomm to operate in the UK postal market. 23-Mar-2004 EasyJet is planning to double the number of aircraft operated from Newcastle International Airport from five to ten over the next five years. 22-Mar-2004 European Aviation, the Bournemouth-based air charter company, is to shed 560 jobs from its 660-strong workforce, with most of the cuts affecting cabin crew at Manchester and Gatwick. 19-Mar-2004 Bombardier is planning to close train manufacturing facilities in Doncaster, Wakefield and Derby with the loss of 1,300 jobs, but its main factory in Derby will remain open. 18-Mar-2004 Stena Line is to create 60 call centre and IT jobs in Holyhead, but its Ashford office in Kent is expected to close with the loss of up to 170 jobs. 18-Mar-2004 Thamesdown Transport has won permission to set up a new bus depot on Barnfield Road in Swindon next year. 18-Mar-2004 Mersey Docks & Harbour Company has unveiled plans to build a £80m riverside container terminal at Seaforth, and a feasibility study will be completed later this year. 17-Mar-2004 Translink is to restructure its transport operations in Northern Ireland, with Ulsterbus and Citybus going into one division and Northern Ireland Railways into another. 15-Mar-2004 BAA has won a ten-year contract to manage Baltimore-Washington airport in the US. 12-Mar-2004 Eurostar is considering plans to close its Waterloo terminal in preparation for the opening of the new high-speed line to St Pancras in 2007, as operating two London terminals may prove too expensive. 12-Mar-2004 KLM, the Dutch airline, is considering plans to relocate its Norwich call centre to another site nearby or to Amsterdam, as the lease expires in September. 11-Mar-2004 Network Rail is seeking government support for a proposal to transfer control of Britain's 2,500 railway stations back to the public sector. 11-Mar-2004 Jarvis is to shed 83 of the 286 jobs in its rail signalling and maintenance operation, following a fall in demand. 10-Mar-2004 British Waterways is to submit plans to Liverpool City Council for the development of a £15m Canal Link between the city's Central and South Docks. 05-Mar-2004 West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority is planning to spend £3.3m on station improvements, including new ticket offices, better access facilities, extended platforms and CCTV. 04-Mar-2004 P&O is to axe its twice-daily ferry service from the Port of Mostyn to Dublin, due to dredging problems in the Dee Estuary. 03-Mar-2004 Safestore is planning to expand its network of 24 self-storage centres to up to 100 sites over the next five years. 01-Mar-2004 Docklands Light Railway has confirmed plans to build a £145m extension to Woolwich Arsenal by 2008. 27-Feb-2004 Serco has been selected as preferred bidder for a £300m contract to provide prison escort services in London and the south east for the Prison Service, while Reliance Security is preferred bidder in South Wales and the west. 26-Feb-2004 BBA is looking to expand its aviation services business by spending up to £300m on acquisitions this year. 26-Feb-2004 Exel has won a contract from electrical retailer Comet to manage its transportation network and a regional distribution centre. 24-Feb-2004 Network Rail is planning to open integrated control rooms on all eight of its main routes, in order to improve the way that train delays are handled. 24-Feb-2004 Virgin Atlantic is to recruit about 700 cabin crew staff this year at its services from Gatwick and Heathrow airports, due to rising demand for flights to the US. 23-Feb-2004 Swan Hunter has announced plans to invest £52m at its Teesside shipyard, in preparation for its part in the construction of two aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. 20-Feb-2004 Associated British Ports and DFDS Tor Line are to build a £35m riverside ro-ro and container terminal at the Port of Immingham. 19-Feb-2004 Stagecoach is to launch a low-cost intercity bus service called Megabus next month, using double-decker buses to link 12 cities to London. 19-Feb-2004 British Airways is to create up to 400 jobs at call centres in Manchester, Newcastle and Belfast, but 350 jobs will be lost through the closure of its Glasgow site in November. 18-Feb-2004 Irish Ferries is considering plans to suspend services between Ireland and Wales and temporarily lay off 600 staff. 18-Feb-2004 Lancsville Rail, the rail engineering company, is looking to build a new £1m headquarters for more than 25 staff in York. 18-Feb-2004 Gwynedd Council has secured a Welsh Assembly grant for the £1.5m refurbishment of Bangor railway station. 16-Feb-2004 Eurotunnel has secured a licence to operate freight trains in France, and aims to start services between the English Midlands and Italy next year. 16-Feb-2004 Bmibaby is to move its low-cost airline operation into the south east for the first time by launching a number of routes from Gatwick airport. 13-Feb-2004 EasyJet is planning to set up a second German operating base at Dortmund airport later this year. 13-Feb-2004 North East Lincolnshire Council is in discussions with an unnamed Dutch investment bank that wants to build a £20m equipment distribution centre at Immingham Dock, which would create 400 jobs. 10-Feb-2004 National Express is to sell its Qjump rail ticketing business to TheTrainLine, which will result in the closure of Qjump's call centre in Sheffield with the loss of 190 jobs. 10-Feb-2004 National Express is to shed about 25 jobs at its Maintrain rail maintenance operation in Derby, and merge Maintrain's administration, sales and marketing operations with those of sister companies Midland Mainline and Central Trains. 09-Feb-2004 National Rail Enquiries has awarded a £100m contract to BT Group and Ventura to operate its call centres in the UK and India. 05-Feb-2004 Parcelforce is to shed 30 jobs at its Swansea depot, as part of an overhaul of its parcel delivery operations. 04-Feb-2004 Securicor, the security services group, is in merger discussions with Group 4 Falck of Denmark. 03-Feb-2004 P&O is to sell its 50% stake in the P&O Nedlloyd container shipping joint venture to Royal Nedlloyd of the Netherlands for £150m, in order to increase investment in its ports. 03-Feb-2004 Sheldon & Clayton is seeking permission for a £3m expansion of its haulage warehouse and office facilities in West Bromwich, with the creation of 35 jobs. 02-Feb-2004 VT Group is planning to shed 150 jobs at its shipbuilding operation in Portsmouth, although it may transfer about 50 jobs to its ship support services business. 02-Feb-2004 Anglian Archives is planning to open more document storage sites across East Anglia. 29-Jan-2004 TNT is to close its international parcels depot near Southampton in April with the loss of up to 47 jobs, in order to relocate the work to its larger site in Alton. 29-Jan-2004 British Airways is looking to save £300m a year by reducing employee costs, which is expected to lead to the loss of a further 3,000 jobs from its 47,000-strong workforce. 29-Jan-2004 TNT Express Services, the business express courier service, is to set up a call centre at Willow Farm near Nottingham East Midlands Airport, with the creation of up to 120 jobs by the end of the year. 26-Jan-2004 Cavendish Corporate Finance has been recruited by a new Cambridge-based company called Hop Airways to help raise £5m to fund the creation of a cut-price commuter airline, which would fly short routes between regional airports. 26-Jan-2004 FLS Aerospace is planning to shed up to 272 jobs at Stansted and up to 149 jobs at Manchester airport, following a fall in demand for its aircraft maintenance services. 19-Jan-2004 BAA Scotland is to set up a new £12m terminal at Glasgow Airport by May. 19-Jan-2004 Liverpool John Lennon Airport is to submit expansion plans later this year that will either include a further extension to the existing terminal or the construction of a second terminal elsewhere on the site. 16-Jan-2004 Bombardier is to recruit 100 extra workers in Derby to work on a £250m train maintenance contract for Midland Mainline. 16-Jan-2004 Norwest Holst has won a £10m contract to build a distribution centre for L'Oreal at Trafford Park in Manchester. 15-Jan-2004 Solent Blue Line is planning to expand its Hampshire-based bus operations this year with the creation of up to 40 new jobs. 14-Jan-2004 Mersey Docks & Harbour Company has re-established a regular sea link to West Africa, with B&P Commodities building a £1.5m warehouse at the Seaforth Dock to import cocoa for the Cadbury Schweppes factory in Chirk. 08-Jan-2004 P&O Ferries is to employ up to 200 Portuguese workers for seasonal jobs on its Portsmouth-based ferries this year. 07-Jan-2004 Arriva is looking to expand its rail operations in continental Europe, and is particularly interested in Germany, Italy and Portugal. 05-Jan-2004 Innovate Logistics is planning to invest £2.5m in the expansion of its newly-formed temperature-controlled distribution business in North Lincolnshire, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 05-Jan-2004 Associated British Ports has sold the Troon Yacht Haven at its Port of Troon to Yacht Havens Group for £1.5m. 02-Jan-2004 The information below comes from the UK Activity Report. 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