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British American Tobacco is to shed 119 of the 920 jobs at its research and development centre in Southampton, in order to transfer finance work to Romania. 14-Mar-2008 British American Tobacco is to acquire the tobacco interests of Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni of Denmark for £1.1bn. 03-Mar-2008 Honda has taken full control of the Northamptonshire-based BAR Formula One motor racing team, with the acquisition of a 55% stake from British American Tobacco. 05-Oct-2005 British American Tobacco is to close its cigarette factory in Southampton over the next two years, with the loss of 530 jobs. 14-Jul-2005 British American Tobacco is to transfer some cigarette production to Korea and Singapore, which could affect some of the 660 jobs at its plant in Southampton. 03-Jun-2005 British American Tobacco is planning to close its Murray Sons pipe tobacco factory in Belfast, with the loss of 63 jobs. 28-Oct-2004 British American Tobacco is to sell Etinera, its Italian distribution business, to Altadis for £390m. 02-Aug-2004 British American Tobacco has acquired Ente Tabacchi Italiano, the Italian cigarette company, for £1.6bn. 17-Jul-2003 British American Tobacco is to close its cigarette factory in Darlington next year with the loss of 490 jobs in order to transfer production to Southampton, while two factories in Canada will also be closed. 19-Jun-2003 British American Tobacco is planning to build a £100m cigarette factory in Nigeria by 2003, employing 1,000 people. 25-Sep-2001 British American Tobacco has announced plans to build a £57m cigarette factory at Sachon in South Korea. 09-Aug-2001 British American Tobacco is to shed almost 50 of the 600 production jobs at its factory in Southampton. 15-Jun-2001 British American Tobacco is planning to build a cigarette factory in China's Sichuan province. 03-May-2001 British American Tobacco has sold its Spennymoor plant in County Durham to Industrial Estates Scotland, and the 27-acre site will be converted into a trading park for new businesses. 05-Jul-2000 British American Tobacco is to close its Spennymoor plant in County Durham with the loss of 460 jobs, as part of a reorganisation that will also result in accounting and supply activities being consolidated at Southampton. 03-Nov-1999 British American Tobacco has launched a £4.2bn takeover bid for Imasco of Canada, and intends to sell off Imasco's financial services business and retain the Imperial Tobacco division. 04-Aug-1999 British American Tobacco is to acquire Rothmans International for £5.28bn, which is expected to lead to job losses in their UK and worldwide cigarette factories. 12-Jan-1999
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