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Diageo is planning to more than double production at its Bushmills distillery in Antrim over the next three years, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 30-Nov-2009 Diageo is to shed up to 900 jobs over the next two years with the closure of a packaging plant in Kilmarnock and the Port Dundas distillery in Glasgow, but 400 jobs will be created through the £86m expansion of a packaging plant in Leven, Fife. 02-Jul-2009 Diageo is to shed 107 jobs at its alcoholic drinks sales and marketing operations across Ireland, including 12 in Northern Ireland. 17-Jun-2009 Diageo is considering plans to close its headquarters in central London, in order to relocate staff to Park Royal. 23-Mar-2009 Diageo has announced plans for a £200m restructuring programme for its drinks business, prompting speculation that more than 1,000 jobs could go from its global workforce of 23,000. 16-Feb-2009 Diageo and Dalkia are planning to build a £65m biomass plant to recycle waste at its Cameronbridge distillery in Fife over the next two years. 08-Aug-2008 Diageo is investing £1.5m in improvements to the Old Bushmills distillery in County Antrim, in order to double output over the next five years. 27-Jun-2008 Diageo is to acquire Rosenblum Cellars, the US wine producer, for £53m. 30-Jan-2008 Diageo is investing about £120m in the expansion of its distillery and other facilities in Scotland, including the Cameronbridge grain site in Fife, bottling capacity in Glasgow and various warehouse sites. 19-Oct-2007 Diageo is planning to build a £80m whisky distillery at Roseisle near the Moray Firth by 2009, while £20m will be invested in bottling and warehouse facilities, with the creation of 200 jobs. 19-Feb-2007 Diageo is to close drinks warehouses in Londonderry and Omagh with the loss of 40 jobs, in order to centralise its distribution operation in Belfast. 11-May-2006 Diageo is to invest £9m in the expansion of its drinks plant in Leven, Fife, including the installation of a new bottling line for Tanqueray gin and the creation of 22 jobs. 03-Jan-2006 Diageo is to sell its remaining stake in US-based General Mills later this year, in order to move out of the food industry. 29-Aug-2005 Diageo is to acquire the Bushmills Irish whiskey brand from Pernod Ricard for about £200m. 07-Jun-2005 Diageo is to acquire Chalone Wine, the US winemaker, for £134m, adding to its two existing Californian vineyards. 21-Dec-2004 Diageo is to acquire Ursus Vodka, the Dutch owner of two vodka brands, for £102m. 22-Nov-2004 Diageo is planning to expand the Guinness production plant in Runcorn by next summer, with the creation of scores of jobs. 19-Nov-2004 Diageo is to invest £4m at the Cameronbridge Distillery at Windygates in Fife, in order to make efficiency and environmental improvements to the production process. 16-Nov-2004 Diageo is to close coopering workshops in Renfrew and Leven over the next 12 months, with the loss of about 17 jobs. 13-Jul-2004 Diageo is to close the Park Royal Guinness brewery in London in 2005, with the loss of 90 jobs. 16-Apr-2004 Diageo is to shed 35 sales and marketing jobs at its Guinness operation in Northern Ireland, while 100 jobs will be lost in the Irish Republic. 14-Jul-2003 Diageo and Heineken are to jointly acquire a stake in Namibia Breweries in a £20m deal, in order to gain a foothold in southern Africa. 16-Apr-2003 Diageo is to shed about 200 temporary jobs at the Johnnie Walker’s whisky plant in Kilmarnock, due to a downturn in some foreign markets. 16-Apr-2003 Diageo is planning to sell its Burger King fast food business to a US private equity consortium headed by Texas Pacific Group for £950m. 13-Dec-2002 Diageo is to create 93 jobs at a new £41m drinks plant in Mallusk, Belfast, from July 2003, which will bottle Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur. 01-Oct-2002 Diageo has agreed to sell its Burger King fast food business to a consortium that includes Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners for about £1.4bn. 26-Jul-2002 Diageo is to sell its Glen Ellen wine business in the US to Franzia Winery for £58m. 19-Mar-2002 Allied Domecq has bought the Malibu rum brand from Diageo for £560m, and has also acquired Mumm Cuvee Napa, the US sparkling wine company, for £27m. 28-Feb-2002 Diageo is planning to open 35 new Burger King restaurants in 2002, with the creation of 1,250 jobs, as part of a strategy to reach almost 1,000 UK outlets by 2006. 31-Dec-2001 Diageo has announced plans for a £13m expansion at its alcopops bottling plant in Leven, Fife, with the creation of up to 70 jobs. 16-Nov-2001 Diageo has sold the Croft and Delaforce fortified wine brands to Gonzalez Byass and Taylor Fonseca for £52m, in order to focus on spirits. 04-Sep-2001 Diageo is to sell the Guinness World Records book publishing business to Gullane Entertainment for £45m. 02-Jul-2001 Diageo is looking to sell its Guinness World Records business, which includes a book, TV shows and websites. 22-Mar-2001 Diageo is planning to open more than 200 Burger King fast food restaurants across Europe, Africa and the Middle East this year. 08-Mar-2001 Diageo is to reorganise its administrative functions onto a global basis by establishing two international centres in Hungary and North America, which could lead to job losses in Glasgow and Edinburgh. 02-Mar-2001 Diageo and Pernod Ricard have agreed to acquire the spirits business of Seagram for £5.54bn, and now plan to sell off the Oddbins off-licence chain and a number of smaller Seagram brands. 20-Dec-2000 Diageo has announced plans to relocate the sales and marketing operations of Guinness UDV from Harlow to the Guinness brewery site in Park Royal, London, by April 2002. 04-Dec-2000 Diageo has opened the new Cameronbridge Distillery in Windygates following a £9m renovation, and it will produce up to 30m litres of spirits a year. 09-Nov-2000 Diageo is to sell a Brazilian spirits subsidiary to Campari of Italy for undisclosed terms. 29-Sep-2000 Diageo and Pernod Ricard are planning to launch a joint takeover bid for Seagram's wine and spirits business, which could be valued at up to £6bn. 21-Aug-2000 Diageo has confirmed plans to merge its Pillsbury food division with General Mills of the US and to combine its UDV spirits business with its Guinness brewing division, in order to focus the group on alcoholic drinks. 18-Jul-2000 Diageo is to cut about 200 jobs at its Guinness operation in Dundalk, and a further 40 at its Runcorn packaging site. 17-Jul-2000 Diageo is planning to float Burger King on the New York Stock Exchange in order to raise up to £3bn, with the first 20% being floated within 12 months. 23-Jun-2000 Diageo has submitted plans to Perth & Kinross Council to expand Gleneagles Hotel, with 60 new bedrooms and new spa and conference facilities. 30-May-2000 Diageo is in discussions to acquire the bakery business of Bestfoods, as part of the US company's defence against Unilever's takeover approach. 23-May-2000 Kerry Group has sold its DCA bakery business in the US and Canada to Pillsbury, the Diageo subsidiary, for £62m. 18-Feb-2000 Diageo is planning to set up an internet trading market for its suppliers, in order to combine purchasing budgets across its operations in 200 countries and to negotiate discounts. 25-Jan-2000 Diageo has announced plans to open at least 85 Burger King restaurants in the UK in 2000, creating about 3,000 jobs. 31-Dec-1999 Diageo is selling two of its Metaxa and Asbach spirits to Bols of the Netherlands for £121m, while Cinzano is being sold to Campari of Italy. 27-Sep-1999 Diageo is to sell its Vecchia Romagna brandy in Italy to Montenegro for undisclosed terms. 21-Sep-1999 Unilever is selling Van Den Bergh Continental Bakeries, the Australian frozen pastries business, to Diageo's Pillsbury division for undisclosed terms. 11-Aug-1999 Diageo is to sell its 88% stake in Spanish brewer Cruzcampo to Heineken for £426m. 11-Jun-1999 Diageo is looking to sell four leading European drinks brands, including Cinzano, Metaxa, Asbach and Vecchia Romagna, and has also announced the sale of four ouzo brands to Campari for undisclosed terms. 28-Apr-1999 Diageo's United Distillers & Vintners subsidiary is to shed a further 90 jobs in Scotland next year as it combines several departments to create a new Brand Technical Centre, based at Menstrie near Alloa. 16-Apr-1999 Diageo is to revamp its chain of Burger King outlets with a new logo, more comfortable eating areas, and playground areas featuring computer games. 15-Apr-1999 Diageo has invited offers for its 89% stake in Cruzcampo, the Spanish brewer, and possible purchasers are said to include Damm of Barcelona and Heineken of the Netherlands. 13-Apr-1999 Diageo has bought back 4% of its shares from LVMH, the French luxury goods group that is raising £1bn to help fight for control of Gucci. 27-Mar-1999 Diageo is looking to sell Cruzcampo, the Spanish brewing business which could be worth more than £400m. 25-Mar-1999 Diageo has sold four bourbon brands and some other drinks to a consortium of US companies for £105m, which completes its clear-out of underperforming spirits in North America. 25-Feb-1999 Diageo has sold eight Canadian whiskies, including production facilities in Alberta and Quebec, to Canandaigua of the US for £114m. 23-Feb-1999 Diageo has announced plans to set up a new headquarters building for United Distillers & Vintners in Edinburgh Park, as part of a £50m investment that will see all its UK spirits production concentrated in Scotland. 29-Jan-1999 Diageo is to open 100 Burger King restaurants in 1999, creating 3,500 jobs. 31-Dec-1998 Diageo has announced that negotiations to sell its Strathleven bottling plant in Dumbarton to Bacardi have been terminated. 16-Dec-1998 Diageo has abandoned plans to sell the Gleneagles golf and hotel resort as it did not receive a sufficiently high offer. 07-Nov-1998 Diageo, the food and drink group, has put the Gleneagles hotel and golf resort on the market, having been approached by about a dozen interested parties. 05-Aug-1998 Diageo could lose the rights to distribute the Jose Cuervo tequila brand in North America, as its Mexican manufacturer believes that the way Grand Metropolitan was merged into Diageo last year gives it the right to renegotiate the contract. 07-Jul-1998 Allied Domecq is acquiring the remaining 49.6% stake in Cantrell & Cochrane, the Irish drinks distributor, from Diageo for undisclosed terms, and may now float the business. 03-Jul-1998 Diageo is creating 60 jobs at a new supply and distribution operation in Glasgow, but its United Distillers & Vintners division is cutting many more jobs by closing bottling plants in Dumbarton and Essex. 20-Jun-1998 Diageo is looking to sell a further six spirits brands from its United Distillers & Vintners operation as they are not making sufficient profits. 24-Apr-1998 Diageo has commissioned an independent valuation of its half share of Cantrell & Cochrane, the Irish drinks distributor, that could result in its sale to its partner Allied Domecq. 18-Apr-1998 Diageo has confirmed the sale of its Dewar's Scotch whisky and Bombay gin brands to Bacardi-Martini for £1.15bn, and Bacardi will acquire four distilleries in the deal. 31-Mar-1998 Diageo is expected to soon announce the sale of its Dewar's Scotch whisky and Bombay gin brands to Bacardi-Martini for £800m. 28-Mar-1998 Diageo has outlined its strategy for merging the former Grand Metropolitan and Guinness businesses as it aims to raise shareholder returns to levels set by the world's leading consumer groups over the next five years. 18-Mar-1998 Diageo is to close the former Guinness offices in Perth with the loss of 158 jobs. 27-Feb-1998 Diageo is closing the headquarters of its Heublein distiller in Hartford, Connecticut, as part of the restructuring programme following its creation from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan. 24-Jan-1998 Burger King is planning to open 55 new UK outlets in 1998, creating up to 2,000 jobs. 30-Dec-1997
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