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George Wimpey George Wimpey is to close its office in Hertford next month with the loss of 24 of the 38 jobs, following its recent merger with Taylor Woodrow. 16-Jul-2007 George Wimpey is planning to merge with Taylor Woodrow to create a £5bn housebuilding group with 14,000 staff. 26-Mar-2007 George Wimpey is to relocate its South Yorkshire headquarters and up to 50 staff from Rotherham to a new building due for completion at Sheffield Business Park by the end of the year. 21-Nov-2006 George Wimpey North East is to relocate its 50 Stockton-based staff to Lockheed Court, Preston Farm, this summer. 04-Apr-2005 George Wimpey is planning to shed 50 of its 4,500 jobs this year, in order to improve the efficiency of its housebuilding business. 24-Feb-2005 George Wimpey is considering plans to set up a nationwide chain of home improvement outlets, and is currently running trials in Edinburgh and Cannock. 05-Apr-2004 George Wimpey is considering plans to close its office at Yarm on Teesside with the loss of up to 15 jobs, in order to merge its City Living arm with its London City division. 05-Mar-2004 John Laing is to sell its housebuilding division to George Wimpey for £297m, as part of a strategy to focus on private finance initiative projects. 17-Oct-2002 George Wimpey is to set up a new headquarters for its City Living operation at Yarm near Middlesbrough, where about 10 staff will co-ordinate the conversion of apartments in urban locations throughout the country. 14-May-2002 George Wimpey has sold Alfred McAlpine Homes Cumbria to Centaur Homes for £16m. 05-Mar-2002 George Wimpey has reached agreement to acquire Alfred McAlpine's housebuilding business for £461m, which will lead to the loss of about 450 administrative jobs. 15-Aug-2001 George Wimpey is in negotiations to acquire Alfred McAlpine's housebuilding operations for up to £450m, in order to increase the size of its land bank and its presence in the London area. 03-Aug-2001 George Wimpey, the housebuilder, is planning to relocate its west London head office to sites in High Wycombe and central London. 28-Jun-2001 George Wimpey, the housebuilder, is planning to shed a further 150 jobs by April, in order to increase the annual savings from its cost-cutting programme from £15m to £20m. 23-Feb-2001 George Wimpey is to reorganise its housebuilding business by shedding up to 250 senior staff, relocating its head office from west London to a cheaper site and closing about five of its 29 regional operations. 12-Dec-2000 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007