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ICL is planning to relocate its Manchester-based IT operations to a new £35m building at the North Manchester Business Park, securing the future of 2,000 jobs. 22-Feb-2002 ICL has awarded a contract to HBG to build a 50,000 sq ft office at the Crewe Business Park in Cheshire, and about 600 staff will relocate from its existing premises in Kidsgrove early next year. 09-Jan-2002 ICL has announced plans to shed 1,500 jobs in its computer services and software business, which will affect 300 UK-based offices. 13-Dec-2001 Fujitsu is to drop the ICL name from its UK technology division and incorporate the business into its global brand. 22-Jun-2001 ICL is considering plans to vacate its office in the West End of London and relocate staff to its other properties, in order to introduce modern working practices. 28-May-2001 ICL is looking to secure new contracts at its Widnes call centre to ensure that the 1,200 staff working on the census will retain their jobs when the processing is finished next year. 17-May-2001 ICL has completed the sale of its local government applications software business to Anite for £13m. 05-Apr-2001 ICL is to relocate its Tyneside office from the Newcastle Business Park to a new building at the Cobalt Business Park. 20-Dec-2000 ICL has confirmed plans to restructure its computer services business, which will involve 200 job cuts over the next three months and the creation of three main divisions - infrastructure services, projects and multivendor computing. 07-Dec-2000 Fujitsu is planning a restructuring programme at ICL, the IT services business, which will involve an unspecified number of job cuts in the 13,000-strong UK workforce. 23-Nov-2000 ICL is planning to set up a new document processing centre at the Catalyst Industrial Estate in Widnes, which will employ up to 1,000 staff handling the 2001 census. 29-Sep-2000 ICL has suspended plans for a £3bn flotation due to poor market conditions, and aims to focus on transforming itself into an e-business services company. 03-Aug-2000 ICL has sold its LOGiCOM IT logistics business to an institutional buy-out led by 3i, in a £50m deal. 08-May-2000 ICL is to sell off its European spares logistics business, close its trade distribution business, and float its KnowledgePool learning division, in order to focus on e-business services. 13-Apr-2000 ICL has sold a 16.8% stake in its Finnish business to a consortium of investors for £141m, and plans to seek a separate listing for its Scandinavian operations before the worldwide business floats later this year. 03-Apr-2000 ICL has sold its 31% stake in Kainos, the Belfast-based developer of customer relationship management systems, to Dublin-based venture capitalist ACT for undisclosed terms. 29-Mar-2000 ICL is forming a joint venture with Nokia to develop new applications to improve internal communications at Nokia and increase electronic links with its suppliers. 22-Feb-2000 ICL has announced a £100m plan to re-focus its business on internet services, with the creation of 1,000 jobs in the Thames Valley and Staffordshire. 18-Nov-1999 ICL has opened a new software development centre in Belfast that will employ 225 people in a joint venture with Microsoft. 29-Sep-1999 ICL is extending its alliance with Microsoft by setting up solution centres in five more countries, and expects to generate a further £1bn in new business as a result. 14-Jul-1999 ICL has won a £20m contract to supply desktop managed services to Northern Ireland's five Education and Library Boards over the next 10 years. 06-Jul-1999 ICL is in discussions to outsource its £800m UK property portfolio to a consortium that includes Regus, Comax and Deutsche Bank. 02-Jul-1999 ICL has renegotiated its contract to computerise more than 19,000 post offices, as the Benefits Agency has withdrawn from the scheme in order to encourage social security claimants to open bank accounts. 26-May-1999 British Telecom and ICL are linking up with Sega to offer a free internet access service to customers of Sega's Dreamcast games console. 14-May-1999 The Office for National Statistics has awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin, ICL and Polestar for the management of the 2001 census, and up to 1,000 jobs will be created in Runcorn by ICL. 26-Feb-1999 ICL is leading a consortium that has been selected as preferred bidder for a £500m contract to upgrade IT and telecoms equipment at Customs & Excise. 17-Feb-1999 ICL and Unisys have won a £183m contract to supply computer systems to magistrates courts in England and Wales, with the aim of standardising the existing systems and allowing public access through the internet. 06-Jan-1999 Cable & Wireless has acquired ECRC Network Services, the German internet service provider, from ICL for £27m. 05-Jan-1999 ICL and CMG have won a joint contract worth £200m to supply all the information technology requirements of the Department of Trade & Industry. 21-Nov-1998 ICL is launching a high-speed pan-European data communications network as it continues to transform itself from a hardware manufacturer into a services supplier. 28-Oct-1998 Fujitsu of Japan has bought the remaining 9.9% stake in ICL for £50m, which will enable the UK computer services business to be floated in 2000. 01-Oct-1998 ICL is launching a scheme to recycle old computers, which will involve the sale of revamped PCs with a guarantee and service contract through a dealer network. 21-Jul-1998 The £1bn project to computerise the Post Office and Benefits Agency is under review by the government due to concerns over rising costs, and ICL Pathway is said to be seeking additional funding to complete the implementation. 18-Jul-1998 ICL has won a £25m contract from the train operating companies to install a journey information system that will aim to reduce queues at ticket counters and provide more reliable information. 17-Jul-1998 ICL has won a £48m contract to manage the IT requirements of the Highland council over the next 10 years. 07-Jul-1998 ICL is forming an alliance with Microsoft to develop a new generation of consumer-oriented IT systems, and the move will create 1,000 new jobs in Europe. 27-May-1998 ICL, the computer systems and services company, has postponed plans for a flotation from next year until 2000, due to market conditions. 26-Jan-1998 Marks & Spencer has awarded a £80m contract to ICL for the installation of 11,000 tills at its stores, in order to improve the retailer's data management. 29-Nov-1997 BG, formerly British Gas, has awarded a £160m five-year contract to ICL for the outsourcing of part of its telecommunications business. 06-Aug-1997 Radius is acquiring assets and rights to the marketing and support of the Powersolve and Prosper software packages from ICL for £1m. 31-Jul-1997 ICL has bought a 42% stake in its South African subsidiary from Malbak, and plans to grow the networking and outsourcing operations. 08-Jul-1997 Scottish Power has sold IT Southern, the computer services division of its Southern Water acquisition, to ICL for £10.8m. 15-Apr-1997 ICL has sold Design to Distribution, its contract electronic manufacturing business, to Canadian-owned Celestica, for undisclosed terms. 08-Jan-1997 ICL has sold its S Print print operations to Continua, in a deal which will see Rank Xerox acquire a 50% stake. 08-Jan-1997 ICL is planning to set up a WindowsNT centre of excellence in Manchester and is retraining about 200 engineers in NT technology, a move which will increase its reliance on Microsoft software. 11-Dec-1996 The BBC is in discussions with ICL over the launch of an internet service which will feature information, educational material and entertainment. 19-Sep-1996 ICL is to stop making PCs and will sell off its contract electronics operation in order to focus on becoming Europe's leading systems and services company. 09-Mar-1996 Siemens Nixdorf has bought ICL's medical business for £15m, which should give it 25% of the health care market. 27-Jan-1996 ICL is setting up a new division called Teamware Group to focus on groupware products. 18-Jan-1996 ICL's manufacturing division, called Design to Distribution, plans to set up a North American plant in the next 18 months and is in discussions with potential partners. 05-Dec-1995 ICL and British Telecom are to run a joint trial at 11 Bristol schools on an interactive online education system. 08-Nov-1995 Workplace Technologies, the ICL business, has been bought out by management, but will carry on providing ICL with network integration services. 04-Oct-1995
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