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McDonald's is to relocate its European headquarters from London to Switzerland this autumn, for tax reasons. 13-Jul-2009 McDonald's is to launch a nationwide scheme to fill up to 6,000 job vacancies in its fast food restaurants with the long-term unemployed. 26-Mar-2009 McDonald's is launching a recruitment drive for 4,000 staff for its fast food restaurants across the country. 07-Aug-2008 McDonald's has appointed GVA Grimley to advise on the expansion of its chain of fast food properties, including up to 50 new sites a year and relocations. 18-Sep-2006 McDonald's is to spend £140m updating its fast food chain, with 60 outlets being refurbished over the next six months. 24-Apr-2006 McDonald's is to close 25 of its 1,250 fast food restaurants in the UK, at a cost of £23m. 01-Mar-2006 McDonald's is planning to refurbish 200 of its UK fast food restaurants over the next five years, and is also looking to refranchise up to 600 sites. 02-Feb-2006 BT Group has reached agreement with McDonald's to set up WiFi internet access points at more than 500 fast food restaurants. 08-Jan-2004 McDonald's is to expand its chain of 1,231 UK fast food restaurants with 44 outlets this year. 21-Jan-2003 McDonald's is to review the future of five restaurants in central London, which could lead to the sites being closed. 15-Nov-2002 McDonald's is creating 270 jobs in Norwich, as it prepares to open two new fast food restaurants in the city next month. 18-Mar-2002 McDonald's is planning to open 90 restaurants in the UK this year, taking its chain to more than 1,300 sites. 25-Feb-2002 McDonald's has sold 26 of its Aroma coffee bars to Caffe Nero for about £3.5m, taking the Caffe Nero chain to more than 100. 19-Feb-2002 McDonald's has appointed the SG Hambros investment bank to sell its UK chain of 35 Aroma coffee bars for about £15m. 27-Aug-2001 McDonald's is looking to sell the recently-acquired chain of 36 Aroma cafes. 06-Jun-2001 McDonald's has signed up as the first tenant of the Meridian Point project in Cleethorpes, and the developer Maltgrade is in negotiations with a potential operator of the leisure building planned for the site. 28-Nov-2000 McDonald's is planning to open 11 drive-through restaurants at towns in the North East, with each employing about 75 people. 18-Aug-2000 McDonald's has won permission to build a drive-through restaurant at Camborne in Cornwall with the creation of 60 jobs. 28-Jun-1999 McDonald's is planning to build a new flagship restaurant in Birmingham, at the former Bank of England premises in Temple Row, creating 80 jobs. 06-May-1999 McDonald's has acquired Aroma, the chain of 23 London coffee bars, from Apax Partners for more than £10m, and hundreds of new Aroma outlets are being planned. 26-Mar-1999 McDonald's is said to be planning to invest £12m at the millennium dome in Greenwich, which will involve sponsoring one of the dome's zones and operating food outlets. 26-Oct-1998 McDonald's has lifted its ban on British beef and will start using it at its UK restaurants again over the next few weeks. 27-Jun-1997 McDonald's is planning to invest £116m in opening over 100 UK restaurants this year, creating 5,000 jobs. 03-Jan-1997
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