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Microsoft Research is said to be in negotiations to double its space at the University of Cambridge's West Cambridge site, which currently has more than 100 staff. 03-Dec-2009 Microsoft is seeking a suitable location in Cambridge to build a new 80,000 sq ft research and development facility, in order to replace its existing site at the West Cambridge Research Park by 2011. 05-Oct-2009 Microsoft is to help create 3,000 jobs for apprentices in its own business and partner companies by 2012, as part of a multi-million pound IT training scheme. 10-Sep-2009 Microsoft is to shed 5,000 of the 96,000 jobs in its global workforce over the next 18 months, with up to 60 of its 2,900 UK jobs at risk. 26-Jan-2009 Microsoft is to set up a 12,000 sq ft office at the Waverley Gate development in Edinburgh. 30-Jan-2008 Multimap, the London-based online mapping company with 120 staff, has been acquired by Microsoft for undisclosed terms. 13-Dec-2007 Microsoft is forming an alliance with Cisco, State Street and Fairbridge to provide IT training to 100,000 people in Scotland over the next three years. 30-Jan-2007 Microsoft is planning to set up an 82,000 sq ft office for its MSN UK division at Cardinal Place in London SW1, in order to relocate staff from Great Pulteney Street. 04-May-2006 Lionhead Studios, the Guildford-based computer games developer, has been acquired by Microsoft. 10-Apr-2006 British Telecom is linking up with Microsoft and AT&T to develop software for mobile phone systems, and will contribute human resources and testing facilities to the project. 31-Mar-2000 Capita is forming an alliance with Microsoft to develop new online services for schools, including a system to allow parents to monitor the progress of their children. 22-Feb-2000 Microsoft is said to be planning to expand its research facilities at Cambridge University, in order to expand its staff from 45 to about 100. 10-Nov-1999 British Telecom is linking up with Microsoft to develop hand-held communications devices that will enable consumers to access information while on the move. 15-Oct-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 Viglen Technology is forming an alliance with Microsoft to provide subsidised hardware to 100 new Microsoft IT teacher-training centres. 09-Jun-1999 Microsoft is set to acquire the 30% stake in Telewest Communications held by MediaOne, which is expected to speed up consolidation in the UK cable TV industry. 07-May-1999 WH Smith is linking up with Microsoft and British Telecom to develop an internet gateway to sell books, videos, music, and other services. 25-Mar-1999 British Telecom is forming an alliance with Microsoft to develop data communications services for mobile customers, and the services will be tested in the UK before being launched commercially around the world next year. 09-Feb-1999 Microsoft has announced a strategic alliance with NTL, in which it will invest $500m to help the UK cable TV operator build high speed voice and data services. 26-Jan-1999 Computacenter, the supplier of IT systems, has formed an alliance with Microsoft to finance the training of 1000 new IT professionals in order to help the company install Microsoft systems. 05-Oct-1998 Bloomsbury Publishing is to form an alliance with Microsoft to develop reference works in both print and electronic formats, beginning with the Encarta World English Dictionary. 01-Oct-1998 The BBC is to link up with Microsoft's Web TV division to combine internet data with TV programmes on one screen. 02-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 Pace Micro Technology has won a contract to supply set-top boxes for Microsoft's WebTV trial television service in the UK, and British Telecom has been selected as WebTV's internet access partner. 19-Mar-1998 Flextech is discussing the creation of a UK interactive TV alliance with Microsoft, which would enable it to compete with BSkyB. 06-Feb-1998 British Digital Broadcasting is in discussions with internet television providers, such as Microsoft and Oracle, to offer interactive and internet-based services via telephone lines and set-top boxes when it launches digital TV next year. 04-Dec-1997 Microsoft has confirmed plans for a £50m computer science research laboratory in Cambridge, where it will also invest £10m in small high-tech start-ups. 18-Jun-1997 Microsoft is planning to set up a research centre in Cambridge in collaboration with the university, its first such project outside the US. 02-Jun-1997 Reed Elsevier is to form a strategic alliance with Microsoft, paying £18m to use Microsoft Commercial Internet Systems and other developments. 07-May-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 Internet Technology Group has signed an agreement with Microsoft which will which result in its Global Internet service provider supplying Microsoft's Internet Explorer software to subscribers. 28-Nov-1996 Superscape VR has agreed a deal to provide its Viscape 3D web browsing software in Microsoft's Internet Explorer kit. 16-Oct-1996 Barclays bank has announced plans to use Microsoft's Money 97 personal finance software for its PC banking service, which is due to launch next spring. 14-Oct-1996 Easynet, the internet service provider, is to benefit from a new deal in which Microsoft will include access to the internet via Easynet in its Windows 95 operating system. 18-Sep-1996 British Telecom and Microsoft are to jointly market network and on-line services to small businesses. 05-Jul-1996 Microsoft is buying a minority stake in Helicon Publishing, the publisher of reference works based in Oxford. 17-Apr-1996 Microsoft is to sell its 18% stake in Dorling Kindersley, the UK CD-ROM publisher. 10-Nov-1995 The EC has been asked by the OFT to look into complaints by UK computer makers about Micrsoft's pricing strategy. 08-Nov-1995
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