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Nestle Nestle is to invest £10m in the expansion of its Nescafe cappuccino and creamers factory at Dalston in Cumbria over the next two years. 15-Oct-2007 Nestle is to close its factory at Cuddington in Cheshire by the end of the year, with the loss of about 100 jobs. 30-Aug-2007 Nestle is to shed 645 jobs at its confectionery factory in York, but £20m will be invested at the site to secure the future of the remaining 1,800 jobs. 21-Sep-2006 Nestle is said to be looking into the possibility of relocating its UK headquarters from Croydon to a 150,000 sq ft office in the Thames Valley. 04-May-2006 Nestle is to shed 234 of the 3,000 jobs at its confectionery factory in York, and a further 41 jobs will be lost at a factory near Newcastle upon Tyne. 03-Mar-2006 Nestle is to shed 35 IT jobs at sites in York and Croydon this year, following the implementation of a business process reengineering programme. 08-Feb-2005 Nestle has confirmed plans to shed more than 50 jobs at its yoghurt factory in Northwich this year. 20-Jan-2005 Nestle Rowntree is to expand chocolate crumb production at its factory in Girvan, Scotland, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs, but 57 jobs will be lost with the closure of its Mallow factory in Ireland. 22-Nov-2004 Nestle Rowntree is to sell its cocoa processing operations in York to Cargill, which will involve the transfer of 27 jobs. 01-Jul-2004 Nestle is to shed 270 jobs at its chocolate confectionery factory in Halifax over the next two years. 30-Mar-2004 Nestle is to close its Purina petfood factory at Barrhead near Glasgow later this year, with the loss of 206 jobs. 19-Mar-2004 Nestle is to close its chilled desserts factory in Staverton in September, with the loss of 155 jobs. 01-Mar-2004 Nestle is planning to transfer production of white chocolate products to York with the creation of 100 jobs, but 159 managerial and technical support jobs will be lost in Hayes. 15-Sep-2003 Nestle has sold its Eismann frozen food home delivery service in the UK to a management buy-out, and additional franchisees will now be sought to expand the business into Scotland, Lancashire and Yorkshire. 08-Sep-2003 Nestle is to shed about 200 management and technical support jobs at its confectionery factory in York over the next 18 months, and a further 40 jobs will go in Halifax and Castleford. 21-Aug-2003 Nestle is to shed about 36 of the 148 jobs at the Purina pet foods factory in Worksop. 03-Feb-2003 Nestle is to shed up to 40 of the 700 jobs at its sweet confectionery factory in Newcastle upon Tyne. 31-Jan-2003 Nestle is to invest £2.5m at its milk processing plant near Carlisle, but 24 jobs will be lost when production of condensed milk is transferred elsewhere. 02-Dec-2002 Nestle is to close its canned milk products factory in Ashbourne next June, with the loss of 117 jobs. 29-Nov-2002 Nestle has agreed to sell its UK-based ambient-temperature food operations to Premier International Foods for about £135m. 06-May-2002 Nestle is to close the recently-acquired Purina pet food factory at Great Cornard near Sudbury, with the loss of 45 jobs. 08-Apr-2002 Northern Foods is to sell the Ski yoghurt and Munch Bunch brands, along with its factory at Cuddington in Cheshire, to Nestle for £145m, which will involve the transfer of about 300 staff. 01-Feb-2002 Nestle is to close a dehydrated food products factory in Aylesbury later this year with the loss of 114 jobs. 01-Feb-2002 Nestle is planning to invest £4m at its York factory to increase production of the KitKat chocolate snack. 07-Nov-2001 Richmond Foods has confirmed plans to buy Nestle's UK ice cream business for £5.8m. 12-Sep-2001 Richmond Foods is in discussions to acquire the UK ice cream business of Nestle, which could lead to the loss of up to 230 jobs at a Telford factory and a York office. 17-Aug-2001 Northern Foods is to acquire the Fox's mints factory in Leicester from Nestle, but will close its Croydon factory in 2002 with the loss of up to 157 jobs. 15-Mar-2001 Nestle is shedding 70 of the 270 jobs at its coffee making plant at Tutbury, near Burton, as part of a reorganisation programme that will see the company invest in new filling and packing equipment. 21-Jul-2000 Nestle is to reorganise its powdered milk business with the loss of 207 jobs, and plants affected include Omagh, Dumfries and Dalston. 21-May-1999 Nestle is discussing the possible sale of its Findus frozen food brand to Scandinavian investor group EQT. 13-Apr-1999 Nestle is to close its Sarsons vinegar factory in Stourport with the loss of 22 jobs, as production is being centralised at its larger plant near Oldham. 26-Mar-1999 Nestle is said to be close to agreeing a deal with London Transport to sponsor the trains that will take visitors to the Millennium Dome. 12-Feb-1999 Nestle is looking to set up a chain of Nescafe Coffee Houses in retail centres, leisure parks, sports venues and petrol stations, and will also use the opportunity to sell confectionery products. 07-Apr-1998 Dalgety has sold its Spillers pet food business to Nestle for £715m and its Martin-Brower US distribution business to Reyes Holdings for £120m. 05-Feb-1998 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007