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Persimmon Persimmon has confirmed plans to shed 1,100 jobs in its housebuilding business, in order to save £45m a year. 09-Jul-2008 Persimmon is considering plans to shed a few hundred of the 5,500 jobs at its housebuilding operations across the country. 04-Jun-2008 Persimmon is to close its Charles Church housebuilding office in Reigate, but some of the 40 jobs will relocate to Camberley. 31-Jan-2008 Persimmon is to acquire Senator Homes, the Carlisle-based housebuilder with sites in Dumfries, Lockerbie and Cumbria, for £25m. 15-Dec-2005 Persimmon has agreed to acquire Westbury, the Cheltenham-based housebuilder, for £643m. 25-Nov-2005 Persimmon has acquired Merewood Group, the regional housebuilder operating in Cumbria and Lancashire, for £23m. 06-Jun-2003 Persimmon is planning to create 200 jobs at 20 new housebuilding projects from Northumberland to Yorkshire this year. 28-May-2003 Persimmon is to shed 80 jobs at its housebuilding business in the north east, in a reorganisation of working practices. 20-Dec-2001 Persimmon is planning to sell its Beazer Partnerships social housing and timber construction business to management for £5m. 16-Jul-2001 Persimmon City Developments is planning a £20m transformation of the Sheriff Court Building in Glasgow's Merchant City, in order to create luxury homes, offices, shops and a new home for the National Youth Theatre. 06-Jun-2001 Persimmon Homes is preparing plans for the development of a hotel, 800 flats, shops, offices and a marina on the banks of the River Orwell in Ipswich. 08-May-2001 Persimmon has launched a £537m takeover bid for rival housebuilder Beazer. 25-Jan-2001 Tilbury Douglas has sold its Scottish house building business to Persimmon for £23m, in order to focus on service-related activities. 24-Feb-2000 Persimmon has raised about £96m from institutional investors in order to fund land purchases and the growth of its housebuilding business. 22-Jul-1999 Trafalgar House is considering an offer by Persimmon to buy its Ideal Homes housebuilding division, which has upset Beazer Homes who claim Trafalgar have not considered their offer. 12-Jan-1996 More from the Construction sector Related pages: Castleoak Kier Terex Barhale Construction CB Richard Ellis Persimmon website: www.persimmonhomes.com The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008