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Polestar is to close its Newspac polybagging facility in Pershore, Worcestershire, in June, with the loss of 78 jobs. 30-Mar-2009 Polestar Greaves is to close its printing plant in Scarborough in January, with the loss of the remaining 190 jobs. 08-Aug-2008 Polestar is to close the magazine printing department at its Greaves plant in Scarborough, with the loss of up to 190 of the 380 jobs. 14-Jan-2008 Polestar has agreed a £814m restructuring deal with its creditors, in order to secure the future of its printing business. 11-Dec-2006 Polestar is to shed 70 jobs over the next few months through the closure of its Milton Keynes headquarters and the reorganisation of its sales and customer services operations. 04-Nov-2005 Polestar has confirmed plans to close its Purnell gravure printing plant in Somerset, and some of the staff will be transferred to other sites. 10-Jun-2005 Polestar is to invest £10m in a new print finishing and mailing facility at Polestar Chantry in Wakefield. 08-Oct-2004 Polestar has sold its packaging and label operations to a new company called Boxstar, which will involve the transfer of 350 staff. 03-Sep-2004 Polestar has selected Sheffield as the preferred location to build a £110m 700,000 sq ft printing plant, in order to produce colour magazines, catalogues and newspaper supplements. 20-May-2004 Polestar is to shed 91 jobs at its printing business in East Kilbride, and the plant is expected to close in the future with the loss of the remaining 117 jobs. 14-Apr-2004 Polestar is to close its Polestar Anglia magazine printing business in Diss, Norfolk, and 18 of the 56 staff are expected to relocate to Colchester. 12-Mar-2004 Polestar is to close its printing plant in Watford by the end of June, with the loss of up to 350 jobs, and some of the equipment will transfer to its site in Leeds. 30-Jan-2004 Polestar is planning to build a new gravure printing facility, as part of a £100m investment programme, and sites are being considered in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Stoke and mainland Europe. 12-Dec-2003 Polestar has acquired the Milton Keynes-based e-commerce division of Httprint, while Httprint's print management service has been sold to management. 11-Nov-2003 Polestar is to recruit up to 100 apprentices over the next three years, with 38 starting immediately across its five UK sites. 23-Sep-2003 Polestar is to invest £16m in the expansion of its Petty printing plant in Leeds over the next three years. 11-Jul-2003 Polestar is to close the former Aberdeen University Press business in Altens with the loss of 30 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Exeter. 28-Apr-2003 Polestar is recruiting 50 additional staff at its magazine printing operation in Colchester, following a recent £3.4m investment programme. 18-Mar-2003 Polestar Broadley is to shed 30 of the 100 jobs at its packaging plant in Accrington. 25-Feb-2003 Polestar, the printing company, is to relocate its head office from central London to an 11,000 sq ft office in Milton Keynes in May. 26-Feb-2002 Polestar is to shed 56 jobs at its printing business in East Kilbride, which will involve decommissioning two presses. 03-Jul-2001 Polestar is planning to sell off its packaging division, which includes Taylowes of Maidenhead, Jowetts in Leeds, Hannibal in Leicester and Broadley in Accrington. 20-Feb-2001 Polestar, the printing company, has awarded a £2.5m contract to Amec for the construction of a production plant at Pershore in Worcestershire. 04-Nov-1999
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