Ridgeway Group has submitted plans to build a two-storey Audi car dealership at the Oxford Business Park. 21-Feb-2013
Andover Transport, the Hampshire-based haulage firm with 15 vehicles and 15 trailers, has gone into administration through Wilson Field. 21-Feb-2013
Cirrus has expanded its Cheshire-based branding agency by merging with Xancam, the Thame-based talent consultancy with 12 staff. 20-Feb-2013
BE Aerospace is planning to relocate its aircraft parts business to the 32,000 sq ft former Honeywell site in Burgess Hill this spring, with the creation of dozens of jobs. 19-Feb-2013
Rackspace is planning to set up two new data centres in the South East over the next year, in order to increase capacity by 10MW. 19-Feb-2013
Costco is to open two new wholesale depots in Southampton and Farnborough this year, with the creation of 500 jobs. 19-Feb-2013
Deverson Direct, the Canterbury-based scaffolding contractor, has gone into administration through Begbies Traynor. 18-Feb-2013
Aeromet has secured a £1m Regional Growth Fund grant to expand its aluminium castings business, with the creation of up to 38 jobs in Rochester, Sittingbourne and Worcester. 18-Feb-2013
Heinz, the US food manufacturer with 2,500 UK staff at sites in Hayes, Telford, Wigan and Worcester, is to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital for £18bn. 18-Feb-2013
Thurlow Nunn is to build a £5m Vauxhall car dealership in Milton Keynes by January 2014, with the creation of 50 jobs. 18-Feb-2013
Prudential is considering plans to relocate up to 1,000 Reading-based staff to new offices by 2015, having appointed Hicks Baker to find a site of about 80,000 sq ft. 14-Feb-2013
Snows Motor Group has expanded its chain of 19 car dealerships in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire with the acquisition of four Toyota and two Lexus sites from Marsh Group. 13-Feb-2013
Heathrow Airport is to invest a further £3bn in infrastructure improvements over the next five years, including the completion of the new Terminal 2 and a new baggage system. 13-Feb-2013
Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford is to shed 30 jobs from its 3,100-strong workforce. 13-Feb-2013
Maindec has expanded its Buckinghamshire-based IT services business with the acquisition of CSA Waverley for undisclosed terms. 13-Feb-2013
American Express is expected to shed up to 200 jobs in Brighton, in order to transfer some back office work to Argentina and India. 12-Feb-2013
P&O Ferries has shed about 43 catering and IT jobs at its Dover headquarters. 12-Feb-2013
Midcounties Co-operative is planning to close its chilled foods distribution centre at Osney Mead in Oxford, with the loss of 123 jobs. 11-Feb-2013
Xylem Water Solutions has acquired Pims Group, the Hampshire-based supplier of water and wastewater services. 11-Feb-2013
O2 is to recruit 107 customer service staff from 2e2 Group, the Newbury-based IT services firm currently in administration. 11-Feb-2013
Whatman is considering plans to close its filter papers factory in Maidstone, with the loss of 100 jobs. 11-Feb-2013
Tesco is planning to re-open its Fenny Lock distribution centre in Milton Keynes, with the creation of 300 jobs, in order to transfer work from a site in Daventry. 07-Feb-2013
BP is to set up a 130,000 sq ft office at Bedfont Lakes in Heathrow in 2014. 07-Feb-2013
SFP has been appointed administrator at 808 X-Ray Logistics, the Heathrow-based cargo handling firm. 07-Feb-2013
Bullitt Group has secured a £3.5m equity investment from the Business Growth Fund to expand its Reading-based mobile and audio technology business. 07-Feb-2013
Sutton & East Surrey Water has been sold by Aqueduct Capital to Sumitomo Corporation of Japan for £164m. 05-Feb-2013
Alicat Workboats has shed 24 jobs at its recently-acquired South Boats manufacturing business on the Isle of Wight. 05-Feb-2013
Accumuli has sold the trade and assets of the Webscreen Systems IT security business to Juniper Networks for £6.3m, including offices in Basingstoke and Garforth. 05-Feb-2013
Go Ape is planning to expand its chain of 28 forest adventure centres this year with a new site at Tilgate Country Park in West Sussex and 100 new jobs. 05-Feb-2013
Pinewood Studios has submitted plans to South Buckinghamshire District Council for the £200m expansion of its film production site, with the creation of 3,000 jobs. 04-Feb-2013
Avtrade is to relocate its aircraft components business to Sayers Common in Mid Sussex, with the creation of about 50 new jobs. 04-Feb-2013
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council is seeking a partner to develop a £100m leisure facility on a 45-acre site at the Thornycroft roundabout, including ski centre, sports and hotel. 04-Feb-2013
Williams Grand Prix is planning to build a new engineering research and development centre at Grove in Oxfordshire. 04-Feb-2013
Totem Commercial has unveiled plans for a new retail park at Rustington in West Sussex, including five large stores and up to 300 jobs. 04-Feb-2013
Lidl has won approval to build a distribution centre near Nursling in Hampshire, employing up to 400 staff. 31-Jan-2013
Thales is reported to be considering five potential sites near the M3 for a new 200,000 sq ft headquarters, in order to transfer staff from London and Reading. 31-Jan-2013
Whitequay, the operator of Skoda, Seat and Suzuki car dealerships in Southampton, Reading and Newbury, has gone into administration through Smith & Williamson. 30-Jan-2013
FTI Consulting has been appointed administrator at 2e2 Group, the Newbury-based IT company with 1,500 staff. 29-Jan-2013
Burgess Marine has acquired Testbank, the ship repair firm with 70 staff at its main site in Southampton, for undisclosed terms. 29-Jan-2013
Caterham Cars is planning to relocate its main sports car showroom to another site in Surrey by March. 29-Jan-2013
Hays Recruitment and Rocsearch are taking 11,000 sq ft of office space at The Blade building in Reading. 29-Jan-2013
Timpson is to acquire Snappy Snaps, the chain of 120 franchised digital photo outlets in London and the South East, for up to £3m. 28-Jan-2013
Plum Baby, the Buckinghamshire-based baby food supplier, has been sold by Darwin Private Equity to US-based Plum Organics for undisclosed terms. 28-Jan-2013
Bargain Booze is looking to expand its Crewe-based chain of 630 off-licences with new outlets in the South East this year. 28-Jan-2013
Goodwood Metalcraft, the Chichester-based mechanical engineering firm with 39 staff, has gone into administration through SFP. 24-Jan-2013
Dnata has agreed a deal with Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust to set up a new 205,000 sq ft cargo handling facility at Heathrow. 23-Jan-2013
Unilever is to relocate 300 more staff from Richmond and West Drayton to the Springfield Drive Business Park in Leatherhead. 22-Jan-2013
CPV is investing £1m in the expansion of its pipe manufacturing plant at Romsey in Hampshire, with the creation of six jobs. 21-Jan-2013
Celaton has secured a £2.5m investment from the Business Growth Fund to expand its Milton Keynes-based data handling software business. 21-Jan-2013
Dudman has gone into administration, casting doubt on the future of up to 140 jobs at its West Sussex-based aggregates business. 17-Jan-2013
Cangenix, the Canterbury-based drug discovery firm, has been acquired by Galapagos of Belgium for an initial £1m. 17-Jan-2013
Mid Sussex District Council has approved plans from Network Rail and Kier Property for the redevelopment of Haywards Heath station by late 2014, including a new Waitrose store and 200 jobs. 17-Jan-2013
Pinewood Studios and Amersham & Wycombe College are to set up a training centre for screen-based industries at Pinewood. 15-Jan-2013
Andrew Page is to open a 6,000 sq ft car parts depot at the Chancerygate Business Centre in Southampton. 15-Jan-2013
Hastings Direct is to create 200 new jobs at its insurance business in East Sussex. 14-Jan-2013
Multipanel UK is to set up a 36,000 sq ft aluminium composite panel products factory in Dover by the end of the year, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 14-Jan-2013
LC Energy has acquired Harvest Wood Fuels, the Surrey-based wood pellet supplier. 14-Jan-2013
Caremark Mid Surrey is to create up to 50 new jobs at its care and support service in Mole Valley. 14-Jan-2013
Isle of Wight Studio Glass is to go into voluntary liquidation through Portland Business & Financial Solutions, with the loss of 11 jobs. 14-Jan-2013
G4S Integrated Services is to relocate its staff administration division and up to 120 jobs from Broadway to a new office at Banbury Business Park. 14-Jan-2013
Fat Face is planning to expand its Havant-based chain of 205 fashion stores with up to ten new sites over the next year. 10-Jan-2013
Magma Global has raised £8.7m from the Business Growth Fund to build a new carbon fibre pipes factory in Southampton, with the creation of 100 jobs. 10-Jan-2013
DS Smith Recycling is to close its recycling plant at Totton in Hampshire in February, with the loss of 33 jobs. 10-Jan-2013
BNRG Renewables has won approval from Shepway District Council to set up a solar energy farm on a 114-acre site in New Romney. 10-Jan-2013
Intertek has acquired Tickford Test Technology, the Milton Keynes-based vehicle engine testing company with 57 staff, for £5.5m. 09-Jan-2013
Kia Motors is to relocate its head office from Weybridge to a new building in Walton in October. 08-Jan-2013
Prupim has announced plans to build two new office buildings totalling 443,000 sq ft on the former Metal Box site in Reading. 08-Jan-2013
Blade Dynamics has secured a £15m investment from the Energy Technologies Institute to expand its wind turbine technology business on the Isle of Wight. 07-Jan-2013
GML Group is to place its Kent-based construction division into administration, with the loss of 30 jobs. 07-Jan-2013
Isle of Wight Council is to consider plans to develop a brewery, restaurant and farm in Ningwood, with the creation of about 50 jobs. 02-Jan-2013
Wickham Vineyard has gone into administration with the loss of 24 jobs in Hampshire, and its chain of Wine Shak shops have closed. 31-Dec-2012
DCC Healthcare is to acquire Kent Pharma, the Ashford-based pharmaceuticals company with 304 staff, for £58m. 31-Dec-2012
City Motor Holdings, the chain of car dealerships with 250 staff in Basingstoke, Newbury and Reading, has undergone a management buy-out backed by RCapital. 31-Dec-2012
Bloc Hotels has secured a £7m funding package to help develop a new nationwide chain of ten budget hotels by 2017, starting with a 244-bedroom hotel at Gatwick. 31-Dec-2012
Elite Transport Services is to close haulage depots in Southampton and Felixstowe, with the loss of more than 50 jobs. 31-Dec-2012
Valspar is setting up a new 7,800 sq ft headquarters for its paints business at the IQ Winnersh business park near Reading. 31-Dec-2012
National Express is planning to close its Manor Royal bus depot in Crawley, and hopes to transfer the 140 jobs to other sites. 20-Dec-2012
Beckett Rankine has unveiled proposals to build a new £40bn superhub airport at Goodwin Sands off the Kent coast. 20-Dec-2012
Markerstudy Group has acquired Vision Vehicle Solutions, the Maidenhead-based accident management company. 20-Dec-2012
Sodexo is said to be planning to shed up to 96 jobs at its non-medical services at hospitals in Brighton and Haywards Heath. 17-Dec-2012
Chargemaster is to acquire Elektromotive, the Brighton-based electric car charging station manufacturer, for £8.5m. 17-Dec-2012
Medway Council has unveiled proposals to build a new business park at Rochester Airport, with the creation of 1,000 jobs. 11-Dec-2012
DHL Aviation is expanding its space at the Heathrow Cargo Centre with a new 81,000 sq ft transport services facility. 11-Dec-2012
CitySprint has acquired Eagle Express Worldwide, the Woking-based courier. 11-Dec-2012
Rackspace is considering plans to set up a new campus for its web hosting business at Hyde Park in Hayes, and could create up to 3,000 jobs over the next five years. 10-Dec-2012
Eastbourne Borough Council has unveiled plans for the £35m expansion of Devonshire Park, including a new conference centre and the refurbishment of the Congress Theatre. 10-Dec-2012
New Forest District Council is to consider plans to build a new £4.5m community arts centre and theatre in Ringwood. 06-Dec-2012
McLaren has won permission to build a new 640,000 sq ft technology centre at its sports car headquarters in Woking, with the creation of hundreds of jobs. 03-Dec-2012
Parker Building Supplies has bought four builders' merchants branches in Sussex and Kent from Saint Gobain. 03-Dec-2012
Telogis is to relocate its Bracknell-based fleet management software business to a new office in Millennium Way in December. 03-Dec-2012
Hive Energy is investing £72m in the development of nine new solar energy parks by April 2013, including sites in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. 03-Dec-2012
DoCare is to create 20 new jobs in Witney, in order to provide care services for Oxfordshire County Council. 03-Dec-2012
Vail Williams is to relocate its Portsmouth-based commercial property office to the Lakeside North Harbour business park next summer. 03-Dec-2012
AP Thompson Sports Engineering has ceased trading with the loss of 30 jobs at its Abingdon-based construction business. 03-Dec-2012
Hangar8 has acquired International JetClub, the Farnborough-based air charter firm, for £1.1m plus shares. 03-Dec-2012
Polestar has bought the Goodhead printing group out of administration, securing 518 jobs at BGP in Bicester and Stones in Banbury. 29-Nov-2012
Herne Bay Pier Trust has unveiled proposals for a new £70m marina and leisure attraction at Herne Bay in Kent. 29-Nov-2012
Harmoni is to create 150 jobs at a new call centre in Ashford, in order to provide a non-emergency service for the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. 28-Nov-2012
Elektron Technology is to sell its ASL precision temperature metrology and calibration equipment business in Redhill to WIKA Instruments for £0.6m. 27-Nov-2012
Monorep has gone into administration through Leonard Curtis with the loss of up to 75 jobs at its two car dealerships in Middlesex. 22-Nov-2012