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Swindon Council is planning to shed more than 200 jobs from its 4,500-strong workforce. 21-Sep-2007 Capita has won a £230m outsourcing contract to provide back-office services for Swindon Council, which will involve the transfer of 400 staff. 02-Feb-2007 Swindon Borough Council is planning to transfer up to 300 staff to private companies, having shortlisted Vertex, Capita and Fujitsu to run its frontline services. 25-Apr-2006 Swindon Borough Council is to shed 100 jobs from its 8,000-strong workforce. 11-Nov-2004 Swindon Borough Council is in talks with a Chinese government trade delegation about plans to transform the town's Renault building into an assembly and distribution centre for hundreds of Chinese-owned companies. 07-Jan-2004 Swindon Borough Council is planning to build a £16m central library, museum and art gallery in Theatre Square. 14-Oct-2003 Swindon Borough Council is to support a £4.5m restoration project at Lydiard Park, which will involve new visitor facilities and landscaping improvements surrounding the Georgian house. 26-Sep-2003 Swindon Borough Council has announced proposals for a new municipal waste disposal depot on a 25-acre site at the Cheney Manor Industrial Estate. 15-Jan-2003 Swindon Borough Council is considering plans from CDP for a £70m town centre redevelopment project at Regent Circus, involving new shops, homes and a public square. 28-Oct-2002 Swindon Borough Council and the Science Museum are to discuss the possibility of transforming Wroughton airfield into a Creative Planet visitor centre, with a focus on science and innovation. 01-Oct-2002 Swindon Borough Council is to consider plans from Westfield for the £150m redevelopment of the Brunel shopping centre, including 100 shops, a department store and a six-screen cinema. 21-May-2002 Swindon Borough Council is to approve plans from Fleet Square Developments for the construction of a 123-bedroom seven storey hotel and restaurant in Harding Street. 11-Jan-2002 Swindon Borough Council has revealed a £350m vision to transform the town centre with new public squares, boulevards, cinemas, a science park and a tram system, and will now launch a public consultation process. 13-Oct-2000 Swindon Borough Council is to consider plans from Dukeminster for the redevelopment of the former Princess Alexandra Hospital site in Wroughton into a conference centre, offices and about 100 homes. 24-Jul-2000 Swindon Borough Council has approved plans from Bride Hall Developments for the construction of a £3m Lodge Inn hotel on the corner of Fleming Way and Prince's Street. 12-Jul-2000 Swindon Borough Council is to consider plans from Royal & Sun Alliance Property Investments for a new retail development in the town centre, including the repositioning of the anchor store in The Parade and the creation of seven new units. 07-Jul-2000 Swindon Borough Council has approved plans from M4 Estates for the development of a £8m 120-bed Holiday Inn Express hotel near junction 16 of the M4 motorway, with the creation of 46 jobs. 28-Apr-2000 Swindon Borough Council is considering plans from Beaufort Western for a £9m development in Swindon town centre, including retail and restaurant facilities. 09-Oct-1999 Swindon Borough Council is supporting the Railway Heritage Centre Trust's plans to build an £11m railway museum at a former rail workshop. 06-Nov-1998 Swindon Borough Council is considering plans to sell the Brunel shopping centre, and it could fetch up to £100m. 12-Oct-1998
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