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Durham Electrolux is to close its electrical appliances distribution centre in Spennymoor, County Durham, in summer 2009, with the loss of 23 jobs. 22-Dec-2008 PC Henderson is planning to close its garage door manufacturing division in Durham, with the loss of up to 150 jobs. 19-Dec-2008 Giles Insurance has bought Arnott Commercial Insurance Services and Arnott Marine of Durham, with the transfer of 23 staff. 09-Dec-2008 GlaxoSmithKline is to shed 200 jobs at its pharmaceuticals factory at Barnard Castle in County Durham over the next 18 months. 03-Dec-2008 John Wade Group is planning to build a new MBT waste treatment plant at Aycliffe in County Durham by April 2009. 01-Dec-2008 County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is to invest £30m in building improvements at the 470-bed Memorial Hospital in Darlington. 21-Nov-2008 The Department for Communities & Local Government has announced funding of more than £130m to build new fire stations in Cleveland, County Durham, Darlington, Northumberland, Surrey, Staffordshire and London. 14-Nov-2008 Trinity Mirror is to reorganise its Tyneside-based local newspaper production operations with the loss of 28 jobs and the closure of five district offices in Durham, Guisborough, North Shields, Redcar and Stockton. 10-Nov-2008 Evenwood Industries is to shed about 40 of the 130 jobs at its sheet metal fabrication business in County Durham. 04-Nov-2008 Cleaner Air Solutions is planning to expand the 24-strong workforce at its Durham-based renewable energy installation business to 60 by the end of next year. 08-Oct-2008 Parker Hannifin is planning to close its refrigeration components factory at Crook in County Durham with the loss of up to 170 jobs. 02-Oct-2008 Apex Wiring Solutions is planning to expand the 100-strong workforce at its Durham-based cabling systems business to 150 over the next six months. 02-Oct-2008 GlaxoSmithKline is to shed up to 20 of the 1,100 jobs at its pharmaceuticals plant in Barnard Castle, County Durham. 19-Sep-2008 Durham City Council is to consider plans from County Durham Ice Foundation for the development of a £3m ice rink and shopping complex at Belmont Business Park by autumn 2009, which could create 200 jobs. 18-Sep-2008 Peel Holdings has submitted plans to build a £8.5m 100-bed hotel at Durham Tees Valley Airport near Darlington. 10-Sep-2008 The Weardale Railway in County Durham has sold a 75% stake to Iowa Pacific Holdings of the US, which is expected to lead to the development of new freight, passenger and tourist services. 08-Sep-2008 Autumn Care Group has sold three care homes in County Durham and South Tyneside to Doson of Kent for £5m, with the transfer of 100 staff. 04-Sep-2008 Intersnack is to invest £3m in new production facilities at its snacks factory at Stanley in County Durham, with the creation of 45 jobs. 20-Aug-2008 Tyne Tees Packaging is investing £1m in new machinery for its County Durham-based corrugated packaging business, and also aims to expand the factory and office space. 20-Aug-2008 Milestone Country Living is to set up a £1.5m retail park next to the Plants R Ross nursery in Easington, County Durham, by next March, enabling local businesses to sell natural and homemade products. 13-Aug-2008 ESP Plastics, the County Durham-based manufacturer of plastic moulded coverings for car parts with 18 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for almost £1m. 31-Jul-2008 Zodiac Training and Third Eye are to offer a new interactive training service that uses virtual reality technology to simulate hazardous environments, which will create about 50 jobs in County Durham. 23-Jul-2008 Pulman of Durham has acquired Mill Garages, the Sunderland-based VW car dealership, increasing its workforce to 120. 16-Jul-2008 Shearings Holidays has acquired the George Hotel in Chollerford, Northumberland, the Eden Arms Hotel near Durham and the St George Hotel in Harrogate, as part of a £25m expansion programme. 08-Jul-2008 Tanfield is to shed about 30 of the 130 jobs at its engineering plant in Tanfield Lea, County Durham. 25-Jun-2008 Durham Scientific Crystals is preparing to start the manufacture of airport scanning machines in County Durham with the creation of up to 100 jobs, and its name will change to Kromek. 12-Jun-2008 Jeyes has acquired Power & Liquid Products, the County Durham-based supplier of cleaning products with annual sales of £15m, for undisclosed terms. 10-Jun-2008 Radisson SAS is recruiting up to 200 staff for a new four-star hotel due to open at Riverside North West in Durham in November. 13-May-2008 Easington District Council has approved plans from Coolmore Estates for the development of a £192m film studio at Dawdon in County Durham, including two hotels, a training centre and the creation of up to 2,400 jobs. 12-May-2008 Cemex has closed its precast concrete plant in St Helen Auckland, County Durham, with the loss of 31 jobs. 02-May-2008 Neville Porter has closed its online and telephone betting call centre in Birtley, County Durham, with the loss of five jobs. 01-May-2008 Bede, the Durham-based X-ray technology firm, has been bought out of administration by Jordan Valley SemiConductors of Israel, securing the future of 54 jobs. 21-Apr-2008 Durham County Cricket Club is drawing up plans for the £25m expansion of the Riverside Stadium in Chester-le-Street, including a hotel and an increase in the capacity to 18,000. 02-Apr-2008 Southern Cross Healthcare has bought seven residential care homes in the North East from The Portland Group of Durham for £42m. 05-Mar-2008 Vinci is to acquire Gordon Durham, the Tyneside-based social housing contractor, for about £5m. 25-Feb-2008 Durham County Council is considering plans for the development of a new £4m visitor centre at the North of England Lead Mining Museum in Upper Weardale by 2012. 15-Feb-2008 Pagebet is planning to expand its Durham-based chain of 26 betting shops to 100 by 2011, having secured a £5.7m equity investment from Advantage Capital. 06-Feb-2008 Black & Decker is planning to close its power tools factory in Spennymoor, County Durham, with the loss of 169 of the 320 jobs, but the design centre will remain at the site. 31-Jan-2008 OGI Groundwater Specialists is looking to expand the workforce at its Durham-based engineering business from six to 20. 21-Jan-2008 Quantum Specials is planning to expand the workforce at its County Durham-based pharmaceutical manufacturing business from 100 to 125 over the next year. 14-Jan-2008 Cleaner Air Solutions is looking to create up to 100 jobs at its new solar panels business in Durham over the next two years. 09-Jan-2008 Romag is to create up to 40 new jobs at its specialist glass manufacturing business in County Durham next year. 14-Dec-2007 Eaga has acquired wall insulation and heating companies Horrocks Group of Liverpool, George Howe of Durham and AF Ring of Welwyn Garden City for a total £18m, with the transfer of 300 staff. 02-Nov-2007 East Durham Homes, the County Durham-based housing group, is to shed 40 jobs following a review of its repairs and maintenance service. 02-Nov-2007 Kerry Foods has confirmed plans to close the ready meals production line at its factory in Durham with the loss of 65 jobs, but a further 95 staff will be redeployed in cooked meats and snack fillings. 26-Oct-2007 CLS Dual Fuel is to relocate its County Durham-based LPG Autogas systems business and 12 staff to Meadowfield by the end of the year, and the workforce will grow to 24 next year. 25-Oct-2007 Electrolux is considering plans to close its cookers factory in Spennymoor, County Durham, with the loss of about 500 jobs. 12-Oct-2007 Go-Ahead has bought the County Durham bus operations of Stanley Taxis for about £1m, with the transfer of 14 buses and 21 drivers. 27-Sep-2007 Stonelea Healthcare, the County Durham-based care home operator, has been acquired by Public Service Properties Investments of Guernsey for £24m. 07-Sep-2007 Utopian Leisure is planning to open a chain of ten Little Fat Buddha takeaway outlets in County Durham over the next three years. 21-Aug-2007 Durham Scientific Crystals has raised £3.5m to fund the expansion of its X-ray technology business into the medical, defence and security markets, and the workforce will double to 26 by next April. 15-Aug-2007 Survey Inspection Systems, the County Durham-based rail mapping company, has been bought out of administration by three investors for undisclosed terms, and plans to expand its workforce from 20 to 60 over the next four years. 08-Aug-2007 Bayagent of Durham is planning to open nine surplus stock warehouses across the country next year, each employing about ten staff. 03-Aug-2007 Romag of County Durham is to raise £7.7m in a share placing to fund the development of two new photovoltaic glass production lines by summer 2008. 18-Jul-2007 Durham University has unveiled proposals to expand its Stockton campus to the North Shore of the River Tees, which could include a new college or research centre. 12-Jul-2007 County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is considering plans to shed up to 700 jobs over the next three years. 04-Jun-2007 Formica, the US-based building materials company with 500 staff in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and County Durham, has been acquired by Fletcher of New Zealand for £352m. 04-Jun-2007 Kerry Foods is to shed up to 170 of the 540 jobs at its chilled foods factory in Durham over the next few months. 01-Jun-2007 Pride Valley Foods, the County Durham-based flat-breads manufacturer with 300 staff, has been acquired by Gruma SA for £20m. 22-May-2007 Bede is cutting 20 jobs at its Durham-based X-ray instruments business, in order to save up to £1.5m a year. 17-May-2007 Durham Precision Engineering, the County Durham-based manufacturer of precision machined components with 45 staff, has been acquired by the owner of Tolwood Technologies. 17-May-2007 Linpac Plastics is to close its clingfilm factory in Sedgefield, County Durham, next month, with the loss of 50 jobs. 07-May-2007 North Yorkshire Timber has acquired Ward & Naylor, the County Durham-based builders' merchant, for undisclosed terms. 22-Mar-2007 Stamford Group has acquired Philip Wilks & Sons, the Durham-based chain of nine petrol stations and three car dealerships with 135 staff, for about £15m. 15-Mar-2007 Just Car Clinics has expanded its chain of 17 collision repair centres with the acquisition of a 27,000 sq ft site in Durham. 05-Mar-2007 Gala Coral has acquired 44 Reuben Page betting shops in the North East from Durham-based Pagebet for undisclosed terms, and Pagebet is now looking to expand its remaining 15 sites back up to 50 within three years. 13-Feb-2007 Bannatyne Hotels has announced a £15m investment to fund five new hotels, including one opening in Durham City this month and four at undisclosed locations. 13-Feb-2007 Veriplast International is to shed 85 of the 165 jobs at its Mono Containers plastic packaging factory in Durham. 12-Feb-2007 Volante Transportation Systems of County Durham has been bought out of administration by Gloucestershire-based Invertec for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 30 jobs. 31-Jan-2007 Union Snack, the County Durham-based snacks manufacturer with 170 staff, has been acquired by Intersnack of Germany. 24-Jan-2007 Strides and Van Mildert, the operators of fashion stores in Durham, Yarm and York, have been acquired by the Stockton-based owners of the Box Clothing Company for undisclosed terms. 10-Jan-2007 Seaham Hall Hotel & Serenity Spa is planning to more than double the size of its five-star hotel in County Durham with the addition of at least 25 new rooms. 04-Jan-2007 Northern Bear is to raise £2.4m in a flotation on Aim to fund acquisitions for its County Durham-based construction services business. 14-Dec-2006 Gallacher Bros, the County Durham-based haulage firm with 30 staff and 22 vehicles, has been acquired by TAL Logistics of Sheffield. 29-Nov-2006 Redemption Food Company is doubling the workforce at its County Durham-based soups and sauces factory to 30 this month. 17-Nov-2006 Grange Mill Foods is looking to double the turnover of its County Durham-based cakes business to £6m over the next three years, with the creation of 26 jobs. 16-Nov-2006 Aptec Technologies, the County Durham-based textiles manufacturer with 35 staff, has been bought out of administration by Dean Street for £0.3m. 07-Nov-2006 Durham City Council is to build a new £12m swimming pool complex in Providence Row by July 2008. 24-Oct-2006 Tanfield is to raise up to £20m in a share placing to fund the development of its Durham-based electric vehicles business. 24-Oct-2006 Flyglobespan is to launch four new routes from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Malaga, Palma, Alicante and Faro, with the creation of 60 jobs. 09-Oct-2006 Riverdale Paper has expanded its paper recycling business with the acquisition of the former Severnside processing operation at Thornley in Durham for undisclosed terms. 05-Oct-2006 William Cook is to sell its defence engineering plant at Stanhope in County Durham to a management buy-out, with the transfer of 230 staff. 25-Sep-2006 One NorthEast and County Durham Economic Partnership are planning to set up a £10m Plastic Electronics Technology Centre at NETPark in Sedgefield by 2008, including clean rooms, laboratories, offices and an initial ten staff. 15-Sep-2006 Bmibaby is to withdraw its discount airline business from Durham Tees Valley Airport by November, with the loss of up to 50 jobs. 15-Sep-2006 Whitworth Hall, the Durham-based country house hotel, has been acquired by the Autumn Care Group, and is planning to create 30 new jobs over the next three years. 14-Sep-2006 Lumsden & Carroll is to develop a new £2.5m Hotel Bannatyne in Durham by early next year. 04-Sep-2006 County Durham & Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to shed up to 700 jobs from its 6,000-strong workforce over the next three years. 27-Mar-2006 Durham County Council is to consider plans from two developers to set up a multi-million pound road and rail freight interchange at Bowburn. 06-Feb-2006 Pagebet is looking to expand its Durham-based chain of 51 betting shops by opening about ten new sites a year. 27-Jan-2006 Durham County Council and training charity Endeavour are seeking lottery funding for a new £25m outdoor training and conference centre on the former Lafarge site in Eastgate. 26-Jan-2006 UK Coal has won planning permission from Durham County Council for a 121-acre opencast mine at Stony Heap, near Leadgate, with the creation of 40 jobs. 21-Dec-2005 Electrolux is to shed 50 of the 600 jobs at its cookers factory in Spennymoor, County Durham. 17-Nov-2005 Bmibaby is to base a second aircraft at Durham Tees Valley Airport, with the creation of 30 new jobs. 31-Oct-2005 The Milburngate Shopping Centre in Durham is to undergo a multi-million pound refurbishment by ING Retail Property Fund Britannica, and it will be renamed The Gates. 30-Sep-2005 Styropack UK is to close its EPS packaging factory in County Durham in September, with the loss of up to 14 jobs. 19-Aug-2005 The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has named seven locations for the planned nationwide network of fire and rescue control centres, including Durham, Warrington, Cambridge, Castle Dinington, Wolverhampton, Wakefield and Taunton. 12-Aug-2005 Plastic Logic has won planning permission to build a £20m open-access plastic electronics technology centre in Sedgefield, Co Durham, by 2007, in partnership with One NorthEast. 13-Jul-2005 Npower, the electricity and gas company, is planning to create 60 new jobs at its call centre in County Durham. 08-Jul-2005 Siemens is to create 70 new jobs at its customer service centre in Durham, to add to the existing 600 working on contracts for National Savings, the BBC and the Vehicle Operator Services Agency. 23-May-2005 Local Radio Company has been awarded the FM radio licence for Durham. 11-Apr-2005 The 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