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Durham 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 Tanfield Group is to relocate its recently-acquired Smith's Electric Vehicles division from Gateshead to its County Durham headquarters by the end of next month. 06-Apr-2005 Centrex is to spend £10m revamping the Harperley Hall police forensics training facility in County Durham over the next three years, in order to provide IT suites, classrooms and new accommodation. 06-Apr-2005 New Horizons is looking to expand its childcare operations in the north-east with the acquisition of up to 15 properties across Tyneside, Durham and Northumberland and the creation of 200 jobs. 04-Apr-2005 Ramside Estates is planning a £12m expansion of the Ramside Hall hotel near Durham, with the creation of 100 jobs. 17-Mar-2005 LG Philips is to close its television parts factory in Durham in July, with the loss of 761 jobs, in order to transfer production to China. 03-Mar-2005 Sunderland Marine, the insurance company, is to relocate up to 75 staff from Sunderland to a new £5m headquarters in Durham in June. 17-Feb-2005 Sirius is to increase the workforce at its Durham-based ground engineering services business from 40 to 50, and is looking to expand into South Yorkshire, Nottingham and Scotland. 25-Jan-2005 Workwear Express, the County Durham-based supplier of corporate clothing, is planning to double its 20-strong workforce over the next two years. 17-Jan-2005 Komatsu UK is to create 20 new jobs at its excavator manufacturing plant in County Durham over the next two months. 13-Jan-2005 Durham Tees Valley Airport has submitted plans for a major expansion project, including a new cargo and maintenance village, a business park and a hotel. 10-Jan-2005 Weardale Railways is to shed all 36 jobs due to delays in accessing public funding for the development of the Weardale Heritage Railway in County Durham. 04-Jan-2005 Tanfield Group is raising a further £3m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its County Durham-based technical assembly business, including acquisitions and investment in equipment. 14-Dec-2004 Durham Tees Valley Airport is planning to build a number of new retail outlets, and talks are already under way with some potential operators. 10-Dec-2004 Warwick International has acquired Equest Market Research, the Durham-based supplier of detergent laboratory test products with annual turnover of £2m. 11-Nov-2004 Darlington Primary Care Trust has been awarded £3.6m by County Durham & Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority to rebuild Park Place Health Centre. 08-Nov-2004 CA Roofing is to set up a new £1m industrial roofing factory near its existing site in County Durham, with the creation of 16 jobs. 21-Oct-2004 Casper Shipping has acquired BS Freight, the air freight company based at Durham Tees Valley Airport, for undisclosed terms. 14-Oct-2004 Durham County Cricket Club is considering plans to become the first cricket club with a stockmarket listing, in order to raise funds to expand its stadium. 27-Aug-2004 Wind Prospect has unveiled plans for a wind farm development with eight turbines near Sedgefield in County Durham. 05-Aug-2004 Domnick Hunter is to create 70 new jobs at its process filtration business in County Durham, as part of a £4.5m investment programme. 16-Jun-2004 Yearsley Cold Storage & Distribution is to create 70 jobs at its new £12m refrigeration depot in Seaham, County Durham, by the summer, and work is to proceed on the second-phase of the expansion of the 38-acre site. 03-Jun-2004 Seaward is creating 30 new jobs in County Durham by establishing two new businesses to produce biomedical test equipment and database management programmes. 25-May-2004 South West Durham Training is to establish a £0.5m centre of excellence for the polymers industry in Newton Aycliffe. 12-May-2004 European Motor Holdings is to set up a £3m BMW and Mini car dealership in Durham this year, with the creation of 40 jobs. 30-Apr-2004 Durham Dales Primary Care Trust is planning to refurbish the Richardson Hospital in Barnard Castle at a cost of £5.5m, and work is expected to start by the end of the year. 15-Apr-2004 Comeleon is to recruit a further 30 staff at its County Durham-based technology business. 05-Apr-2004 Economatics has acquired Durham Filtration Engineers, the Tyne & Wear-based supplier of filtration products to a wide range of industries. 02-Apr-2004 LG Philips is to invest £3m in new equipment at its television screen factory in Durham. 02-Apr-2004 Union Snack is planning to expand the 80-strong workforce at its pretzel snacks factory in County Durham by 50% over the next three years, and £1m will be invested in new equipment. 02-Apr-2004 WH Promation, the County Durham-based supplier of equipment to the food and pharmaceutical industries with 35 staff, has been bought out of administration by Ian Shott Enterprises. 01-Apr-2004 South West Durham Training is to build a £0.8m Centre of Vocational Excellence for advanced engineering in Newton Aycliffe. 22-Jan-2004 Durham Pine is planning to expand its chain of furniture stores from 79 to 100 this year. 12-Jan-2004 Portland Group is to create up to 120 jobs at a new £2.5m care home for people with mental health problems at Shildon in County Durham. 08-Jan-2004 Comeleon is to acquire Tanfield Holdings, the Durham-based provider of manufacturing solutions with 178 staff, for £4.7m. 05-Dec-2003 Yearsley Cold Storage & Distribution is to build a new £10m depot in Seaham, County Durham, with the creation of 150 jobs over the next two years, and is also seeking sites in the South and Scotland. 13-Nov-2003 Teesside Airport is considering plans to change its name to Durham-Tees Valley, as part of a multi-million pound redevelopment programme. 23-Oct-2003 County Durham Development Company is supporting a £1.5m investment by Trinity Cable in a new cable production factory at West Auckland, which will create 37 jobs. 09-Oct-2003 Ultimate Leisure is raising £21m in a share placing to develop its chain of clubs and pubs, including new sites in Leeds, Derby and Durham. 29-Sep-2003 Reg Vardy is to acquire four Land Rover and Jaguar dealerships in Newcastle, Durham and Stockton from Dutton Forshaw for £9m. 25-Sep-2003 Watershed Plastics of Durham has acquired HydroFlow Solutions, in order to expand its drainage equipment business into Ireland. 18-Aug-2003 County Durham & Darlington Priority Services NHS Trust has awarded a £16m contract to Balfour Beatty and Balfour Kilpatrick to build the West Park mental health hospital in Darlington. 31-Jul-2003 The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. 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