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Yell Yell is to relocate the Reading-based headquarters of its business directories business and 1,350 staff to the One Reading Central development in 2010. 27-Feb-2008 Yell is to create a further 90 telesales jobs at its call centre in Glasgow over the next few months. 12-Jan-2007 Yell is to set up a new directory inquiries call centre in Newport, Gwent, by April, with the creation of 250 jobs over the next four years. 10-Jan-2007 Yell is to set up a new 3,000 sq ft Yellow Pages sales office with up to 35 staff at Hillview Road in Aberdeen. 01-Sep-2006 Yell has acquired TPI, the Spanish phone directories company, for £2.3bn, and the deal was partly funded by a £350m share placing. 02-May-2006 Yell is to acquire TransWestern, the US publisher of 332 phone directories, for £861m. 18-May-2005 Yell, the directories company, is to set up a call centre in Belfast, with the creation of up to 150 jobs. 22-Nov-2004 Yell has acquired the Feist's telephone directories business in the US for undisclosed terms. 26-Mar-2004 Yell, the telephone directories company, is planning to raise up to £500m in a share offer, in order to reduce debt. 01-Jul-2003 Yell, the phone directories company, is planning to raise £750m in a flotation, and most of the proceeds will be used to reduce debt. 24-May-2002 Yell has agreed to acquire McLeod US Publishing, the US directories business, for £414m. 22-Jan-2002 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008