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Yorkshire Forward Yorkshire Forward is to invest £8.7m in the development of an Environmental Energy Technology Centre at the Advanced Manufacturing Park at Rotherham by autumn 2008, in order to support new companies in the low-carbon energy technologies market. 18-Jun-2007 Yorkshire Forward has invested £1.7m in the Yorkshire & Humber Seafood Group, in order to support the development of the region's seafood industry and secure the future of more than 6,000 jobs. 18-Oct-2006 Yorkshire Forward is to invest £6.5m at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Rotherham, including the development of a "factory of the future" to benefit the region's engineering and materials sectors. 09-Aug-2006 Yorkshire Forward is to invest £5m in the creation of a European Centre for Automatic Identification & Data Capture at the former Elsie Whiteley Mill in Halifax later this year. 12-Jul-2006 Yorkshire Forward is looking to establish a Centre of Food Robotics & Automation and will launch a tender process for companies interested in managing the project. 17-May-2006 Yorkshire Forward has awarded £10m to Screen Yorkshire of Leeds to promote the development of Yorkshire's film and TV industry, which could lead to the creation of up to 1,000 jobs over the next four years. 16-May-2006 Yorkshire Forward is to set up a £6.5m 55,000 sq ft airport and aviation employment and training academy at Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield International Airport this autumn. 29-Mar-2006 Yorkshire Forward has awarded £3.7m to the Logistics Institute at the University of Hull for the development of a £20m research centre to help the port sector in the Humber. 01-Mar-2006 Yorkshire Forward has unveiled plans to invest £8m in additional train capacity on three of Yorkshire's busiest rail routes. 06-Feb-2006 Yorkshire Forward and the White Rose University Consortium have secured outline planning permission for the development of a science centre at Burn Airfield near Selby, which could house the £1bn European Spallation Source facility. 19-Sep-2005 Yorkshire Forward has announced grants worth £2.6m for new arts and entertainment projects in Leeds, including a new city museum, a large outdoor screen and new headquarters for Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance. 25-May-2005 Yorkshire Forward is planning to set up a Digital Media Centre in Barnsley in 2006, in order to provide facilities for 70 creative companies. 24-Mar-2005 Yorkshire Forward is to invest £9.6m in the region's advanced engineering and metals industry, which should help to create about 500 jobs, and grants will be offered to companies and universities for research projects. 22-Mar-2005 Yorkshire Forward is providing a £2.1m grant for the development of the country's first manufacturing base for nanotechnology-based consumer products, which will be operated by scientists at the University of Leeds. 18-Mar-2005 Yorkshire Forward is to set up a co-ordinating centre in Halifax to support the DTI's plans for the establishment of a network of specialist Radio Frequency Identification technology centres around the country. 18-Oct-2004 Yorkshire Forward is assisting Soy Magic of Israel with plans to build a £3m factory at Europarc in Grimsby to produce soya milk, yoghurts and desserts, with the creation of more than 50 jobs. 05-Jul-2004 Yorkshire Forward is linking up with the Defence Diversification Agency and Amtek in a £2.5m project to use biotechnology developed for the defence industry to clean up brownfield sites. 07-Jun-2004 Yorkshire Forward is to help fund the development of a £0.3m harbourside shellfish complex at Whitby by mid 2005. 20-Apr-2004 Ryedale District Council is linking up with the Forestry Commission and Yorkshire Forward to unveil plans for a £4.3m investment at Dalby Forest near Pickering, including a £2.5m visitor centre. 05-Feb-2004 Yorkshire Forward is to assist Metalysis relocate from Cambridge to Sheffield, where it will create up to 100 jobs at a new plant to produce non-ferrous metals using a new extraction process. 21-Nov-2003 Yorkshire Forward is supporting plans from the International Food Group to establish a £10m food manufacturing park on a nine-acre site in Bradford. 29-May-2003 Yorkshire Forward is to help fund a project to transform the Esk Valley rail line between Whitby and Middlesbrough, in order to provide additional train services and new jobs. 07-Apr-2003 Yorkshire Forward has announced plans for a £2m investment in training 2,000 people in IT and creative skills in Yorkshire, in order to encourage international companies to move to Sheffield's e-campus and the Holbeck Urban Village being built in Leeds. 19-Jul-2002 Yorkshire Forward is setting up the Manufacturing Advisory Service in Leeds, a £2.7m centre for manufacturing excellence that will send experts on trouble-shooting visits to factories. 11-Dec-2001 Yorkshire Forward is looking to sell off its property portfolio, including 600 industrial and office buildings, for up to £60m. 31-Aug-2001 Yorkshire Forward has announced that Flexible Vision is setting up a £1m packaging production facility at Sherburn in North Yorkshire, and expects to create 34 jobs over the next three years. 01-Nov-2000 Yorkshire Forward has bought 85 acres of land at the disused Sherburn-in-Elmet airfield for £4.5m, in order to develop a new business park for the food industry that could create up to 3,000 jobs. 14-Apr-2000 Yorkshire Forward is to collaborate with the NHS to improve the health of the local population, by working together on health targets, research and development, and tackling health inequalities. 07-Apr-2000 Yorkshire Forward has announced that Morgan Leigh of the US is to set up a £1m factory on the Hellaby Industrial Estate in Rotherham to make cutting tools for the European aerospace industry. 21-May-1999 Yorkshire Forward, the regional development agency, is to set up its West Yorkshire headquarters in Bradford, from where it will link up with Bradford Council to attract jobs to the county. 18-May-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007