Opportunities for Employment 2000 - Company News Summary

Thomas Cook is to relocate its Neilson outdoor holidays business from Gatwick to Brighton Marina, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
22-Dec-2000

Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank are to get a new £80m call centre in Kilmarnock, which will be operated by parent company National Australia Group and create about 500 jobs.
22-Dec-2000

Pace Micro Technology, the developer of TV set-top boxes, is looking to recruit a further 200 software and hardware engineers to work at offices in Bradford, Cambridge and the US.
22-Dec-2000

Wind River is planning to relocate its software business from Lower Stratton to larger premises at the South Marston Industrial Estate near Swindon, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
21-Dec-2000

Bredero Price Coaters is to create 220 jobs in Leith to carry out pipeline work on a North Sea contract.
20-Dec-2000

Pantherix, the drug discovery company, has raised a further £10m of venture capital to fund the construction of new laboratories and to double its staff from 23 to nearly 50 over the next two years.
20-Dec-2000

Whitbread is planning to build a £39m 614-room Travel Inn budget hotel at Heathrow, with the creation of 200 jobs.
20-Dec-2000

Logical is to recruit a further 70 staff at its computer services business in Newcastle-under-Lyme, and is seeking larger premises in the area.
19-Dec-2000

Bargain Booze is planning to open 100 new off-licence stores and a distribution centre in 2001.
19-Dec-2000

Anderson Manning Associates is planning a £1m expansion at its internet services business in Bangor, North Down, with the creation of 55 jobs.
19-Dec-2000

Slenderella is planning to double its 12-strong workforce in Belper over the next year due to rising demand for its garments.
19-Dec-2000

Racal Survey is planning to set up a new £5m base next to Aberdeen Airport to provide satellite positioning services for the offshore oil industry, and its local workforce will grow from 140 to 170.
19-Dec-2000

Verilab, the newly-formed semiconductor engineering consultancy, is planning to create up to 20 jobs next year.
19-Dec-2000

PGS Atlantic Power of Norway is to create 60 new jobs at its Aberdeen operation, having won a contract to operate an offshore support vessel for Kerr-McGee.
18-Dec-2000

Brett Martin is planning a £40m expansion at its plastic building products business in Newtownabbey over the next four years, with the creation of 145 jobs.
15-Dec-2000

Alltel Mortgage Solutions of the US is planning to create up to 250 new jobs at its European base in Bingley, due to rising demand for the supply of software and processing services to mortgage companies.
15-Dec-2000

MacKellar Engineering is to create 28 jobs at a new fabrication workshop in Grantown-on-Spey to produce components for sub-sea wellhead systems and offshore installations.
15-Dec-2000

Geest is seeking permission to set up a chilled food manufacturing facility at its site in Barton, North Lincolnshire, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
15-Dec-2000

APW Electronics is looking to recruit 200 new staff following the expansion of its radio base stations factory at Chandler's Ford in Hampshire.
15-Dec-2000

NEC has sold its mobile phone factory in Telford to Celestica of Canada, and Celestica is expected to double the 460-strong workforce in order to produce phones under licence for NEC.
15-Dec-2000

Woo One Corporation is to create 300 jobs in Hartlepool, having won a contract to produce microwave oven doors for Samsung.
13-Dec-2000

Rigblast is to acquire Meaux Services of Texas for £5.5m, in order to expand its oil industry support services with the creation of 200 new jobs, including 100 in Aberdeen and 100 in the US.
13-Dec-2000

Total System Services, the US payment card processor, is to set up a customer services centre in York, which is expected to create about 50 jobs initially.
13-Dec-2000

Barclays has announced plans to recruit a further 1,000 staff at its Sunderland call centre over the next year.
13-Dec-2000

Xerox is to set up a call centre at the Cams Hall Business Park in Fareham, with the creation of 40 jobs.
13-Dec-2000

BSOFTB, the Manchester-based developer of internet software, is planning to create 40 new jobs and expand into the US by opening offices in Denver and San Francisco.
12-Dec-2000

Wax Digital, the supplier of internet-based trading software, is to create 40 jobs at its Cheshire head office and expand into continental Europe in a £4.5m investment programme.
11-Dec-2000

Cambridge Display Technology is to build a £17m plant at Godmanchester to produce light emitting polymers, with the creation of up to 25 new jobs and the relocation of 15 existing jobs.
11-Dec-2000

Viaken, the US application service provider for the biotech sector, is to open a European headquarters in Cambridge, with the creation of 20 jobs.
11-Dec-2000

Nexus is seeking 93 new staff to operate the Sunderland extension of the Tyne & Wear Metro railway service.
11-Dec-2000

Unisys has agreed a deal with Barclays and Lloyds TSB to create a major cheque-handling operation at the Girobank centre in Bootle, with the creation of hundreds of jobs.
11-Dec-2000

Maldon District Council is considering plans from Whitbread and Silver Fern for the development of a 40-bedroom hotel at Maldon Hall Farm, which would create up to 70 jobs.
11-Dec-2000

Alenia Marconi is to recruit 50 new staff in Chelmsford having won a £260m contract to supply the tracking radar for the Royal Navy's Seawolf missile system.
11-Dec-2000

Lucent Technologies, the telecoms equipment supplier, is considering plans to set up a new administration and research centre on a 30 acre site at South Marston near Swindon, with the creation of hundreds of new jobs.
11-Dec-2000

Telecom Service Centres expects to open a further two call centres in Scotland over the next few months, with the creation of hundreds of jobs.
08-Dec-2000

Virgin Atlantic is to expand its airline business and launch new routes next year with the creation of 1,700 jobs, including 450 ground crew, 250 pilots and 1,000 cabin crew.
08-Dec-2000

Caudwell has announced plans to expand its chain of Phones4U mobile phone outlets from 95 to 300 next year at a cost of £50m, which will create more than 1,000 jobs.
07-Dec-2000

Quadstone has raised £21m of venture capital to fund the expansion of its marketing software business in Edinburgh, London and the US, which will involve the creation of 50 new sales jobs.
07-Dec-2000

Belleek Pottery is to create 50 jobs in Fermanagh, in a £2.5m investment that will increase production and expand exports.
06-Dec-2000

Wireless Systems International is to create 260 jobs at a new mobile phone equipment factory at Llantarnam Park in Cwmbran over the next five years, with 30 staff being relocated immediately from Bristol.
06-Dec-2000

Kamelian is considering plans to set up an opto-electronics factory at the Oxford Industrial Park with the creation of 70 jobs, while a further 30 jobs will be created at its Glasgow headquarters.
06-Dec-2000

CPG Logistics is to create 100 new jobs in Gosport having won a £22m contract to distribute telecoms products for IBM.
06-Dec-2000

Simutech, the US electronics company, is to set up a European base in Livingston's Alba Centre, creating up to 20 jobs.
05-Dec-2000

Heller Machine Tools is planning to double the output at its Redditch factory, with the creation of 32 jobs for assembly fitters.
05-Dec-2000

Leicester University is seeking permission to build a £30m conference centre in Oadby, which could lead to the creation of 370 jobs.
05-Dec-2000

Atlantic Electric & Gas is to set up a call centre in Cardiff for its new energy supply service in early 2001, with the creation of up to 250 jobs.
04-Dec-2000

The Post Office is planning to set up a £6.4m administration centre at its former Fitzalan Square site in Sheffield with up to 300 new jobs, while a further 100 jobs could be created at its new business management centre in Barnsley.
04-Dec-2000

Experian has announced plans to create a further 1,000 jobs at its information services business in Nottingham over the next three years.
04-Dec-2000

Asda is seeking 320 employees for a new store that is due to open in Dunstable in April.
01-Dec-2000

Caudwell of Stoke is relocating its Singlepoint mobile phone call centre to Chesterton, while its 20:20 Logistics operation will move from Crewe Hall to a property nearby, as part of a £10m expansion that will create hundreds of new jobs.
01-Dec-2000

The Industrial Development Board is supporting a £8.5m investment in Belfast by Avalanche, the US supplier of IT outsourcing services, which will create up to 500 jobs over the next five years.
30-Nov-2000

Montupet is creating a further 40 jobs at its alloy wheels and cylinder heads factory in Dunmurry, due to rising demand for a low-emissions diesel engine.
29-Nov-2000

Thus is creating 450 jobs at a new telecoms call centre in Glasgow.
29-Nov-2000

KFC has announced plans to open more than 300 new restaurants over the next five years, with the creation of 10,000 jobs.
28-Nov-2000

BYG Systems is to create 40 new jobs in Nottingham having won a contract to develop electronic point of sale training software for Lloyds pharmacy stores.
28-Nov-2000

E-principals, the internet strategy specialist, is looking to create up to 20 jobs at its new base in Sheffield over the next year.
28-Nov-2000

Torch Telecom is to set up a new office at the Paragon Business Village in Wakefield next year, where it will employ 60 staff.
28-Nov-2000

Tibbett & Britten has won a nationwide logistics contract from Mothercare, which will involve 300 staff at the Daventry International Distribution Centre.
28-Nov-2000

Tertio, the software company, is to recruit a further 95 staff following its move to new offices in Bath.
27-Nov-2000

Marconi is planning to recruit a further 200 engineers and factory staff at its Applied Technologies business in Chelmsford.
27-Nov-2000

Telewest is to expand the Liverpool-based technical support centre for its high-speed internet service, with the creation of 70 new jobs.
27-Nov-2000

Fareham Borough Council has reached agreement with Miller-CTP for the £30m redevelopment of the Market Quay, which will involve a new shopping centre and the creation of 100 jobs.
27-Nov-2000

The Industrial Development Board is in talks with two technology companies - E-host Europe of Dublin and Etranslate of the US - about plans to set up new offices in Northern Ireland with the creation of 300 jobs.
27-Nov-2000

Eurobenefits, the supplier of an online staff benefits service, is planning to double the staff at its London, Marlow and Edinburgh offices to 120 by February, and is considering plans for a £500m flotation.
27-Nov-2000

Airbus UK is to create hundreds of new jobs at its main sites in Bristol and Broughton next year, due to rising demand for aircraft wings.
27-Nov-2000

Merlin Entertainments is to open a £5m tourist attraction in Edinburgh next April called the Edinburgh Dungeon, which will feature villainous characters from Scotland's past and create 50 jobs.
24-Nov-2000

Dodd Group is to create 25 new jobs in King's Lynn, having won a £4m contract from a gas supply company to build and install telemetry information panels at 1,500 locations around the UK.
24-Nov-2000

Howard Basford has announced plans to set up a new headquarters for its national vehicle recovery service at the Cheshire Oaks Business Park in Ellesmere Port, with the creation of 60 jobs.
24-Nov-2000

Asda has announced plans to create more than 500 jobs in Scotland, as a result of expansion of its stores and a new development at Dumbarton.
24-Nov-2000

Barclays is to recruit a further 600 staff at its telephone banking call centre in Coventry over the next year, taking the total to 1,300.
24-Nov-2000

Westminster Healthcare is planning to create a further 160 jobs at its new £3m headquarters in Inverness over the next two years.
23-Nov-2000

Agilent Technologies is creating a further 350 jobs at its telecoms test equipment plant in South Queensferry, and also plans to recruit 100 marketing and administration staff at new offices in Dunfermline.
23-Nov-2000

Kingfisher is seeking permission to build a Big W store in east Hull, as part of a £20m development that will create up to 400 jobs.
23-Nov-2000

Conduit, the Dublin-based teleservices specialist, is planning to set up a call centre in Cardiff, with the creation of up to 1,400 jobs over the next two years.
23-Nov-2000

TheWebShed is to move its web site design business to larger premises in Liverpool in December, and hopes to create 50 new jobs in the next two years.
23-Nov-2000

TWR Rail is to create a further 26 jobs at its Derby-based rail design business, and plans to move to new premises at the Wyvern Business Park in January.
23-Nov-2000

AppsCo Software, the Aberdeen-based developer of business intelligence software, has opened a new US headquarters near San Francisco and also announced plans to change its name to Appsmart Software and double its workforce over the next year.
23-Nov-2000

St Helens Glass is opening a new sales, service and installations centre in Stockport, with the creation of 60 jobs.
22-Nov-2000

British Wool Marketing Board is to set up a new depot at Kingmoor Park in Carlisle next year, with the creation of 30 jobs.
22-Nov-2000

Egg has announced plans to recruit an additional 180 people at its internet banking call centre in Derby.
22-Nov-2000

Team Lincoln is to create a further 140 jobs at its holiday sales call centres in Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Peterlee and Leeds.
22-Nov-2000

SDL Integrated Optics is planning to expand its telecom switches factory in Witham, with the creation of 200 jobs.
22-Nov-2000

BMW is to seek planning permission for a £60m Rolls-Royce cars factory at Goodwood in West Sussex, which will build 1,000 units a year and create 350 jobs.
22-Nov-2000

Garlands is to create a further 400 jobs at its call centre in Hartlepool, having won two new contracts from companies sub-contracting out their customer service departments.
22-Nov-2000

Manchester Airport is to get 400 new jobs as it prepares for the opening of the £172m second runway next February, including 240 at British Midland, 100 at Sabre Airways and 60 at Airtours.
21-Nov-2000

Thefirstresort.com is creating a further 200 jobs at its new travel agency call centre in Manchester.
21-Nov-2000

OnLine Finance, the General Motors subsidiary that provides finance facilities to car dealers and their customers, is to relocate from London to Treforest near Pontypridd, with the creation of 400 jobs.
21-Nov-2000

Symphony Group is to set up a £2.5m distribution centre next to its furniture factory in Templeborough, Rotherham, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
21-Nov-2000

Aberdeen Asset Management is creating a further 125 jobs in its customer services, dealing and registration departments in Aberdeen.
21-Nov-2000

Fibre Reinforced Products has been acquired by Conder Products of Hampshire, which will lead to the creation of 35 new jobs at its glass reinforced products factory in Peterlee.
20-Nov-2000

Middlesbrough Borough Council is setting up a £260m partnership with Hyder Business Services that will involve Hyder taking over the running of a range of council services with the creation of almost 500 new jobs.
20-Nov-2000

British Telecom is to create a further 60 jobs at its new Manpower-operated call centre in Alness, Easter Ross.
20-Nov-2000

Lyreco of France is to invest £28m in a new office supplies distribution depot in Telford, with the creation of 400 jobs.
20-Nov-2000

US Airways is to accelerate plans to expand its new European reservation centre in Liverpool, and expects to have a staff of 150 by next summer.
17-Nov-2000

Aldridge Fabrications is to create a further 50 jobs at its two manufacturing sites in Birkenhead and Prenton, having won a number of roof support contracts for mines in the UK and abroad.
17-Nov-2000

Newcastle City Council is considering plans from Commercial Development Projects for a £25m retailing project on the site of the former Binns department store, which will create about 300 jobs.
17-Nov-2000

Hewetson Floors is creating 50 jobs at its new £7.5m raised access floors factory in Hull.
16-Nov-2000

Visteon, the automotive design services company, has announced plans to set up a new regional headquarters at the Pipps Hill Industrial Estate in Basildon, employing up to 400 workers.
16-Nov-2000

Quality Machining Services is creating 50 new jobs in Arbroath as part of a £7.6m investment programme, due to rising demand for equipment for the oil industry.
16-Nov-2000

Hibernia Foods is creating 52 new jobs at its ready meals factory in Hartlepool.
16-Nov-2000

Dungannon Borough Council has approved plans from Staten Island Economic Development Committee of the US to build a £20m golf course, hotel and leisure complex on the Tyrone-Monaghan border, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
16-Nov-2000

Cammell Laird is to create up to 300 short-term jobs on Tyneside having won a Ministry of Defence contract to refurbish the helicopter support ship Argus.
16-Nov-2000

Ikea has won permission to build a £20m furniture store at the Braehead shopping centre near Glasgow, which will create about 500 jobs.
15-Nov-2000

Domino's Pizza is to expand its number of outlets in Ireland from five to at least 30 with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
15-Nov-2000

Lloyds TSB has announced that 1,000 jobs will be created at a new call centre in Pencoed near Bridgend next year, which is more than double the number originally planned.
15-Nov-2000

B&Q is seeking up to 250 staff for a new DIY superstore that is due to open in St Helens in January.
14-Nov-2000

Oxford Glycosciences is planning to raise £150m in a share offer, in order to develop new drugs, recruit 75 sales staff and fund acquisitions.
14-Nov-2000

The Meteorological Office is to relocate up to 1,000 jobs from Bracknell to a new purpose-built headquarters in Exeter by 2003, and a further 200 new jobs will be created.
13-Nov-2000

Safeway is to create 80 new jobs at its distribution depot near Cullompton, as part of an expansion of its national depot network that will result in more than 600 new jobs.
13-Nov-2000

Ragdale Hall is seeking 50 additional staff for its health hydro at Melton in Leicestershire.
13-Nov-2000

British Gas is to recruit 120 staff at its telesales division in Cardiff, as part of a £4m investment at the Helmont House site.
13-Nov-2000

Invertek Drives is to expand its electric motor drives factory near Welshpool with the creation of up to 30 jobs over the next three years.
13-Nov-2000

Intel is launching a recruitment drive in Wales and Scotland in order to meet the demand for up to 1,200 staff at its new £1.4bn semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility in Ireland.
13-Nov-2000

Cambridge Silicon Radio has raised £24m from strategic investors in order to fund an increase in production of semiconductor radio chips and to recruit more engineers.
13-Nov-2000

Ubinetics has raised £50m in a share placing in order to fund the commercial development of its mobile computer technology, and expects to create 150 jobs over the next year.
13-Nov-2000

Stratford District Council is considering plans from Braunston Marina to develop a new marina complex for pleasure boats at Stockton, with the creation of 30 jobs.
10-Nov-2000

Unilever is to locate a new IT centre at Ewloe in Wales, which will involve 200 new jobs and the transfer of 170 jobs from nearby Port Sunlight.
10-Nov-2000

Clackmannanshire Council has announced plans to spend £4m on environmental improvements in Alloa, which will involve the creation of new play areas, landscaped gardens and up to 150 jobs.
09-Nov-2000

Scottish Coal has submitted plans for an open cast mine project at Glenmuckloch near Kirkconnel, which could create 80 jobs.
09-Nov-2000

Nortel Networks of Canada is planning to invest a further £69m at its telecoms equipment operations in the UK, which will create 700 jobs at New Southgate in north London and 600 jobs at Harlow.
09-Nov-2000

Sophos, the developer of anti-virus software, has announced plans to set up a new research centre in Abingdon, open an office in Japan and recruit 100 technical, sales and marketing staff this year.
08-Nov-2000

Dawnfresh Seafoods is to create about 60 jobs at a new £10m fish factory in Uddingston, which replaces a plant destroyed by fire last year.
08-Nov-2000

London Clubs International has won permission to set up a £5m casino in Northampton, with the creation of 140 jobs.
07-Nov-2000

Freshpack is looking to recruit up to 30 staff for its new frozen food packing unit in Alsager.
07-Nov-2000

Vistorm, the internet application service provider, is to expand into a new office at the Oxford Science Park in order to support a recruitment drive.
06-Nov-2000

Pocklington Coachworks is creating about 15 new jobs in North Yorkshire having won a £2.5m order to manufacture support vehicles for Toyota Motor Sport.
06-Nov-2000

Ascot Drummond is to set up a new online accountancy office in Dundee with the creation of 50 jobs.
06-Nov-2000

Asda is planning to expand its home shopping service to cover 60% of the country within two years, which will involve setting up dedicated depots and creating up to 4,500 jobs.
06-Nov-2000

Revenues Management Services is to create 150 new jobs in Preston, having won an extension on its contract to manage TV licensing payment schemes for the BBC.
03-Nov-2000

British Gas is seeking 100 additional staff for its customer service centre in Southampton.
03-Nov-2000

ACW Technology is planning to recruit up to 100 more people over the next 12 months for a new circuit board production line in Hampshire, having formed an alliance with Tandberg Television of Hedge End.
03-Nov-2000

Stadco has confirmed plans to set up a £3m factory at the Boulevard Industry Park in Speke to supply metal pressings to Jaguar, with the creation of 50 jobs.
03-Nov-2000

Knowledge Support Systems is planning to create up to 100 jobs at its business software operation in Manchester over the next year.
03-Nov-2000

Oxford Glycosciences is planning to create up to 40 jobs at its new drug discovery head office and factory near Abingdon.
02-Nov-2000

Moy Park is to invest £14m in the expansion of its three food factories at Craigavon, Moira and Dungannon, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
02-Nov-2000

Cable & Wireless is to set up a customer service call centre at the Atlas Business Park near Manchester Airport next year.
01-Nov-2000

Debenhams has confirmed plans for a £60m expansion at the Eastgate Shopping Centre in Inverness, which will create 500 jobs by 2003.
01-Nov-2000

Dunelm has announced plans to open a soft furnishings store at the Skippingdale Industrial Estate in Scunthorpe next year, with the creation of 130 jobs.
01-Nov-2000

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

Humax is to invest a further £2m at its set-top boxes factory in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, with the creation of 38 jobs.
31-Oct-2000

Halifax is to open a £45m call centre in south Belfast next year, which will lead to the creation of up to 1,500 jobs over the next four years.
31-Oct-2000

B&Q is planning to set up a new DIY superstore in Lincoln, with the creation of up to 185 new jobs.
30-Oct-2000

Thomson Travel is seeking a further 200 staff for its new Glasgow call centre, which is due to open next month.
27-Oct-2000

Singularity, the developer of financial services software, has opened a new headquarters in Derry and plans to double in size and create 50 jobs over the next two years.
27-Oct-2000

WD Irwin & Sons is planning to invest £3.4m at its bakery in Portadown with the creation of about 50 jobs.
27-Oct-2000

Friday Ad is to set up a call centre for its publishing business in Milford Haven, with the creation of 50 jobs.
27-Oct-2000

Chevin has secured a £3m venture capital investment from MTI, in order to fund the expansion of its Yorkshire-based network management software business with the creation of 45 jobs over the next two years.
27-Oct-2000

Pace Telecom, the Wrexham-based telecom services provider, is planning to create up to 30 new jobs following its recent move to larger premises on the Gresford Industrial Park.
26-Oct-2000

British Waterways and Miller Group have submitted plans for the £60m regeneration of the Union canal terminus in Edinburgh city centre, including shops, offices, apartments and the creation of about 650 jobs.
26-Oct-2000

Stewart Milne, the Aberdeen-based housebuilder, has announced plans to build a £10m timber frame plant near Oxford with the creation of 200 jobs.
26-Oct-2000

Shop America is planning to set up an international call centre for its shopping TV channel in Yorkshire with the creation of 300 jobs, and is seeking suitable sites.
25-Oct-2000

B&Q has won permission to expand its DIY store at Aintree, with the creation of 200 extra jobs.
25-Oct-2000

Ericsson Intracom is looking to recruit 20 computer software engineers at its site in Leicester, for the development of new internet systems.
24-Oct-2000

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to consider plans from Gladman Developments for the construction of a £6m call centre in Hanley, which would enable an unnamed occupier to create up to 1,000 jobs.
24-Oct-2000

Solectron has announced plans to create a further 45 jobs at its electronics plant in Dunfermline.
24-Oct-2000

Leisure Travel Group has set up a new headquarters for its travel and tourism division at Manchester Airport, and is now planning to make acquisitions and create a further 30 sales jobs over the coming months.
24-Oct-2000

PowerGen is to open a new call centre at Uddingston near Glasgow next month with the creation of 100 jobs, while a further 40 field sales advisers will be recruited throughout Scotland.
23-Oct-2000

British Nuclear Fuels is planning to recruit about 200 electrical and mechanical apprentices at Sellafield over the next five years.
23-Oct-2000

Tesco is planning to invest £32m at two new stores in Stockport, with the creation of up to 900 jobs.
23-Oct-2000

Churchill Insurance is seeking a further 20 staff for its new call centre on Teesside, which will take the total workforce to 450.
20-Oct-2000

Progressive Telecom, the supplier of business telephone systems, has set up a new office at the Imex Spaces Business Centre in Burton, and plans to double its workforce of 14 over the next year.
19-Oct-2000

WTS, the supplier of warranty and facilities management services, is planning to set up a new headquarters and call centre in Prestatyn, with the creation of up to 480 jobs.
19-Oct-2000

Whitbread has confirmed plans to build a £7m Travel Inn in the centre of Southampton, which will create up to 100 jobs.
19-Oct-2000

Thyssen Engineering has set up a new fabrication workshop in Scunthorpe, where it expects to create up to 50 jobs.
19-Oct-2000

Golden Vale is planning to create a further 40 jobs over the next two years at its recently-opened Rye Valley frozen ready meals factory in Enniskillen.
18-Oct-2000

Fullmen is seeking permission to expand its engineering business on Canvey Island, with the creation of 20 new jobs.
18-Oct-2000

S Harrison Construction is looking to recruit 50 extra site craftsmen to work on a range of major contracts in the Yorkshire region.
18-Oct-2000

S&A Foods is to recruit an additional 100 workers at its ready meals factory in Derby.
17-Oct-2000

Orbit Precision Machinery is planning to create 30 new jobs over the next two years following an investment in a new hi-tech machining centre at its site in Wantage.
17-Oct-2000

Ex-Press Plastics is to extend its plastic components factory in Norfolk with the creation of 30 jobs, following its buy-out from Low & Bonar.
16-Oct-2000

Compaq is to create 30 new jobs in an expansion of its e-commerce business solutions office in Belfast.
16-Oct-2000

Lloyds TSB is to set up a new banking call centre in Pencoed, Bridgend, next year, with the creation of more than 400 jobs.
16-Oct-2000

Stratos Lightwave is seeking 50 new staff at its fibre optics factory in Haverhill, Suffolk, following a big increase in demand.
16-Oct-2000

P&O Cruises is to set up a call centre in Southampton in December with the creation of up to 100 jobs, and further departments will be moved from London next year.
13-Oct-2000

TNT is to build a £3m cargo terminal at Edinburgh airport next year, with the creation of up to 40 jobs.
12-Oct-2000

KV Rollers is planning a £0.9m extension at its rubber rollers factory in Cwmbran, with the creation of 10 new jobs.
12-Oct-2000

Marketing Database Associates of the US is to set up an internet-based voice interactive call centre in Londonderry in January, with the creation of 100 jobs.
10-Oct-2000

Cambridge Antibody Technology is to relocate its Cambridgeshire headquarters from Melbourn to Granta Park in Great Abington over the next two years, which will involve the relocation of 180 jobs and the creation of 70 new jobs.
10-Oct-2000

Sainsbury has won permission from Epping Forest Council to build a regional distribution centre in Waltham Abbey, with the creation of 800 jobs.
10-Oct-2000

Asda is in discussions to open a new superstore at Peter Black Distribution's Bradford Street site in Keighley, with the creation of up to 400 jobs.
09-Oct-2000

Birkin International is recruiting 10 new staff at its lace factory in Borrowash, following the recent closure of its Nottingham site.
09-Oct-2000

Leicester City Council is to consider plans for the £300m expansion of the Shires shopping centre, which could create up to 4,000 jobs.
09-Oct-2000

Cookson is to invest £3.8m at its Vesuvius refractory plant in Sheepbridge with the creation of 60 jobs, while plants at Kings Cliffe near Peterborough and Manuel near Linlithgow will be closed.
09-Oct-2000

Gardners Books is to set up a new printing plant in Eastbourne with the creation of 200 jobs.
09-Oct-2000

Agilent Technologies has announced plans for the development of a £12m fibre optics R&D facility at its Whitehouse centre in Ipswich, with the creation of 500 jobs.
06-Oct-2000

Norgine of the Netherlands is to invest £4m in the production of gastrointestinal tablets at its Caerphilly factory in South Wales, creating 50 jobs.
06-Oct-2000

Bond Air Services is planning to invest £1m in new hangars and an administrative centre for its helicopter business at Staverton airport near Gloucester, creating about 20 jobs.
05-Oct-2000

LPC is to start recruiting 140 new employees at its paper mill in Leicester next February, following a £50m investment in a new mill and de-inking plant.
05-Oct-2000

British European is to launch the first flights between Aberdeen and London City Airport later this month, which will require about 25 new staff in Aberdeen.
05-Oct-2000

Orange has started a recruitment campaign to find an additional 900 staff for its new call centre at the Cobalt Business Park on Tyneside.
05-Oct-2000

Waterford Wedgwood is creating 140 new jobs at plants in Hanley and Tunstall, having won a £4m contract to produce tableware products for Williams-Sonoma of the US.
04-Oct-2000

Quest Travel, the supplier of worldwide holidays, is setting up a regional headquarters in York with the creation of 20 jobs, and is seeking suitable premises for a call centre.
04-Oct-2000

Entropy is to set up a sales and marketing centre for its internet security business in Belfast, with the creation of 20 jobs over the next two years.
04-Oct-2000

Plexus is to create a further 170 jobs at its electronics plant in Kelso, having secured a £1m grant from the Scottish Executive.
03-Oct-2000

Hutchison Telecom has announced plans to set up a technical centre for its third generation mobile phone business at the Grenfell Island office development in Maidenhead, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
03-Oct-2000

Kimberly Clark is to set up a European service centre in Brighton, with the creation of about 300 jobs, and a site will be chosen next year.
03-Oct-2000

Global Email Company is to set up a £14m e-response centre in Londonderry with the creation of 700 jobs, while a further 195 jobs will be created at its Belfast headquarters.
03-Oct-2000

Marks & Spencer is creating 100 jobs at its Sprucefield store near Lisburn, as part of a £4m development.
03-Oct-2000

Odyssey Trust has announced that 600 jobs will be created when the main arena opens at Belfast's £91m millennium stadium in December.
03-Oct-2000

Unum is to set up a personal insurance office in Bristol next year, with the creation of up to 200 jobs by 2003.
03-Oct-2000

ZEDA is planning to create 150 jobs at its technical support centres in Sheffield, Nottingham, Hull, Leeds and Stirling, including vacancies for programmers and management.
03-Oct-2000

Scottish Enterprise is promoting plans for the development of a £60m science park in Glasgow city centre, which will involve the creation of up to 3,000 jobs in software, e-commerce, opto-electronics and life sciences.
03-Oct-2000

MM Group, the direct marketing company, is to create 295 jobs in North Down over the next three years, in a £4m investment that will provide a virtual communications centre to link its existing operations in Bristol to Bangor.
02-Oct-2000

Severn Trent is looking to fill 150 vacancies at its new water supply call centre in Derby.
02-Oct-2000

Toshiba is launching a new Midlands division to provide printer, copier and fax systems through its Electronic Imaging Solutions subsidiary, which will involve the creation of 35 jobs at a new office in Aldridge.
02-Oct-2000

Halifax is to recruit an additional 150 staff at its Card Services headquarters in Cardiff, taking the workforce to 450 by the end of the year.
29-Sep-2000

Stafford Borough Council has approved plans for the development of a £50m cookery theme park at the former St George's Hospital site in Stafford, which could create up to 1,000 jobs.
29-Sep-2000

Sealine International is planning to create up to 35 new jobs at its boat building business in Kidderminster, following an increase in orders for luxury cruisers and yachts.
29-Sep-2000

ICL is planning to set up a new document processing centre at the Catalyst Industrial Estate in Widnes, which will employ up to 1,000 staff handling the 2001 census.
29-Sep-2000

Branston Potatoes is investing £1m at its vegetable packing plant in Lincolnshire, with the creation of 50 new jobs.
29-Sep-2000

Murray Financial is to create up to 100 jobs at its new Insurancevillage financial services call centre in Worcester.
28-Sep-2000

AVX is planning a £54m expansion at its electronics components business in Coleraine, with the creation of 125 jobs.
28-Sep-2000

Consteel, the Teesside-based designer of steelwork on buildings, is creating 30 new jobs following an expansion of its office in Saltburn.
27-Sep-2000

Horners Motor Group is to set up new Skoda dealerships in Bury and Manchester, with the creation of up to 25 jobs.
27-Sep-2000

MCI Worldcom is launching a major recruitment campaign in Reading, having decided to relocate 3,000 London-based jobs to its new European headquarters in the town.
27-Sep-2000

Advantage West Midlands has announced that Bidcom, the US engineering, building and e-business services company, is to set up a UK headquarters in Rugby, with the creation of 125 jobs over the next three years.
26-Sep-2000

Parsons Brinckerhoff, the US rail engineering group, is considering plans to set up an office in Derby with the creation of 30 jobs, and is also looking at Bristol and Croydon.
26-Sep-2000

Sony is to create 300 jobs in Basingstoke with the £10m redevelopment of its television equipment factory, which will involve converting a warehouse into offices and adding cafes, a shop and fitness centre.
26-Sep-2000

Aztec Chemicals is to create up to 15 new jobs following the recent merger of its chemical supply business with Aztec Aerosols on a new site in Crewe.
26-Sep-2000

BAe Systems has announced plans to expand its Broughton factory in north Wales with the creation of 1,700 jobs, in order to build wings for the new Airbus.
25-Sep-2000

P&O is set to create 100 jobs at Doncaster Railport by opening a new warehouse and office building next summer, in order to offer storage, packaging and distribution services from the site.
22-Sep-2000

Spektra Systems, the Livingston-based supplier of e-commerce software, is planning to create 100 jobs over the next two years, and is also looking to open new sales and support offices in Glasgow, London and continental Europe.
22-Sep-2000

The Welsh Development Agency is set to announce plans by Agilent Technologies of the US to set up a research centre on Swansea waterfront, with the creation of 30 jobs.
22-Sep-2000

Ubinetics, the wireless communications technology company, is to set up an office at the Delta Business Park in Swindon in October, where it will employ 60 staff.
22-Sep-2000

Matalan is to relocate its discount store in Wrexham to a new site at Eagles Meadow, with the creation of 40 jobs.
21-Sep-2000

Weidlinger Associates, the US engineering consultancy, is to create 20 jobs over the next five years at its new European headquarters in Dunfermline.
21-Sep-2000

Mission Foods is looking to recruit 40 new employees at its tortilla chips factory in Coventry, following a rise in sales.
20-Sep-2000

Viridian is looking to recruit a further 30 staff at its Sx3 software development centre at Moygashel, Dungannon, and has also unveiled a new £7m corporate headquarters in Newtownabbey.
20-Sep-2000

Dixons is planning to recruit a further 1,000 staff at its customer contact centre in Sheffield over the next year.
20-Sep-2000

Yearntree is to invest £2.3m at its office stationery factory in Newport, with the creation of 44 jobs.
20-Sep-2000

Synex, the supplier of voice and data telecoms services, is to create 140 jobs at a new sales and support call centre in Birmingham.
19-Sep-2000

Lloyds TSB is creating 170 new jobs at its mortgage unit in Scunthorpe, taking staff numbers to more than 400.
19-Sep-2000

Siemens has confirmed the sale of its former North Tyneside semiconductor plant to Atmel of the US, and up to 1,500 jobs will be created over the next three years.
19-Sep-2000

One-2-One has announced plans to create 1,000 jobs at a new mobile phone call centre in Dundee.
19-Sep-2000

Tibbett & Britten has won a contract from Tesco to manage a new food distribution centre at West Thurrock in Essex, and about 600 jobs will be created when it opens in October 2001.
19-Sep-2000

Asda is to set up a superstore in Dumbarton by 2001, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
18-Sep-2000

Tesco is planning to create 1,500 jobs across the North East, with new stores linked to regeneration schemes in places such as Durham City.
15-Sep-2000

CSC Computer Sciences is to recruit 50 IT staff in Derry over the next few months, in order to provide support to Raytheon's expanding software development centre.
15-Sep-2000

Time 24 is planning to set up a new electronics factory on the Isle of Wight, with the creation of 50 jobs.
15-Sep-2000

Dunlop Slazenger is planning to expand its tennis balls factory in Barnsley, with the creation of 50 jobs, in order to combine its European manufacturing operations onto one site.
15-Sep-2000

Signum Circuits is planning to create a further 100 jobs in Selkirk over the next 12 months, as it takes over the former Viasystems site.
15-Sep-2000

Swan Hunter has won a contract to supply a floating production storage vessel to Kerr-McGee, which will create up to 800 jobs at its Tyneside shipyard.
14-Sep-2000

Dyson is to invest £13m in the expansion of its vacuum cleaner factory in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
14-Sep-2000

East Staffordshire Borough Council has approved plans from Ranks Hovis McDougall for the development of a £30m flour processing plant in Burton, which will create up to 200 jobs.
13-Sep-2000

The Book Service is planning a £5m expansion of its book warehouse facility at Frating in Essex, with the creation of 30 new jobs.
13-Sep-2000

North Tyneside Council has approved plans from the De Vere group for the development of a 127-bedroom hotel and leisure complex on the North Cobalt Business Park in Wallsend, which will create about 170 jobs.
12-Sep-2000

Speed Frame PVCU Windows is planning a £7m expansion at its double glazing factory in the Dearne Valley, with the creation of up to 250 jobs.
12-Sep-2000

Inter Link Foods is to build a new bakery in Blackburn, with the creation of up to 150 jobs over the next two years.
12-Sep-2000

Nortel Networks has won approval to build a £35m research and development centre at its Harlow site, with the creation of up to 600 jobs.
12-Sep-2000

Strategic Software Solutions, the banking software company, is planning to create 130 jobs at a new facility in Alloa, following its recent acquisition by iatmglobal.net of the US.
12-Sep-2000

British Midland is planning to return to the US market next year by launching scheduled flights from Manchester to Washington DC and Chicago, which will create 250 jobs.
11-Sep-2000

Regent Inns is planning to build a £2m pub at the new Glydegate leisure centre development in Bradford, with the creation of 60 jobs.
08-Sep-2000

Siemens is in negotiations to sell its disused microchip plant on North Tyneside to Atmel of the US, which could lead to the creation of 1,500 jobs.
08-Sep-2000

Monitor Audio is creating 15 new jobs following the relocation of its stereo speakers manufacturing facility to a new site in Rayleigh, Essex.
07-Sep-2000

FG Wilson is creating up to 500 new jobs over the next three years, as part of a £27m investment at its diesel generator factories in Larne, Newtownabbey and west Belfast.
07-Sep-2000

James Beattie has announced plans to invest £6.5m in a new department store at a former C&A site in Birmingham, creating 475 jobs.
07-Sep-2000

Plymouth City Council is considering plans from Direct Wines to build a wine delivery call centre at the new Plymouth International Business Park, with the creation of 260 jobs.
06-Sep-2000

Jaguar has announced plans to create 500 production jobs at its Halewood plant in Liverpool, in order to manufacture the new X400 car from March 2001.
06-Sep-2000

JDS Uniphase has confirmed plans to create 1,200 jobs at its opto-electronics factory in Plymouth over the next five years, in a £32m expansion programme.
06-Sep-2000

Express Engineering is planning to recruit more than 100 workers at its special-purpose equipment factory in Gateshead over the next two years, following a £5m investment.
05-Sep-2000

Instem, the supplier of IT services to utility companies, is to set up a new headquarters at the Stone Business Park in Staffordshire next year, with the creation of 60 new jobs.
05-Sep-2000

North East Lincolnshire Council has approved plans from Kestonbond and P&O for a £45m cinema and leisure development called Millennium Park in Grimsby, with the creation of 800 jobs.
05-Sep-2000

Jennic, the electronics design company, is planning to recruit about 100 engineers by the end of 2001, having just moved into new headquarters in Sheffield.
05-Sep-2000

Marconi is planning to create about 160 jobs in Cambridgeshire, having opened a new communications research centre at the Cambridge Business Park.
05-Sep-2000

British Gas has announced plans to enter the UK home phone market by investing £150m in a new telecoms business, which will lead to the creation of about 800 jobs.
05-Sep-2000

Jessops is planning to expand its chain of photographic stores from 192 to 450 over the next seven years, with the creation of 1,500 jobs, funded by a £100m flotation next month.
05-Sep-2000

PizzaExpress is planning to open 30 new restaurants in the UK and Ireland by June 2001 to add to the existing 243, while a further 20 will opened abroad.
05-Sep-2000

P&O has announced plans for the development of a £100m container port at a former Shell refinery in Thurrock, Essex, which will create up to 10,000 jobs.
05-Sep-2000

Motorola has announced plans to set up a £20m software design centre at the Alba Centre campus in Livingston, with the creation of 550 jobs.
05-Sep-2000

Enbray Cooper has launched a recruitment drive at its new factory in Workington to cope with rising demand for electricity meter components.
31-Aug-2000

Cox Insurance is planning to create up to 500 call centre jobs in Bradford over the next year, having won a number of new contracts from leading internet companies.
30-Aug-2000

Sigma 3 is to create about 20 jobs at showrooms in Cardiff and Swansea, having won the franchise rights for the supply of Ripples bathrooms in Wales.
30-Aug-2000

Well Well Well is looking to recruit 10 engineers and five technicians at its mineral water plant in Cumbria, following a decision to manufacture PET bottle on-site.
30-Aug-2000

Morrisons is to build a new store in Eccles, Manchester, with the creation of 200 jobs, having bought a new town centre site from Safeway.
30-Aug-2000

Scottish Enterprise has won the go-ahead from the Scottish Executive for the construction of a £70m biotechnology manufacturing park at Gowkley Moss Farm in Midlothian, which could lead to the creation of up to 900 jobs.
28-Aug-2000

Tetra Pak is setting up a business service centre in Manchester with the creation of more than 50 jobs, in order to support its European and African packaging operations.
28-Aug-2000

JDS Uniphase has taken over five units at the new Oxford Industrial Park at Yarnton for manufacturing fibre-optic equipment, and expects to create 200 jobs over the next year.
25-Aug-2000

Magnex Scientific is planning to build a 50,000 sq ft magnet manufacturing plant at Yarnton in Oxfordshire, with the creation of 20 new jobs.
25-Aug-2000

TeleTech of the US is planning to set up a new call centre in Belfast for telephone and e-commerce based customer-care operations, with the creation of 900 jobs over the next two years.
25-Aug-2000

Vacuum Generators is to extend its vacuum equipment factory near Hastings with the creation of 30 jobs.
25-Aug-2000

Sainsbury is planning to build a £27m regional distribution centre at Hams Hall in North Warwickshire, which will provide 750 jobs.
24-Aug-2000

Micron Europe is recruiting 112 extra staff having opened a new £10m computer memory plant in East Kilbride.
24-Aug-2000

South Derbyshire District Council is to consider plans from Amelca, a new company formed by 150 dairy farmers, to build a £18m dairy products factory at Hilton, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
24-Aug-2000

Domnick Hunter is planning to create 100 new jobs over the next year at its industrial filter factories in the North East.
24-Aug-2000

Optare has won a contract to supply 75 airport buses to American Eagle Airlines, which is likely to create a number of new jobs at its Leeds plant.
24-Aug-2000

Fujitsu has selected the Laganside area of Belfast as the location for a new £29m telecoms software engineering centre, which will create up to 400 jobs.
23-Aug-2000

Epson is planning to set up a new customer call centre at its Telford base next month in order to provide support for its printers, scanners and digital cameras, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
23-Aug-2000

Finder, the Staffordshire-based supplier of relays and timers made by its parent company in Italy, is planning to create 20 new jobs following its recent relocation to larger premises at the Stone Business Park.
23-Aug-2000

Brown & Jackson is planning to open 100 new discount stores a year for the next four years with the creation of 1,500 jobs.
23-Aug-2000

Mitre Furnishing Group is planning to create up to 67 jobs at a new household textiles factory in Merthyr Tydfil.
22-Aug-2000

Galgon of the US is planning a £1.4m expansion at its electronics design and manufacturing facility in Glenrothes, with the creation of 50 new jobs.
22-Aug-2000

Auiron Energy of Australia has prepared plans for the development of a £400m lignite mine and power station in Ballymoney, with the creation of 500 jobs.
22-Aug-2000

Broxtowe Borough Council is to consider revised plans from Geo Atkins for the development of a £15m hotel, restaurant and health club near Ilkeston, with the creation of 100 jobs.
21-Aug-2000

Tesco is to open a larger store at Bar Hill near Cambridge in November, with the creation of 300 jobs.
21-Aug-2000

E-M-Solutions, the US electronic assembly company, is to set up an office at Larbert, near Falkirk, with the creation of 80 jobs.
18-Aug-2000

McDonald's is planning to open 11 drive-through restaurants at towns in the North East, with each employing about 75 people.
18-Aug-2000

Next is to create 220 jobs at its Ventura call centre in the Dearne Valley, having won a contract from Woolwich to manage a new integrated personal finance plan.
18-Aug-2000

NG Bailey is to set up a new £2m regional office for its building services business at the Wynyard Business Park in Hartlepool, where it will employ about 50 staff.
18-Aug-2000

Mount Packaging Systems is consolidating its manufacturing plant and offices into a new 10,000 sq ft factory in Dewsbury, with the creation of 10 new jobs.
18-Aug-2000

Sytner is planning to open a new Lexus car dealership in Leicester next year, with the creation of 20 jobs.
17-Aug-2000

JCB has completed the development of a £25m construction equipment warehouse near Uttoxeter, which will employ more than 200 people.
17-Aug-2000

Tesco is planning to build a superstore in Warrington on the site of a proposed £12m community sports stadium for Warrington Wolves Rugby League Club.
17-Aug-2000

Ikea is seeking a suitable site for a new furniture store in Sheffield, which will create up to 500 jobs.
17-Aug-2000

Optokem has set up a new optronics laboratory at the St Asaph Business Park in Denbighshire, and plans to create up to 20 jobs.
17-Aug-2000

Ubiquity Software of Newport has raised £28m of venture capital funding in order to further the development of software for telecoms service providers, and about 180 jobs will be created over the next two years.
17-Aug-2000

Greencore has announced plans to set up a £13m Canadian Pizza factory on Deeside, north Wales, with the creation of 230 jobs.
17-Aug-2000

Piolax is planning to double the workforce at its plastic car components factory in East Lancashire to up to 150 over the next three years.
16-Aug-2000

Tesco is introducing its online shopping service to three stores in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 60 jobs.
16-Aug-2000

N Brown has acquired a 60% stake in Eunite, the Manchester-based e-commerce company, for £6.8m, and more than 100 jobs will be created over the next three years.
16-Aug-2000

Amacis, the internet software company, is planning to create 100 jobs in Belfast over the next 18 months, having won a contract to install systems for HSBC Bank.
16-Aug-2000

Inverness Caledonian Thistle has revealed plans for a multi-million pound waterfront leisure development, including a conference centre, two hotels, offices, health studio and a provision to house the proposed Highland Soccer Academy.
14-Aug-2000

RJB Mining is looking to recruit 150 ex-mineworkers for collieries in the Midlands, Yorkshire and the North East.
11-Aug-2000

The Welsh Development Agency has announced that SPX Contech of the US is planning to set up a £19m car components factory in Welshpool, which will produce aluminium steering parts and create 200 jobs.
10-Aug-2000

Ford is planning to build a new car production plant and development centre at Gaydon in Warwickshire, in order to more than double the output of its Aston Martin subsidiary to 2,500 cars a year.
10-Aug-2000

Rolls-Royce is forming a £44m joint venture with Chromalloy Gas Turbine that will create 340 jobs at a new turbine components facility in Annesley, although most of the jobs will be staff relocating from factories at Somercotes and Eastwood.
10-Aug-2000

North West Leicestershire District Council is considering plans from Fiege Group of Germany and Wilson Bowden for the development of a major new distribution centre at the old Castle Donington power station, with the creation of 850 jobs.
10-Aug-2000

Yorkshire Mill Village is looking to recruit 350 new staff following the redevelopment of its retail village in Batley.
09-Aug-2000

The Youth Hostel Association is to relocate its headquarters from St Albans to Matlock in Derbyshire, creating 50 new jobs.
09-Aug-2000

Parisa has announced plans to create 1,200 jobs over the next 18 months by opening another 30 cafe bars.
09-Aug-2000

Asda is to create 800 new jobs by opening 36 more stores for 24 hours a day, taking the total that operate round the clock to 86.
08-Aug-2000

Matalan is planning to open a clothing store in Morecambe later this year, with the creation of 45 jobs.
08-Aug-2000

Derby Plastics, the Ripley-based plastic products factory, has been acquired by Machall Investments for £1m, and the business will be expanded to create 30 new jobs over the next year.
08-Aug-2000

Lincat is expanding its cooking equipment factory in Lincoln with the creation of 18 new jobs.
08-Aug-2000

Minerva is planning to build a £700m shopping centre in Croydon, including 110 shops, an Allders department store and the creation of 2,000 jobs.
07-Aug-2000

NextCall is seeking new premises in Bristol to expand its telecoms business, which could lead to about 30 new jobs.
07-Aug-2000

The Next Level is planning to expand its Hexham-based telecoms consultancy business with the creation of 10 new jobs.
07-Aug-2000

Arena-Walsall is seeking permission to expand its West Bromwich fabrications factory with the creation of 245 jobs.
07-Aug-2000

Energis is creating 200 jobs at its newly-opened Leeds office, including human resources, sales, and technical roles for its telecoms division.
07-Aug-2000

Manpower is to create 70 jobs in Wales with the opening of two new centres in Newport and Bridgend, as part of a £9m investment in a specialist division called Driving Power.
07-Aug-2000

Tesco is seeking permission to build a £12m superstore in Stockport, with the creation of 300 jobs.
07-Aug-2000

Search Consultancy is planning to open a new recruitment office in Manchester in September with the creation of 100 jobs over the next year, and a similar office will also be opened in Crawley.
07-Aug-2000

CMG, the IT and communication services group, has launched a nationwide recruitment campaign to fill hundreds of vacancies at offices across the UK.
04-Aug-2000

Pearl Assurance is to open a new sales support centre in Cardiff later this year, with the creation of nearly 200 jobs.
04-Aug-2000

Marketing Management Services International is planning to set up new research offices across the UK, Europe, America and the Middle East, with the creation of 740 jobs.
04-Aug-2000

Prudential is to set up a second call centre for its Egg internet bank in Derby, with the creation of 1,500 jobs.
04-Aug-2000

Benson Box is to create an unspecified number of new jobs following a £10m investment in a new carton manufacturing facility at Bardon in Leicestershire.
04-Aug-2000

Tyco Electronics is setting up a new factory on a site between its two existing cable harness-making plants in Swindon, with the creation of 40 jobs.
04-Aug-2000

Deloitte & Touche is planning to create more than 100 jobs over the next five years at a new pensions administration unit in Glasgow.
04-Aug-2000

Schott is creating 30 new jobs at its fibre optics factory in Doncaster, having been approached by Hella to produce new automotive lighting products.
04-Aug-2000

Kingfisher is to open a £7m Big W superstore at the Victoria shopping centre in Bradford in November, with the creation of 200 jobs.
03-Aug-2000

Costco is planning to open a members-only retail warehouse in Derby in October, with the creation of 160 jobs.
03-Aug-2000

Mitel Semiconductor is creating 150 new jobs in Swindon, including 50 in its chip manufacturing plant and 100 in design and customer support.
03-Aug-2000

Capital Shopping Centres has won government approval for an extension to the MetroCentre in Gateshead, which will involve a car park, a new Debenhams department store, 27 other shops, and the creation of 1,000 jobs.
03-Aug-2000

Locate in Scotland has announced that up to 50 jobs are being created in Fife at a recently-launched engineering company called Stone Manganese Marine Services.
03-Aug-2000

Rayware is to create up to 60 jobs at its new houseware distribution centre in Speke.
02-Aug-2000

Silvertech is planning to create 14 new jobs at its control and safety systems business in Aberdeen, and will relocate its accounts staff from Horsham and increase its office space at the Aberdeen Science and Technology Park.
01-Aug-2000

Cisco Systems is to take 1.25m sq ft of office space in five separate buildings at Green Park in Reading.
31-Jul-2000

Sturgess Motor Group is planning to open a new Jaguar dealership in Leicester, which will create up to 15 new jobs.
31-Jul-2000

Reliance Security has set up a contract security office in Belfast, where it plans to create up to 200 jobs over the next two years.
31-Jul-2000

Nelson Money Managers is planning to create 180 jobs in the north west over the next three years, and will start by opening new offices in Northwich.
31-Jul-2000

Neath & Port Talbot County Borough Council has announced that Hi-Lex Cable Systems of Japan is planning to set up a car components factory on the Baglan Energy Park in Port Talbot, with the creation of 150 jobs.
28-Jul-2000

Swiss Life is planning to relocate its Crosby-based client service centre to larger premises at Liverpool's Albert Dock, with the creation of 500 jobs.
28-Jul-2000

Gap is to open a new fashion store at Humberstone Gate in Leicester in October, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
27-Jul-2000

Bookham Technology has started to recruit 270 engineers and operators for its new optical components manufacturing facility in Swindon.
27-Jul-2000

Golden Vale is to expand production at its Rye Valley frozen ready meals plant in Co Fermanagh over the next two years, with the creation of 80 jobs.
27-Jul-2000

Direct Line is to create more than 250 call centre jobs at its Green Flag vehicle recovery business in Pudsey and Leeds.
27-Jul-2000

Littlewoods is planning to create a further 120 jobs at its new financial services call centre in Sunderland, which is a joint venture with the Woolwich.
26-Jul-2000

Marconi has won a £2bn contract to supply optical electronic equipment for British Telecom's new European broadband network, which is expected to lead to new jobs at sites in Coventry, Liverpool and Italy.
25-Jul-2000

On Digital is seeking 1,100 staff for a new call centre in Pembroke and a further 400 to add to its Plymouth call centre, in order to strengthen its customer services operation ahead of its internet TV launch.
25-Jul-2000

Tesco is planning to build a £11m store in Alloa town centre, with the creation of 350 jobs.
25-Jul-2000

Transco is planning to create 200 fibre optic telecoms jobs at newly-refurbished offices in Queens Road, Reading, and is currently negotiating a lease on the building.
24-Jul-2000

ADC Telecommunications is to create a further 500 jobs at its new £27m facility in Glenrothes, in order to increase production of copper, optical fibre and wireless products for the European telecoms industry.
24-Jul-2000

Vodafone is to open 10 new mobile phone stores in Northern Ireland over the next 12 months, in a £15m investment that will create more than 50 jobs.
24-Jul-2000

Northern Rock is hoping to get planning permission next month for a new £30m banking headquarters in Gosforth, Newcastle, and plans to create 300 jobs annually over the next seven years.
24-Jul-2000

The Post Office is to create about 40 jobs at a new £5m banking administration centre at the Nexus Point business park in Birmingham, and a further 180 staff will be relocated from two existing centres at Castle Vale and Castle Bromwich.
24-Jul-2000

Roche is investing £30m at its vitamin C plant at Dalry in Ayrshire, which will involve new equipment and the creation of 25 jobs.
21-Jul-2000

Stiell of Lanarkshire is planning to create about 200 jobs over the next year, due to a rapid expansion in its facilities management business.
21-Jul-2000

Rubus, the London-based internet consultancy, is to set up a new office in Manchester with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
21-Jul-2000

Churchill Insurance is to open a new claims unit in Ipswich in October, with the creation of 120 jobs.
21-Jul-2000

Veritas, the US data storage software company, is planning to invest £250m in the UK over the next five years with the creation of 2,000 jobs, including the building of a European headquarters in Reading and a research centre in Watford.
20-Jul-2000

Tesco has won approval from Calderdale Council to build a new supermarket in Brighouse, which will involve the creation of 210 jobs and the transfer of 130 staff from its Briggate store.
20-Jul-2000

Debenhams has confirmed plans to create 4,000 jobs by opening a further 11 department stores over the next four years, and will move outside its traditional territory.
19-Jul-2000

British European is expanding its maintenance operations at Birmingham Airport, which will involve doubling its hangar space and creating 15 new jobs.
19-Jul-2000

St Modwen Properties and British Waterways have revealed plans to redevelop land next to Stoke-on-Trent's canal system, as part of the £50m Festival Waters project that could create 3,000 new jobs.
19-Jul-2000

Sifam has announced plans to create a further 100 jobs at its fibre optics business in Torbay, by setting up a new factory at the former Devonshire Press site.
19-Jul-2000

R Croan & Sons is looking to recruit 300 workers at its smoked seafoods factory in Edinburgh.
19-Jul-2000

Vektor, the language software company, has opened a new corporate headquarters for 40 staff in Manchester city centre, and more employees are being recruited.
19-Jul-2000

Software AG, the developer of data management systems, is looking to recruit up to 20 new staff at its new £1m headquarters at Pride Park in Derby.
18-Jul-2000

MGt is to create a further 500 jobs at its customer relations management business in Fife over the next two years, following a £4m investment.
17-Jul-2000

STMicroelectronics is looking to set up a new regional headquarters in Bristol, with the creation of up to 250 jobs over the next three years.
17-Jul-2000

North Midland Construction is looking to create 50 new jobs, having won cable-laying contracts worth £5.5m.
17-Jul-2000

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has given Michelin the go-ahead to build a warehouse and distribution centre at Radial Park on behalf of an unnamed company, which will lead to 85 new jobs.
17-Jul-2000

Expatshopping.com is creating 30 new jobs in York, having won a contract with British Forces Post Offices to send food products to overseas bases.
17-Jul-2000

Bradford Metropolitan District Council is considering plans from Scotfield for the development of a health and fitness centre on Baildon's Butterfields estate, with the creation of about 60 jobs.
14-Jul-2000

BAe Systems Airbus UK is looking to recruit up to 300 engineers in Derby, Bristol, Portsmouth and other engineering centres, in order to manufacture wings for the new Airbus superjumbo.
14-Jul-2000

British Gas is planning to recruit 250 service engineers in the North West over the next five years, as part of a national drive to take on 1,000 adult recruits and another 1,000 apprentices.
14-Jul-2000

British European is planning to build a new hangar at Exeter Airport in order to boost its facilities for servicing aircraft, with the creation of a number of new jobs.
13-Jul-2000

Two Four Productions is to develop a new web-based TV service from its site in Plymouth with the creation of up to 70 jobs, allowing its corporate clients to include real-time and interactive images in their web presentations.
13-Jul-2000

Linn Products is to expand its home entertainment systems factory in Glasgow, with the creation of 50 jobs.
13-Jul-2000

Powernet Telecom is planning to invest £150m in new infrastructure for its internet and telecoms business, with the creation of 500 jobs at sites in Manchester and London over the next 12 months.
13-Jul-2000

Collis Engineering is looking to recruit 30 fabricators and welders at its railway engineering factory in Alfreston, and expects to double in size over the next three years to 200 employees.
12-Jul-2000

Mid Staffordshire General Hospital Trust has announced plans for a new NHS Direct medical call centre at Stafford Hospital, creating about 100 jobs for nurses and support staff.
11-Jul-2000

Industrial Building Components is creating 25 new jobs at its doors factory in Hartlepool, having just acquired the rights for the Bridgman Doors brand.
11-Jul-2000

Nortel has announced plans to create a further 400 jobs at its telecoms components plant in Monkstown this year.
11-Jul-2000

First Choice has opened its new £5m Travel Choice Direct call centre in Kilmarnock with 200 staff, and a further 200 jobs will be created over the coming months.
11-Jul-2000

Locate in Scotland is in talks with an unnamed German timber company about plans to build a sawmill in North Ayrshire, which would create up to 150 jobs.
11-Jul-2000

Michelin is launching a recruitment drive in North Staffordshire, in order to help fill about 230 vacancies that have arisen from the closure of eight UK sales offices and the centralisation of the operation at Riverside Park in Stoke.
11-Jul-2000

Great Western Trains is looking to recruit 100 additional staff at its call centre in Plymouth, which handles enquiries about train services.
10-Jul-2000

Royal London, the life assurer, is to create a further 180 jobs in Wilmslow, Cheshire, but 450 more jobs are being shed in Colchester following its acquisition of United Assurance.
07-Jul-2000

Port of Felixstowe has won approval from Suffolk Coastal Council for a £70m expansion programme, which will create 100 jobs.
07-Jul-2000

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive is planning to build a second Metrolink depot on an industrial site near Old Trafford tram station, with the creation of 300 jobs.
07-Jul-2000

Tomos Watkin has opened its new brewery in Swansea, as part of a £10m expansion that will create 150 jobs over the next five years.
06-Jul-2000

CPP is looking to recruit a further 500 staff at its credit card call centre in York this year.
06-Jul-2000

VIS Interactive has opened a new computer games studio in Dundee, and plans to create about 50 jobs this year.
06-Jul-2000

Bestway has won planning permission to build a £5m cash and carry store in Plymouth, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
05-Jul-2000

Perth & Kinross Council is to consider plans from Scot Tours UK for the development of a £8m hotel and tourist attraction to the north of Perth, with the creation of 150 jobs.
05-Jul-2000

Duracell is to increase production at its batteries factory in Wrexham, and its workforce will double to 110.
05-Jul-2000

Longbore, the US horizontal drilling specialist, is investing £3m in a new facility in Livingston with the creation of 30 jobs.
05-Jul-2000

Advanced Alchemy Group is looking to recruit a further 50 researchers and operations staff, following the recent move of its marketing research and consultancy business to Oxford.
04-Jul-2000

Solsoft, the Bristol-based developer of web sites, is looking to recruit a further 160 staff this year, and will soon need to move out of its Clifton premises and into larger offices near Temple Quay.
04-Jul-2000

Mi Services Group, the supplier of IT solutions to the manufacturing sector, is planning to create 200 jobs in Sunderland over the next three years, while its worldwide workforce will grow from 700 to about 2,000.
04-Jul-2000

Lancashire County Council has approved plans for the development of a hotel, sports centre, timeshare apartments and a pub and restaurant at a former quarry in Warton, which will create about 200 jobs.
03-Jul-2000

Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals is planning to invest £30m in a new production facility at its Seal Sands site on Teesside, with the creation of 50 jobs.
03-Jul-2000

The Industrial Development Board is in negotiations with Insurance Advisory Service about plans to set up a new call centre in west Belfast in September, with the creation of 100 jobs.
30-Jun-2000

The Welsh Development Agency has announced that Carneagle Furniture of Ireland is to set a £2.7m pine furniture factory in Caernarfon, with the creation of 60 jobs.
30-Jun-2000

Safeway has won the go-ahead to build a £17m turf-roofed superstore in Aberdeen's West End, with the creation of 300 jobs.
30-Jun-2000

Primark is to open a discount fashion store in Wigan town centre in August, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
30-Jun-2000

Asda is seeking 100 new employees for a £25m superstore that is due to open in Bradford in August, while the 254 staff at its existing store are expected to transfer to the new site.
29-Jun-2000

North East Lincolnshire Council is to consider plans for the development of a £20m waste treatment plant in Stallingborough, which would create 20 jobs.
29-Jun-2000

Lunn Poly is seeking 70 staff for a new holiday superstore that has just opened in Leicester.
29-Jun-2000

Shinei Sangyo, the Singapore-based manufacturer of precision tools, is to set up a European headquarters in Livingston, with the creation of 80 jobs.
29-Jun-2000

B&Q has won planning permission to build a new DIY superstore in Sheffield with the creation of about 200 jobs, which will enable Arnold Laver Timber World to build a new £7m national production centre on a 16-acre site at Mosborough.
29-Jun-2000

Esure is to set up a call centre in Manchester for its online insurance business, creating 70 jobs this year and several hundred over the next few years.
29-Jun-2000

Yarmouth Pleasure Beach is planning a £10m scheme to build a cinema, bowling alley and new restaurants that will enable it open all year, with the creation of 200 jobs.
28-Jun-2000

Munster Simms Engineering is investing £1.6m at Bangor, Northern Ireland, to produce plumbing systems for boats and caravans, with the creation of 25 jobs over the next three years.
28-Jun-2000

Oxford Instruments is looking to recruit 80 new staff at its superconductivity subsidiary near Abingdon, including 40 specialist engineers and 40 manufacturing technicians.
27-Jun-2000

Climax Group is planning to expand its games software business in Fareham, with the creation of 80 new jobs.
27-Jun-2000

Baldor, the US electric motor specialist, is setting up a new European headquarters in Bristol with the creation of 25 jobs.
27-Jun-2000

Marsh is planning to create 1,200 jobs in the UK over the next five years, with moves to sell insurance broking and consultancy services to small and medium-sized businesses.
27-Jun-2000

Marlborough Stirling, the developer of software for international finance firms, is planning to recruit a further 300 staff in Cheltenham, taking the total to 820.
26-Jun-2000

Optical Coating Laboratory is planning a £2m expansion at its Dalgety Bay opto-electronics plant in Fife, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
26-Jun-2000

Asda has submitted plans for a £25m development in Poole, including superstore, offices, hotel and restaurant, and the creation of 400 jobs.
26-Jun-2000

The National Assembly for Wales is to help fund a new factory being set up in Bangor by Cycle Citi of Taiwan, which will produce up to 350,000 units a year and create 160 jobs.
23-Jun-2000

Debenhams is to open a department store at the new £90m Centre West development in East Kilbride, with the creation of about 300 jobs.
23-Jun-2000

Luxury Hotels Management is converting the former West of England Eye Infirmary in Exeter into a £26m 46-bedroom hotel, with the creation of about 50 jobs.
23-Jun-2000

Applied Optical Technologies, the developer of holographic materials for security and packaging applications, is building a new office and research laboratory at Grove Park near Enderby, with the creation of 40 jobs.
23-Jun-2000

British Telecom is to recruit a further 200 staff at its new £6m call centre in Lincoln, which already employs 400 workers.
23-Jun-2000

Asda has announced plans to open a £25m store at Fratton's Bridge Centre in Portsmouth, with the creation of 200 jobs by 2002.
23-Jun-2000

CTC Marine Projects is relocating its undersea cable installation and maintenance business from Middlesbrough to Darlington, where it expects to create up to 200 jobs.
23-Jun-2000

Tesco is in negotiations to build two new superstores at unnamed locations in Manchester, in order to support local regeneration projects and create 1,200 jobs.
23-Jun-2000

Celestica is creating 100 new jobs at its Kidsgrove computer and telecoms equipment factory in North Staffordshire.
22-Jun-2000

Solectron has announced plans to set up a new printed circuit board plant at Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland, creating an initial 80 jobs.
22-Jun-2000

Merrill Lynch is to set up a new customer service centre for its global online banking business in Leamington Spa, with the creation of 400 jobs.
22-Jun-2000

Hampshire County Council is to consider plans from Hampshire Waste Services for the development of a £40m energy-from-waste plant at Marchwood, with the creation of 26 jobs.
21-Jun-2000

Bell & Webster is to create 30 new jobs following a £1.6m extension at its precast concrete components factory in Grantham.
20-Jun-2000

Global Email Company (gem) of Belfast has secured £7m to help fund the development of its e-commerce business, and the 25-strong workforce will rise to 90 by the end of the year.
20-Jun-2000

East Staffordshire Borough Council is considering a £10m plan from Jeff Mason Design Associates to build a leisure complex at the Barton Turns Marina near Lichfield, including a hotel, restaurants and the creation of 150 jobs.
20-Jun-2000

Caudwell is creating 50 new jobs at its mobile phone repair division in Newcastle-under-Lyme, having won a contract to repair digital set top boxes.
20-Jun-2000

Malvern Hills District Council is considering plans for the development of a £5m hotel and hydro health spa in Malvern, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
20-Jun-2000

Ikea is planning to build 20 new furniture stores in the UK over the next ten years at a cost of £800m, with the creation of up to 12,000 jobs.
19-Jun-2000

The Universities of Plymouth and Exeter are to go-ahead with plans for a new medical school, which will involve the creation of 175 jobs at an administration base on Plymouth's Tamar Science Park.
19-Jun-2000

Swansea Job Centre has announced that Blurb Direct, the sales agent for the One-2-One mobile phone network, is seeking 500 staff for two new call centres in Swansea and Cardiff.
19-Jun-2000

Wilson Bowden is seeking permission to build a £15m four-star hotel at East Midlands Airport, which would create up to 200 jobs.
16-Jun-2000

Siemens Communications is looking to recruit 25 engineers at its contract design services business in Beeston, Nottingham.
16-Jun-2000

Fife Council has approved plans for the development of a £3m hotel and leisure complex in Kirkcaldy, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
16-Jun-2000

Kingfisher is planning to build a 65,000 sq ft Big W superstore in Newark, with the creation of more than 230 jobs.
16-Jun-2000

Interframe, the Paignton-based windows company, is expanding onto a new site near its existing factory, with the creation of 50 jobs.
15-Jun-2000

APW is creating a further 80 jobs its factory in Dundee, which produces sheet metal and mechanical and electronic assemblies.
15-Jun-2000

Penicuik Home Improvements is to create 30 new jobs at its sites in Dundee and Perth, due to rising demand for conservatories, windows and doors.
15-Jun-2000

Great Universal Stores is to create up to 700 new jobs in Preston and Widnes, as part of an expansion of its Reality call centre division.
15-Jun-2000

Moray Council has approved plans for the expansion of the Cathay Nursing Home in Forres, with the creation of 40 new jobs.
14-Jun-2000

Capital One is planning a £60m expansion at its credit card call centre in Nottingham, with the creation of up to 1,200 jobs.
13-Jun-2000

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is planning to set up a mobile phone call centre at Forres in the Highlands with the creation of up to 725 jobs, in order to support a contract with One-2-One.
13-Jun-2000

Imperial Consolidated Group is planning to recruit more than 100 new staff over the next two years at its financial services call centre and offices on the former RAF Binbrook base near Grimsby.
13-Jun-2000

Blackburn Starling, the Nottingham-based manufacturer of motor control units, is creating 50 new jobs following a £1.5m investment programme to increase capacity.
13-Jun-2000

Hilton Group is planning to set up a Ladbroke casino in Sunderland with the creation of more than 100 jobs, and is seeking a suitable site in the city centre.
12-Jun-2000

Southampton Photonics has raised £37m in a share placing in order to fund the development of new fibre optic products, and plans to create 200 jobs over the next six months.
12-Jun-2000

Experian is planning to build a new £10m e-commerce centre in Nottingham, and expects to create up to 1,000 jobs in the city over the next three years.
12-Jun-2000

RJB Mining has announced plans to create 100 new jobs at its collieries, following the recent rise in world coal prices.
12-Jun-2000

Next is planning to set up a second Ventura customer service call centre at Wath-upon-Dearne, with the creation of at least 1,000 jobs.
12-Jun-2000

Skandia Life is planning to expand its international finance business in Southampton with the creation of about 270 jobs, while 500 staff based in the present offices will be relocated to Mountbatten House in Grosvenor Square.
12-Jun-2000

Carlisle City Council is considering plans for the £40m redevelopment of Crosby-on-Eden airfield, to create a 300-bedroom five-star hotel and 290 jobs.
12-Jun-2000

Transco is investing £10m in a partnership with the government to improve energy efficiency in about 1m homes, which will involve the creation of about 3,000 jobs and training people to install new gas central heating systems and insulation.
09-Jun-2000

Page & Moy is seeking 50 additional staff at its Leicester-based travel agency, in order to expand its call centre for the sale of holidays through the internet.
09-Jun-2000

Luminar is planning a £4m redevelopment of the former Co-op store on Lincoln's Silver Street later this year, including a nightclub and pub and the creation of more than 100 jobs.
09-Jun-2000

Group 4 is looking to recruit about 300 people for the new Rye Hill prison on the outskirts of Rugby, including prison officers and teaching, healthcare and catering staff.
09-Jun-2000

Deeside Furniture is planning to set up a furniture factory at the former Laura Ashley site on Gresford Industrial Estate in Wrexham, with the creation of an initial 25 jobs.
09-Jun-2000

Aepona is planning a £3.2m expansion at its mobile phone software development business in Belfast, with the creation of 97 jobs.
09-Jun-2000

B&Q has won permission from East Staffordshire Borough Council to build a £15m DIY store, garden centre and restaurant near Burton, with the creation of 250 jobs.
08-Jun-2000

Telecom Service Centres is to invest £3.3m in a new call centre near Falkirk, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
08-Jun-2000

SSL International is to open a new over-the-counter medicines factory in Peterlee, County Durham, which will employ about 200 people, while a plant in Blackburn will be closed with the loss of 50 jobs.
06-Jun-2000

Domestic & General is to create a further 100 jobs at its insurance call centre in Nottingham.
06-Jun-2000

Bennetts GB is to set up an insurance call centre in Worcester, with the creation of up to 200 jobs over the next 12 months.
06-Jun-2000

John Roe Motor Sales is planning to set up a £2m Lexus car showroom in Hull, with the creation of 20 jobs.
06-Jun-2000

Genesis Communications, the Manchester-based mobile airtime service provider, is to set up five new sales offices with the creation of 260 jobs.
06-Jun-2000

British Telecom has confirmed plans to set up a headquarters for its Btopenworld internet business at Martlesham Heath near Ipswich, in a £12m project with Alcatel, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies and Newbridge Networks.
06-Jun-2000

Arriva is creating up to 20 jobs in Derby in order to increase the frequency of its bus services.
05-Jun-2000

Colchester Council is considering plans from Frincon for the development of a new health and fitness centre at the former Trebor factory site, which would create 60 jobs.
05-Jun-2000

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is considering plans from Heron Frozen Foods for the development of a new headquarters and warehouse at North Cave, which will create 31 jobs.
05-Jun-2000

US Airways is to create 90 jobs at a new European reservations centre in Liverpool.
05-Jun-2000

Hazlewood Foods is to relocate its sandwich factory and offices in Worksop to a new £20m purpose-built facility in October, with the creation of 300 jobs.
05-Jun-2000

Rotherham Council has approved plans for the relocation of ACT Computer Services to new premises at Hellaby, with the creation of 200 jobs.
05-Jun-2000

SR Communications is to create 150 jobs in Leicester, having opened a new direct marketing, print management and storage office at the Meridian Business Park.
02-Jun-2000

Nevada tele.com is to invest £5m in the expansion of its e-commerce solutions business, which offers voice and data telecoms services to businesses in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next four years.
02-Jun-2000

Bombardier is planning a £100m expansion at its Short Brothers aircraft manufacturing business in Northern Ireland over the next three years, with the creation of about 1,200 jobs.
01-Jun-2000

Madge Networks has formed a new subsidiary called Red-M to develop wireless internet servers, and it will employ 40 staff.
01-Jun-2000

Peramon has secured £5m of venture capital to develop software for the mobile internet market, and the company's headcount will be increased to 50.
01-Jun-2000

Tesco has won permission to build a new superstore in Braintree, with the creation of about 200 jobs.
01-Jun-2000

Pinnacle Software of Belfast is to create 50 new jobs by opening offices in Cork, Galway and Dublin, in order to support the expansion of its Sage partnership.
01-Jun-2000

United Milk is planning to build a new milk processing facility on a 30-acre site near Westbury in Wiltshire, employing 100 people.
31-May-2000

Corpdata, the Teignmouth-based market research company, is planning to expand its staff from 70 to 130 over the next two years, and is seeking new premises in the town.
30-May-2000

Search Consultancy is planning to expand its recruitment consultancy across the country over the next four years, with the creation of more than 44 jobs.
30-May-2000

Sun Microsystems is planning to create a further 200 jobs in West Lothian, as part of a £26m investment in infrastructure at its Linlithgow site.
30-May-2000

Iforce, the e-commerce logistics company, has raised £16m to invest in new warehouses, new staff and a stock management and customer support system.
30-May-2000

GoldMine Corporate Software has relocated 100 staff to a new European headquarters in Reading, and plans to recruit a further 30 this summer.
30-May-2000

Solar Century, the London-based solar energy company, is planning to expand its staff from 12 to 30 by the end of the year, having received a £6m cash injection.
30-May-2000

BMW is planning to set up a £63m factory to produce Rolls-Royce cars near the Goodwood racetrack in West Sussex from 2003, with the creation of 350 jobs.
30-May-2000

Royal London Insurance is to shed 300 of the 1,200 jobs at its customer service department in Colchester, in order to transfer the operation to the former United Assurance head office in Wilmslow, Cheshire, where 100 jobs will be created.
26-May-2000

JDS Uniphase is planning to recruit up to 1,600 people at its two fibre optic factories in Plymouth over the next three years, with the exact figure depending on how the plants perform compared to other sites worldwide.
26-May-2000

MJS Contact Lenses is to create more than 100 jobs at its contact lens production units in Fareham and Hamble, due to a rise in demand.
26-May-2000

Wrexham Council has proposed a deal with waste management firm HLC to build a £20m waste disposal plant, which would create 70 jobs.
26-May-2000

Lochcarron of Scotland, the Galashiels-based producer of tartan textiles, is expanding its output due to a rise in export demand, and up to 18 new jobs are being created.
26-May-2000

Stanley Cole is to create about 50 jobs at its timber-veneering factory near Skegness, having won a contract to supply a new range of doors for B&Q.
26-May-2000

One-2-One has announced plans for a third call centre investment in Sunderland, which will involve the creation of 400 jobs at the Doxford International Business Park.
25-May-2000

Transco is to build a £52m gas pipeline between St Fergus and Aberdeen with the creation of about 450 construction jobs, and the contract has been awarded to a joint venture of Lawrence and Nacap.
25-May-2000

Northern Bank is to expand its customer service centre in Dunmurry in order to support the retail operations of its Republic-based sister National Irish Bank, with the creation of 42 jobs.
24-May-2000

Intel is opening a new data centre in Reading in order to run web sites and e-commerce operations for third parties, and it will employ 250 staff.
23-May-2000

Entranet, the Reading-based developer of online financial services, is looking to recruit up to 500 new programming and design staff.
23-May-2000

Pipers Vauxhall is planning to build a new car showroom and workshop on the outskirts of Tonbridge, with the creation of 15 jobs.
23-May-2000

FOL Agriculture, the agricultural internet service provider, has relocated to a new office facility at Osiers Park in Leicester, and is looking to double the size of its 70-strong workforce.
23-May-2000

Trafficmaster is planning to create 200 new jobs, partly to help with the development of its new internet-based fleet management service.
23-May-2000

Ford is to create 360 new jobs in the UK by making it the centre of its Commercial Vehicle Engineering operations, which will help to offset job losses caused by the end of vehicle production at Dagenham.
23-May-2000

Optical Micro Devices of Swindon has raised £15m to build a factory to manufacture devices for the opto-electronics industry.
22-May-2000

Marsh & McLennan is planning to recruit 100 staff at its new Affinity Group Division in Witham, Essex, in order to focus on employee benefit and specialist insurance packages.
22-May-2000

Portsmouth City Council has approved plans from Diamond Property Holdings for the development of a £15m 100-bedroom hotel in the city centre, which will create up to 100 jobs.
22-May-2000

EDS is planning to recruit 400 staff at a new £8m financial services call centre in Peterlee.
22-May-2000

Motability Finance, the operator of vehicles for disabled people, is to set up an office in Bristol with the creation of 130 jobs.
19-May-2000

Cleveland Test Equipment Company is to recruit about 12 new staff following the relocation of its cable testing business to Preston Farm Business Park in Stockton.
19-May-2000

Wilkinson Hardware Stores is to start recruiting 300 staff for a new distribution centre being built at Magor in south Wales, and the site will be operational by September.
19-May-2000

The Welsh Development Agency has announced that the Burger Manufacturing Company is to set up a meat processing factory at the Wyeside Enterprise Park in Builth Wells, with the creation of 65 jobs.
19-May-2000

Smiths Industries is to close its Quartz air conditioning factories at Ferndown and Wimborne, Dorset, in order to transfer the work to Roof Units Engineering in Dudley, where up to 95 jobs will be created.
19-May-2000

Budget DIY is planning to create 100 new jobs at eight superstores throughout Northern Ireland.
19-May-2000

TK Maxx has announced plans to open a new store in Craigavon, with the creation of 50 jobs.
19-May-2000

Great Mills is planning to open a £4m DIY store in Nantwich later this year, with the creation of 30 jobs.
18-May-2000

Cambridge Recruitment Consultants has won a contract to recruit 300 people for Astrium, the newly-created satellite company that is seeking staff in Stevenage, Portsmouth and Manchester.
18-May-2000

National Power is to invest £16m in a new combined heat and power station at Grimsby's Huntsman Tioxide site, which will involve about 100 construction jobs over the next 18 months.
18-May-2000

The government has announced a £5bn package of defence orders, including a contract for the supply of Meteor missiles that will create or safeguard 1,200 jobs in Bristol, Stevenage and Stanmore.
17-May-2000

Fergusons Transport is planning to set up a new base at Pattinson Industrial Estate in Washington with the creation of 200 jobs, in order to provide haulage services to the nearby Nissan plant.
17-May-2000

Valeport, the Devon-based manufacturer of marine instrumentation, is planning to relocate from Dartmouth to Totnes, with the creation of 30 jobs.
17-May-2000

H&R Johnson is set to receive the final go-ahead from Stoke-on-Trent City Council for the development of a £100m shopping centre, factory and business park on the site of its tile factory.
17-May-2000

Schrader Electronics is to invest £6.7m at its Antrim factory to increase output of a car tyre pressure monitoring system, with the creation of 40 jobs.
17-May-2000

Matalan is to open a clothing and household goods store in Perth in August, with the creation of 100 jobs.
17-May-2000

3Com of the US is to create 50 new jobs at its existing base in Edinburgh, as part of a £6.5m investment in a new business telephone system.
16-May-2000

The Welsh Development Agency is in discussions with Chameleon Software International about setting up a customer service centre in Rhayader for its business management software, with the creation of 40 new jobs.
16-May-2000

Oracle has won approval from Wokingham District Council to build a training centre, hotel and leisure centre in Woodley, with the creation of more than 200 jobs.
15-May-2000

Wandsworth Borough Council is considering plans from Parkview of Hong Kong for a £500m scheme to redevelop Battersea Power Station, including hotels, theatres, a multiplex cinema, and the creation of about 5,000 jobs.
15-May-2000

JL French is looking to recruit 200 new workers following a £20m expansion of its automotive castings factory in Witham, Essex.
15-May-2000

Moray Council is considering plans from Call Centre Partners of Edinburgh for the development of an e-commerce centre at a former woollen mill in Keith, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
15-May-2000

Stream International, the US computer support company, is planning to create a further 150 jobs at its call centre in Londonderry.
15-May-2000

Camper & Nicholsons, the Gosport-based yacht builder, is to relocate its joinery department to a nearby site on the Fort Brockhurst industrial estate, and expects to create a further 35 jobs this year.
15-May-2000

Asda is planning to build a new superstore in Smethwick, as part of a £25m retail park that will include eight outlets and the creation of more than 700 jobs.
15-May-2000

Marconi is set to announce plans for a new factory at Ansty near Coventry to produce internet switches and routers, which could create up to 2,000 jobs.
12-May-2000

Wrafton Laboratories has won approval from North Devon District Council to double the size of its medicines factory in Braunton, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
12-May-2000

Atlantic Telecom has announced plans for a new call centre in Manchester, which will create 100 jobs.
12-May-2000

House of Fraser has announced plans to create more than 300 new jobs with the opening of a new store at the Chapelfield development in Norwich, which is due to open in 2003.
12-May-2000

Signum Circuits is to recruit a further 40 staff at its electronics factory in Selkirk.
12-May-2000

Cumbria Inward Investment Agency is close to agreeing a multi-million deal for the creation of a new call centre and 500 jobs in Whitehaven, and a planning application has been submitted to Copeland Council.
12-May-2000

TK Maxx is opening a new fashion outlet in St Albans this month with the creation of 50 jobs.
12-May-2000

Devitt Insurance Services is to recruit an additional 100 staff when it relocates from east London to Romford in June.
12-May-2000

Richard Burbidge is to create 64 new jobs at its decorative timber products business in Oswestry, following a rise in demand for garden decking.
12-May-2000

Bank of America is planning to expand its European investment banking operation, and is looking to recruit London-based analysts and mergers and acquisitions specialists.
11-May-2000

Lloyds TSB is to launch an internet bank called Evolvebank later this year, employing up to 100 staff at a call centre in Glasgow.
11-May-2000

Crew Services, the Portsmouth-based computer consultancy, is to recruit 25 new staff over the next year to undertake contract work for companies across the country.
11-May-2000

Lidl has submitted plans for a 350,000 sq ft warehouse and distribution centre in Bridgend, which will create 250 jobs, as part of a new industrial development being proposed by Bett Properties next to Ford's engine plant.
11-May-2000

British Telecom has announced plans to set up a new £1.8m call centre in Londonderry, with the creation of 160 jobs.
11-May-2000

Kernan Timber Products is to create up to 15 new jobs, following a £3m investment at its Gilford-based timber windows business in Northern Ireland.
10-May-2000

Sage has pledged to create 600 jobs at its Newcastle-upon-Tyne headquarters over the next three years, and is waiting for approval to be given for the proposed expansion of Newcastle Great Park.
10-May-2000

Kepac is planning a £1.75m expansion at its meat processing plant at Bamber Bridge in Lancashire, with the creation of 50 jobs.
09-May-2000

Lloyds TSB is planning to set up a telephone banking customer service centre at the Sunderland Enterprise Park, with the creation of 500 jobs, and a similar facility will also be developed in Newcastle.
09-May-2000

John Mowlem is unveiling plans for a £10m leisure complex in Lichfield, including a Holiday Inn Express hotel, a fitness centre and the creation of 300 jobs.
09-May-2000

Whitbread is to invest £22m in Scotland with the creation of 500 jobs, and plans include a David Lloyd tennis centre, two new Pizza Huts and a Brewer's Fayre pub.
05-May-2000

TD Waterhouse is planning to create 100 jobs at a new share dealing office in Bradford city centre.
05-May-2000

Rossendale Group, the lifting gear manufacturer, is planning to expand into new premises in Lincoln with the creation of about 12 jobs.
05-May-2000

One-2-One has announced plans to create a further 2,000 customer service jobs over the next year at sites in Merthyr Tydfil, Greenock, Rotherham and Sunderland.
05-May-2000

Vauxhall is investing £130m at its IBC Vehicles factory in Luton to produce a new range of panel vans, with the creation of 500 jobs, and a further £32m will be spent on improvements to car production.
04-May-2000

Donington Park in Derbyshire is to host a weekly auction of "grey" market car imports, and the project is being led by the British Independent Motor Traders Association with the creation of 100 jobs.
04-May-2000

Marconi is to create 400 new jobs at sites in Nottingham, Coventry, Liverpool, London and Lincoln, due to rising demand for telecoms hardware and software.
04-May-2000

Aspective, the mobile applications service provider, has raised £38m of private equity in order to fund overseas expansion, investment in computer infrastructure and the recruitment of 400 new staff.
04-May-2000

Allerdale Borough Council has approved plans from a local businessman for the development of a £10m luxury hotel and stables near Workington, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
04-May-2000

Cepac is creating a further 20 jobs at its recently-opened £20m corrugated cardboard factory near Rotherham.
04-May-2000

PowerGen is planning to create up to 500 jobs at a new call centre in Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, in July.
04-May-2000

Retronix is to relocate its mobile phone components business to a new £2m plant being built in Coatbridge, and expects to create up to 150 jobs over the next four years.
03-May-2000

KLM is considering plans to expand its flight booking call centre at Norwich Airport, with the creation of 130 jobs.
03-May-2000

British Telecom is planning to open a new call centre at Alness in the Highlands, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
02-May-2000

B&Q is planning to build a DIY superstore in Elgin, with the creation of 70 jobs.
02-May-2000

LEAF is planning a £4m expansion at its electronic components business in Newtownabbey, with the creation of 100 jobs.
02-May-2000

Scottish & Newcastle is planning to expand its chain of Premier Lodges budget hotels from under 100 to 148, and expects to create 1,500 jobs by next year.
28-Apr-2000

Ogihara, the Japanese tooling maker, is to set up a £10m engineering centre in Telford, with the creation of 100 jobs.
28-Apr-2000

Art Forma is creating 25 jobs at its new £1m furniture showroom and factory in Castle Donington.
28-Apr-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

British Cattle Movement Service is to continue to create new jobs at its facility in Workington, and may launch a similar service for sheep and goat information.
28-Apr-2000

Centrica is to locate its new telecoms business in Manchester, with the creation of more than 800 jobs.
27-Apr-2000

Sunderland Council is to consider plans from Midlands-based developer Ingleby for the construction of a £7.5m hotel by the River Wear, with the creation of 150 jobs.
27-Apr-2000

Jennic is to set up a new headquarters for its microchip design and communications technology business in Sheffield, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
27-Apr-2000

Scottish Equitable is seeking 100 new staff for its insurance headquarters in Edinburgh.
27-Apr-2000

Premier Aspects is creating 50 jobs at its new cable harnessing site at Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley.
27-Apr-2000

Genzyme is planning to build a £12m plant in Haverhill, Suffolk, to produce the active chemical ingredient for Renagel capsules.
26-Apr-2000

Zuken of Japan is expanding its software design business in Bristol, with the creation of 40 jobs.
26-Apr-2000

Bull Worldwide Information Systems is to set up a smart card manufacturing facility at Segensworth North in Hampshire, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
26-Apr-2000

Banbridge District Council is supporting a £19m project to transform the derelict Gilford Mill in Northern Ireland into a retail and tourist attraction, with the creation of up to 400 jobs.
26-Apr-2000

Zefer, the US e-consultancy, has increased its London-based staff to 25 by taking on most of the former Virgin.net web design team, and is looking to recruit a further 100 people this year.
25-Apr-2000

Motorola is planning to invest £1.3bn at the former Hyundai semiconductor plant in Dunfermline, with the creation of 1,300 jobs over the next five years.
25-Apr-2000

John Rannoch, the Suffolk-based ready meals company, is to invest £3m in the expansion of its capacity over the next two years, with the creation of 100 jobs.
25-Apr-2000

Orbit Precision Machining is to create 25 new jobs following an investment in new machinery at its machining services site in Wantage.
25-Apr-2000

Business Serve, the web site hosting company, is moving to a new office in Lancaster with the creation of 140 jobs.
25-Apr-2000

The Automation Partnership, the Mid-Anglia-based supplier of drug discovery systems, is moving its research and manufacturing to a new £5m headquarters in Royston, creating 125 jobs over the next four years.
25-Apr-2000

Malton Bacon Factory has announced plans to build a new £20m meat products factory at its site in North Yorkshire, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
25-Apr-2000

Natural Options is to relocate the head office of its vitamin supplements business from Fleetwood to Bispham, Blackpool, with the creation of 60 jobs.
25-Apr-2000

Baxters has confirmed plans to spend £10m on a new chilled soups factory in Grimsby with the creation of up to 200 jobs, while £3m will be spent on the expansion of its headquarters at Fochabers.
25-Apr-2000

Liffe is to lease 68,000 sq ft of trading floor to Knight Trimark, the US stockbroker that aims to employ 200 staff in London by the end of the year.
20-Apr-2000

Greggs is to double its bakery shops in the South West to 30 over the next three years, in a £1.2m expansion programme that will create about 100 jobs.
20-Apr-2000

Asda has submitted plans for the £9m expansion of its Hartlepool store, with the creation of 90 jobs.
20-Apr-2000

Sports Internet, the betting and internet services company, is planning to set up a call centre in Harrogate, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
20-Apr-2000

Asda is to submit a £30m plan to redevelop a site in the centre of South Shields, which will involve a new superstore, a swimming pool, and the creation of at least 100 new jobs.
20-Apr-2000

Tibbett & Britten has announced plans to build a second rail-connected distribution centre at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, with the creation of about 200 jobs.
19-Apr-2000

Gai-Tronics, the manufacturer of telephones and public address systems, is setting up a new factory at Stretton Park in Burton, and expects to create 50 jobs over the next five years.
19-Apr-2000

Sunderland Council is to consider plans from Bride Hall for the development of three new stores for Currys, PC World and Halfords at Trimdon Street near the city centre, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
19-Apr-2000

Warburg Dillon Read, the investment banking arm of UBS, is planning to add a further 100 staff to its 1,150-strong European equities team.
19-Apr-2000

Supreme Plastics Group is planning to invest £2.5m at its Dunholme resealable bags factory in Lincolnshire, with the creation of about 40 jobs.
18-Apr-2000

Peterborough Greyhound Stadium has announced a £1.5m plan to expand the grandstand, which will create 40 new jobs.
18-Apr-2000

Samsung is planning a £2m expansion at its computer monitor and microwave factory near Billingham with the creation of 300 jobs, while its nearby printed circuit boards factory will be converted into a distribution hub for monitors.
18-Apr-2000

Westbury is to set up a £10m factory in Castle Bromwich to manufacture 5,000 pre-built houses a year, with the creation of more than 120 jobs.
17-Apr-2000

Zeus Technology, the Cambridge-based internet software company, is planning a flotation later this year with an expected valuation of at least £100m, and about 100 new jobs will be created.
17-Apr-2000

AK Holdings, the utility industry supplier, is planning to relocate to a £3m site at the Baker Brook Industrial Estate near Nottingham, where it will build a new waste recycling centre and create 150 jobs over the next three years.
17-Apr-2000

Telecom Service Centres is planning to set up a new £2m call centre on the outskirts of Aviemore, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
14-Apr-2000

Tracey Concrete is planning to set up a new £3.7m concrete products factory in Enniskillen, with the creation of 33 jobs.
14-Apr-2000

Carphone Warehouse is to set up a new call centre in Wednesbury to support its network of 300 stores, with the creation of 85 jobs.
14-Apr-2000

Boots and Prudential are to launch the first combined credit and loyalty card, which will involve Boots taking commission on the sale of financial services to its customers and the creation of 200 new jobs at Prudential's Derby call centre.
13-Apr-2000

Jersey European Airways is to expand its Exeter call centre with the creation of 25 jobs, and a smaller centre in Belfast is being closed.
13-Apr-2000

Samworth Brothers is to expand production at its Bradgate Bakery sandwich factory in Leicester, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
13-Apr-2000

Pro-Veneers is to set up a specialist sheet veneering centre at the Newstead Industrial Park near Nottingham, with the creation of 18 jobs.
13-Apr-2000

Irwin Mitchell, the law firm, is planning to launch an investment and fund management service, with the creation of 30 jobs in Sheffield.
13-Apr-2000

Asda is seeking permission to rebuild its Bridge of Don store in Aberdeen, with the creation of 100 new jobs.
13-Apr-2000

Tesco has announced plans to create 8,000 jobs in the UK and 20,000 worldwide this year, by building new stores, expanding existing stores, and developing its Tesco Direct home shopping service.
12-Apr-2000

Carpenter Engineered Products has set up a new factory in Derby to produce ceramic cores for aero engine turbine blades, and expects to create 30 jobs over the next few years.
11-Apr-2000

National Power is planning to set up a customer service centre in Peterlee later this year, with the creation of 375 jobs.
11-Apr-2000

Radiant Networks has secured £12m of venture capital funding to develop a sales and marketing campaign for its broadband wireless technology, and it expects to create 100 new jobs this year.
11-Apr-2000

Red Lemon Studios, the Glasgow-based computer games company, is to create 35 new jobs, having secured £1m of venture capital funding.
11-Apr-2000

Tesco has announced plans to create 450 jobs at a new £15m store in Glasgow and 600 jobs at a £20m store in Batley.
10-Apr-2000

RPC is planning to set up a new £7m plastic packaging factory at Old Dalby in Leicestershire, with the creation of 50 jobs.
10-Apr-2000

Angus Council is considering plans for the expansion of the Carnoustie Golf Course Hotel, with the creation of 20 new jobs.
10-Apr-2000

John Lewis Partnership is seeking 400 staff for its new store at Southampton's West Quay shopping complex, which is due to open in September.
10-Apr-2000

West Oxfordshire District Council has approved plans for the conversion of a historic mansion at Heythrop Park into a 174-bedroom luxury hotel, with the creation of 200 jobs.
07-Apr-2000

Aberdeen City Council is considering plans from the Queen's Road Development Company and Next Generation Clubs for the development of a £12m sports and fitness club at Kingswells, which could create more than 100 jobs.
07-Apr-2000

Delta is considering plans to set up a new electronics factory in Holyhead that could create 1,000 jobs, and has applied for a £20m regional assistance grant from the Welsh Assembly.
07-Apr-2000

Sainsbury is planning to build a Homebase DIY store in Barnsley, with the creation of about 200 jobs.
07-Apr-2000

Kronospan is planning to invest £40m at its chipboard factory in Chirk, with the creation of 40 new jobs.
07-Apr-2000

Solectron Corporation, the US electronics manufacturing service company, is to set up a new outsourcing facility in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 70 jobs.
06-Apr-2000

North Lincolnshire Council is to consider plans from TS&S Global, the supplier of after-sales repairs of telecoms equipment, to build a new factory in Scunthorpe with the creation of 35 jobs.
06-Apr-2000

HSBC Select is to transfer 260 jobs from two sites in Newcastle-under-Lyme to a new Auto Direct call centre in Stoke-on-Trent, and a further 100 new jobs will be created.
06-Apr-2000

MCI Worldcom is planning to set up a European headquarters at the Reading International Business Park being built by the M4 motorway, where it will employ up to 3,000 staff by 2002.
05-Apr-2000

Kingfisher is to open a 230,000 sq ft distribution warehouse for its Screwfix DIY mail order business at Braunstone in Leicestershire next month, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
05-Apr-2000

Kitbag, the Long Eaton-based online sports merchandise company, is planning to double its workforce to 60, and is considering plans for a flotation later this year.
05-Apr-2000

Marine Harvest is to invest £1.6m at its fish processing plant in Lochaber with the creation of 25 jobs, while its main plant in Fort William will also be upgraded.
05-Apr-2000

Lotus Cars has started a recruitment drive for 100 engineering jobs in Warwick and Norwich.
04-Apr-2000

Stena Line is relocating two conventional ferries away from the port of Belfast and back to their original site in Larne, where 43 jobs will be created.
04-Apr-2000

Ellen Group, the credit hire and accident management company, is to set up a 200-seat call centre in Manchester in June.
04-Apr-2000

UUNET is to invest £2m in the development of two new internet gateway centres in Glasgow and Aberdeen, and will also develop facilities in Sunderland, Sheffield, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Exeter and Bristol this year.
03-Apr-2000

Scania is to set up a £1.3m truck sale, repair and maintenance centre in Sheffield, with the creation of 30 jobs, and further staff will be relocated from its existing Scanlink centre in Barnsley.
03-Apr-2000

The Welsh Development Agency is planning to redevelop the former Marconi-owned Hotpoint factory at Llandudno Junction in conjunction with Conwy County Council, and expects to create up to 400 jobs.
03-Apr-2000

Asda has won permission from Manchester City Council to build a new superstore in Burnage, creating around 350 jobs.
03-Apr-2000

Reg Vardy, the car dealer, is to relocate its Sunderland head office to the Doxford International Business Park next year, with the creation of more than 100 new jobs.
31-Mar-2000

Morrisons has won approval from West Norfolk Council to build a superstore in King's Lynn, with the creation of 350 jobs.
31-Mar-2000

Sainsbury is to set up a Homebase DIY store in the Dearne Valley, Yorkshire, next year, with the creation of up to 250 jobs.
31-Mar-2000

Weatherford is to create 150 jobs at a new £7.6m manufacturing facility for the oil industry in Arbroath, and a further 30 jobs will be created at a research centre in Aberdeen.
31-Mar-2000

British Gas is planning to create 220 new jobs at its customer service centre in Southampton.
31-Mar-2000

Marconi is to invest £40m in a new communications technology centre at Cambridge University.
30-Mar-2000

EasyJet is planning to increase its workforce from 1,200 to 2,500 by 2005, and has ordered 17 new aircraft to enable it to triple its passenger numbers.
30-Mar-2000

Mitac Europe is planning a £5m expansion at its computer products facility in Telford, with the creation of 200 jobs.
30-Mar-2000

Buy.com, the US internet shopping company, is setting up a call centre in Exeter with the creation of 80 jobs.
30-Mar-2000

MetroMail, the direct mailing house, is to invest £5m at a new factory on the Whitehouse Industrial Park in Peterlee, with the creation of about 30 jobs.
30-Mar-2000

Quotegate is creating 40 new jobs in Brighton, in order to develop a new business that will enable marine companies to buy and sell parts on the internet.
29-Mar-2000

ERA Technology is planning to create more than 200 jobs at an unnamed site near Ipswich this year, where the focus will be on software testing, e-commerce and multi-media programming.
29-Mar-2000

Asda has won permission from South Tyneside Council to extend its Boldon Colliery store with the creation of 45 jobs.
29-Mar-2000

JMC Airlines is creating 200 new jobs at its Manchester-based holidays business when it takes delivery of two new aircraft next year.
28-Mar-2000

Ericsson is planning a £10m expansion of its telecoms components business in Scunthorpe, with the creation of 500 jobs.
27-Mar-2000

Appleyards Plastics is creating 172 new jobs in Middlesbrough, following a £3m investment in new plant to spray paint domestic appliances, car components and mobile phones.
27-Mar-2000

Cap Gemini is planning to expand its Dingwall call centre in the Highlands with the creation of more than 100 jobs, in order to sell tickets for Virgin TrainLine.
27-Mar-2000

Indespension is to relocate its trailer factory to a new site at Horwich near Bolton, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
24-Mar-2000

Airtours is creating 65 new jobs at its Panorama Holidays call centre near Brighton, by relocating the recently-acquired Manos Holidays business from London.
24-Mar-2000

Welsh Development Agency has announced that A&J Enterprises of Taiwan is to set up a bicycle factory in Newtown, Powys, creating up to 125 jobs.
24-Mar-2000

Honda has announced plans to recruit a further 1,000 workers at the second car assembly plant being built in Swindon.
23-Mar-2000

MJ Technologies is to create a further 20 jobs at its factory in Coalville, having won a £6m contract to supply process equipment to the US aerospace industry.
23-Mar-2000

First People is creating up to 25 new jobs in Fareham to cope with rising demand for its on-site personnel management services.
23-Mar-2000

Golden Wonder is creating a further 40 jobs at its snack food factory in Scunthorpe, following a £3m investment to produce crisps in tubes.
23-Mar-2000

First Line is to expand its mobile phone call centre in Swansea with the creation of 250 new jobs.
22-Mar-2000

Montupet is to expand its Dunmurry car components factory in Northern Ireland with the creation of 130 jobs, following a £16m investment in equipment to produce two new engine heads.
22-Mar-2000

East Devon District Council is to consider plans from property consultants Cluttons for the development of a rail freight terminal near Exeter, which would create 800 jobs.
21-Mar-2000

Insight, the direct marketer of computer hardware and software, is creating 100 new jobs in Worksop.
21-Mar-2000

Westminster Healthcare is to set up a £3m headquarters for its Senior Living Division at the Beechwood Business Park in Inverness, with the creation of 80 new jobs.
20-Mar-2000

Tesco is planning to build a superstore at the proposed Fforestfach District Shopping Centre in Swansea, with the creation of 130 new jobs and the relocation of 400 jobs from its existing store nearby.
20-Mar-2000

Auto Direct, the vehicle insurance broker, is to open new offices at Trentham Lakes in Stoke this Easter, with the creation of 170 jobs.
20-Mar-2000

NSD is seeking permission for a £4m expansion plan at its steel distribution business in Lincolnshire, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
20-Mar-2000

Morrisons is planning to create 5,000 jobs over the next two years, by expanding its chain of 101 supermarkets.
17-Mar-2000

Rigblast of Aberdeen is to create up to 400 jobs, having won contracts worth £20m to supply maintenance and support services to the North Sea oil and gas industry.
17-Mar-2000

Matalan has announced plans to set up 18 discount superstores this year, with the creation of 2,000 jobs.
16-Mar-2000

Essex Ford is to relocate its Basildon showroom to a new £7m site on the A127, making way for the development of a £20m cinema and retail complex that will create about 100 jobs.
16-Mar-2000

Britvic Soft Drinks is creating 40 new jobs at its factory in Chelmsford, in preparation for the launch of a new series of products.
16-Mar-2000

British Telecom is planning to build a £8m call centre at the former Nantgarw Colliery near Cardiff, with the creation of 800 jobs.
15-Mar-2000

Outsource Laboratories of the US is setting up a £2m software design centre in Belfast to develop information services for mobile phones, with the creation of 42 jobs.
15-Mar-2000

Orange is to create 60 new jobs in Northern Ireland this year, by opening five new mobile phone shops and expanding management and technical support.
15-Mar-2000

BAe Systems is to get a £530m loan from the government to help finance development of the new European super jumbo jet, which will lead to the creation of 8,000 jobs at BAe and its suppliers.
14-Mar-2000

Caudwell, the Stoke-based mobile phone company, has launched a major expansion scheme to open 78 new shops and create 400 jobs.
14-Mar-2000

Xyratex has announced plans to expand its electronics research facilities in Havant with the creation of 950 jobs, as part of a £35m scheme that will also see the development of a new B&Q Warehouse at the site.
14-Mar-2000

British Airways is opening a new £6m ticket sales centre in Manchester, with the creation of 130 new jobs.
14-Mar-2000

Information Highway, the Swedish IT company, is to create 30 new jobs following its relocation from Histon to the Cambridge Science Park.
13-Mar-2000

Laird has announced plans to open a £10m telecoms factory near the Irvine Business Park in September, creating a further 750 jobs.
13-Mar-2000

Tweedmill Factory Outlets is planning to expand its discount-clothing retail complex at St Asaph, with the creation of 40 jobs.
13-Mar-2000

Monster.com Europe is to open a multi-lingual European sales centre for its jobs network in Glasgow in April, and expects to create 200 jobs over the next three years.
13-Mar-2000

Time Computer Systems is to create 150 new customer care jobs at its computer mail-order business in Simonstone, Lancashire.
10-Mar-2000

Cromer Crab Company is to open a £3.8m shellfish processing factory in Cromer, Norfolk, later this year, with the creation of 65 jobs.
10-Mar-2000

Asda has launched a recruitment drive to find 200 staff for its first UK Supercentre, which is opening in Bristol in July.
10-Mar-2000

Pensions Trust is to relocate its national headquarters from London to Leeds later this year, which could create up to 300 jobs over the next ten years.
10-Mar-2000

Laurens Patisseries is to create 300 jobs at its factory in Newark, having won a contract to supply desserts to Tesco.
10-Mar-2000

Dunnes is to open a new clothing store in Kirkstall, Leeds, in May with the creation of 100 jobs.
09-Mar-2000

Infineon of Germany is in negotiations to re-open the former £650m Siemens semiconductor plant on Tyneside, which could lead to the creation of 1,000 jobs.
09-Mar-2000

North Norfolk District Council is to consider plans from Trident Cars to build a sports car factory on the former RAF Sculthorpe site near Fakenham, which would create up to 100 jobs.
09-Mar-2000

New Waves Logistics is to create up to 200 jobs when a distribution centre on Northampton's Grange Park Industrial Estate is completed in August.
09-Mar-2000

Vision IT is to relocate its IT recruitment business from Buckinghamshire to a site in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, with the creation of 50 jobs.
09-Mar-2000

Pivotal Corporation of Canada is to set up a £20m internet software development centre in Belfast, with the creation of 150 jobs over the next five year.
09-Mar-2000

Morrisons is planning to open a new superstore in Birmingham, as part of the £30m St Andrews Retail Park that will create more than 500 jobs.
08-Mar-2000

Bentley Motor Cars of Crewe is said to be preparing to create up to 1,000 extra jobs, in order to manufacture a new medium-sized Bentley model after the Rolls-Royce name transfers to BMW in 2003.
08-Mar-2000

Stepek is planning to double the size of its network of 21 electrical stores by July 2001, creating 60 jobs.
08-Mar-2000

NTL is to create 500 new jobs at its call centres in south Wales, following the announcement of plans to launch a new service providing free internet access.
08-Mar-2000

Orange has announced plans to create a further 600 jobs at telecoms call centres in Peterlee and North Tyneside.
07-Mar-2000

Bookham Technology is planning to raise up to £125m in a flotation in order to expand production of optical components, creating 180 jobs at a new factory in Swindon and another 100 at its Abingdon headquarters.
06-Mar-2000

Knowledge Support Systems is planning to raise £30m in a flotation, in order to expand its sales force and launch its software products in the US.
06-Mar-2000

Morrisons is to double the size of its original store in Bradford with the creation of 150 jobs, and will refurbish its packing plant at nearby Cutler Heights.
06-Mar-2000

Forsyths is to create 30 new jobs at its fabrication facility at Buckie Harbour on the Moray Firth, having won contracts from the oil and gas sector worth more than £2m.
06-Mar-2000

Tesco is to create 240 new jobs in the Bristol area for its new Tesco Direct home shopping service.
06-Mar-2000

Ikea is seeking permission to build a new furniture distribution centre at Armthorpe in South Yorkshire, with the creation of 200 jobs.
06-Mar-2000

Gafoor Poultry Products is to build a new £2m halal poultry products factory in Preston, with the creation of more than 40 jobs.
03-Mar-2000

P&B Metal Components is to relocate its electrical products business to larger premises in Sheffield, with the creation of a number of new jobs.
03-Mar-2000

Welsh Whisky is preparing to open its new distillery at Penderyn, near Hirwaun, which will create 25 jobs.
03-Mar-2000

Nalco is expected to create 300 new jobs at its water treatment chemicals business in Northwich following its acquisition by Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, but job losses are likely at the Wythenshawe and Windsor sites of sister company Aquazur.
03-Mar-2000

Advantage West Midlands and Urban Splash have announced plans for the £42m redevelopment of the Fort Dunlop building in Birmingham, to create a retailing, leisure and residential complex and about 500 jobs.
02-Mar-2000

UBS of Switzerland is to set up a new centre for its global direct financial services business in Edinburgh, with the creation of 400 jobs.
02-Mar-2000

Steel & Alloy of West Bromwich is linking up with French steel company Solac Usinor to set up a new hi-tech laser-welding works in Smethwick, with the creation of 30 jobs.
02-Mar-2000

Asda has started work on the development of a new frozen food depot at Europort's Tuscany Park estate in Wakefield, which will create 500 jobs.
02-Mar-2000

Ace Chemical is to relocate its animal health products business from Gretna to Lockerbie, with the creation of 32 jobs.
02-Mar-2000

S&A Foods is considering a number of potential sites in Derbyshire to build a new ready-made meals factory, which will create up to 700 jobs.
01-Mar-2000

PowerGen is to create up to 300 customer service jobs in Nottingham over the next year, in order to reach its target of 5m customer accounts by the end of 2002.
01-Mar-2000

Pendragon is to create a further 150 jobs at its Sherwood Business Park call centre in Nottinghamshire, following the launch of a £4.5m internet-based car dealership.
29-Feb-2000

UniComp of the US is planning to create up to 100 new jobs in Belfast this year, following a rise in demand for its e-commerce and software products.
29-Feb-2000

Littlewoods is to create up to 120 jobs at its financial services call centre in Sunderland, as part of a joint venture with Woolwich.
29-Feb-2000

British Cattle Movement Service is to create 80 new jobs at the Derwent Howe Centre in Workington.
29-Feb-2000

Farne Salmon is creating an additional 60 jobs at its smoked salmon business in Duns.
29-Feb-2000

ADC Telecommunications of the US is to set up a £27m network components factory in Glenrothes, with the creation of 300 jobs before the end of the year.
29-Feb-2000

Scottish & Newcastle is planning to expand its City Limits themed restaurant and leisure chain with the creation of 300 jobs.
25-Feb-2000

Centrica is to invest £150m in a telecoms and internet service to be launched in September, and will recruit 450 staff for a new call centre.
25-Feb-2000

Wilkinson Hardware Stores is to open a new store in Burnley town centre in June, with the creation of 88 jobs.
25-Feb-2000

British World Airlines is to increase its Aberdeen staff by 15, having won a contract from Bristow Helicopters to provide fixed-wing services to Scatsta in Shetland.
25-Feb-2000

Chamberlain Doors is planning to expand its garage doors business in Bolton with the creation of at least 12 jobs.
25-Feb-2000

Deutsche Bank is planning to build a £30m office complex for its WM Company investment administration business in Edinburgh, with the creation of 500 jobs.
24-Feb-2000

RiverSoft has raised £22m of venture capital, in order to fund the expansion of its salesforce and the development of new software to locate failures in web networks.
24-Feb-2000

Strakan Group, the Galashiels-based developer of prescription medicines, has received a £11m cash injection from a syndicate of investors and hopes to double the size of its 22-strong workforce over the next two years.
24-Feb-2000

Whitbread is to build a £2.7m 41-bed hotel and pub at Newport Quay on the Isle of Wight, with the creation of 80 jobs.
23-Feb-2000

PPL Therapeutics has announced plans to build a £42m drug manufacturing plant in Scotland with the creation of 150 jobs, and is seeking a suitable site in the Lothians.
23-Feb-2000

Matra BAe Dynamics has won a £378m contract to supply Seawolf missiles to the Ministry of Defence, which will secure or create up to 300 jobs at sites in Stevenage, Bristol and Bolton.
23-Feb-2000

ZEDA is planning to create a further 175 jobs at its Nottingham-based IT business over the next 18 months, having won a contract to supply Baltimore's e-business security solutions.
22-Feb-2000

The Welsh Development Agency is to provide funding for a £4m technology project called Mumbles Science 2000 in Swansea, which will involve a centre of excellence in enterprise and innovation for young people and the creation of 60 jobs.
22-Feb-2000

Eircom is to invest £25m in the development of a new fibre-optic communications network in Northern Ireland, and expects to create 400 jobs over the next five years.
22-Feb-2000

Shell Exploration & Production has won government approval for a £70m project to develop the Skiff gas field in the southern North Sea, which will create up to 100 jobs.
21-Feb-2000

Bradford Metropolitan District Council has approved plans from Princes to build a soft drinks warehouse at Toftshaw Lane in Bradford, with the creation of 50 jobs.
18-Feb-2000

Transco has submitted proposals to Aberdeenshire Council for the development of a £50m pipeline between two gas stations at St Fergus and Garlogie, which could create up to 400 jobs.
18-Feb-2000

Lambert Fenchurch is to create about 100 new jobs in Swindon, in order to centralise its insurance systems and processing functions following the merger with Heath.
18-Feb-2000

Kangol has won approval to build a retail park in Cleator, specialising in sports and outdoor clothing and equipment and including a heritage centre and hat museum, with the creation of 150 jobs.
18-Feb-2000

AW Jenkinson Forest Products is to set up a timber factory in Lockerbie with the creation of 45 jobs.
18-Feb-2000

Yorkshire Building Society is to create 200 new jobs over the next six months, due to rising demand for its mortgage and savings products on the internet.
18-Feb-2000

Artigiano, the mail-order clothing company, is to set up a new warehouse and call centre at Calbourne on the Isle of Wight, with the creation of 30 jobs.
18-Feb-2000

Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council is considering plans from Wrexham-based Waterways Garden Centres for the development of a £12m themed garden centre, which could create 200 jobs.
18-Feb-2000

TK Maxx is in negotiations to set up a discount clothes store in Hereford, with the creation of 50 jobs.
18-Feb-2000

Mid Staffordshire General Hospital Trust is to set up a medical call centre at Stafford hospital, under the NHS Direct scheme, and up to 40 nurses will be recruited.
17-Feb-2000

Dundee University has approved plans for the creation of a new £3m Centre for Xenobiotic Research at the city's Medipark next year, which will employ up to 45 staff.
17-Feb-2000

XTML, the Manchester-based internet services company, is to recruit 50 new staff, in order to expand its sales, technical and support teams.
17-Feb-2000

Bull Card Systems is to set up a new headquarters for its plastic cards business at the Solent Business Park in Fareham, which will involve the relocation of some staff from West Byfleet and the creation of 90 new jobs.
17-Feb-2000

One-2-One is planning to create up to 2,000 jobs in Scotland this year, including 300 at contract company TSC's site across the road from One-2-One's main Greenock centre.
17-Feb-2000

Potter Group is to build a £7m rail terminal at the Knowsley Industrial Park in Lancashire, creating 30 jobs.
17-Feb-2000

Holidays by Phone is to open a new call centre in Manchester with the creation of 220 jobs, and further centres may follow in Leeds, Glasgow and Cardiff.
17-Feb-2000

Asda has submitted plans to Blaby District Council for the £8m expansion of its Fosse Park superstore, with the creation of 80 jobs.
16-Feb-2000

Mitsui Components Europe is to recruit 80 workers this year for its new £6m car door components factory in Capel Hendre, Carmarthenshire.
16-Feb-2000

Fylde Council is to consider plans from the Whyndyke Development Consortium for the construction of a £50m indoor Snowdome facility at Marton, Blackpool, which would create up to 2,000 jobs.
16-Feb-2000

Newcastle City Council has reached agreement with a local businessman for the development of a £4m luxury hotel and leisure complex on Grey Street, which will create 50 jobs.
16-Feb-2000

Amazon.com is planning to create 500 UK jobs in its internet-based retailing business, which is expected to benefit its distribution centre in Milton Keynes and its corporate office in Slough.
16-Feb-2000

Fullerton Computer Industries is to create 700 new jobs at a new £10m facility in Irvine.
15-Feb-2000

John McGavigan is planning to build a £20m electronic components plant at Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire, with the creation of 400 jobs.
15-Feb-2000

JDS Uniphase is seeking 100 new staff for its fibre optics business in Witney, Oxfordshire.
15-Feb-2000

Derbyshire County Council is supporting a plan by ACC Distribution for a £2m expansion at its food distribution business in Alfreton, with the creation of 130 jobs.
14-Feb-2000

Zurich Financial Services is setting up a new customer service centre for its Strategic Partnerships subsidiary in Leeds, with the creation of 200 jobs.
14-Feb-2000

Chase De Vere is creating 50 new jobs at its independent financial advice business in Bath.
14-Feb-2000

South & West Devon Health Authority has announced plans for a £2m expansion of the heart unit at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, which will create 40 jobs.
11-Feb-2000

Royal Mail is creating 120 jobs at a new £40m sorting office at Mallusk in County Antrim.
11-Feb-2000

UCB Films has won planning permission from Allerdale Council to extend its Wigton plant, with the creation of 60 jobs.
10-Feb-2000

One-2-One is planning a £12m expansion at its telecoms call centre in Sunderland, with the creation of 300 jobs.
10-Feb-2000

Lidl has applied for permission to build a new store in Swadlincote with the creation of 25 jobs, while Sainsbury is seeking to extend its store in nearby Robian Way generating 50 jobs.
10-Feb-2000

Royal Brierley Crystal is to move to a site next to the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, in a £5m redevelopment that will involve the relocation of 200 jobs and the creation of 25 new jobs.
10-Feb-2000

BP Amoco's recently-appointed human resources contractor Exult is to set up a new business management centre in Glasgow with the creation of 150 jobs, in order to supply accountancy, training, cell centre, and IT services to the energy group.
10-Feb-2000

Usit Campus, the student travel specialist, is to set up a £6m call centre in Plymouth, with the creation of about 260 jobs by summer 2001.
09-Feb-2000

Hampson Industries is expanding its Bellhouse Hartwell aircraft parts factory in Westhoughton at a cost of £1m, and 60 jobs will be created.
09-Feb-2000

Ryanair is creating 250 jobs, having ordered new aircraft to operate seven new routes between the UK and continental Europe.
09-Feb-2000

NTL is to set up a customer management centre in Waterford with the creation of 250 jobs, having recently acquired Dublin cable provider Cablelink.
09-Feb-2000

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed plans to manufacture the Vision SLR sports car at a new £200m McLaren complex being built in Woking, and expects to produce 500 vehicles a year and create 250 jobs.
09-Feb-2000

Bison, the concrete products manufacturer, is relocating its headquarters from Tamworth to the Centrum 100 Business Park in Burton in April, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
08-Feb-2000

Nissin is planning to set up a new warehouse in South Marston Park in order to distribute components for the Honda factory in Swindon, with the creation of an unspecified number of new jobs.
08-Feb-2000

MGt has secured a number of new contracts to provide customer management services to travel and TV companies, and is seeking 100 new staff for its call centre in Kirkcaldy.
08-Feb-2000

ADT is planning to double the size of its security business in Sheffield over the next year with the creation of up to 40 jobs.
08-Feb-2000

Country Gardens is to open a new garden centre in Havant in April, and is looking to recruit 50 staff.
07-Feb-2000

Shop-Equip is to create 90 jobs at its shop equipment factory at Whaley Thorns in Derbyshire, and is building new manufacturing and telesales premises.
07-Feb-2000

Tesco is considering plans to expand its chain of Tesco Express outlets to 150 Esso forecourts over the next three years, with the creation of up to 4,000 jobs.
07-Feb-2000

Marks & Spencer is to put an extra 4,000 staff on its shop floors over the next year in order to improve customer service, which will involve the creation of 1,000 new jobs.
07-Feb-2000

Fujitsu is to set up a £29m engineering centre for advanced communication technology products in Belfast, which will employ 400 engineers.
04-Feb-2000

Eurobell is to set up a new customer call centre for its cable TV business in Exeter in June, with the creation of 150 jobs.
04-Feb-2000

Nycomed Amersham is creating 27 new research jobs at its Cardiff laboratories, to work on a number of new drug development projects.
04-Feb-2000

Manpower is to announce plans for a new £2.5m call centre at Cleddau Bridge in Pembrokeshire in a joint venture with 7C, which could create up to 600 jobs.
04-Feb-2000

Tibbett & Britten is planning to extend its warehousing complex on the Whitwood Industrial Estate near Castleford, with the creation of 80 jobs.
04-Feb-2000

Vodafone AirTouch is planning to move into new premises on the Exeter Business Park at Sowton next month, with the creation of scores of new jobs.
03-Feb-2000

Marine Projects is planning a £6m expansion at its luxury boat building business in Plymouth, with the creation of up to 250 jobs.
03-Feb-2000

DML is planning to recruit 80 apprentices and 20 graduates at its Plymouth dockyard this year.
03-Feb-2000

Western Isles Enterprise is supporting a £3.7m project by Smolt Seafarm to build a salmon processing plant on Scalpay with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
03-Feb-2000

Iomart, the Glasgow-based internet service company, is looking to expand the workforce at its call centre on Stornaway from 60 to about 200.
03-Feb-2000

Sandwell Council has approved plans for a £20m shopping and cinema complex in the centre of Oldbury with the creation of 250 jobs, including a Big W discount store.
03-Feb-2000

Bradford Council is to consider plans for the development of a £2m leisure and bingo club operated by Buckingham Bingo Clubs at the city's transport Interchange, with the creation of 65 jobs.
02-Feb-2000

Kymata has announced plans to create a further 150 jobs at its new microchip plant in Livingston.
02-Feb-2000

Gravatom Engineering Systems is to set up a new factory to make parts for hospital scanners at the Fort Wallington industrial estate in Fareham, with the creation of 20 jobs.
02-Feb-2000

P&O Properties has won government approval to build a £150m shopping centre at Drake's Circus in Plymouth, including a flagship Allders store and the creation of 5,000 jobs.
01-Feb-2000

KFC is planning to open 50 new fried chicken outlets this year, taking the total to 530 and creating more than 2,000 jobs.
01-Feb-2000

Fitness First has announced plans to set up two new health clubs in Chesterfield and Burton, with the creation of 60 jobs.
31-Jan-2000

Scottish & Newcastle Retail is about to start work on the development of a new £2.6m hotel at the former Inverlair House in Aberdeen, with the creation of 60 jobs.
31-Jan-2000

Virtutel is planning to create up to 200 jobs at its outsourcing call centre in Peterlee, and is also looking for an additional call centre in County Durham or Tyne & Wear.
31-Jan-2000

DHL is looking to recruit 300 people for its new £35m distribution site at Castle Donington, which is due to open this spring.
28-Jan-2000

P&O is planning to redevelop the Shell Haven refinery in Essex as one of the country's largest container terminals, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
28-Jan-2000

Nortel Networks is said to be planning a major expansion at its Monkstown plant in Northern Ireland, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
28-Jan-2000

DHL International is to build a £1.2m distribution base at Speke's Estuary Commerce Park, with the creation of 60 jobs.
28-Jan-2000

Hyder is planning to set up a commercial customer call centre in Cwmbran for its business services division, with the creation of 300 jobs.
28-Jan-2000

Solihull Council is considering plans from VDO Mannesman of Germany for the development of a new production and warehouse facility for its car electrical systems business, which will create up to 60 jobs.
28-Jan-2000

Admiral Insurance Services, the Cardiff-based direct motor insurer, is planning to recruit 600 staff over the next three years, taking the total to 1,800.
28-Jan-2000

Riders Garages has won permission to set up Plymouth's first Jaguar dealership at Langage Park, Plympton, with the creation of about 15 jobs.
27-Jan-2000

Diamond Property Holdings is planning to build a £15m hotel and leisure complex in the centre of Portsmouth, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
27-Jan-2000

Hancocks Holdings is to set up a new confectionery wholesale outlet at Vanguard Court in Stockton, with the creation of about 25 jobs.
27-Jan-2000

JP Morgan is looking to recruit 100 people to its European investment banking division this year, taking the total headcount to 425.
27-Jan-2000

Marlborough Stirling, the software company, is planning to set up a call centre next to its existing headquarters in Cheltenham, with the creation of 500 jobs.
26-Jan-2000

Renishaw is looking to recruit 70 staff in a £5m expansion programme at its high precision measuring equipment business in Wotton-under-Edge.
26-Jan-2000

VIS Interactive, the Dunfermline-based computer games company, is planning to create 200 new jobs having secured £20m of funding from the Bank of Scotland.
25-Jan-2000

Baxters is considering plans to build a fresh soups factory in Grimsby, with the creation of 200 jobs.
24-Jan-2000

Arnold Laver is planning to set up a national production and distribution centre for its timber business in Sheffield, with the creation of 65 new jobs, while its existing site in Heeley will be used for a B&Q Warehouse.
24-Jan-2000

Claire's Accessories is seeking 70 staff for its new head office and jewellery distribution centre at the Bromford Gate industrial park in Birmingham.
24-Jan-2000

Burford is planning to build a £250m rail freight distribution and manufacturing park on land at Shell's Carrington chemicals plant in Manchester, which could lead to the creation of 14,000 jobs.
24-Jan-2000

Blaby District Council is to consider plans by Next Generation Clubs to build a tennis and health club at Carlton Park in Narborough, which could create 100 jobs.
21-Jan-2000

NFU Mutual is providing finance to the Triple S Ranch farmers co-operative for the construction of a £2m beef processing plant at Heathfield, which could create up to 150 jobs.
21-Jan-2000

Allerdale Borough Council is to consider plans for the development of a £6m luxury hotel and racing stables near Workington in West Cumbria, creating up to 90 jobs.
21-Jan-2000

Tesco is to open a new supermarket at Eaglescliffe on Teesside in June, with the creation of 200 jobs.
21-Jan-2000

Sainsbury is to set up a store in Birmingham city centre with the creation of 100 jobs, as part of a £200m investment by the group in the West Midlands.
21-Jan-2000

Project Telecom is to set up a £3m national operations centre near its existing site in Newark, with the creation of 200 new jobs.
21-Jan-2000

QVC, the TV and internet shopping company, is planning a £16m expansion at its distribution and call centre operation at the Knowsley Industrial Park on Merseyside, with the creation of 1,000 jobs.
21-Jan-2000

Storehouse is to open food stores in up to 100 of its Bhs outlets in a joint venture with Iceland Group, with the creation of about 4,000 jobs.
21-Jan-2000

Hazlewood Foods is to combine its three Beaverlac cake factories in Hull into a new £15m purpose-built factory on Sutton Fields industrial estate next year, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
20-Jan-2000

Medisure, the Bristol-based private health care administrator, is looking to recruit up to 50 new staff this year.
20-Jan-2000

TK Maxx is to open a discount fashion store in York, with the creation of 50 jobs.
20-Jan-2000

United Utilities is to invest £100m over the next 12 months in the creation of a broad-band national network for its Norweb Telecom business, including a new sales and marketing support division in Liverpool.
20-Jan-2000

Tesco is to increase the number of stores offering online home shopping from 100 to 300 by the end of the year, with the creation of 7,000 jobs.
20-Jan-2000

Intel is to set up its first European "server farm" at Winnersh near Reading, which will supply e-commerce computer capacity to corporate customers and create 170 jobs.
20-Jan-2000

Torridge District Council is considering revised plans from Hainstone for a holiday and leisure development at Hartland Forest, which could create more than 300 jobs.
19-Jan-2000

Sifam is to expand its fibre optics factory in Torquay and build a new plant in Plymouth, creating 1,000 jobs over the next year.
19-Jan-2000

Drayton Manor Park, the theme park near Tamworth, is planning to build a £6m 65-bedroom family hotel, with the creation of 50 jobs.
18-Jan-2000

Highlands & Islands Enterprise has announced that an unnamed company is planning to set up a call centre in Aviemore, with the creation of 300 jobs.
17-Jan-2000

One-2-One is planning to set up a call centre for its mobile phone business in Wales, with the creation of 800 jobs, and a number of potential sites are being considered.
15-Jan-2000

Jaguar is to create permanent jobs for 250 contract workers at its Castle Bromwich plant, due to the success of the new S-type model.
15-Jan-2000

South Hams District Council is to consider plans for the transformation of the National Shire Horse Centre near Plymouth into a multi-million pound wildlife park, which would create more than 30 jobs.
14-Jan-2000

NextCall is to open an office in Glasgow with the creation of up to 60 sales jobs, following a successful pilot scheme for its low-cost phone service in Aberdeen.
14-Jan-2000

LG Electronics is to expand production at its Washington-based microwave ovens factory with the creation of 60 jobs.
14-Jan-2000

Sunderland Council is providing assistance to Connor Solutions in the development of a new factory at Houghton to make products for household appliances, with the creation of up to 140 jobs.
14-Jan-2000

The Welsh Development Agency has announced that Sun Ya Shoes of China is to set up a shoe factory in Milford Haven, with the creation of 150 jobs.
14-Jan-2000

Wakefield Council is to consider plans for the construction of a car supermarket at the Calder Island development, which would create 55 jobs.
14-Jan-2000

Savers Health & Beauty is to create 800 jobs throughout the country following the acquisition of rival drugstore Supersave.
13-Jan-2000

Schmitz Cargobull is planning a £5.5m expansion at its trailer factory in County Durham in order to add curtain-sided trailers to its output, and 50 jobs will be created.
13-Jan-2000

Capital One is considering plans to expand its credit card centre in Nottingham, as part of an expansion plan that will create a further 1,000 jobs in its European operations.
12-Jan-2000

Pace Micro Technology is creating a further 200 jobs at sites in Bradford, Cambridge and the US, in order to cope with rising demand for its digital TV set-top boxes.
12-Jan-2000

DX Communications is planning to expand its chain of mobile phone shops from 170 to 350, and will create 600 jobs including 100 at its call centre in Glasgow.
12-Jan-2000

Opsys has raised £1.5m to fund the development of new light-emitting materials for small electronic displays, and expects to recruit 20 new staff at its headquarters on Oxford University's Begbroke Science Park.
11-Jan-2000

Halifax has started work on the development of a new £45m call centre in Belfast, and will work with Belfast City Council and external agencies to recruit up to 1,500 staff over the next four years.
11-Jan-2000

Asda is planning to open 12 new stores and expand its internet-based home shopping business this year, with the creation of 6,000 jobs.
11-Jan-2000

Otis is to set up a £1.5m customer care centre for its Express Evans Lifts business in Leicester, with the creation of 150 jobs.
08-Jan-2000

Peacocks is planning to open 40 discount clothing stores this year, with the creation of 1,500 jobs.
08-Jan-2000

Hills Electrical is planning to create 500 jobs in an expansion of its mechanical and electrical contracting business over the next three years.
08-Jan-2000

B&Q has announced plans to build a DIY superstore in Colchester, with the creation of 250 jobs.
07-Jan-2000

Lincoln City Council has approved plans from Lincoln Corn Exchange & Markets to build a £10m shopping complex in Outer Circle Road, which will create 300 jobs.
07-Jan-2000

Tesco has submitted plans for a £6m expansion at its superstore in Aberdeen, which will create 140 jobs.
07-Jan-2000

Tomos Watkin is to build a new brewery in Swansea and buy 50 more Welsh pubs over the next four years, in a £10m expansion plan that will create 100 jobs.
07-Jan-2000

B&Q is to create 200 jobs by opening a new DIY superstore in Eastbourne.
07-Jan-2000

London Clubs International is seeking permission to open a new casino at Brighton Marina, with the creation of 150 jobs.
07-Jan-2000

Clarks of Stourbridge is to move its Volkswagen dealership to larger premises in Audnam, creating 13 new jobs.
07-Jan-2000

Oxford Bus Company is seeking 30 extra staff in order to handle additional routes created by the Oxford Transport Strategy.
06-Jan-2000

Highlands & Islands Enterprise is in discussions with Scanbro Scotland about plans to build a £4m plant to process fish farm waste in the Fort William area, which would create up to 45 jobs.
06-Jan-2000

Sage, the accounting software company, has announced plans to move into a new 475,000 sq ft office at the Newcastle Great Park development, as part of an expansion programme that will create up to 1,000 jobs in the north east.
06-Jan-2000

JD Wetherspoon has announced plans to open a further 500 pubs by the end of 2004 with the creation of 15,000 jobs, and about 90 outlets will open this year.
05-Jan-2000

Kingfisher is planning to open 15 more B&Q Warehouse DIY stores this year with the creation of up to 2,000 jobs, and about 200 new jobs will be created at its Screwfix mail order business.
04-Jan-2000