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Kerry Group is to create up to 40 new jobs at its Rye Valley frozen meals factory in Fermanagh.
31-Dec-2003


Tsubakimoto UK is to invest £1m in the expansion of its automotive power transmission components factory in Nottingham over the next three years, with the creation of 21 jobs.
31-Dec-2003


Carphone Warehouse is to create 180 new jobs at its Opal Telecom call centre at the Birchwood Business Park in Warrington by July 2004.
30-Dec-2003


Sifam Fibre Optics is planning to create 40 new jobs at its Torquay factory over the next six months.
30-Dec-2003


B&Q is to create 100 new jobs with the relocation of its existing Doncaster distribution centre to a new purpose-built centre at the Redhouse Interchange at Woodlands.
30-Dec-2003


NM Rothschild is seeking acquisitions to expand its private banking division, and aims to recruit up to 80 additional bankers over the next few years.
29-Dec-2003


Quaife, the manufacturer of parts for high performance cars, is investing £1m at the former Compair Holman site in Camborne, with the creation of 12 jobs, while OEM Fabrications is to employ 20 people at the site.
24-Dec-2003


LDV has announced a £90m expansion plan that will involve the launch of a new range of commercial vehicles, a new manufacturing facility in Birmingham and the creation of 1,000 jobs over the next five years.
24-Dec-2003


Asda has won permission to expand its store in Dumbarton, with the creation of 100 jobs.
24-Dec-2003


VLM Airlines is to create 35 jobs with the launch of a new service between Liverpool John Lennon Airport to London City Airport from February.
24-Dec-2003


PPE Services, the power electronics company, is planning to expand its workforce from 16 to 32 next year and relocate to a new headquarters in Stokesley.
24-Dec-2003


Wilkinson is to open a store in Workington with the creation of 80 jobs, one of 20 new outlets planned by the company over the next 12 months.
23-Dec-2003


Halifax Card Services is to recruit 150 additional staff at its credit card customer service centre in Cardiff over the next three months.
23-Dec-2003


Common Services Agency is to create 60 new NHS support jobs in Aberdeen over the next six months, while existing staff will relocate to the city's Bridgeview building.
23-Dec-2003


Heerema is to create 250 new jobs at its Hartlepool yard, having won a contract to build part of an oil platform for EnCana.
23-Dec-2003


Raytheon is to create up to 200 jobs at its plant in Glenrothes and at subcontractor sites, having won a £140m defence systems contract from the Ministry of Defence.
23-Dec-2003


Watson Burton, the Newcastle-based law firm, is to relocate to a new £20m office at St James' Gate in June, with the creation of 60 new jobs.
23-Dec-2003


Agilisys is expected to create up to 300 jobs in its enterprise solutions business over the next 18 months, and will set up a new 25,000 sq ft office in York by the end of next year.
23-Dec-2003


Beckett Group is to expand its financial services business in Bury St Edmunds with the creation of 45 new jobs over the next two years, and is also planning to seek new premises in the town.
19-Dec-2003


The Welsh Development Agency is to support plans from GreenGas of Australia to set up a European headquarters in Llandeilo with the creation of 30 jobs, in preparation for the opening of a national network of alternative fuel engine conversion centres.
19-Dec-2003


Barclays is recruiting a further 30 staff to start work at its call centre in Sunderland in February, while 70 are due to start in January.
19-Dec-2003


South of Scotland European Partnership has announced a £7m EU grant to go towards a £20m investment in a series of economic regeneration projects across the Borders and Dumfries & Galloway, with the creation of more than 800 jobs.
19-Dec-2003


Tesco is seeking permission to build a Tesco Extra hypermarket on the site of its existing store in Llansamlet, Swansea, with the creation of 200 jobs.
19-Dec-2003


Harry Dalby Engineering, the manufacturer of units for spray-painting vehicles, is looking to expand the 80-strong workforce at its Leicestershire factory with ten extra staff.
19-Dec-2003


AWG has won a £10m contract from Fred Olsen Renewables to build two wind farms at Cairn Uish and Paul's Hill in the Scottish Highlands, with the creation of 50 jobs.
18-Dec-2003


Hartlepool Borough Council is in talks with Sager Management about plans for a £8m investment in the naval frigate HMS Trincomalee, including a visitor centre and hotel.
18-Dec-2003


Marco Cable Management Systems is to create 40 new jobs at the Welsh Development Agency's Llangefni Industrial Park in Anglesey.
18-Dec-2003


Thomsonfly is planning to launch a new low-cost holiday airline at Coventry Airport in March, with the creation of more than 200 jobs.
17-Dec-2003


Alan Boswell Group is to increase the 100-strong workforce at the Norwich head office of its insurance and financial services business.
17-Dec-2003


Rowan Glen Dairy Products has secured a £0.4m grant from the Scottish Executive to expand its yoghurt production plant in Dumfries & Galloway, with the creation of eight jobs.
17-Dec-2003


Man Group is looking to expand its equities research and brokerage division by recruiting analysts and sales teams from banks and other institutions.
16-Dec-2003


The Inland Revenue is to set up a Tax Credits call centre at the Balliol Business Park in North Tyneside early next year, with the creation of 500 jobs.
16-Dec-2003


Bannatyne is planning to open a £4m casino on Newcastle Quayside in 2005, with the creation of 50 jobs, which could lead to the development of a nationwide chain.
16-Dec-2003


Hampson Industries has won a £200m contract to manufacture aircraft wing parts for Eclipse Aviation of the US, which will create up to 300 jobs at factories in Wigan and Birmingham.
15-Dec-2003


McAvoy Group is to invest £5m in the development of a factory for modular buildings in Lisburn, with the creation of 50 jobs.
15-Dec-2003


Zen Internet is to relocate to new premises in Rochdale early next year, and expects to increase its workforce from 72 to 200 by the end of 2004.
15-Dec-2003


Center Parcs is creating 100 new jobs at the Oasis holiday park near Penrith, having just completed a £15m expansion project.
15-Dec-2003


National Savings is to close the former Post Office savings account and transfer of up to 13m customers to a new account, and several hundred staff are being recruited in Glasgow to handle the change.
12-Dec-2003


Esure is to expand its insurance call centre operations in Manchester, with the creation of about 500 jobs.
12-Dec-2003


Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority is planning to recruit 2,000 additional nurses, 300 consultants and 80 GPs across the three counties by 2006, due to a £800m increase in its budget.
12-Dec-2003


S MacNeillie & Son is to create 20 new jobs in Walsall, having won contracts worth £3m to equip vehicles for the Metropolitan Police and the Northern Ireland ambulance service.
11-Dec-2003


Carshock is to open a new car sales outlet in York in January, with the creation of 15 jobs, taking its chain to five.
10-Dec-2003


Its4me is to recruit 10 more staff at its car insurance call centre in Norwich, and the 100-strong workforce is expected to double over the next two years.
10-Dec-2003


Consafe Engineering is to create 50 new jobs in Aberdeen, having won a contract to manufacture 90 shelter buildings for the Tengiz oil-field development in Kazakhstan.
10-Dec-2003


Siemens Energy Services has won a £45m contract to maintain electricity meters for British Gas customers in East Anglia and North London, which will involve the creation of a number of administrative jobs at its Wollaton office in Nottinghamshire.
10-Dec-2003


Finning UK has announced plans for the multi-million pound expansion of its materials handling business in Cannock by May 2004, including 60,000 sq ft of additional office space and 30 new jobs.
09-Dec-2003


Wolverhampton Airport is planning a £10m expansion of its training and aircraft maintenance operations, with the creation of 200 jobs over the next year.
09-Dec-2003


Redrose Property Services is planning to expand its building restoration business by seeking a new office in Hertfordshire and by recruiting about 15 additional staff.
08-Dec-2003


Armatile is to expand its Armagh-based tile business with the creation of 25 jobs.
08-Dec-2003


AEA Technology is planning to create about 100 jobs at its battery plant in Thurso over the next three years.
08-Dec-2003


Ikea has won permission to build a 300,000 sq ft furniture store in Edmonton, north London, by the end of 2004, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
08-Dec-2003


Ginsters is creating 35 new jobs at its Callington factory, due to rising demand for savoury pastry products.
05-Dec-2003


Invest NI is to support a £5.3m project by Kiel Laboratories of the US to set up a prescription medicines plant in Carrickfergus, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next three years.
04-Dec-2003


Orion Electric is to set up a new flat-screen television production line at its Margam plant near Port Talbot, with the creation of 200 jobs.
04-Dec-2003


Prestwick Airport is to provide the base for a new airline called Air Omega UK, which will launch flights to unnamed destinations early next year with the creation of about 100 jobs.
04-Dec-2003


Nolan Associates, the Birmingham-based structural engineer, is creating eight jobs at a new office in Leicester.
04-Dec-2003


Radisson SAS has started recruiting 100 staff for a new 4-star hotel due to open in Liverpool's Old Hall Street in February, and recruitment is being handled by Jobcentre Plus.
04-Dec-2003


The North West Development Agency has announced plans for the development of a £5m customer service centre in Barrow-in-Furness, which could create up to 800 jobs.
04-Dec-2003


Flybe is adding four new routes from Southampton Airport, including flights to Glasgow and three French airports, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
03-Dec-2003


Corby Council is to consider plans from Rosemound Developments for the construction of a 160,000 sq ft distribution centre at Weldon South Industrial Estate, and a "household name" will create up to 200 jobs at the site.
03-Dec-2003


The Defence Science & Technology Laboratory is planning to relocate up to 500 jobs to its Portsmouth site by 2007, as part of a rationalisation of sites throughout the country.
03-Dec-2003


The Department of Trade & Industry has awarded a £1.1m grant for the expansion of the Aberpergwm Colliery near Glynneath, with the creation of up to 78 jobs.
02-Dec-2003


Lee Crowder and Cobbetts are planning to merge to create a combined law firm with 685 staff, and there are plans to create more than 100 jobs at a new office in Birmingham over the next three years.
02-Dec-2003


B&Q has submitted plans to Bassetlaw District Council to build a £65m distribution centre in Worksop.
01-Dec-2003


Anglesey Council has allocated funding of £1.6m towards a £4m project to expand the Bodorgan Estate motor racing circuit, with the creation of 100 jobs.
28-Nov-2003


Allerton Engineering is to set up a new £3m production facility for its structural engineering business in Northallerton, with the creation of dozens of jobs over the next three years.
27-Nov-2003


The Inland Revenue is planning to set up a tax credit division at the former Motorola site in Bathgate, with the creation of 500 new jobs and the relocation of 300 staff from Livingston.
27-Nov-2003


Simon Group has announced plans to invest £25m in the expansion of the Humber Sea Terminal at Killingholme, including a fourth roll-on roll-off berth, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
27-Nov-2003


Topps Tiles is to open a new £7.2m tile distribution centre at Grove Park in Leicestershire by March, with the creation of up to 15 jobs.
27-Nov-2003


The North West Development Agency is helping Koito Aerospace of Japan with its plans to establish an airline seats factory in Speke, with the creation of 21 jobs.
26-Nov-2003


Port of Tyne is creating 24 new jobs in South Shields and expanding its haulage fleet by 30%, following an increase in demand from manufacturers.
25-Nov-2003


Benjys is planning to create 1,000 new jobs by expanding its sandwich store and mobile delivery network over the next two years.
25-Nov-2003


Midven is to provide venture capital support to a new stationery wholesaling business being set up in Tamworth under the name of The Stationery Channel, and 20 jobs will be created by the end of next year.
24-Nov-2003


Fishwicks is planning to expand its South Shields-based fruit and vegetable wholesaling business across the North, with an increase in the workforce from 70 to 90.
24-Nov-2003


The Money Centre is planning to increase the workforce at its new property finance office in High Wycombe from eight to 62 within two years, and is also looking to open new offices in Windsor, Sheffield and Leeds.
24-Nov-2003


Tesco is planning to build two new supermarkets at Croxteth and Litherland on Merseyside, with the creation of almost 1,000 jobs.
21-Nov-2003


Yorkshire Forward is to assist Metalysis relocate from Cambridge to Sheffield, where it will create up to 100 jobs at a new plant to produce non-ferrous metals using a new extraction process.
21-Nov-2003


Neyr UK is planning a £2m expansion at its automotive plastics factory in Peterlee, with an increase to the 105-strong workforce.
20-Nov-2003


LBM is to open a 30,000 sq ft direct marketing call centre in Altrincham in September 2004, with the creation of 600 jobs.
20-Nov-2003


PowerGen is to create 150 jobs at its customer service call centres in Nottingham.
20-Nov-2003


Absolute Quality, the US-based software testing and technical support company, is to create 150 new jobs in Glasgow over the next two years.
19-Nov-2003


Allerdale Council has approved plans to build a £6m visitor centre in Maryport, which will tie in with a proposed offshore wind farm and create up to 60 jobs.
19-Nov-2003


The Specials Laboratory is to relocate its tailor-made pharmaceuticals business to a new £1m site in Northumberland next year, and the 35-strong workforce will expand.
18-Nov-2003


Asda has won permission to build a food distribution centre in Didcot, with the creation of about 500 jobs.
18-Nov-2003


Parkdean Holidays has started a recruitment drive to expand the 70-strong telesales staff at its new call centre in Newcastle.
17-Nov-2003


Lloyds TSB is setting up a chain of car supermarkets under the Black Horse Car Sales brand, and 50 jobs will be created when a new site opens in Oldbury in January.
17-Nov-2003


Camping & Caravanning Club is to relocate up to 100 staff to a new £6m headquarters at the Westwood Business Park in Coventry next spring, and about 40 new jobs will be created.
14-Nov-2003


Wolfson Microelectronics is planning to expand the workforce at its computer chip design business in Edinburgh from 150 to 300 by the end of 2004.
14-Nov-2003


Staffordshire County Council is creating more than 200 new childcare jobs across the county, having secured a National Lottery grant.
14-Nov-2003


Forth Active is planning to create 50 jobs at its call centre in Glenrothes over the next five years, having secured a deal to distribute software for US-based Comco.
14-Nov-2003


Barclays Capital is planning to expand its business in continental Europe with the creation of about 250 investment banking jobs next year, and is particularly interested in France, Italy and Portugal.
13-Nov-2003


Tulloch is setting up a new headquarters for Corrie Building Services in Inverness, with the creation of 35 jobs, while Tulloch Homes will relocate to the east of the city.
13-Nov-2003


Ikea has won permission to extend its furniture store in Warrington, with the creation of 100 jobs.
13-Nov-2003


Yearsley Cold Storage & Distribution is to build a new £10m depot in Seaham, County Durham, with the creation of 150 jobs over the next two years, and is also seeking sites in the South and Scotland.
13-Nov-2003


Perkins Foods is creating 69 jobs at a new £7.5m Fresh-Pak egg preparation and mayonnaise factory in Barnsley, which is due to open in December.
13-Nov-2003


Thumbs Up is to set up a new £7.5m distribution centre for its plastic household products business in Bury by next May, with the creation of about 150 jobs.
11-Nov-2003


Bourne Leisure Group is seeking permission from South Lakeland Council to extend the Lakeland Leisure Park, with the creation of about 60 jobs.
11-Nov-2003


North Lincolnshire Council is to consider plans from Guardian Care Homes for the £1.5m expansion of the Barrow Hall nursing home in Barrow-upon-Humber, with the creation of 30 jobs.
11-Nov-2003


Farmer & Carlisle is creating 10 jobs at a new temporary site for its Toyota car dealership in Leicester, and up to 15 jobs will be created when it moves to a permanent site.
11-Nov-2003


MM Group has acquired Contact 24 of Bristol to create one of the country's largest outsourced contact centre service providers, which will lead to the creation of about 100 new jobs at its site in County Down.
10-Nov-2003


Asda is to close its 31 in-store butchers' counters and switch to centrally packed meat, which will involve the creation of 1,100 jobs at supplier factories in Swansea, Doncaster and Winsford.
10-Nov-2003


Carphone Warehouse is to recruit a further 230 sales staff this year, as part of its ongoing store opening programme.
10-Nov-2003


Bookham Technology is recruiting 100 extra temporary staff at its factory in Paignton.
07-Nov-2003


Travelodge, the budget hotel group, is to create dozens of new jobs in finance, sales and marketing, following the relocation of its head office from Toddington to Thame.
07-Nov-2003


Soleco is recruiting 50 additional staff for its Florette prepared salads factory near Lichfield.
06-Nov-2003


Unilever Bestfoods is planning to build a £50m national distribution centre at Kingswood Lakeside, Staffordshire, with the creation of up to 300 jobs, and may transfer work from sites in Peterborough, Warrington and Worksop.
06-Nov-2003


Telecom 4 is to create 150 jobs at a new installation centre for hands-free mobile phone kits for cars in Bushey.
06-Nov-2003


Morrisons is recruiting 350 staff for a new store due to open in Hartlepool in spring 2004.
06-Nov-2003


Luminar Leisure is to open a new £1.5m nightclub in Peterborough in December, with the creation of 35 jobs.
05-Nov-2003


Volkswagen has awarded its South East Wales franchise to David Jones Garages, and 100 jobs are being created at its new £4m dealership in Cardiff Bay.
05-Nov-2003


Kingfisher has announced plans to launch a chain of 50 mini-warehouse stores under its B&Q brand, with the creation of 1,500 jobs.
04-Nov-2003


British Wool Marketing Board is planning to set up a new laboratory to test wool quality in Caernarfon by next May, with the creation of up to 20 jobs.
04-Nov-2003


Kilminster Partnership is to recruit 20 advisers at its new financial services office in Nottingham, and a further 200 jobs will be created in a nationwide expansion programme.
04-Nov-2003


Wolverhampton & Dudley is to create up to 2,500 jobs as part of a £35m investment in its chain of pubs over the next 12 months.
03-Nov-2003


Sharp is to set up a £2.5m solar panels production facility at its plant in Wrexham, with the creation of 90 jobs by 2005.
31-Oct-2003


Ryanair has announced the creation of 200 engineering jobs at a new aircraft maintenance facility at Prestwick Airport, which is due to open by the end of the year.
30-Oct-2003


Lasco, the Jamaican manufacturer of soy products, is to open a factory in Plymouth in February, with the creation of 120 jobs.
30-Oct-2003


The Scottish Executive is to provide about £2m of regional selective assistance to PharmaImaging Group to set up a new £15m pharmaceutical research facility in Livingston, with the creation of up to 250 jobs.
30-Oct-2003


PH Jones is planning to expand its plumbing and heating maintenance service across the country, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
29-Oct-2003


Hazlewood Foods is creating about 100 jobs at its sandwich factory in Worksop, taking the workforce to over 2,000.
29-Oct-2003


Seagull Foods is to create up to 20 new jobs at its frozen food distribution centre in Warminster, including vacancies in sales, transport, warehousing and administration.
28-Oct-2003


HBOS is to launch a new online insurance business aimed at higher premium car drivers called First Alternative, with the creation of 200 jobs at an operations centre in Manchester.
28-Oct-2003


The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £2.5bn contract to EADS to operate and maintain communications satellites, which will create about 500 jobs at sites in Portsmouth and Stevenage.
27-Oct-2003


MGt is to create a further 100 jobs at its call centre in Kirkcaldy, having won contracts from broadcasters ITV1, Channel 4 and Five.
27-Oct-2003


Next is to create 150 new jobs with the opening of a new larger fashion store in Birstall at the end of November.
27-Oct-2003


Bombardier is seeking permission to build a new train maintenance depot in Derby, with the creation of 60 jobs.
27-Oct-2003


Asda is planning to recruit up to 10,000 permanent employees to cover during holiday periods throughout the year, in order to reduce the cost of re-hiring and training temporary staff.
27-Oct-2003


The Number is recruiting 150 additional staff at its telephone directory call centre in Cardiff.
24-Oct-2003


Allen Systems Group of the US is to set up a £3.6m software development centre in Belfast, with the creation of 168 jobs over the next three years.
24-Oct-2003


Terberg Matec UK is to create 44 new jobs through the expansion of its waste processing site in Worksop.
24-Oct-2003


Thus, the telecoms carrier, is to create 250 jobs at its three call centres in Glasgow, to handle an increase in outsourcing work for existing clients.
24-Oct-2003


Vertex is to create 700 new jobs at its customer service call centres in Speke and Knowsley, while a further 400 jobs will be created in Bolton.
23-Oct-2003


Adam Fire Surrounds is creating 12 new jobs for machine operators, assemblers, packers, labourers and spray finishers at its factory in Huddersfield.
23-Oct-2003


Total Maintenance Solutions (TMS) is to create 50 new jobs at its automotive engineering business in Sunderland over the next year.
21-Oct-2003


Spark Response is creating 40 new jobs at its call centre in Gateshead, including vacancies for managers, sales advisers and warehouse staff.
21-Oct-2003


Grampian Country Foods is seeking permission from Vale Royal Borough Council to rebuild the former Harris Bacon factory in Winsford, which could create up to 400 jobs.
16-Oct-2003


British Cattle Movement Service is to create 90 full-time jobs in Workington to update a new database, but 100 part-time agency jobs are being lost.
16-Oct-2003


Sembutilities Solutions of Singapore has opened a new regional office in Grimsby and hopes to create at least 100 new engineering jobs in the area over the next two years, serving the needs of chemical and utility companies.
16-Oct-2003


Clydeport is to proceed with the next phase of proposals for the development of a £200m container hub at Hunterston in Ayrshire, which will create at least 250 jobs.
15-Oct-2003


Air Miles is planning to expand its travel call centre in Warrington with the creation of 150 jobs.
15-Oct-2003


United Biscuits is planning a £10m expansion at its biscuit factory in Harlesden, London, with the creation of 200 jobs.
15-Oct-2003


Skipton Building Society is seeking permission to set up a new support centre for its Homeloan Management mortgage business in Burnley, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
14-Oct-2003


Maskreys is setting up a new £2m warehouse for its retail interiors business at Wentloog Industrial Park in Cardiff, with the creation of 14 jobs.
14-Oct-2003


Dunelm Mill is to open a new textiles store at St Margaret's Retail Park in Swindon in December, with the creation of 100 jobs.
14-Oct-2003


Archant is to invest £12m at its Thorpe newspaper printing plant near Norwich by December 2004, with the creation of 14 jobs.
14-Oct-2003


Manpower is recruiting 70 additional staff for the BT customer services call centre in Newport, South Wales.
10-Oct-2003


Compania Sud Americana de Vapores of Chile has established an agency headquarters for its shipping business in Liverpool, and the initial workforce of 60 is expected to grow.
10-Oct-2003


The George Washington Hotel in Sunderland has announced plans for a £5m expansion over the next three years, with the creation of 150 jobs.
09-Oct-2003


County Durham Development Company is supporting a £1.5m investment by Trinity Cable in a new cable production factory at West Auckland, which will create 37 jobs.
09-Oct-2003


Orange is to recruit 140 staff at its mobile phone call centre in Darlington over the coming weeks, as part of an ongoing programme to meet customer demand.
09-Oct-2003


AEA Technology Battery Systems is to set up a £2m battery recycling plant at Golspie, Sutherland, with the creation of 30 jobs.
09-Oct-2003


Wragge, the law firm, is planning to expand its workforce from 1,000 to 1,750 by 2008, including 1,500 in Birmingham and 250 in London.
08-Oct-2003


Challenger Foods is seeking permission to expand its ready meals factory in Sunderland, with the creation of 40 jobs.
08-Oct-2003


Forest of Dean District Council is discussing plans to reopen the Lightmoor Colliery site near Cinderford as an opencast mine to extract about 2m tonnes of coal, which could create up to 40 jobs.
08-Oct-2003


Tesco has announced plans to build a £7.8m superstore in Workington by 2007, with the creation of 150 new jobs.
07-Oct-2003


Barnetts Solicitors has started to recruit 100 additional staff at its Southport-based conveyancing division.
07-Oct-2003


Amaro Professional Distribution is seeking a 40,000 sq ft site to consolidate its Gateshead-based mail distribution operations, and expects to create hundreds of new jobs.
03-Oct-2003


John Porter is to relocate its joinery business from Newcastle to the former Federal Mogul site in Sunderland by the end of year, with the creation of 40 jobs.
03-Oct-2003


Hibernia Foods is investing £3m at its frozen ready meals factory in Hartlepool, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next 12 months.
03-Oct-2003


Desira Group is planning to create new jobs in its nine car dealerships across East Anglia and London, with vacancies in management, sales, administration and technical departments.
03-Oct-2003


BSkyB is to create 300 new jobs at its customer contact centres in Livingston and Dunfermline.
03-Oct-2003


Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans from Bett Properties for the development of a £5m retail complex in Fraserburgh, which will create up to 100 jobs.
03-Oct-2003


Box Design & Contract Packing is planning to expand its display stands factory in Lincoln from 49,000 sq ft to 107,000 sq ft, with the creation of 150 jobs.
03-Oct-2003


Schrader Electronics has announced plans to set up a new plant to manufacture tyre pressure monitoring systems in Carrickfergus, with the creation of 200 jobs.
01-Oct-2003


Jaywing is planning to establish a new direct mailing business at Pride Park in Derby, with the creation of up to 25 jobs over the next two years.
30-Sep-2003


Biocatalysts, the supplier of enzymes to food manufacturers, is to relocate to a new £2m 23,000 sq ft building at Parc Nantgarw in Treforest next year, and expects to double the 26-strong workforce.
29-Sep-2003


Morrisons is looking to create up to 700 jobs in Wirral by building two new stores in Ellesmere Port and New Brighton.
29-Sep-2003


Asda is to recruit 50 extra staff for its store in Shipley, following a £5.2m refurbishment.
29-Sep-2003


Two Sisters (2 Sisters Food Group) is building a £7m chicken processing plant in the West Midlands, with the creation of up to 400 jobs.
29-Sep-2003


Arvato is to create 400 new jobs at its call centre in Liverpool by the end of the year, having won a customer service outsourcing contract from German domestic appliance manufacturer Miele.
26-Sep-2003


CD Bramall is to relocate its Reliance ERF commercial vehicle sales business from Brighouse to a new £1.5m site in Leeds next year, with the creation of 20 jobs.
26-Sep-2003


Dickinson Dees, the law firm, is to set up a new office at Trinity Gardens in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2005, and expects to create up to 200 jobs over the next few years.
26-Sep-2003


Microturbo is to seeking permission to build a new 36,000 sq ft base next to its existing aerospace plant near Fareham, which would create 140 jobs.
26-Sep-2003


The Number is to recruit a further 100 staff for its directory enquiries call centre in Plymouth, taking the total to 850.
25-Sep-2003


Rexquote is to double the production capacity at its road-rail equipment factory in Somerset, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
25-Sep-2003


Perth & Kinross Council has approved plans for the expansion of Highland Spring's Blackford bottling plant, with the creation of 50 jobs by the end of the year.
24-Sep-2003


Polestar is to recruit up to 100 apprentices over the next three years, with 38 starting immediately across its five UK sites.
23-Sep-2003


KMF Precision is creating 20 extra jobs at its new sheet metal factory in North Staffordshire.
23-Sep-2003


Nigel Wright Consultancy is planning to create up to 50 new jobs at its recruitment services business in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
23-Sep-2003


Esure is to create a further 250 sales and customer services jobs at its insurance call centre in Glasgow over the next six months.
23-Sep-2003


British Airways is recruiting an additional 300 cabin crew and 100 check-in staff.
23-Sep-2003


Rachel's Organic is planning a £3m expansion at its dairy products factory in Aberystwyth, with the creation of 50 jobs.
22-Sep-2003


Maxsport Competition Tyres is creating 25 jobs at a new £1m sports car tyre retreading facility in Rhayader, Powys.
22-Sep-2003


Abbott Laboratories is to create 125 new jobs through the £39m expansion of its Dartford Murex diagnostic treatments manufacturing plant in Kent by the end of next year.
22-Sep-2003


IW Economic Partnership has announced that Island Call is planning to establish an insurance administration centre at the Prince Consort building in Ryde, with the creation of up to 30 jobs.
22-Sep-2003


Nordam Europe is to invest £8.4m in the expansion of its aerospace factory in Blackwood, with the creation of 170 jobs over the next few years.
19-Sep-2003


Britax is to expand its aircraft seating factory in Cwmbran with the creation of 200 jobs.
19-Sep-2003


Standard Life Bank is recruiting an additional 100 staff at its call centre in Edinburgh, following a rise in mortgage lending.
19-Sep-2003


Morris Material Handling is to create ten new jobs at its crane manufacturing plant in Loughborough, following a recent rise in sales.
18-Sep-2003


Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth has secured a £2.9m DTI grant to build a new dry dock and paint facility, with the creation of 83 jobs.
17-Sep-2003


Mission Foods is to create a further 50 jobs at its tortilla chip factory in Coventry.
17-Sep-2003


North West Vision has secured a £6m European grant to invest in the local film and TV industries on Merseyside, with the creation of about 200 jobs.
17-Sep-2003


Aspray Transport is seeking permission for the £6.5m expansion of its haulage site in Willenhall, which could create up to 150 jobs.
17-Sep-2003


Schlumberger Oilfield Services is to create 100 new jobs at its Global Technology Centre in Gloucestershire by the end of next year, having won new contracts from Shell UK and BP Exploration.
17-Sep-2003


Axon, the IT services consultancy, is to continue recruiting new staff following an increase in headcount from 322 to 378 over the past 12 months.
17-Sep-2003


Dumfries & Galloway Council is considering plans from Dee Fish Scotland for the development of a shellfish farm near Kirkcudbright, which would create 16 jobs.
16-Sep-2003


Interbrew is investing £11m in the development of a new beer bottling facility at its Magor plant near Newport by summer 2004, with the creation of 40 jobs.
15-Sep-2003


Ilpea is investing £1m in the expansion of its gasket manufacturing operation at Skelton on Teesside, with the creation of 44 new jobs by the end of the year.
15-Sep-2003


Acxiom is to recruit a further 150 telephone-based staff and about 40 executives at its 2Touch customer contact call centre in Sunderland.
15-Sep-2003


Twenty4help is to recruit a further 100 staff for its IT helpline call centre in Gateshead over the next few months.
15-Sep-2003


Biofuels Corporation has announced plans to build a £25m biodiesel production complex at Seal Sands on Teesside, with the creation of 75 jobs.
15-Sep-2003


Nestle is planning to transfer production of white chocolate products to York with the creation of 100 jobs, but 159 managerial and technical support jobs will be lost in Hayes.
15-Sep-2003


Wilkinson is to open a household goods store in Ellesmere Port in early 2004, with the creation of 90 jobs.
12-Sep-2003


Asda has announced plans to build a store at the Chapel Street development in Rugby, with the creation of 350 jobs.
12-Sep-2003


Rockwool is to invest £24m in a new insulation materials production line for its plant in Bridgend by 2005, with the creation of 60 jobs.
11-Sep-2003


Saks is planning to open a further 15 beauty salons across the country by the end of the year, and the head office in Darlington will be expanded with the creation of a number of new jobs.
11-Sep-2003


Bemis has announced a £10m investment at its shrink wrapping plant in Swansea, with the creation of 40 jobs.
11-Sep-2003


Cantrell & Cochrane has announced a £0.75m expansion by its Belfast-based drinks business Hollywood & Donnelly into the beer market, with the creation of ten jobs.
10-Sep-2003


Makro is planning to build a cash and carry warehouse in Londonderry with the creation of 250 jobs.
10-Sep-2003


McKeags is to create about 50 new jobs at its solicitors' office in Newcastle-upon-Tyne by the end of the year, following an increase in demand for property conveyancing.
10-Sep-2003


Arco has announced plans for the multi-million pound expansion of its safety equipment distribution centre in Hull, with the creation of an unspecified number of new jobs.
10-Sep-2003


Premier Foods has announced plans for the £3m relocation of Branston Pickle production from Derbyshire to Bury St Edmunds, with the creation of 60 new jobs.
09-Sep-2003


Place UK is to invest £0.75m in the expansion of its fruit and vegetable packing business in North Norfolk, with the creation of 20 jobs.
09-Sep-2003


The Welsh Development Agency is to help four hi-tech companies from India establish bases in Wales with the creation of about 300 jobs, and they are GTL, BPL Telecom, Infrasoft Technologies and Elan.
08-Sep-2003


Apetito is creating 40 new jobs at its frozen meals business in Trowbridge, having won a contract to supply the West Berkshire meals on wheels service.
08-Sep-2003


ClientLogic is creating up to 125 jobs at its call centre in Exeter to handle the expected seasonal rise in demand for the John Lewis Direct home shopping service.
08-Sep-2003


ScotRail is to expand its engineering depot in Inverness with the creation of eight jobs.
04-Sep-2003


Done Bookmakers is planning to double its chain of betting shops to 800 over the next five years with the creation of 500 jobs, and a further 500 jobs are being created at a new call centre and head office in Warrington.
04-Sep-2003


Marks & Spencer is to create about 200 new jobs at its financial services division in Chester, in preparation for the launch of a combined credit and loyalty card.
03-Sep-2003


Cosworth Technology is to create up to 60 jobs in Wellingborough next February, having won a £100m contract to make cylinder heads for JCB's new diesel engine.
03-Sep-2003


Vono Beds is to set up a new bed showroom at the former Yarnolds curtain factory in Wolverhampton next year, with the creation of scores of jobs.
03-Sep-2003


DTE Midlands is planning to double production at its roof trusses factory in Ilkeston by the end of next year, with the creation of up to 30 jobs.
03-Sep-2003


Finsbury Food is planning to create about 100 new jobs at its Memory Lane Cakes factory in Cardiff, in order to produce cakes for Nestle.
02-Sep-2003


AskAlix has announced plans to recruit an extra 40 staff at its call centre in Stockton, following a rise in demand for its internet business directory.
01-Sep-2003


B&M is to invest about £3m opening up to seven discount stores in Greater Manchester over the next few years, and two will open this year with the creation of 100 jobs.
01-Sep-2003


Matalan is to open a household goods superstore at Greenbridge in Swindon next spring, with the creation of 100 jobs.
01-Sep-2003


Siemens is planning to build a train maintenance depot in Manchester with the creation of about 70 jobs, and a second depot will be built in York.
29-Aug-2003


Experian is creating 200 jobs at a new customer service centre in Preston over the next few months, in order to handle a contract from Marks & Spencer Financial Services.
29-Aug-2003


Forest of Dean District Council is in discussions with Mayr Health Spas of Austria about plans to set up a luxury health spa at Cannop, with the creation of 100 jobs.
29-Aug-2003


Bentley is to create 350 new jobs at its luxury car plant in Crewe, in order to increase production of the new Continental GT model.
29-Aug-2003


JCB, the construction equipment company, is to develop and build a new range of engines at its plant in Staffordshire, with the creation of 200 jobs.
29-Aug-2003


Quinn Glass has confirmed plans to set up a £120m glass packaging and distribution plant at Ellesmere Port by 2005, with the creation of 370 jobs.
28-Aug-2003


Liverpool City Council has approved plans from Rumford Investments for a £50m homes, offices and leisure development on the waterfront site of Richmond House, with the creation of 2,000 jobs.
28-Aug-2003


Thomas Cook Airlines is planning to double the number of charter flights from Newcastle Airport from 18 to 36 next year, with the creation of 50 jobs.
28-Aug-2003


Loop Customer Management is to set up a new call centre at Thornbury in Bradford over the next few months, with the creation of 250 jobs.
28-Aug-2003


Highland Council is to consider plans from Cliffs Legacy Club of the US for the development of a £20m upmarket holiday resort at Aldourie Castle, near Dores, with the creation of 50 jobs.
27-Aug-2003


Tesco is starting to recruit 400 staff for a new supermarket due to open in Wath-upon-Dearne in November.
27-Aug-2003


Temp Team is planning to expand its recruitment agency business with 18 new offices across the country over the next five years, with the creation of 40 jobs.
26-Aug-2003


BT is to create about 100 jobs in Exeter over the next few months with the opening of a new directory enquiries call centre at Exbridge House.
26-Aug-2003


Westdrive Kia is to relocate its car dealership and 12 jobs to a new £1.7m site at Galleys Corner in Braintree in January, with the creation of ten new jobs.
26-Aug-2003


Schmitz Cargobull is to expand its 300-strong workforce in Stanley over the next two years, due to rising demand for its truck trailers.
22-Aug-2003


Mertrux is starting work on the development of a new £1m commercial vehicle servicing centre near Alfreton, which will create 30 jobs.
22-Aug-2003


GeoPost UK is planning to create at least 20 new jobs at its Parceline and Interlink Express telesales centre in Smethwick.
21-Aug-2003


Matalan has announced plans to open three clothing and homewares stores in Northern Ireland this year with the creation of 200 jobs, including sites in Belfast, Craigavon and Portadown.
20-Aug-2003


Ferrograph is to create about 20 new jobs in Newcastle, having won a contract to provide passenger information screens to Manchester Airport.
19-Aug-2003


Anderson Manning Associates is to set up a new telesales call centre in Londonderry with the creation of 100 jobs, and its existing site in Bangor will be expanded with a further 150 jobs.
19-Aug-2003


Walon is to create 50 jobs at Portbury Docks to work on a new contract to repair and refurbish fleet cars for Toyota.
19-Aug-2003


LDV is to spend £125m on the acquisition of equipment from the receivers of Daewoo, which will be used to make a new range of vans at its Birmingham plant with the creation of 1,000 jobs.
19-Aug-2003


The Darwin Centre for Biology & Medicine is seeking European funding to build a £15m international science centre in Pembrokeshire, with the creation of 45 jobs.
18-Aug-2003


TRX Europe is to create up to 100 jobs at its call centre in Leicester over the next few months, to handle a contract with online travel network Opodo.
18-Aug-2003


NCR is to build a £7m customer care centre at the Eurocentral business park in Mossend, with the transfer of about 300 jobs from Cumbernauld and elsewhere in the UK.
15-Aug-2003


Bright Finance is creating 50 jobs at a new headquarters on the Sheffield 35A business park, in order to benefit from rising demand for its loans and mortgages.
15-Aug-2003


Moneysupermarket is planning to expand its online financial services business in Flintshire with the creation of about 200 jobs.
14-Aug-2003


Ifor Williams Trailers is planning to open a new trailers factory at its site on Deeside over the next three months, with the creation of about 80 jobs.
14-Aug-2003


Corus has announced plans to expand its steel plant in Port Talbot with the creation of 35 jobs, but the project is dependent on the company securing finance.
14-Aug-2003


Murus is planning to open panel house factories in south Wales and Lancashire with the creation of up to 40 jobs.
14-Aug-2003


Abbey National is to invest £5.5m in the expansion of its customer enquiries call centre in Belfast over the next two years, with the creation of about 150 jobs.
13-Aug-2003


PowerGen Renewables is to submit plans to build a 40MW wood-fuelled power plant in Lockerbie, with the creation of 70 jobs.
12-Aug-2003


Dumfries & Galloway Council has approved plans from Universal Steels of Fife to build a factory to make offshore wind farm equipment at Creetown, with the creation of about 90 jobs.
12-Aug-2003


Sims Recycling Solutions is to double the capacity of its fridge recycling centre in Newport in October, with the creation of 25 jobs.
12-Aug-2003


Protector Security of Gateshead is planning to double its workforce to 500 by 2006, and new offices will soon open in Edinburgh and London.
11-Aug-2003


John Lewis has announced plans to create up to 700 jobs at a new £45m department store due to open at the Trafford Centre in Manchester by 2005.
11-Aug-2003


B&Q is to create 300 new jobs in Northern Ireland over the next 12 months, including 250 at a new DIY store near Lisburn and 50 through an expansion at its Coleraine store.
11-Aug-2003


Response Handling is to create 190 jobs through a £1.5m expansion of its call centre in Glasgow.
11-Aug-2003


Hastings Direct is looking to recruit a further 100 staff at its insurance call centre and various other departments in Bexhill.
08-Aug-2003


Bosch, the German power tool manufacturer, is to open its first UK call centre in Liverpool this summer, with the creation of 90 jobs.
07-Aug-2003


Positive Contact is planning to increase the workforce at its telemarketing call centre in Runcorn from 100 to about 400 over the next few years.
07-Aug-2003


Red Shark, the supplier of print cartridges, is to open a new warehouse in Berwick with the creation of 12 jobs.
07-Aug-2003


Dalziel, the meat ingredients maker, is to relocate its distribution operation and 20 staff to a new site in Hebburn, in order to free up space for 25 additional manufacturing jobs in Gateshead.
07-Aug-2003


PinkRoccade, the Dutch IT services company, is opening a new service centre at the Inchinnan Business Park in Glasgow, with the creation of 100 jobs.
07-Aug-2003


Dolphin Drilling is to create 20 additional office jobs in Aberdeen, having won a number of offshore drilling contracts in Mexico and India.
07-Aug-2003


Thorntons is seeking permission to build a new distribution centre at its chocolate factory in Somercotes, which could lead to the creation of 260 jobs over the next two years.
07-Aug-2003


Morrisons has announced plans to recruit 350 staff for a new store due to open in Kilmarnock in February.
06-Aug-2003


Castle Morpeth Borough Council is to consider plans from Northumbrian Leisure for a £15m holiday village in Cresswell, including 300 static caravans and the creation of 120 jobs.
06-Aug-2003


EasyJet is to recruit a further 24 cabin crew in Belfast next month, in preparation for the planned expansion in its services over the next year.
06-Aug-2003


Audi is to build a regional headquarters in Cardiff, including a museum, conference facilities, showroom and the creation of about 70 jobs.
05-Aug-2003


Enterprise Rent-A-Car is planning to create more than 100 jobs in Scotland over the next two years, increasing its number of outlets from 20 to at least 30, while its UK network will grow from 220 to 350 outlets.
05-Aug-2003


Tomkins has started recruiting 200 extra staff for its Schrader Electronics business in Antrim, in order to increase production of tyre pressure detectors.
05-Aug-2003


Hodgson Toyota is creating 30 jobs at its new £5.5m car dealership site in Gateshead.
05-Aug-2003


Carphone Warehouse is planning to create up to 400 jobs at 100 new stores this year, and a similar number of jobs at its call centres.
05-Aug-2003


Country Style Foods is to take over the recently-closed Heinz pizza plant on Grimsby Docks, and production will re-start early next year with the creation of 200 jobs.
01-Aug-2003


First Group and Keolis of France have secured an eight-year franchise to operate trains in the Trans-Pennine region, and about 200 jobs will be created in a £260m investment.
01-Aug-2003


Onyx Scientific is to create a further 20 jobs at a new pharmaceuticals research laboratory in Sunderland over the next two years, and expects additional investment to provide 120 vacancies over the next seven years.
24-Jul-2003


Conduit is to recruit a further 300 staff for its 118UK directory enquiries call centre in Swansea by September.
18-Jul-2003


Tesco is to create 1,400 jobs from the expansion of its Tesco Express convenience stores, 2,000 jobs at existing stores, 50 jobs in its new telecoms division and 350 jobs at a new service centre in India.
18-Jul-2003


Creative Print & Design is creating 18 new jobs through a £1.3m expansion of its book printing business in Ebbw Vale.
17-Jul-2003


Heighley Gate is to recruit a further 50 staff at its garden centre in Morpeth once a £7m expansion project is complete.
17-Jul-2003


HBS, formerly Hyder Business Services, is recruiting a further 70 staff in Middlesbrough, in order to offer a revenues and benefits processing service for councils throughout the country.
17-Jul-2003


Arena Coventry is linking up with Isle of Capri Casinos of the US to build a casino and entertainment complex at its football stadium development in Coventry, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
16-Jul-2003


United Biscuits is to create more than 200 jobs at four McVitie's biscuit factories in London, Manchester, Carlisle and Glasgow.
14-Jul-2003


Computer Services Group is planning to double the 29-strong workforce at its IT support business in Bridgend over the next five years.
11-Jul-2003


Easibathe is planning to increase the workforce at its disability supplies factory in Gateshead from 45 to 60 over the next 12 months.
11-Jul-2003


Abbey National is to relocate its Cater Allen private banking office from Romford to Sheffield and Bradford next spring, which will involve the creation or transfer of up to 215 new jobs.
11-Jul-2003


Alnmaritec is to increase its workforce in Alnwick from 16 to 40 over the coming weeks, following an increase in demand for aluminium-hulled work boats.
10-Jul-2003


Bridon Ropes is to create up to 50 jobs at its rope factories in Newcastle and Doncaster, but its Retford factory in Nottinghamshire will close.
10-Jul-2003


Omar Woodbury is setting up a new £3m log cabins factory in Sheffield with the creation of 100 jobs, having outgrown its existing site in Dronfield.
10-Jul-2003


Flybe is to introduce six new daily routes from Exeter Airport to Alicante, Malaga, Murcia, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
10-Jul-2003


St Modwen is to let out the spare space at the former Goodyear offices in Wolverhampton to financial services company Promise Solutions, with the creation of 120 jobs.
09-Jul-2003


Oakland International is to create 25 new jobs at its ready meals contract packing site in Redditch.
09-Jul-2003


Scottish Development International has provided assistance to Founder Group, the Chinese PC manufacturer that has announced plans to open a sales and marketing headquarters in Glasgow with the creation of up to 100 jobs over the next three years.
09-Jul-2003


Regency Group is to create 40 new jobs in Weston-super-Mare over the next few months, in order to expand its Regency@Home furniture and carpet repair service.
08-Jul-2003


Epm Technology is to create 70 new jobs in Leicester, having won contracts to make 150 main body compartments for ambulances, and a second factory will be established on the Hermitage Industrial Estate by September.
08-Jul-2003


GNER, the train operator, is to create about 300 jobs at its customer service centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne over the next 12 months.
07-Jul-2003


The Number is to double the number of staff being recruited for its new directory enquiries call centre in Plymouth to 600 by August.
04-Jul-2003


The University of Liverpool's Advanced Internet Methods & Emergent Systems Institute has secured £2m of EU funding to develop grid computing technology at a new science park next to the Metropolitan Cathedral, which could lead to the creation of 175 jobs.
03-Jul-2003


Country Baskets is opening a trade-only warehouse for its floral decoration business in Stourbridge, with the creation of 50 jobs.
03-Jul-2003


Tesco is seeking outline planning permission from Mansfield District Council to build a supermarket in Chesterfield Road South, which would create 270 jobs.
03-Jul-2003


Corries Solicitors is to create up to 70 jobs in York, having won a £4m contract to handle claims for Advance Claims Management.
02-Jul-2003


Stafford Borough Council is to consider plans from Rosemound Developments for the construction of a warehouse in Stone, which will create 85 jobs in the assembly and distribution of industrial components.
01-Jul-2003


Ingenico is to create 20 new jobs in Fife having won a £60m contract to supply payment terminals to Barclaycard.
30-Jun-2003


ComputerLand UK is planning to create up to 100 jobs at its Nottingham-based IT services business by building a new office next to its Ruddington headquarters.
30-Jun-2003


Merchant Retail is to invest £3.7m in the expansion of its chain of 80 Perfume Shops this year, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
27-Jun-2003


Tesco is seeking permission to extend its Allerton superstore in Liverpool with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
27-Jun-2003


Campmuir is to expand production at its machinery factory in Forfar, adding 20 new jobs to the 110-strong workforce.
27-Jun-2003


Marks & Spencer is recruiting an extra 50 staff for its revamped Culverhouse Cross store in Cardiff, which is due for completion in November.
26-Jun-2003


Dixons is planning to open a further ten computer superstores over the next year with the creation of 2,200 jobs, including its first store in Sweden.
26-Jun-2003


Norgine has raised a further £4.3m to invest in new production lines and improvements at its pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant near Caerphilly, with the creation of 66 jobs.
26-Jun-2003


Libra Seafood Processing is to create 14 jobs at its new site at the Viking Enterprise Zone in Jarrow this year.
26-Jun-2003


Amaro Professional Distribution is planning to create up to 400 jobs at its Gateshead-based leaflet distribution business this year, and aims to set up warehouses in Yorkshire, London, the north-west and Scotland.
26-Jun-2003


Egg is looking to recruit 40 new staff at its internet banking business in Derby, and will open a new building at the Pride Park site over the next two months.
26-Jun-2003


Gala has confirmed plans to set up eight Las Vegas-style casinos in the UK in partnership with Harrah's Entertainment of the US, in a £600m project that will create up to 8,000 jobs.
26-Jun-2003


Latens Systems is to invest £2.5m in a new operation to produce digital TV software in Belfast, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next four years.
25-Jun-2003


Getinge is planning to create up to 20 new jobs at the Boldon Business Park on Tyneside this year, following a rise in NHS demand for its operating theatre equipment.
25-Jun-2003


The Ministry of Defence is seeking a 40-acre site in Birmingham to build a medical training facility with 2,000 staff, which would involve the relocation of operations from Gosport and Aldershot.
24-Jun-2003


Balmer Lindley is to take over the former Sanyo factory in Newton Aycliffe to manufacture street lighting and other safety products, with the creation of 120 jobs.
24-Jun-2003


Dixon Motors is to open three new Fiat and Alfa car showrooms at its site in Holbeck, Leeds, early next year, with the creation of 30 jobs.
24-Jun-2003


Rezidor SAS Hospitality is to open a new hotel on Belfast's Ormeau Road in 2004 with the creation of 110 jobs, while new properties will also open in Athlone, Letterkenny and Sligo.
23-Jun-2003


Matalan is to open a new discount store at Newport on the Isle of Wight next year with the creation of 100 jobs, while a new store will open in Hull this August.
23-Jun-2003


Avent Engineering is creating 120 new jobs in Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon, having won a gas mains replacement contract from Transco.
23-Jun-2003


Morrisons has won permission from South Derbyshire District Council to build a new supermarket in Swadlincote, with the creation of 350 jobs.
23-Jun-2003


Gadget Shop is planning to expand its chain of 55 gift shops to 90 over the coming months, and expects to recruit a further 500 sales staff by Christmas.
23-Jun-2003


Gwynedd Council has approved plans for the development of a 10-pin bowling facility at the Glasfryn Parc & Quad Bikes Centre near Pencaenewydd, with the creation of 15 jobs.
20-Jun-2003


NCC is creating a further 50 jobs at its Manchester-based IT consultancy business, following an increase in demand for its Escrow software protection arm.
19-Jun-2003


Ikea has launched a recruitment drive for 380 staff for its new furniture store in Cardiff, which is due to open in November.
19-Jun-2003


Randox Laboratories, the manufacturer of medical diagnostic test products, is to invest £123m in County Antrim with the creation of 810 jobs over the next three years.
18-Jun-2003


Internet Cameras Direct is planning to expand the workforce at its Marsden-based online retailing business from 60 to 200 over the next five years.
18-Jun-2003


Simpsongroup is investing £7m in the expansion of its design and print business, including new purpose-built premises in Washington, with the creation of 60 jobs over the next two years.
17-Jun-2003


Fold Hill Foods is to create 20 new jobs and secure the future of 58 existing jobs having won a £1.2m grant to install new production lines at Old Leake, near Boston.
17-Jun-2003


Loughborough University is to set up a £60m centre for engineering expertise in Charnwood with the creation of 100 jobs, in partnership with the East Midlands Development Agency and BAe Systems.
17-Jun-2003


Atmel is to create 40 new jobs at its semiconductor plant in Wallsend, and is importing £34m-worth of production equipment from Texas.
16-Jun-2003


AskAlix is to create a further 35 jobs at its internet directory telesales centre on Teesside this year.
16-Jun-2003


Monitron International is planning to create dozens of jobs in Kidderminster having won government approval for its latest digital roadside traffic camera.
16-Jun-2003


The Watch Repair Centre is to expand its chain of 12 jewellery shops with 10 new outlets over the next two years, with the creation of up to 30 jobs.
13-Jun-2003


Cubic Transportation Systems, the developer of automated fare collecting systems, is to centralise its UK operations onto its new site at Salfords in Surrey, where the 200-strong workforce could double over the next few years.
13-Jun-2003


St James Security is creating several hundred jobs throughout the country, having won a contract to provide security guards at 202 Kwik Save stores.
12-Jun-2003


Durham County Council is to extend its kerbside recycling scheme to cover 100,000 households by August, with the creation of 30 new jobs.
12-Jun-2003


Arcadia and Bhs are to replace the Co-op at the Fairhill Shopping Centre in Ballymena, as part of a £20m redevelopment of the site that will create 200 jobs.
12-Jun-2003


The Inland Revenue is expected to create 170 new jobs at a call centre to be built by Landmark Development Projects next to Bradford Interchange, while 230 jobs will be relocated from its existing site nearby.
12-Jun-2003


Regent Inns is to open a Jongleurs comedy club in Edinburgh by the end of July, with the creation of 50 jobs.
11-Jun-2003


Powderject is planning to invest £85m at its vaccine production plant in Liverpool over the next five years, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
11-Jun-2003


WildDay.com is planning to expand its online leisure and clothing retail business in Nairn with the creation of up to 27 jobs.
11-Jun-2003


Delyn Packaging is planning to double the 10-strong workforce at its plastic packaging factory in Caerphilly over the next few months.
10-Jun-2003


Invest NI is providing financial support for a £3.8m investment at McErlain's Bakery in Magherafelt, which will create 38 jobs over the next three years.
09-Jun-2003


Telegate is to create 300 new jobs at its 118866 directory enquiries call centre in Dumfries.
06-Jun-2003


RJ Sheet Metal is relocating its metal fabrication business to a new 50,000 sq ft factory in Merthyr, where it expects to double its 50-strong workforce.
06-Jun-2003


Celsa of Spain is to re-open the former ASW steel plant in Cardiff, taking on about 400 workers who lost their jobs last year.
05-Jun-2003


Carmarthenshire County Council is planning to develop a food park on a 50-acre site at Cross Hands near Llanelli, in order to create up to 200 jobs and act as a centre for agricultural produce companies such as Dawn Pac.
05-Jun-2003


Asda is seeking permission for the £10m expansion of its Gloucester store, with the creation of 100 jobs.
05-Jun-2003


Whitbread has announced plans to build a £8m David Lloyd Leisure tennis and fitness club in Worthing, with the creation of 130 jobs.
04-Jun-2003


BAA is to recruit an additional 700 security staff at its seven UK airports this year.
04-Jun-2003


Highland Council is considering plans from Macdonald Estates for the development of a £20m DIY and garden centre at the former Inverness Precast Concrete site in Inverness, which could create up to 250 jobs.
03-Jun-2003


Cromwell Press is seeking permission to extend its book printing plant in Trowbridge with the creation of 45 jobs.
03-Jun-2003


Redcats is to create 200 new jobs at its home-shopping call centre in Bradford.
03-Jun-2003


Sainsbury is planning to open 100 convenience stores on Shell garage forecourts over the next three years, with the creation of up to 2,000 jobs.
03-Jun-2003


ISKY Europe is to create about 35 telephone-based jobs in Bristol, having won a new sales and marketing contract from motor retailer Reg Vardy.
02-Jun-2003


Friday-Ad, the publisher of an adverts-only newspaper, is to set up a call centre at the former ITV Digital site in Pembroke Dock, with the creation of 120 jobs.
30-May-2003


Mears, the provider of social housing building maintenance repairs, is opening a Stockton branch with the creation of 100 jobs.
30-May-2003


Asda is planning a £4m expansion at its supermarket in Stowmarket, with the creation of 70 jobs.
30-May-2003


Carmarthenshire County Council is to consider plans from Buckley Bros Brands & Brewing for the development of a new brewery, pub and visitor centre in Llandeilo, with the creation of up to 30 jobs.
30-May-2003


Essex Strategic Health Authority has announced details of an additional £400m investment in local health services over the next three years, with the recruitment of 242 nurses, 68 consultants, 162 advisers and 356 health care assistants.
30-May-2003


Advantage West Midlands has announced a £4.6m scheme to establish a network of "learning zones" on industrial estates in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire, in order to improve workforce skills and create 60 new jobs.
29-May-2003


Peacocks is planning to open 60 new discount clothing stores by next March, with the creation of more than 1,000 jobs.
29-May-2003


The Welsh Development Agency is in discussions with Oriel Jones about plans to establish a meat packing operation at the former Dairy Crest site in Carmarthen, which could create 300 jobs.
29-May-2003


The Number is to establish a new directory enquiries call centre at the Langage Science Park in Plymouth, with the creation of 300 jobs.
29-May-2003


Persimmon is planning to create 200 jobs at 20 new housebuilding projects from Northumberland to Yorkshire this year.
28-May-2003


Sainsbury has won permission to build a supermarket in Otley by next spring, with the creation of 150 jobs.
28-May-2003


SIG Combibloc is planning to expand its drinks carton manufacturing plant on Wearside, with the creation of 100 new jobs over the next three years.
28-May-2003


Beran Instruments is to expand its engineering components factory at Great Torrington in Devon, with the creation of 25 jobs.
28-May-2003


The Welsh Development Agency is supporting plans from Coleg Menai to set up a £0.7m food technology centre at its Pencraig campus on Anglesey, which could create 75 jobs.
27-May-2003


Virgin Mobile is to recruit a further 200 staff at its mobile phone call centre in Middlesbrough next year.
27-May-2003


Gelert, the supplier of outdoor equipment, is to invest £4.5m in a new warehouse and office facility in Porthmadog, with the creation of up to 70 new jobs over the next five years.
23-May-2003


Eli Lilly is to invest more than £30m in the expansion of its biotechnology production plant in south Liverpool, with the creation of up to 75 new jobs.
23-May-2003


Lloyds TSB is to create 600 part-time jobs at its call centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne over the next year.
23-May-2003


Matalan is recruiting 100 staff for a new discount store due to open in Harlow in June.
22-May-2003


Carmarthenshire County Council has announced that a new National Theatre for Wales will be built in the county for the Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, with the creation of 15 jobs.
22-May-2003


Remploy is to set up a £10m household products factory at the Lea Green Industrial Estate in St Helens, with the creation of 120 jobs.
22-May-2003


Newcastle Mining, the Washington-based drilling and concrete repair company, is planning to increase its workforce from nine to 18 by the end of the year following a recent buy-out.
22-May-2003


Isleburn Mackay & Macleod has won a £6m contract to produce wind farm equipment for Vestas, which will create 100 jobs at a former oil platform fabrication yard at Nigg on the Cromarty Firth.
22-May-2003


Abercrombie & Kent is to relocate the headquarters of its luxury travel business from London to Cheltenham in July, with the creation of 25 jobs.
22-May-2003


Allied Irish Banks is planning to open 20 new branches and create 200 jobs, in order to increase its presence in the UK small business banking sector.
22-May-2003


B&Q is planning to build a DIY superstore at the proposed Junction retail complex in Oldbury, West Midlands, with the creation of 250 jobs.
21-May-2003


Iron Mountain, the US data storage company, is planning to set up a new base at the Primepoint 14 site in Stafford, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
21-May-2003


Invest NI is supporting plans by McColgan's Quality Foods to invest £6m in the expansion of its frozen and chilled foods factory in Strabane, with the creation of 30 jobs by the end of 2004.
21-May-2003


Vertex is creating 90 new jobs at its call centre in Forres, to handle work for the Department for Work & Pensions, Tesco Telecom and an unnamed retail banking organisation.
21-May-2003


Roscom is to create up to 150 new jobs at its Derby-based telecommunications business, in order to carry out testing work for a new police secure communications network.
21-May-2003


Toyota is to add a third shift at its car factory near Derby, with the creation of 1,000 jobs by the middle of next year.
20-May-2003


Stephens & George Print Group is to invest £12m in a new printing plant at its site in Merthyr Tydfil, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
20-May-2003


Sunderland Housing Group is seeking 75 additional staff to start work on the construction of 4,000 homes on Wearside.
20-May-2003


University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is to recruit up to 344 additional staff at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield and General hospitals, having secured an extra £33m of NHS funding.
20-May-2003


The Funding Corporation is to expand the headquarters of its affinity finance business in Chester with the creation of 100 jobs, and is seeking staff with skills in telemarketing and financial services selling.
19-May-2003


Newcastle City Council is to receive plans from Closegate Hotel Developments for a £6m retail and leisure development above the city's Haymarket Metro station, including new bars, shops and the creation of up to 200 jobs.
19-May-2003


H&B Rail Engineering is to expand the 40-strong workforce at its train track manufacturing plant in Durham with 12 additional staff this year, following a recent investment in new machinery.
19-May-2003


Goals Soccer Centres is to open a £2m five-a-side football complex in Leicester in July, with the creation of 20 jobs.
19-May-2003


Image Factory is to relocate its printing business from Corsham to larger premises in Chippenham, with the creation of 50 jobs, as part of a £3m investment by parent company Quarto.
19-May-2003


Wilkinson Hardware Stores is planning to expand its chain of shops from 220 to 300 over the next three years, with the creation of 7,000 jobs.
19-May-2003


Royal Mail is launching a recruitment drive to find 350 employees for a new £40m distribution centre due to open in Crick in September, and a further 300 will join later.
16-May-2003


Goodrich is to invest £9m in a new maintenance facility at Prestwick International Aerospace Park, with the creation of 120 jobs.
16-May-2003


Rossetts Commercials is recruiting sales staff, administrators and mechanics at its new £1m Mercedes-Benz van and truck dealership in Crawley.
15-May-2003


Atomic Planet Entertainment is creating 20 new jobs at its video games software business in Middlesbrough, and a further 20 jobs will be created over the next 12 months.
15-May-2003


Biofuels Corporation is considering sites in Middlesbrough, Liverpool and Hull to set up the world's largest biodiesel production complex, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
15-May-2003


James Walker, the seal and gasket manufacturer, is to relocate its head office and factory from Woking to Cockermouth next year with the creation of at least 40 jobs.
15-May-2003


Midland Expressway is recruiting about 150 staff in preparation for the opening of the new M6 Toll road in January, including toll assistants and traffic control operators.
15-May-2003


Asda has announced plans to invest in its distribution network, including the introduction of cardboard and plastic recycling centres and the creation of 1,200 jobs in Wakefield, Lutterworth, Falkirk, Grangemouth and Wigan.
14-May-2003


Gwynedd Council is considering plans from Alfred McAlpine for a £17m investment in a railway system to transport 2m tonnes of crushed waste from its quarries in Blaenau Ffestiniog and Penrhyn, with the creation of 90 jobs.
14-May-2003


Esporta is to set up a £3.1m health and fitness centre in Birmingham, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
14-May-2003


Eagle Star is recruiting 30 additional staff at its travel insurance office in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
13-May-2003


EJ Badekabiner of Denmark is to set up a sanitary ware factory in Cramlington over the next few months, with the creation of 150 jobs.
13-May-2003


Ventura has announced plans to create up to 1,000 new jobs at its customer service call centre at Wath in South Yorkshire.
13-May-2003


One NorthEast and Redcar & Cleveland Council are starting work on the development of a £3m freight park at Middlesbrough Road East, which could create 620 jobs over the next five years.
09-May-2003


Adecco is to expand its recruitment call centre in Middlesbrough with the creation of 80 jobs.
09-May-2003


Axis-Shield is to relocate its biotechnology laboratory division from Norway to Dundee by the end of the year, with the creation of up to 20 jobs.
09-May-2003


Harvey Nichols has started recruiting 500 staff for a new £25m store due to open in Manchester by the end of the summer.
09-May-2003


Comyn Ching is relocating its Solray heater panel factory from London to Gorseinon in Swansea, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
08-May-2003


Morrisons has submitted plans for a new superstore at Speke on Merseyside, with the creation of up to 500 jobs.
08-May-2003


Benjys is to invest £4m in the expansion of its chain of sandwich outlets, and aims to open 15 new branches and create 500 jobs by March 2004.
08-May-2003


Concept 2100, the internet support company, is planning to triple its west Cornwall-based workforce to 30 over the next year.
07-May-2003


Babtie Group is to create an unspecified number of jobs at its engineering consultancy in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to work on new contracts for international road safety research projects.
07-May-2003


Saft is to create 70 new jobs at its battery equipment factory in South Shields.
07-May-2003


MGt is to create a further 200 jobs at its Kirkcaldy call centre, which provides a range of customer support services to leading companies.
07-May-2003


Marks & Spencer is to set up a new customer services operation at the Chester Business Park in the autumn, with the creation of 77 jobs.
06-May-2003


Greggs is to create more than 100 jobs in Yorkshire this year, including seven new stores and the expansion of its main bakery in Leeds.
06-May-2003


Covelink Marine is looking to set up a factory in County Durham to build a new amphibious tourist bus, which could create up to 200 jobs by next year.
06-May-2003


Hays Travel is to create 50 new jobs at call centres in Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough, as well as 36 jobs at three new shops and 70 jobs for homeworking staff nationwide.
02-May-2003


Esure is to set up a new insurance call centre to Manchester city centre early next year, with the creation of 450 jobs over the next four years.
02-May-2003


Tesco has submitted outline applications for new stores in Cradley Heath and West Bromwich, which could create 400 jobs.
02-May-2003


Rafiki, the Cwmbran-based fire alarm manufacturer, is planning to double its 25-strong workforce over the next two years following a £1m investment in bringing production in-house.
01-May-2003


Arriva is to sell its Stockton-based Peugeot car dealership to Simon Bailes, securing work for 34 staff and creating 20 new jobs.
01-May-2003


Dunelm is to create 100 jobs at a new home furnishings superstore in Sunderland in July.
01-May-2003


East End Foods is to build a new rice mill at its site in West Bromwich this year, with the creation of 150 jobs.
01-May-2003


Fforest Timber Engineering is to create 20 new jobs following its move to a new £1m factory at the Garngoch Industrial Estate near Swansea.
01-May-2003


The Gretna Gateway designer shopping venue in Dumfries & Galloway is to create up to 100 new jobs, as part of a £8m expansion plan by owner Northridge Capital.
30-Apr-2003


Next has announced plans to create more than 150 jobs at a new large-format fashion store at the Retail World shopping development on Tyneside in July.
30-Apr-2003


Aker Kvaerner is planning to create 700 new jobs by 2005, including 140 at the new Teesside-based headquarters for its engineering services business.
30-Apr-2003


Corus is to expand its fully-fitted housing units manufacturing plant at Shotton in Flintshire, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
29-Apr-2003


Greenham, the supplier of industrial safety equipment, is to set up a distribution centre at the former Dewhirst factory in Swansea, with the creation of 90 jobs.
28-Apr-2003


Tamar Foods is to create 120 new jobs at its factory in Callington, having won a contract to supply savoury pasties to an unnamed supermarket chain.
24-Apr-2003


Malvern Hills District Council has approved outline plans from Walton Marine for the £3.5m expansion of Upton Marina, including new moorings, holiday lodges and 20 new jobs.
23-Apr-2003


Traltec UK is to increase production at its automotive mouldings factory in Welshpool, with the creation of 20 jobs.
18-Apr-2003


Glanbia Cheese is investing £12m at its pizza cheese manufacturing plant in Magheralin, Northern Ireland, with the creation of 16 jobs.
18-Apr-2003


Zeus Aluminium Products is to create up to 80 jobs at its Brierley Hill-based automotive castings business, and hopes to move to a larger site in Stourbridge in the future.
18-Apr-2003


Tendring District Council has received plans from Hutchison Ports for the development of a new container terminal at Harwich, which could lead to the creation of more than 700 jobs.
18-Apr-2003


AnswerCall Direct is setting up a new £7.3m telemarketing call centre in Armagh with the creation of more than 400 jobs.
17-Apr-2003


Protekila of Turkey has set up a smart card technology development centre in Belfast, where it expects to employ 17 software engineers over the next three years.
17-Apr-2003


EDS is expected to create about 250 jobs at its new Post Office bank accounts call centre in Preston over the next two years.
17-Apr-2003


Pizza Hut is planning to open 75 new outlets this year, with the creation of 3,500 jobs.
17-Apr-2003


Debenhams is planning to spend £430m opening nine new department stores and refurbishing others by spring 2005, with the creation of about 2,000 jobs.
16-Apr-2003


Colvin Smith Logistics expects to double its workforce to 80 over the next 12 months, and has just secured funding of £0.5m to expand its pipework fabrication and insulation services into London.
16-Apr-2003


London Remade has opened a new plant in Charlton to recycle waste from the construction industry, and the site will be operated by Day Aggregates and could lead to the creation of 350 jobs over the next few years.
11-Apr-2003


Bmibaby is to set up a new base for its budget airline at Teesside airport this year, with the creation of 50 jobs.
11-Apr-2003


Tesco is planning to create 11,000 jobs in the UK over the next 12 months as part of its ongoing expansion programme.
10-Apr-2003


Subway is looking to open up to 40 sandwich restaurants across the North West, creating more than 350 jobs, and expects to reach 2,000 stores across the UK within 10 years.
10-Apr-2003


Just Learning is opening a new nursery at the Cobalt Business Park on North Tyneside with the creation of 30 jobs, and expects to expand its chain from 36 to 40 by next year.
09-Apr-2003


Andor Technology is to invest £6m in the expansion of its scientific cameras business in Belfast, with the creation of 87 jobs over the next three years.
09-Apr-2003


Castle MacLellan is to invest £1.9m in new equipment for its pate factory in Kirkcudbright over the next two years, and the 52-strong workforce is expected to increase.
08-Apr-2003


Sainsbury has announced plans to create 10,000 mostly part-time jobs in order to reduce check-out queues, but is also said to be considering 650 redundancies at its London head office.
07-Apr-2003


Dobbies Garden Centres is to set up a £5m Garden World in Ayr by March 2004, with the creation of 90 jobs.
07-Apr-2003


Liverpool John Lennon Airport is to go-ahead with a £20m expansion project that will lead to the introduction of flights to Milan, Copenhagen and Munich and create 700 jobs.
04-Apr-2003


Morrisons has submitted plans to build a distribution centre at the Latimer Park industrial estate near Kettering, which would create about 550 jobs.
04-Apr-2003


David McLean is to create dozens of new jobs at the Deeside Industrial Park, as part of the ongoing expansion of its property development and construction business.
03-Apr-2003


The Welsh Development Agency is to provide support to Intertissue in the development of a paper tissue-making plant at Baglan Bay near Swansea over the next two years, with the creation of 300 jobs.
03-Apr-2003


Bibby Distribution is to open a 41,000 sq ft site for its Bibby Route One Network near Birmingham, and is seeking 10 staff.
02-Apr-2003


The Department for Work & Pensions is to set up a Job Centre Plus call centre at the former ITV Digital site in Pembroke Dock in June, with the creation of 250 jobs.
01-Apr-2003


Eaga Partnership is to expand the headquarters of its home heating business in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
01-Apr-2003


The Department of Trade & Industry is planning to set up the headquarters of the new Nuclear Decommissioning Agency in Whitehaven, with the creation of about 200 jobs.
01-Apr-2003


Ulster Weavers Apparel is planning a £6.2m expansion of its linen clothing and textile operations in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 33 jobs.
01-Apr-2003


Bewise is acquiring eight former What Everyone Wants stores with the creation of up to 200 jobs, taking its chain of clothing and homewares stores to 178.
31-Mar-2003


The Welsh Development Agency has launched the £3m AqWa project to expand the fish farming sector in Wales, and 80 jobs will be created through the development of up to 50 farm-based production systems.
31-Mar-2003


Woolworths is to create more than 250 jobs in Aberdeen in July, with the opening of a Big W store at the Boulevard retail park.
28-Mar-2003


HomeLet Referencing is to create up to 90 new jobs at its credit reference business in Lincoln, following the transfer of some work from Glasgow.
28-Mar-2003


BMW is to switch petrol engine production for the BMW Mini from Brazil to Hams Hall, with the creation of "several hundred" jobs over the next five years.
28-Mar-2003


Quinn-Direct has announced plans to set up a £8m insurance call centre in Enniskillen, with the creation of 300 jobs.
27-Mar-2003


South Tyneside Council is helping Amicus Outsourcing set up a call centre with 100 staff in Jarrow.
27-Mar-2003


First Choice Holidays is seeking 60 extra staff for a new Travel Choice call centre due to open at Dunedin House, Teesdale, in April.
27-Mar-2003


South Norfolk Council is to consider plans from the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association to build a 150-bedroom hotel at Costessey, with the creation of up to 120 jobs.
27-Mar-2003


Vivid Retail is creating 80 new jobs at its Walsall factory, having won a contract to make new-style National Lottery booths.
27-Mar-2003


Specsavers is planning to open three new optician stores in Northern Ireland over the next 12 months, with the creation of 40 jobs.
27-Mar-2003


JP Morgan, the financial services company, is creating 150 jobs for software engineers at its European Technology Centre in Glasgow.
26-Mar-2003


The Number is to create 300 new jobs at its directory enquiries call centre in Cardiff.
26-Mar-2003


Union Snack is planning to expand the 58-strong workforce at its pretzel factory in County Durham, due to rising demand for UK retailers.
26-Mar-2003


McLelland Cheese has announced plans to build a £13m packing centre in Stranraer, with the creation of 44 jobs.
26-Mar-2003


Scottish Enterprise is to provide £3m of funding for the development of a £22m 70-acre national garden for Scotland in Perth, which will create about 100 jobs and attract 700,000 visitors a year.
26-Mar-2003


Trinity Community Partnership has unveiled plans for the development of an arts centre, theatre and cinema in Clitheroe, which could create 80 jobs.
25-Mar-2003


The Welsh Development Agency has received an extra £8m from the Welsh Assembly to fund the acquisition of land for a 500-acre aerospace centre of excellence at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, which could create thousands of jobs.
25-Mar-2003


TRW is to manufacture the next generation of car steering systems at its Resolven factory in Wales, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
25-Mar-2003


Renewable Devices is planning to create 15 engineering jobs in the Midlothian area, as it prepares for the launch of a household wind turbine.
25-Mar-2003


SCA Hygiene is planning to create up to 200 new jobs at its paper mill near Flint over the next 18 months, as part of a multi-million expansion of tissue manufacture.
24-Mar-2003


Selfridges is in discussions to open a £35m store in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which would create about 800 jobs.
24-Mar-2003


Rixell is to expand its computer parts factory in County Tyrone with the creation of 90 jobs, but there will be 55 redundancies in its printing and packaging operation.
24-Mar-2003


Barclays is planning to recruit a further 60 staff at its Cardiff-based Firstplus financial services business, taking the total to 250.
21-Mar-2003


Principality Building Society has opened its first call centre in Cardiff with 20 staff, and a further 20 jobs will be created as the range of services is expanded.
21-Mar-2003


The South West Regional Development Agency is to help fund a £3.9m project to improve heritage mine sites at St Just and Pendeen in Cornwall, with the creation of 177 jobs.
20-Mar-2003


Conduit is to create a further 350 jobs at its 118UK directory enquiries call centre in Cardiff over the next month.
19-Mar-2003


Mr-Office.com is creating up to 32 jobs at a new office supplies distribution facility in Machynlleth, Powys.
19-Mar-2003


North Lanarkshire Council is considering plans from Healthcare Environmental Services for the development of a clinical waste transfer station in Shotts, with the creation of ten jobs.
18-Mar-2003


Polestar is recruiting 50 additional staff at its magazine printing operation in Colchester, following a recent £3.4m investment programme.
18-Mar-2003


NPower has launched a recruitment drive to fill more than 200 vacancies at its energy billing call centres in Team Valley, Thornaby and Peterlee.
18-Mar-2003


Kingswinford Jobcentre is assisting Simply Delish establish a new catering business in Kingswinford, with the creation of up to 30 jobs for Italian, Chinese and Indian chefs.
17-Mar-2003


Plastic Technologies is planning to create between 15 and 20 new jobs at its plastic products factory in Smethwick.
17-Mar-2003


Finlay has sold a 40% stake in its Tyrone-based engineering business to Sandik of Sweden, and 20 jobs will be created when the two companies develop a new range of mobile crushing and screening equipment.
17-Mar-2003


Lark Valley Foods has completed a £3m extension at its bacon packing factory in Bury St Edmunds, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
14-Mar-2003


The Department for Work & Pensions is seeking permission to set up a two-storey regional office in Corby by April 2004, with the creation of 200 jobs.
14-Mar-2003


Computacenter is planning to create a further 150 jobs at its IT hardware distribution business in Scotland this year.
14-Mar-2003


Voicentric is setting up a new call centre in Consett, with the creation of up to 60 jobs over the next 12 months.
13-Mar-2003


The Department of Trade & Industry has announced plans for a £30m biosciences facility at the Estuary Business Park on Merseyside, including three laboratories, one production plant and the creation of 1,000 jobs.
13-Mar-2003


Toyota is seeking permission to set up a national car distribution centre at its site in Burnaston, with the creation of 20 jobs, in order to store imports from France, Turkey and Japan.
13-Mar-2003


Norgine is creating 200 new jobs at its pharmaceuticals plant in Caerphilly, following a recent £8m investment in a packing facility.
12-Mar-2003


Peri-dent is to invest £2m in the expansion of its oral-care products factory in Galashiels, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
12-Mar-2003


Ebac is creating 50 new jobs at its factory in Bishop Auckland, to cope with rising demand for its water coolers from schools across the country.
12-Mar-2003


Apex Cables is investing £2m in a new cable manufacturing facility in Durham, which will create 80 jobs over the next two years.
11-Mar-2003


Premier Direct is to create a further 150 sales jobs throughout the country over the next 12 months, in order to expand its Tyneside-based giftware business.
11-Mar-2003


Mobile Cohesion is creating up to 20 new jobs, following a £2.7m investment at its Belfast-based telecoms software business.
11-Mar-2003


Stafford Borough Council is to consider plans from Audi for the development of a £1.5m car dealership just outside Stafford town centre, which would create up to 32 jobs.
11-Mar-2003


Newcastle Airport expects to create about 2,000 new jobs over the next five years, with the number of passengers doubling to 6m a year.
10-Mar-2003


Brown & Jackson is seeking permission to set up a £20m Poundstretcher headquarters and distribution centre in Huddersfield, with the creation of 400 new jobs and the relocation of 300 jobs from Leeds.
07-Mar-2003


Point Source has announced plans to expand its Hampshire-based fibre optics business, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next 30 months.
07-Mar-2003


MGt is to create 25 new jobs at its call centre in Kirkcaldy, having won an outsourcing contract from Simply Television.
06-Mar-2003


Asda has announced plans to build a £20m store in Galashiels, with the creation of 360 jobs.
05-Mar-2003


The National Assembly for Wales is to set up a regional office at the Rhydycar Business Park in Merthyr Tydfil, with the creation of 320 jobs.
05-Mar-2003


ChocExpress is creating 40 new jobs at its chocolate delivery business in Royston.
05-Mar-2003


Mapei UK is to relocate its building products business from Brierley Hill to a new £4m factory at the Coombs Wood Business Park in Halesowen, with the creation of 20 jobs.
05-Mar-2003


GO-teaching is planning to expand its teacher supply agency throughout the country, with the creation of additional jobs at its call centre in Exeter.
05-Mar-2003


O2 is creating a further 180 jobs at its mobile phone call centre in Bury.
04-Mar-2003


FIS, the Israeli supplier of software solutions to the financial services sector, is to set up a permanent office in Cardiff, with the creation of 124 jobs.
04-Mar-2003


Gwynedd Council is to consider plans from Rhiwlas for the development of a scale replica of the Snowdonia national park in Bala, in order to attract more tourists and create 30 jobs.
04-Mar-2003


MBNA, the credit card company, has won planning permission to almost double the size of its European headquarters at the Chester Business Park, creating up to 2,700 new jobs.
28-Feb-2003


Newcastle Building Society is to create 70 new jobs in its branch network and 50 at its new in-house financial services operation, and has also announced an 18-month refurbishment programme for its 50 branches.
28-Feb-2003


Huntswood Outsourcing Solutions is to create 600 new jobs at its financial outsourcing business in Reading, by expanding its existing office in Market Place and setting up a customer service centre at Green Park.
27-Feb-2003


Swansea Council has approved plans from Red Kite for the £1.5m transformation of the historic Patti Pavilion into an entertainment venue, with the creation of 70 jobs.
27-Feb-2003


Air Wales is looking to set up the first scheduled airline service from Wales to London for more than 30 years, and up to 100 jobs could be created with flights operating from Cardiff and Swansea airports to London City Airport.
27-Feb-2003


Scrabster Seafoods has secured £0.3m from Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise to build a £1m fish grading and packaging factory at Scrabster Harbour, with the creation of 14 jobs.
27-Feb-2003


Greggs is to create 200 jobs in the south west and South Wales with eight new bakery shops and the expansion of its site in Treforest, which currently employs 400 people.
26-Feb-2003


Portland Group, the County Durham-based operator of 12 care homes, is planning to open at least two new sites a year, with the creation of 200 new jobs by 2007.
26-Feb-2003


Esh Group is planning to create up to 80 new jobs at its construction and property business in County Durham this year.
26-Feb-2003


MM Group is setting up a new £1.5m customer relationship call centre in Bangor, with the creation of 41 jobs.
26-Feb-2003


Tesco has announced plans to offer permanent jobs to 3,000 temporary staff and to recruit a further 3,000 for the Easter period.
26-Feb-2003


Rayware Group has bought the former Ravenhead Glass site in St Helens in order to store houseware products, which could lead to the creation of up to 200 jobs.
25-Feb-2003


Tanfield Group has 20 vacancies at its machine manufacturing plant in Stanley, County Durham, and a further 30 jobs will created over the next 12 months.
25-Feb-2003


Hallmark Corporate Services is opening a new call centre in Sunderland, in order to arrange discounts on utility and insurance bills for sports clubs and charities, with the creation of 40 jobs.
25-Feb-2003


Twenty4help is creating at least 50 new jobs at its call centre operation in Gateshead.
25-Feb-2003


Spark Response is creating 50 new jobs at its mail order call centre at Follingsby Park, Gateshead.
25-Feb-2003


Centerprise International is to set up a £5m computer manufacturing and warehouse facility at the 17-acre Duffryn Meadows site near Caerphilly, with the creation of 290 jobs.
24-Feb-2003


ASA Creditsafe of Sweden is to expand its credit checking service at the Caerphilly Business Park, with the creation of 30 jobs.
24-Feb-2003


Hills Industries is to invest £2.2m at its rotary clothes drier factory at Pontygwindy, Caerphilly, with the creation of 78 jobs.
24-Feb-2003


The Welsh Development Agency is supporting plans from US-owned Moulded Paper International to invest £0.6m in a new facility to produce packaging from moulded pulp at Blackwood in South Wales, with the creation of 32 jobs.
24-Feb-2003


JD Wetherspoon is recruiting up to 40 staff for its new £1.2m pub venue in Whitehaven, which is due to open next month.
24-Feb-2003


Pendragon, the luxury car dealer, is planning to recruit 30 to 40 additional staff at its Nottinghamshire headquarters this year.
24-Feb-2003


Welcome Break is creating 80 jobs with the opening of a new motorway service station on the M54 in Shropshire next month.
21-Feb-2003


Scottish & Newcastle is to operate a new 116-bed hotel to be built in Wind Street in Swansea, and at least 200 jobs will be created when construction is complete in 18 months.
21-Feb-2003


Conduit is to set up a new call centre for its 118UK telephone directory inquiry service in Swansea, with the creation of 350 jobs over the next six months.
20-Feb-2003


Asda has announced a £360m expansion programme with the creation of 3,900 jobs this year, including 10 new stores and the addition of mezzanine floors in up to 40 existing stores.
19-Feb-2003


Scottish Power is considering plans to stop importing coal via Hunterston on the Clyde in order to set up its own shipping terminal at Burntisland, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
19-Feb-2003


Uniloads, the commercial vehicle distribution company, is planning to create 40 new jobs this year by setting up a training programme with Sandwell and Dudley Jobcentre Plus in the West Midlands.
18-Feb-2003


Roulunds Codan, the Corby-based manufacturer of automotive rubber hoses, is to create 50 new jobs, having won a contract from Mexico.
18-Feb-2003


Bourne Leisure is creating 150 new jobs at the Devon Cliffs holiday park in Exmouth, following a recent expansion programme.
18-Feb-2003


B&Q is to recruit 235 staff for a new DIY store due to open in Tunbridge Wells in May.
17-Feb-2003


Bmibaby is to open a third UK base for its low-cost airline business at Manchester airport, with the creation of 50 jobs.
17-Feb-2003


Zurich Financial Services is said to be planning to set up a new Cardiff headquarters at the Fusion Point development, with the creation of 300 jobs.
14-Feb-2003


Fenland District Council is in discussions with Network Rail about plans to set up a track maintenance depot on a 200-acre derelict site in the town of March, which could create 500 jobs.
12-Feb-2003


Birmingham Alliance is to assist 130 retailers find more than 8,000 staff for the opening of the £500m Bullring development in September, and a recruitment task force has been set up with Jobcentre Plus, Birmingham City Council and Pertemps.
11-Feb-2003


Carshock is planning to expand its car sales business with new outlets in Yorkshire, and the workforce is expected to rise from 31 to 50 this year.
11-Feb-2003


Cornhill Direct is to create 105 new jobs at its insurance call centres in Bristol this year.
10-Feb-2003


Nottinghamshire County Council is planning to set up a £9m recycling plant on the Crown Farm Industrial Estate in Mansfield, with the creation of 60 jobs.
06-Feb-2003


Bookham Technology is creating 60 new jobs at its telecom components plant in Paignton, but 200 jobs are being lost at its research and development centre in Milton, Oxfordshire.
06-Feb-2003


Fisher Scientific is creating 24 new jobs for development chemists, following the expansion of its chemical manufacturing and distribution operation in Loughborough.
06-Feb-2003


First Direct is to recruit 300 extra staff at its telephone banking call centre in Hamilton this year.
04-Feb-2003


Sedgefield Borough Council is considering plans from Mastercare Service & Distribution for the development of a distribution centre in Newton Aycliffe to serve Dixons and PC World, which could create 250 jobs.
04-Feb-2003


Caudwell Group is considering plans to set up a £10m call centre for its Phones4U mobile phones business at the Celtic Springs business park in Newport, with the creation of up to 900 jobs.
03-Feb-2003


Dunelm is recruiting 90 staff for a new homewares store due to open in Stockton next month.
31-Jan-2003


ING, the Dutch-owned bank, is said to be planning to set up a call centre at the Thames Valley Business Park in Reading, with the creation of hundreds of jobs.
31-Jan-2003


Wear Valley District Council is considering plans from Ladhar Group for the development of a private care home for the elderly in Bishop Auckland, which would create 80 jobs.
31-Jan-2003


Dickinson Dees, the law firm, is recruiting up to 100 extra staff in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and its volume residential property division has moved to new offices at Eldon Court.
30-Jan-2003


Durham Pine is to open 20 company-owned and franchised furniture stores this year with the creation of 140 jobs, and its name will be changed to DP Furniture.
30-Jan-2003


LBM is to create up to 500 jobs at a new £1.5m direct marketing call centre near Stockport, which is due to open in April.
30-Jan-2003


Raytheon is to create 20 jobs at its electronic components factory in Glenrothes, having won a new weapons contract for the British Army.
30-Jan-2003


Filtronic is planning to increase the workforce at its electronic components plant in Newton Aycliffe from 262 to 500 by the end of 2004.
29-Jan-2003


Tesco is to spend £64m opening six new supermarkets in Ireland, with the creation of 1,500 jobs.
29-Jan-2003


Strathclyde Park is to get a new 51-bed hotel as part of an expansion programme that will create 35 jobs, as owner M&D Leisure has agreed a £6m funding deal with Royal Bank of Scotland.
28-Jan-2003


Churchill Insurance is creating a further 85 jobs at its customer service centre in Thornaby, Teesside.
27-Jan-2003


The Mortgage Group is to create 200 jobs at new mortgage call centres in Droitwich and Crewe, while 300 extra staff will be recruited at its Cornwall site.
24-Jan-2003


Hays Distribution Services has reached agreement with Richardson Developments to set up a 260,000 sq ft warehouse at Merlin Park in Birmingham, which will create about 100 jobs.
24-Jan-2003


Entec, the environmental and engineering consultancy with 10 offices and 630 staff, is planning to create more than 200 new jobs over the next three years.
24-Jan-2003


Jigsaw Customer Management is planning to create 50 jobs at a new call centre in Cambridge over the next 12 months.
24-Jan-2003


Budget Group is recruiting 150 staff for a new insurance call centre at the Sunderland Enterprise Park.
24-Jan-2003


CBE Business Schools is to set up a call centre in Peterborough to handle enquiries about government-funded training, with the creation of more than 100 jobs over the next 18 months.
23-Jan-2003


The Department for Work & Pensions is to create more than 2,000 jobs in the north-east, with almost half at the Tyneview Park Pension Centre.
23-Jan-2003


Ma Potter has raised £4.5m of venture capital to expand its restaurant chain from 11 to 20 outlets, with the creation of 500 jobs.
23-Jan-2003


North East Lincolnshire Council is helping Roberts Food set up a Yorkshire puddings factory at the former Seagull fish plant in Grimsby with the creation of 70 jobs, following a recent fire at its site in Leeds.
23-Jan-2003


Aldi, the German food retailer, is planning to build a distribution centre at Neston in Wirral with the creation of up 200 jobs.
22-Jan-2003


CD Bramall is creating about 30 jobs at a new Sanderson Motorhouse used car supermarket in Lincoln, due to open next month.
22-Jan-2003


Gadget Shop is to relocate its headquarters from Hull to Scotland in April, with the creation of 25 jobs, and a number of possible sites are being considered near Glasgow airport.
21-Jan-2003


Barnetts, the Southport-based law firm that specialises in conveyancing, is planning to create 150 new jobs over the next few months and is due to move into new offices at the Southport Business Park by July.
20-Jan-2003


BMI is to create 33 new jobs at Aberdeen Airport through the £4.2m relocation of its engineering base from East Midlands Airport.
20-Jan-2003


Waitrose is recruiting 200 staff for a new store due to open at Portishead marina near Bristol in July.
20-Jan-2003


Radisson SAS is to open a new £14m four-star hotel in Belfast city centre next year, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
17-Jan-2003


Inverness & Nairn Enterprise has provided £0.6m of funding to a new IT training scheme being operated by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, which will lead to the creation of more than 200 local jobs.
15-Jan-2003


The Castle Hill Casino in Dudley is to set up a training centre and two new gambling operations this year, with the creation of about 150 jobs.
15-Jan-2003


Axa Insurance is creating 75 customer sales and claims handling jobs at its office in Ipswich.
15-Jan-2003


Hotpoint, the electrical goods manufacturer, is said to be planning to centralise its call centres in Peterborough, with the creation of up to 400 jobs.
14-Jan-2003


Morgan Crucible is to create up to 70 jobs at its Morganite Electrical Carbon plant in Swansea, with work being relocated from a sister facility in Hampshire.
14-Jan-2003


Kite Packaging is planning to expand its UK distribution network this year with the creation of 30 jobs.
14-Jan-2003


Six Continents is to expand its hotel reservations call centre in Brierley Hill, with the creation of 90 jobs over the next nine months.
14-Jan-2003


The Department for Work & Pensions is to create 356 jobs at a new pensions advice centre in Derby over the next five months.
14-Jan-2003


Domino's Pizza is looking to open up to 45 new outlets in the North-East and Yorkshire over the next few years, with the creation of more than 1,000 jobs.
13-Jan-2003


Daventry District Council is to consider plans for the expansion of the Daventry International Railfreight Terminal, with the creation of 2,000 jobs by 2006.
13-Jan-2003


Magna Kansei is to create 96 new jobs at its car components factory in Sunderland, in order to increase injection moulding output by 20%.
13-Jan-2003


Tesco has won permission to build a Tesco Extra superstore in Long Eaton town centre, with the creation of about 400 jobs.
13-Jan-2003


HBOS Card Services is to set up a new financial services office at Alexandra House in Cardiff Bay, with the creation of 200 jobs over the next three years.
10-Jan-2003


DHL Aviation is creating 24 new jobs at East Midlands Airport, in order to expand its warehousing operation.
10-Jan-2003


Axa Insurance has announced plans to create a further 60 new jobs at its call centre in Darlington.
09-Jan-2003


Cogent Defence & Security Networks is creating 200 jobs in Newport, having won a number of new contracts, and a new headquarters and research centre is due to open at the Cleppa 4 business park in May.
08-Jan-2003


Bannatyne Fitness has announced plans for three new health clubs in Eastbourne, Wakefield and Chester-le-Street with the creation of 90 jobs, and the company is still considering plans to relocate its headquarters to Durham.
08-Jan-2003


York Inward Investment Board has announced the formation of a new railway engineering company called Lancsville Rail, which will create more than 50 jobs at premises in Goodramgate this year.
08-Jan-2003


PowerGen is to create 100 jobs at its customer service centres in Nottingham, and 150 jobs will be created at its Leicester site.
08-Jan-2003


Replizyme has raised £1m from investors to expand its drug discovery business in York, and its full-time scientific staff will rise from six to 15.
07-Jan-2003


Medipure is planning to set up a factory in Denbigh to develop new disinfectants for hospitals, with the creation of about 20 jobs over the next two years.
06-Jan-2003


Springfield Motor Group is looking to create up to 100 jobs at its new £1m car dealership, training and inspection centre on the Crowther Industrial Estate in Washington.
06-Jan-2003


Codemasters is looking to expand the workforce at its Warwickshire-based video games business, and is seeking programmers, designers, artists, project managers and technicians.
02-Jan-2003