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Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals - 2015
ICL is planning to extend its Boulby potash mining operation in Cleveland until 2060.
24-Dec-2015
Produce Investments has acquired Andrew Farming, the Cornwall-based daffodil growing firm, for undisclosed terms.
24-Dec-2015
Jotun Paints (Europe) is to set up a £4m 100,000 sq ft research and development facility at its paint plant in Flixborough.
22-Dec-2015
AstraZeneca is to invest £75m in a new warehouse and packing facility at its site in Macclesfield, securing the future of 3,500 jobs.
16-Dec-2015
Premaitha Health has secured a £5m investment in its Manchester-based prenatal screening test business from Thermo Fisher Scientific.
15-Dec-2015
4d pharma is looking to raise £30m for the expansion of its Manchester-based biotherapeutics development business.
09-Dec-2015
Statestrong Products, the Lytham-based toiletries supplier with about 50 staff, has been bought out of administration by Wachem of Croatia.
07-Dec-2015
Alloga UK is to set up a 220,000 sq ft pharmaceuticals warehouse at Castlewood Business Park due to open in the East Midlands by the end of next year.
30-Nov-2015
Alliance Pharma is to acquire the non-aesthetics business of London-based Sinclair IS Pharma for £132m.
30-Nov-2015
Dr Organic is to set up a head office, manufacturing and distribution centre in Swansea for its cosmetics and food supplements business, with the creation of up to 110 jobs over the next three years.
26-Nov-2015
Biopta has been acquired by Reprocell of Japan for £5.5m, and hopes to expand the 18-strong workforce at its Glasgow-based drug development business to 30 over the next three years.
26-Nov-2015
Sanofi is seeking approval for the expansion and refurbishment of its pharmaceuticals site at Holmes Chapel in Cheshire by the end of next year.
23-Nov-2015
Science Group is to invest £8m in the relocation of its science and technology advisory business to a 35,000 sq ft office and laboratory facility at Great Burgh in Epsom next year.
16-Nov-2015
Almac is to invest £16m in a new pharmaceutical services facility at Charnwood Campus in Loughborough by 2017, with the creation of 180 jobs over the next five years.
10-Nov-2015
Premiere Products is relocating the Gloucestershire-based sales and customer services division of its cleaning products business to a 2,250 sq ft office at Tewkesbury Business Park.
10-Nov-2015
Alfacyte is to relocate its Glasgow-based pharmaceutical business to Lanarkshire's BioCity by December.
03-Nov-2015
Biffa is to acquire the chemical treatment division of Enviroco, including its hazardous waste fleet and Sheffield-based waste transfer facility.
02-Nov-2015
Illumina of the US is to relocate the European headquarters of its genomics research business to a new £60m 155,000 sq ft facility at Granta Park in Cambridge.
28-Oct-2015
Bayer is to relocate its UK pharmaceuticals headquarters and about 470 staff from Newbury to Green Park in Reading.
26-Oct-2015
MooGoo of Australia has acquired a 5,000 sq ft unit at Slough Trading Estate for its skincare products business.
26-Oct-2015
Chemtest Ireland is to create 15 new jobs at its Belfast-based microbiology and asbestos-testing business.
21-Oct-2015
Concept Life Sciences has acquired Agenda1 Analytical Services, the Bradford-based pharmaceutical testing firm with 30 staff.
20-Oct-2015
Kosei Pharma has acquired a 13,000 sq ft warehouse at the Slough Trading Estate for the expansion of its pharmaceutical products distribution operation.
20-Oct-2015
Sun European Partners is to acquire Finlays Horticulture Investments, the horticulture division of London-based James Finlay, for undisclosed terms.
19-Oct-2015
Beauty Bay is to relocate its Manchester-based online beauty retail business to a 7,600 sq ft office at Exchange Quay in Salford.
14-Oct-2015
Laleham Health & Beauty has acquired Design Plus, the Lancashire-based beauty contract manufacturing firm.
08-Oct-2015
Biffa has acquired the chemical treatment business of PHS Group, including three hazardous waste facilities in Burscough, Stevenage and Atherstone.
01-Oct-2015
UDG Healthcare is to sell Sangers, the Castlereagh-based pharmaceutical distribution firm with 200 staff, to McKesson of the US for £300m.
24-Sep-2015
Ineos is to build a new £20m headquarters at its 1,700-acre petrochemical manufacturing site in Grangemouth by September 2016.
21-Sep-2015
Shield Therapeutics is planning to more than double the 20-strong workforce at its Gateshead-based pharmaceuticals business over the next year.
21-Sep-2015
Lumora, the Ely-based molecular products manufacturer, has been acquired by ERBA Diagnostics Mannheim of Germany for undisclosed terms.
17-Sep-2015
Lab M Holdings, the Manchester-based microbiological testing firm, has been acquired by Neogen Corporation of the US for undisclosed terms.
08-Sep-2015
Akzo Nobel is to expand its paint manufacturing operation on Tyneside with a new £1m test plant in 2016.
02-Sep-2015
Oxitec, the Abingdon-based biological control firm, has been acquired by Intrexon of the US for £102m.
24-Aug-2015
Gilead of the US is to expand its biotechnology operations in Cambridge with a new £28m 93,000 sq ft building at Granta Park by 2017.
20-Aug-2015
Concept Life Sciences has acquired CXR Biosciences, the Dundee-based toxicology firm with 33 staff.
18-Aug-2015
QuantuMDx is planning to triple its 50-strong workforce next year, following its relocation to a 20,000 sq ft office on the Quayside in Newcastle.
17-Aug-2015
Accelovance of the US is to open a European headquarters for its biotechnology business in Swansea, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
13-Aug-2015
L'Oreal is reported to be looking to relocate its London-based cosmetics training academy to the 16,000 sq ft Lighthouse building at King's Cross.
10-Aug-2015
New Era Aquaculture has been bought out of administration by a new company called World Feeds, securing 16 jobs at its South Yorkshire-based fish foods business.
06-Aug-2015
Westland Horticulture has acquired William Sinclair out of administration, securing over 280 jobs at the Lincolnshire-based horticultural firm.
04-Aug-2015
Syngenta of Switzerland is to open an agricultural research operations centre at Didsbury in Manchester in August, with the creation of 140 jobs.
28-Jul-2015
Source BioScience is to acquire Select Pharma Laboratories, the Stirling-based pharmaceutical testing firm, for up to £7.3m.
28-Jul-2015
Horizon Discovery is to invest £10m in its Cambridge-based molecular cancer therapeutics research business over the next two years.
28-Jul-2015
ParkAcre Enterprises is looking to expand its vitamins production plant at Hemswell Cliff in Lincolnshire, with the creation of 60 jobs.
22-Jul-2015
Baxalta is to house up to 100 staff at its new biotechnology research headquarters in Staines.
22-Jul-2015
Charlotte Tilbury is to relocate its London-based cosmetics business to a 5,300 sq ft office at 50 Brook Green in Hammersmith.
20-Jul-2015
Manchester Science Parks has secured government funding for a £5m medical research centre at Alderley Park in Cheshire.
15-Jul-2015
MAC Clinical Research is setting up a 16,000 sq ft medical research centre at Citylabs in Manchester.
15-Jul-2015
Quantum Pharma has acquired NuPharm Group, the Deeside-based pharmaceuticals supplier, for £9.3m.
15-Jul-2015
Alent, the Woking-based supplier of chemicals for electronics, is to be acquired by US-based Platform Specialty Products for £1bn.
14-Jul-2015
Randox is to create a further 15 jobs at its new biosciences research division in Co Antrim by the end of the year.
13-Jul-2015
Boots has acquired Liz Earle, the Isle of Wight-based skincare firm with 600 staff, from Avon for £140m.
13-Jul-2015
Westland Horticulture is creating 70 new jobs in Co Tyrone, as part of a £9.6m investment at its fertiliser plant in Dungannon.
09-Jul-2015
Pascalle is to create 20 new jobs at its Staffordshire-based cosmetics business, having won a £5m contract to supply Poundworld.
06-Jul-2015
Alfa Aesar, the Lancashire-based laboratory chemicals manufacturer with 480 staff, has been acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific for £256m.
06-Jul-2015
The Little Greene Paint Company has submitted plans for a new 29,000 sq ft warehouse and office in East Manchester.
06-Jul-2015
Empress Garland has acquired Ramon Hygiene Products, the Leicester-based supplier of cleaning products with annual turnover of £15m.
22-Jun-2015
Quotient Clinical is planning to expand the 249-strong workforce at its Nottingham-based pharmaceuticals development business by 50% over the next three years.
18-Jun-2015
Huntsman, the chemical manufacturer, has announced the creation of 70 jobs at its new customer care centre at Wynyard, near Stockton.
15-Jun-2015
Neem Biotech is to create 17 new jobs at its recently-opened £2m 15,000 sq ft biotechnology facility in Abertillery over the next 18 months.
15-Jun-2015
Monsanto is considering proposals to transfer the headquarters of its agrochemicals business from the US to the UK.
09-Jun-2015
Oxford University has submitted plans for a new BioEscalator biotech research hub at the Old Road campus, including laboratory and office space.
04-Jun-2015
Intertek is to create a further ten jobs at its new 8,000 sq ft pharmaceuticals storage facility at Royston in Hertfordshire over the next year.
26-May-2015
Redx Pharma is to create 30 jobs at its new Redx Immunology subsidiary at Alderley Park in Cheshire over the next year.
18-May-2015
Spencer Coatings has acquired Protega Paints, the West Bromwich-based coatings manufacturer with 56 staff.
18-May-2015
Joseph Clayton & Sons has acquired J&E Sedgwick & Co, the Walsall-based leather tannery, for undisclosed terms.
07-May-2015
Clinigen is to acquire Idis, the Surrey-based supplier of unlicensed prescription drugs with 189 staff, for £225m.
27-Apr-2015
James Briggs has acquired Premiere Products, the Cheltenham-based cleaning chemicals manufacturer.
23-Apr-2015
PRA Health Sciences is to expand its clinical research facility in Swansea, with the creation of 87 graduate jobs by 2017.
20-Apr-2015
Quantum Pharma of Durham has acquired Lamda, the Greek-owned pharmaceuticals research and development firm, for £6.9m.
20-Apr-2015
BioOutsource, the Glasgow-based pharmaceutical testing firm with 85 staff, has been acquired by Sartorius Stedim Biotech for undisclosed terms.
20-Apr-2015
Almac is to relocate its peptide manufacturing business and 15 staff from Elvingston to a new £3.5m 7,000 sq ft laboratory at Technopole in Edinburgh.
14-Apr-2015
Graham Construction has won a £17m contract to refurbish the University College London Courtauld Building research laboratory.
13-Apr-2015
Coventry Chemicals is to expand the 140-strong workforce at its cleaning products business with ten new jobs, having secured a £1.7m cash injection.
07-Apr-2015
GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development is to relocate its Manchester office to a 10,000 sq ft unit at Exchange Quay.
01-Apr-2015
Neem Biotech is to relocate its Newport-based research business to a larger £2m facility in Abertillery, with the creation of 18 jobs.
23-Mar-2015
ICL Fertilizers is to build a fertilizer granulation plant at its Cleveland Potash mine in Boulby, as part of a £50m expansion programme.
18-Mar-2015
Cleveland Biotech is planning to merge with Caerphilly-based Biological Preparations, as part of a £3.5m investment by NVM Private Equity.
17-Mar-2015
Wax Lyrical is to invest £1m in the expansion of its home fragrances factory and laboratory in Cumbria.
16-Mar-2015
Willmott Dixon is to build a 50,000 sq ft life sciences incubator at BioCity in Nottingham, with the creation of 300 jobs.
11-Mar-2015
BioKinetic Europe is to create 19 new jobs at its Belfast-based clinical trials business.
11-Mar-2015
Bayer is looking to relocate its UK pharmaceuticals headquarters to a new site of about 80,000 sq ft between Newbury and Reading.
02-Mar-2015
Synexus, the Manchester-based clinical trials company with 600 staff, has undergone a £83m management buy-out backed by LDC.
24-Feb-2015
Elucigene Diagnostics, the supplier of DNA testing kits, has acquired an 8,000 sq ft office for 20 staff at Citylabs in Manchester.
24-Feb-2015
Alcohols is planning to build a 43,000 sq ft gin distillery and chemicals plant near Rugby, in order to transfer production from Langley Green, Bishop's Stortford and London.
23-Feb-2015
Smithers Viscient is to set up a 29,000 sq ft environmental research laboratory at Brixham in Devon, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
18-Feb-2015
SGS has won a contract to operate an assay laboratory at the new £130m Wolf Minerals tungsten mine near Plymouth, with the creation of 13 jobs.
17-Feb-2015
Avacta Group of Wetherby has sold its Optim protein analysis division to US-based Unchained Labs for up to £3.3m.
16-Feb-2015
Gilead Sciences of the US is to expand its biotechnology operations in London, Uxbridge and Cambridge this year, doubling the workforce to 600.
11-Feb-2015
Deb Group, the Derbyshire-based skin care products manufacturer with turnover of £122m, is to be acquired by US-based SC Johnson for undisclosed terms.
10-Feb-2015
AstraZeneca has won permission from Cambridge City Council to build a new £330m headquarters for 2,000 staff by the end of 2016.
05-Feb-2015
University of Cumbria is to invest £1.2m in new laboratory facilities at its campus in Carlisle this year.
05-Feb-2015
Hart Biologicals is expanding its Hartlepool-based medical reagents business into an adjacent 6,500 sq ft unit, with the creation of 13 jobs.
04-Feb-2015
Alliance Pharma has acquired MacuVision Europe, the Solihull-based supplier of eye care treatments, for an initial £5.5m.
03-Feb-2015
The University of Edinburgh has won government funding of £11m for a new Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology, while Manchester and Warwick will both get £10m.
02-Feb-2015
Actavis has acquired Auden Mckenzie, the Middlesex-based pharmaceuticals supplier, for £306m.
28-Jan-2015
Rokshaw is to set up a 6,000 sq ft laboratory and factory for its Sunderland-based pharmaceuticals business, with the creation of an initial nine jobs.
28-Jan-2015
Barry M Cosmetics is planning to set up a 30,000 sq ft cosmetics factory at Mill Hill in London, with the creation of 100 jobs.
21-Jan-2015
Crawford Scientific has acquired Hall Analytical Laboratories, the Manchester-based contract research firm.
20-Jan-2015
SCIO Health Analytics of the US has acquired Data Intelligence, the Slough-based provider of life sciences business intelligence.
20-Jan-2015
Sygnature Discovery is to set up a 33,000 sq ft pharmaceuticals research centre at a new biosciences hub due to open in Nottingham in 2016, with the creation of 80 jobs.
19-Jan-2015
PathXL is to invest £3.6m in the expansion of its Belfast-based digital pathology business, with the creation of 32 jobs over the next three years.
19-Jan-2015
Crown Bioscience is planning to double the size of its Precos oncology research centre in Nottingham, and will rename the business as Crown UK.
12-Jan-2015
Aptuit, the Glasgow-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer, has been acquired by US-based Albany Molecular Research for £16m.
12-Jan-2015
Edelchemie UK is seeking permission to expand production at its fertiliser plant in Northwich and increase the workforce from 18 to 70.
12-Jan-2015
Vitax has acquired Organico, the Somerset-based fertiliser manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.
08-Jan-2015
Benchmark Vaccines has submitted plans to build a three-storey biotechnology laboratory in Braintree.
07-Jan-2015
Warwick Chemicals, the Flintshire-based manufacturer of cleaning additives with 160 staff, is to be acquired by US-based Lubrizol.
07-Jan-2015