Opportunities for Employment 1999 - Company News Summary

Roxspur is to set up a £4m electronic controls factory in Bristol for its Hortsmann Controls business, which will involve the relocation of workers from Bath and the creation of 160 jobs.
29-Dec-1999

North East Lincolnshire Council has approved plans from Maltgrade Estates for the development of the Meridian Point leisure complex in Cleethorpes, which will create 250 jobs.
29-Dec-1999

Caudwell is to create 500 new jobs at its mobile phones distribution business in Staffordshire, which will benefit sites in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle and Crewe.
29-Dec-1999

Edinburgh Woollen Mill is planning to set up a nationwide distribution centre for its retailing business in Carlisle, with the creation of 50 new jobs and the relocation of 120 jobs from existing sites at Longtown and Langholm.
29-Dec-1999

Fife Council is considering plans from Premier Property Group and Muir Group for a £140m retail and leisure development near Kirkcaldy, which could bring up to 4,000 jobs to the area.
29-Dec-1999

Luminar Leisure is to set up a Chicago Rock Cafe at Newport on the Isle of Wight, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
29-Dec-1999

Europa Magnetics is planning a £11m expansion at its factory in Cramlington to manufacture optical discs for internet service providers, with the creation of 107 jobs.
29-Dec-1999

Atlantech Technologies, the Cumbernauld-based supplier of internet software, is to recruit 100 extra staff in preparation for a UK and European expansion that will double its size by the end of 2000.
29-Dec-1999

Bombardier is to start work on a new £30m train depot at the Barton Business Park near Burton in January, and recruitment of the 250 staff is due to start in the spring.
21-Dec-1999

Exel Walsh Western has set up a new factory in Newport, South Wales, to provide computer accessory kits for the nearby LG Electronics plant, and up to 100 jobs will be created.
21-Dec-1999

B&Q is planning to expand its Tunnel Drive store in Redditch and create 200 jobs, as part of a £20m scheme to transform the derelict Alcad battery site.
21-Dec-1999

S&A Foods is creating 100 more jobs at its ready-made meals factory in Derby, and is also considering plans to build an additional factory nearby.
20-Dec-1999

Woodville Polymer Engineering is creating 40 new jobs at its airbags factory in Swadlincote, having won new contracts from Fiat, Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz.
20-Dec-1999

Marconi Communications is creating about 100 new jobs in Nottingham, as part of an expansion at its Beeston-based research facility.
20-Dec-1999

The Post Office is to open a £10m call centre in the Dearne Valley near Rotherham in January, creating up to 600 jobs.
20-Dec-1999

Sainsbury has submitted plans to extend its store in Chingford, creating up to 60 new jobs.
20-Dec-1999

Reading Borough Council is considering plans from Shipleys Bingo to develop a £2m bingo hall at the former B&Q store in Whitley, with the creation of 70 jobs.
18-Dec-1999

Inter-Alliance is to set up a finance centre in Middlesbrough, and is looking to recruit a team of 25 financial advisers and support staff.
17-Dec-1999

London Clubs International is seeking permission to set up a casino in Southend, which would create 150 jobs.
16-Dec-1999

Halifax is to recruit a further 600 staff for its internet bank at a second site near Edinburgh, on top of the 500 already being hired at Edinburgh Park.
16-Dec-1999

Newcastle City Council is to consider plans from Thornfield Properties for the £60m redevelopment of the Fossway area in Byker into a retail and business park, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
16-Dec-1999

Rank Group is to open a new call centre in Bognor Regis to handle reservations for its holiday division, with 200 new jobs being created and a further 200 being relocated from other offices.
16-Dec-1999

Redcar Council has announced that work has started on the development of the £1.2m South Tees Imperial Food Park, which aims to house a cluster of food manufacturers and create 400 jobs.
16-Dec-1999

Fitness First is to open a new health club in Hull early next year, with the creation of 20 jobs.
15-Dec-1999

Gordon Jopling, the Barnsley-based food products group, is to invest £2m in new production facilities, new offices and a development laboratory, with the creation of 40 jobs.
14-Dec-1999

Bellhouse Aerospace is to move into a new headquarters in Wigan next April with the creation of 60 skilled engineering jobs.
13-Dec-1999

UCB Films is to invest £30m at its Wigton factory in Cumbria in order to increase production of label and overwrap films, and 60 jobs will be created.
13-Dec-1999

Virgin has bought a majority stake in Worldwide Travel, which will lead to the creation of 100 jobs at the Norfolk-based travel business over the next 12 months.
13-Dec-1999

Quantum Electronics has opened a new £2.5m manufacturing facility in Newport, and 100 jobs will be created over the next two years.
13-Dec-1999

Morrisons is planning to build a 73,000 sq ft supermarket in Kings Lynn with the creation of 350 jobs.
13-Dec-1999

Asda has confirmed plans to open bars serving beer, wine and hot food at 85 of its stores, with the creation of 350 jobs.
13-Dec-1999

OIS International Inspection is to create about 20 new jobs in Aberdeen, having won a £40m five-year inspection services contract from BP Amoco.
10-Dec-1999

Edinburgh Smoked Salmon Company of Dingwall is to spend £2.5m on a new cold store and production facility, with the creation of 60 jobs.
10-Dec-1999

Britax Rumbold is to build an aircraft seats factory in Cwmbran, creating up to 450 jobs, as part of a strategy to consolidate 28 sites across the UK into three new units.
10-Dec-1999

Plymouth City Council has approved a £2.8m plan to expand the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at the Tamar Science Park, with the creation of 175 scientific jobs.
09-Dec-1999

Perkins Frozen Foods is to invest £2.5m in its poultry products business with the creation of 200 jobs, and is due to open a new factory in Cleator Moor over the next few weeks.
09-Dec-1999

Thomas Vale Construction of Stourport is recruiting 100 extra workers, having won contracts worth more than £8m.
09-Dec-1999

Richmond Foods is investing £2m at its ice cream factory in Leeds, with the creation of 50 jobs.
09-Dec-1999

ADT Fire & Security is planning to create 700 jobs in an expansion of its burglar and fire alarms business, and will open new offices in Reading, Brighton, London, Stoke-on-Trent and Swansea.
09-Dec-1999

MEPC has announced a £100m plan to extend Derby's Eagle Centre with a three-floor department store and 40 other shops, and create 1,000 jobs.
08-Dec-1999

The government is to set up a new call centre in Bristol to handle passport enquiries, with the creation of 60 jobs.
08-Dec-1999

Scottish & Newcastle is to open eight Chef & Brewer pub restaurants in Scotland over the next 18 months, in a £12m development programme that will create 250 jobs.
07-Dec-1999

The Roslin Institute and Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise have announced a £5m expansion plan for the Roslin BioCentre, creating 250 jobs and space for a further ten biotechnology companies.
07-Dec-1999

Porcelanosa is to set up a sales and distribution centre for its tiles business in Doncaster, with the creation of 50 jobs.
07-Dec-1999

New Horizons Computer Learning Centres is to set up a computer training centre in Bristol, with the creation of 50 jobs.
07-Dec-1999

Hays has won a £200m contract to distribute truck parts for Iveco, which will involve a warehouse in Cheshire and the creation of 180 jobs.
07-Dec-1999

Hays is to create 200 new jobs in Doncaster, having won a contract to distribute goods to B&Q stores.
07-Dec-1999

Aerpac is creating 135 new jobs following the relocation of its wind turbine blades factory to Kirkcaldy.
06-Dec-1999

Sainsbury has confirmed plans to open a depot at Park Royal in London with the creation of about 400 jobs, in order to support its Orderline home shopping service.
06-Dec-1999

Entranet has received a £10m investment from US-based General Atlantic, and is now looking to recruit 150 additional staff to expand its e-commerce business.
04-Dec-1999

NCN Logistics is to open a central distribution hub and call centre in Wednesbury, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
02-Dec-1999

Rhys Davies Logistics is setting up a new depot at the Autobase International estate in Tipton, with the creation of 60 jobs.
02-Dec-1999

AEA Technology is planning to recruit an additional 30 staff, due to the expansion of its Derby-based railway technology business.
01-Dec-1999

UUNET, the internet service provider, is expanding its premises at the Cambridge Science Park and plans to create 350 jobs over the next year.
01-Dec-1999

Oneview.net is to raise £5.3m in a share placing in order to fund the expansion of its internet services business, and is looking to build up a team of 250 sales staff by May 2000.
01-Dec-1999

Indigo Active Vision Systems, the Edinburgh-based manufacturer of security cameras, is to double its workforce to 70 following a £5m investment boost.
30-Nov-1999

Scottish & Newcastle Retail is planning to relocate its 450 staff in Northampton to a new office complex nearby, and a further 200 jobs will be created.
30-Nov-1999

Kirklees Council is backing a scheme by the Kingsgate Employment Initiative to recruit about 500 staff for Huddersfield's £50m Kingsgate shopping centre, which is due to open in 2001.
29-Nov-1999

ANT Marketing, the Sheffield-based telephone marketing firm, is to create 150 jobs by opening a new office in Queen Street.
29-Nov-1999

Tesco is planning to build a £20m store at St Rollox in Glasgow, with the creation of up to 600 jobs.
29-Nov-1999

Kangol is planning to expand its hat-making factory in Cleator with the creation of 150 jobs, and aims to transform redundant factory buildings into a visitor attraction.
26-Nov-1999

Johnson Controls Automotive of the US is planning to set up a manufacturing facility in Redditch by June 2000, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
26-Nov-1999

West Berkshire Council is considering plans for the tripling in size of the four-star Hanover International hotel in Pingewood, which would create 200 jobs.
26-Nov-1999

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is to consider plans from Essex-based developer Carter Commercial for the construction of a new superstore in Market Weighton, with the creation of 200 jobs.
25-Nov-1999

Jessops has unveiled a £20m plan to expand its department store in Nottingham, with the creation of 70 jobs.
25-Nov-1999

SCA Packaging is planning to expand its factory in Peterlee with the creation of more than 50 jobs.
25-Nov-1999

Independent Lifts is creating a further 30 jobs in Chesterfield, due to an increase in demand for the supply and installation of lifts.
25-Nov-1999

Sandwell Council has approved plans from Parceline for the redevelopment of its distribution depot in Smethwick with the creation of 300 jobs.
25-Nov-1999

The ITC is to consider plans from City Television to set up a local TV station in Exeter next year, which could create up to 40 jobs.
24-Nov-1999

Sifam is to create a further 200 jobs at its electronics business in Torquay, following its £60m acquisition by JDS Uniphase.
24-Nov-1999

Finlay Block Making Equipment is planning a £2.9m expansion at its factory in Tyrone with the creation of about 40 jobs.
24-Nov-1999

Greenhill Chemical Products, the manufacturer of washing-up liquid and car care products, is to merge with sister company Reabrook and set up a £4m warehouse at the former Rawdon Colliery near Swadlincote, with the creation of 100 jobs.
23-Nov-1999

Leicestershire & Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust has announced plans for a £9.4m hospital development in Loughborough, creating 100 jobs as well as a day surgery, minor casualty facilities, an X-ray department, and mental health services.
23-Nov-1999

Madford Developments has started work on the development of a £5.5m retail park in Stafford, which will include Currys and Lidl outlets and create more than 300 jobs.
23-Nov-1999

CyberCall is building a new call centre in Cardigan, Dyfed, with the creation of 200 jobs, in a link-up with internet retailing business Avenue One.
23-Nov-1999

Andronics has launched a new satellite communications business in Londonderry in partnership with the Satcom International Group, which will involve the development of the Orbcomm vehicle tracking system and the creation of at least 100 jobs.
23-Nov-1999

ESM is to recruit an additional 70 staff at the former Newport Wafer-Fab microchip plant in South Wales, following an upturn in the world market.
20-Nov-1999

Welsh Development Agency has announced that Soten of Italy is to set up a £2.6m factory at Merthyr Tydfil to manufacture shrink-film packaging, with the creation of 47 jobs.
19-Nov-1999

Kingfisher is to invest £1.5m in the development of a national call centre in Hull for its Comet electrical retailing business, creating up to 300 jobs.
18-Nov-1999

Senior Air Systems is to relocate its air conditioning equipment depot in Manchester to its main site in Stoke-on-Trent, with the creation of more than 50 jobs.
18-Nov-1999

Eurostock Meat Marketing is investing £1.3m in a new production area at its factory in Newry having won a contract to supply meat products to the US, and 23 jobs will be created.
18-Nov-1999

ICL has announced a £100m plan to re-focus its business on internet services, with the creation of 1,000 jobs in the Thames Valley and Staffordshire.
18-Nov-1999

East Midlands Development Agency is supporting plans from OCG Cacao of France to open a £8.5m chocolate factory in Worksop next year, with the creation of 50 jobs.
17-Nov-1999

British Telecom has launched a recruitment drive to find 400 staff for its telemarketing centre in Warrington.
17-Nov-1999

Galen is to create a further 300 jobs at its pharmaceutical sites in Craigavon and Larne over the next three years, in a £40m investment.
17-Nov-1999

Interframe is to expand its windows and doors factory in Paignton with the creation of 20 new jobs, and has just undergone a management buy-out.
16-Nov-1999

MEPC is planning a £70m joint venture with local developer Intercity JIS to build two industrial parks in Liverpool, with the creation of about 4,000 jobs, and it will target motor component and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
16-Nov-1999

Northern Rock is to close 29 of its 105 bank branches with the loss of 250 jobs, but 100 new jobs will be created at a call centre in Sunderland and a further 300 will be recruited at its Newcastle head office to work on e-commerce.
16-Nov-1999

DuPont has opened a £78m Lycra plant at Maydown in Londonderry, with the creation of 100 jobs.
13-Nov-1999

Ilkeston Co-op is to set up a new £3m travel call centre and head office in Ilkeston with the creation of 50 jobs.
13-Nov-1999

Peel Holdings has submitted plans to Doncaster Council for the development of a £80m international airport at Finningley, which could create up to 7,000 jobs over the next 15 years.
13-Nov-1999

Asda is to set up a new £25m superstore at Huyton village on Merseyside, with the creation of 250 jobs.
12-Nov-1999

Greenalls is to develop a £4m health and fitness club at Rubery near Birmingham next year, with the creation of 60 jobs.
12-Nov-1999

Procter & Gamble has confirmed plans to set up a new centre at the Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside to provide finance, procurement and employee services, with the creation of 245 jobs.
12-Nov-1999

Memory Lane Cakes is to create about 200 jobs at its Cardiff cakes factory, but its Warrington factory will be closed in February with the loss of up to 500 jobs.
11-Nov-1999

Hollywood Signs, the Birmingham-based signmaker, is to relocate to a new headquarters at the Cole Valley Business Park in June, creating an unspecified number of new jobs.
11-Nov-1999

AW Jenkinson, the Penrith-based haulage company, is planning to expand its fleet by 38 trucks, creating an additional 30 driving jobs.
10-Nov-1999

Massilly of France has begun production at a refurbished jar-top factory at Williamstown in the Rhondda, where it will employ up to 80 workers by next spring.
10-Nov-1999

Flying Flowers is creating 150 jobs at a new call centre for its horticultural mail order business in Kelvedon, Essex.
10-Nov-1999

British Midland has confirmed that Lufthansa is acquiring a 20% stake in the company for £91m, and 3,000 new jobs will be created over the next two years at Manchester and Heathrow airport and at its Castle Donington office.
10-Nov-1999

Recognition Systems is to raise £18m in a share placing in order to fund the expansion of its Birmingham-based software business, and about 70 jobs will be created.
10-Nov-1999

EDS is planning to create up to 300 more jobs at its new call centre in Peterlee, where it provides loan services to Lloyds TSB customers.
09-Nov-1999

Gunn & Moore, the sports equipment manufacturer, is to relocate its Nottingham headquarters to a larger facility in Colwick, with the creation of 10 new jobs.
09-Nov-1999

Seagoe Technologies is investing £4m at its electrical heaters factory in Portadown, with the creation of 68 new jobs.
09-Nov-1999

SP Systems is to create a further 40 jobs at its Isle of Wight base, having won a £100m contract to supplying composite materials to a Spanish wind turbine producer.
06-Nov-1999

Tesco is to build a £12m store at Leyland in Lancashire by 2001, with the creation of 300 jobs.
06-Nov-1999

London Electricity is to transfer sales and customer services teams to SWEB offices in Devon, and a further 100 jobs will be created in Exeter and Plymouth.
05-Nov-1999

Triplex Foundry is creating 50 jobs at its casting foundry in Tipton following a £3m investment.
05-Nov-1999

British Telecom has relocated 600 technicians to London and the Thames Valley to cope with a surge in demand for high-speed digital links, and is looking to recruit a further 200.
05-Nov-1999

Esso is seeking permission to build a motorway service station on the M27 near Fareham with the creation of 100 jobs, and is looking for companies to run the motel and restaurants.
04-Nov-1999

McLarens Toplis, the loss-adjuster, is to set up a £3m claims management centre in Portsmouth with the creation of 100 jobs.
04-Nov-1999

West Midlands Co-op is to build new stores in Walsall and Staffordshire and refurbish stores across the region, in a £10m investment programme that will create 200 jobs.
04-Nov-1999

Kingfisher Leisure is to open a £2.7m McClusky's pub and restaurant in Birmingham later this month with the creation of 100 jobs.
04-Nov-1999

New Horizons Computer Learning Centres is opening a computer training centre in Nottingham with the creation of up to 50 jobs, one of 16 such centres planned for the UK over the next three years.
04-Nov-1999

Pressac is planning to set up a £7.5m telecoms components factory near Glasgow next year, with the creation of 200 jobs.
04-Nov-1999

Cap Gemini is to expand its call centre in Nairn with the creation of 78 jobs, taking the site's total workforce to 175.
03-Nov-1999

Nortel Networks is to invest £60m at plants in Paignton and Monkstown to produce optical transmission systems for the internet, with the creation of 1,800 jobs.
03-Nov-1999

Sun Valley Foods is creating a further 80 jobs at its prepared meals factory in Wolverhampton.
02-Nov-1999

Viridian is recruiting 24 software development and engineering staff at a new office near Dungannon for its Sx3 software division.
02-Nov-1999

Teignbridge District Council is considering plans from ASM Properties for the development of a new shopping complex in Newton Abbot, including an Asda superstore and the creation of 300 jobs.
30-Oct-1999

BAA McArthur Glen is planning to add an extra 70 shops at its shopping village near York next year, with the creation of up to 700 jobs.
30-Oct-1999

John Williams Mouldings is creating 100 new jobs at its light assembly department in Dudley.
30-Oct-1999

Matalan has announced plans for a new £8m discount superstore in Plymouth, creating 25 jobs, as part of a nationwide expansion programme.
30-Oct-1999

Martin Dawes Business Communications of Warrington is planning to increase the size of its workforce from 66 to over 110 as it rolls out its national network service.
29-Oct-1999

Corkills Motor Group is looking to recruit an additional 30 staff at its new Volkswagen showroom in Liverpool.
29-Oct-1999

AVX is to create a further 50 jobs at its electronic components factory in Coleraine, having won new orders from the Far East.
29-Oct-1999

Brulines, the Thornaby-based supplier of measuring equipment to pubs, has acquired control of cash shell Comprehensive Business Services, in a £5m deal that could lead to the creation of 60 jobs.
29-Oct-1999

Psyche is to set up an internet-based shoe retailing business, which will be based in either Middlesbrough or York and will create about 100 jobs.
29-Oct-1999

Tesco has submitted plans for a new £10m store in the centre of Hednesford, which would create more than 250 jobs.
29-Oct-1999

Ethnic Cuisine is to create 300 jobs at its prepared meals factory in Swansea, which will double the workforce to 600 by the end of next year.
29-Oct-1999

B&Q is submitting plans to build a £15m DIY store and garden centre in Burton, creating more than 200 jobs.
29-Oct-1999

Hyder is to invest £30m in Lincoln in order to run financial services for Lincolnshire County Council, and up to 500 jobs will be created on top of the 700 employees being transferred from the council.
29-Oct-1999

Wrights is to create 50 new jobs at its bus factory in Ballymena having formed a strategic alliance with Chance Coach of Kansas to develop a new bus for the US market.
29-Oct-1999

Boeing has selected Luton airport as the site for a new £44m European headquarters and pilot-training centre, with the creation of 35 jobs.
29-Oct-1999

Draexlmaier Automotive of Germany is to set up a £5m factory at Rubery to manufacture car components for Rover's nearby Longbridge plant, with the creation of 200 jobs.
29-Oct-1999

Creative Tooling is to create 11 new jobs at its Oswestry factory to manufacture tooling for the new Jensen sports car that will be built on Merseyside.
29-Oct-1999

First Leisure is to open a £6m health and fitness club in Oxford in January, with the creation of 70 jobs.
27-Oct-1999

Conoco is seeking government permission to build a power plant at Killingholme near Grimsby, with the creation of 35 permanent jobs.
27-Oct-1999

KSCL, the supplier of telecoms billing software, is to create an additional 1,000 jobs over the next three years, including 500 at its Edinburgh headquarters.
27-Oct-1999

Atlantech Technologies is creating an additional 60 jobs at its internet software business in Cumbernauld.
27-Oct-1999

Kingfisher has confirmed plans to open up to 10 Big W discount stores, with the creation of more than 2,000 jobs.
27-Oct-1999

Cannock Chase Council is considering plans from Echo Estates for the development of a leisure park in Hednesford, including pub, restaurants and health club, with the creation of 50 jobs.
26-Oct-1999

HSBC is to recruit a further 120 staff for its banking call centre in Swansea, in order to set up a 24-hour service.
23-Oct-1999

The Welsh Development Agency is building a £2.2m cheese storage and packing facility at Felinfach near Lampeter for Aeron Valley Cheese, and 75 jobs will be created.
23-Oct-1999

Quantex is planning to set up a computer manufacturing centre in the Stevenage area, creating about 1,000 jobs.
23-Oct-1999

MM Group Ireland is to create more than 100 jobs at its Bangor communications centre, including new management, clerical and tele-services staff.
22-Oct-1999

Oneview.net, the Dudley-based internet company, is planning to recruit about 100 new staff over the next year, including technicians, administration staff and sales reps.
22-Oct-1999

EWA is seeking 60 new staff for its call centre in Chelmsford, in order to support a home delivery service for one of its clients.
22-Oct-1999

Belfast City Council is to consider plans from Comtech Developments to set up a call centre at the Klondyke Building on the city's Gasworks site, which would create 200 jobs.
22-Oct-1999

Telewest is creating 840 jobs with the launch of its digital service, which will include 150 TV and radio channels.
22-Oct-1999

Linden Foods is investing £5.7m to improve facilities at its Northern Ireland meat processing plants in Newtownards and Dungannon, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
20-Oct-1999

Hays has won food distribution contracts worth a total of £50m from Kentucky Fried Chicken, Haagen Daz Cafes, and Yates Wine Lodges, which will lead to the creation of 400 jobs.
18-Oct-1999

Virgin is planning to set up a mobile phone distribution centre near Daventry, creating an initial 35 jobs.
16-Oct-1999

Morrisons is planning to set up a new superstore in Fleetwood town centre with the creation of 350 jobs.
16-Oct-1999

Buko is to create 60 jobs at its factory in Glenrothes, having won an order to supply shopping trolleys to Asda.
15-Oct-1999

B&Q is seeking planning permission to build a £14m superstore to replace its Cheltenham branch, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
15-Oct-1999

Alpine Rose, the Walsall-based babywear manufacturer, is creating 40 new jobs having won an order to supply clothes to France and Germany.
14-Oct-1999

Taylor Woodrow and Athanaeum Developments have submitted plans for a £25m family entertainment complex in Sunderland city centre, which could create up to 300 jobs.
15-Oct-1999

British Telecom is said to be planning to set up a new call centre in Londonderry with the creation of 500 jobs.
15-Oct-1999

Hill House Hammond is moving one of its Bristol-based insurance call centres to new premises in The Pithay, where it will create up to 150 jobs.
14-Oct-1999

EDS, the US-owned supplier of financial and management services, is seeking an additional 50 staff for its recently-opened call centre in Peterlee.
14-Oct-1999

Tamarind Touch is to set up a new facility near Mansfield to prepare Indian foods for sale in pubs and restaurants, with the creation of 22 jobs.
14-Oct-1999

SP Systems has won approval from the Isle of Wight Council to double the size of its manufacturing facility in Newport, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
14-Oct-1999

The Industrial Development Board is to support a £2m plan by UPU Industries to expand its agricultural packaging factory in Dromore, Northern Ireland, with the creation of 17 jobs.
14-Oct-1999

Jensen Motors is to set up a £10m factory on Merseyside to manufacture a new two-seater sports car, building up to 600 units a year and employing 60 people.
13-Oct-1999

Tibbett & Britten is to build a £1m automotive pre-delivery inspection centre at Tynedock through its Axial Logistics division, with the creation of 120 jobs.
13-Oct-1999

Spaform, the manufacturer of spas and hot tubs, is to set up a new European headquarters in Portsmouth, which will involve the relocation of 120 staff from existing sites in Botley and Hedge End and the creation of 30 new jobs.
09-Oct-1999

MM Group is to create more than 500 jobs over the next three years by setting up a communications call centre at the former SWEB base at Avonbank in Bristol.
08-Oct-1999

MGt, the provider of call centre services, is to create a further 100 jobs at its premises in the John Smith Business Park in Kirkcaldy.
08-Oct-1999

PowerGen is creating 50 new jobs at its call centre in Nuthall and a further 100 people will be recruited next year, due to rising demand for its gas and electricity supply services.
08-Oct-1999

Greenalls is planning to set up a £7m health club at the Old Tannery building in Norwich, with the creation of 60 jobs.
07-Oct-1999

Landmark Securities is planning to build an office block in Cardiff to house a 1,000-job call centre.
07-Oct-1999

Bradford & Bingley Building Society is to create up to 200 new jobs in the Bingley area, having decided to centralise its operations in West Yorkshire, but a call centre in Leamington Spa will close with the loss of up to 275 jobs.
06-Oct-1999

Halifax is to set up a separate internet and telephone banking division at a cost of £100m, with the creation of 500 jobs in Edinburgh.
06-Oct-1999

Goode Durrant has relocated its head office to Darlington and is being renamed Northgate, in preparation for a nationwide expansion of its vehicle hire business that will create 500 jobs over the next five years.
05-Oct-1999

Telewest is creating 27 new jobs at its Brierley Hill customer service office, in order to cope with rising demand for its new digital services.
05-Oct-1999

Dataracks is seeking permission for a £1m expansion at its metal rack enclosures factory in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, with the creation of 15 jobs.
02-Oct-1999

East Staffordshire Borough Council is to consider plans from MJ Barrett Developments to build a factory to process dry food ingredients at Dovefields, which would create 40 jobs.
02-Oct-1999

West Anglia Great Northern has announced a £10m plan to relaunch the Stansted Airport rail service to London, with the creation of more than 50 jobs.
02-Oct-1999

B&Q is seeking 100 workers for a new DIY store that will open in Washington in November, and there are also vacancies at another store in nearby Sunderland.
01-Oct-1999

Lyte Industries has taken over the former Lucas SEI factory in Ystradgynlais, Wales, where it will employ up to 250 workers to manufacture ladders and access equipment.
01-Oct-1999

Caterpillar Logistics Services is to extend its Desford warehouse facilities in Leicestershire having won a contract to distribute parts for Rover, with the creation of 300 jobs.
01-Oct-1999

Motorola is planning a £50m expansion at its mobile phones factory at Bathgate near Edinburgh, with the creation of 1,000 jobs.
01-Oct-1999

Kingfisher is to open a Big W superstore in Coventry in October with the creation of 250 jobs.
30-Sep-1999

Braintree District Council is considering plans from JL French to build a new £20m automotive castings factory in Witham, with the creation of 200 jobs.
30-Sep-1999

Addenbrooke NHS Trust has announced a £340m plan to expand the Cambridge hospital onto green belt land and build an adjoining biomedical campus, with the creation of 5,000 jobs.
30-Sep-1999

Scottish & Newcastle is seeking approval to build a £3m Lodge Inn hotel in Nottingham, creating about 40 jobs.
29-Sep-1999

Arcadia is to centralise its head office functions in Leeds with the creation of 59 jobs, but 103 jobs will be lost at the recently-acquired Sears offices in Leicester.
29-Sep-1999

Poundland is creating 80 new jobs at its base in Wolverhampton, as part of an expansion programme that will result in eight new stores nationwide.
29-Sep-1999

Sheffield United football club is linking up with regional development agency Yorkshire Forward to transform a site next to the Bramall Lane stadium into a £1.6m business centre, creating 300 jobs.
29-Sep-1999

Connect-2 Technology is creating ten new jobs at its Teesside factory having won a contract to manufacture circuit monitoring and protection devices for W Lucy of Oxford.
29-Sep-1999

Costco UK is seeking permission to build a retail warehouse near the Wyvern Centre in Derby, which would create 250 jobs.
29-Sep-1999

Merthyr Tydfil Council is planning to restore the historic blast furnaces at Cyfarthfa, creating a tourist attraction that will bring 100 new jobs to the area.
29-Sep-1999

Tibbett & Britten has opened a rail-connected warehouse facility at the Daventry International Distribution Centre, which will create 300 jobs for warehousing, administrative and driving staff.
29-Sep-1999

ICL has opened a new software development centre in Belfast that will employ 225 people in a joint venture with Microsoft.
29-Sep-1999

Peoples Choice is to set up a call centre in Leicester for its motor and household insurance business, creating 600 jobs.
27-Sep-1999

Staples is to open an office supplies superstore in Grimsby next month with the creation of 30 jobs.
25-Sep-1999

Electronic Packaging Systems is creating 50 new jobs at its electronics manufacturing plant in Braintree.
24-Sep-1999

Haslam Homes is relocating its East Midlands headquarters from Alfreton to Kegworth with the creation of up to 30 jobs, as part of a strategy to expand its housebuilding business in the region.
24-Sep-1999

Carphone Warehouse is creating 60 jobs in the West Midlands by opening new outlets in Dudley and Coventry, as part of a nationwide expansion programme that will create 750 jobs before Christmas.
24-Sep-1999

Viktor Achter is seeking an additional 80 workers for its car seat factory in Burnley.
23-Sep-1999

Dutton Forshaw is to open a new Honda dealership at Stockton's Preston Farm industrial estate, employing 30 staff.
23-Sep-1999

Crofts is to add a commercial vehicle centre at its Toyota base in Billingham, with the creation of eight jobs.
23-Sep-1999

Telecom Service Centres has confirmed plans to set up a new call centre at Dunoon on the Clyde coast with the creation of 100 jobs.
23-Sep-1999

LG Electronics is planning to employ a further 400 workers at its Newport factory to copy with rising demand for Apple's iMac personal computer.
23-Sep-1999

Collis Engineering is seeking 12 additional workers at its rail engineering business in Alfreton, having won orders to supply railway signal gantries for the modernisation of the West Coast Main Line.
23-Sep-1999

CrestCo is planning to launch a major recruitment programme in order to help with the development of its Crest securities settlement system.
22-Sep-1999

Westwood Communications is to double the capacity of its mobile phone repair facility at Clydebank, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next six months.
21-Sep-1999

Portsmouth City Council has announced that Northern Tool & Equipment, the US supplier of lathes and drills, is to set up a UK headquarters in the city with the creation of more than 12 jobs.
21-Sep-1999

E Park & Sons is planning a £1.7m expansion at its Epworth potato packing plant in North Lincolnshire, with the creation of 20 jobs.
21-Sep-1999

Orange is to set up a customer call centre in Plymouth at a cost of £8m, with the creation of 1,100 jobs.
21-Sep-1999

Sentinel, the US manufacturer of packaging foam, is to set up a European headquarters in Plymouth with the creation of 200 jobs over the next four years.
21-Sep-1999

Eddie Stobart is planning to set up a distribution centre at the Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate, which will house more than 100 vehicles and employ 200 staff.
18-Sep-1999

BMW is recruiting an additional 100 contract workers for its Land Rover plant in Solihull, due to rising demand.
18-Sep-1999

Locate in Scotland is helping to fund a £7m start-up venture called Cogent, in order to set up an internet-enabled call centre in Airdrie that could create up to 1,000 jobs.
18-Sep-1999

Churchill Insurance has announced an expansion programme that will create 280 jobs, including 160 telesales jobs at its new Bromley headquarters, 90 jobs at its call centre on Teesside, and 30 at its new accident repair centre in Rotherham.
17-Sep-1999

The government has indicated that the proposed Scottish Food Standards Agency will be based in either Aberdeen or Dundee, with the creation of up to 45 jobs.
17-Sep-1999

Sheffield City Council is to consider plans from Speedome for a £1m expansion at its Sheffield Ski Village with the creation of 35 jobs, in order to create a self-contained leisure park with both summer and winter attractions.
17-Sep-1999

British Telecom has taken on 80 more permanent staff at its telemarketing centre in Bristol to cope with an increase in workload, and similar measures are being taken at sites in Warrington, Newcastle, Doncaster and Glasgow.
16-Sep-1999

Costco has won permission to build a £15m cash and carry store on the site of the former Dunston Power Station at Gateshead, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
16-Sep-1999

Tewkesbury Borough Council has approved plans from Hirata of Japan to build a car parts factory in Ashchurch, which will create up to 175 jobs and supply body parts to Honda in Swindon.
16-Sep-1999

Mott MacDonald is to build a 47,000 sq ft carpet factory for Westbond Carpets of Denmark at the Dearne Valley Enterprise Zone in South Yorkshire, which will create 50 jobs.
16-Sep-1999

Onyx Internet, the Middlesbrough-based internet service provider, has been acquired by Pacific Gateway Exchange of the US, and the business will be expanded with the creation of at least 80 new jobs.
16-Sep-1999

Mackie International's Belfast-based textile and machinery division is to be revived by Bridge Textile Machinery International of Galway, and a significant number of new jobs are expected.
16-Sep-1999

Sauce Company is planning a £10m expansion at its soups and sauces factory in Scunthorpe, with the creation of 100 new jobs.
16-Sep-1999

Bernard Matthews is looking to recruit 100 new workers for its poultry processing plants in Halesworth and Great Witchingham.
16-Sep-1999

Tesco is to recruit about 60 additional staff for its call centre in Dundee, taking the total to 450.
15-Sep-1999

British Telecom is planning to set up a call centre in Lincoln to handle residential fault calls, with the creation of 600 jobs.
15-Sep-1999

Halifax is to set up a banking call centre in Belfast with the creation of an initial 700 jobs.
14-Sep-1999

BCH Vehicle Management of Bristol is seeking a further ten sales executives in order to expand its vehicle fleet from 18,000 to more than 30,000 by the end of next year.
11-Sep-1999

Bowey Construction has built a £1.3m care home for the Helen McArdle Care Group in Forest Hall, Tyne & Wear, which will create 50 jobs.
11-Sep-1999

JD Wetherspoon is to invest £12m in a new hotel in Birmingham and a number of new bars across the West Midlands with the creation of 250 jobs, as part of a nationwide expansion programme.
11-Sep-1999

Laird is to expand its computer assembly division by opening a new 150,000 sq ft plant in Gourock, Scotland, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
11-Sep-1999

Polaroid is to expand its Vale of Leven plant in Scotland to make miniature film for its new pocket camera, with the creation of 250 jobs.
11-Sep-1999

Macaw is planning to build a new soft drinks factory at Nelson in Lancashire, with the creation of 100 jobs.
10-Sep-1999

Ashfield District Council is to consider plans from Sheffield-based Dransfield Properties for the construction of a retail park at the former Evans Halshaw site in Sutton, Nottinghamshire, which would create 100 jobs.
09-Sep-1999

James Beattie has announced a £14m expansion programme for stores in Solihull, Sutton Coldfield and Wolverhampton, with the creation of about 300 jobs.
09-Sep-1999

Hibernia Foods is seeking an additional 40 workers for its frozen meals factory in Hartlepool.
09-Sep-1999

Scottish Amicable is to create a further 100 financial processing jobs in Stirling following the transfer of the life and pensions administration business of M&G.
09-Sep-1999

Jersey European Airways is planning to recruit about 200 new staff in order to expand its services across Europe.
08-Sep-1999

Chorion has announced plans to open seven new venues across the country, creating 840 jobs, with most of them based on the Tiger Tiger all-day cafe, bar and nightclub complex in London's West End.
08-Sep-1999

Tees Valley Development Company has announced that the Katsushiro Matex Company of Japan is to set up a £5m steel structures plant at the former Hallcalm Engineering site in Norton, with the creation of about 150 jobs.
08-Sep-1999

Going Places is to open a new holiday call centre at the King's Court Centre in North Shields in December, and aims to recruit 472 staff.
07-Sep-1999

Perlos is to expand its Sunderland-based plastics business with the creation of 90 jobs, and has also announced plans to move its Washington operation to a new unit next to the existing plant at Rainton Bridge South.
07-Sep-1999

Parisa is planning to open 20 cafe bars over the next 12 months, with the creation of 800 jobs.
04-Sep-1999

Unisys of the US is to set up a new software development centre in Glasgow in order to provide IT project work for European clients, and 350 jobs are being created.
04-Sep-1999

TRW is to create 65 jobs at its airbag plant in Peterlee, having won orders from Nissan, Toyota, Jaguar and Porsche.
03-Sep-1999

MeterLink is to set up a factory in the Forth Valley to manufacture equipment for measuring the use of electricity, water and gas, and 50 jobs will be created when a suitable site is found.
03-Sep-1999

Motorola is to invest £60m at its semiconductor factory at South Queensferry near Edinburgh, in order to double capacity and create 200 jobs.
03-Sep-1999

Thomson Multimedia of France is to set up a consumer electronics sales and marketing centre at Kings Hill near Maidstone, with the creation of more than 100 jobs over the next three years.
03-Sep-1999

Siemens is to expand its accountancy services centre at the National Savings site in Durham with the creation of 100 jobs, and a further 300 jobs will come from a deal with Tier Technologies to develop customer care and telephony services.
02-Sep-1999

Domestic & General, the domestic appliance breakdown insurer, is to create 50 new jobs at its call centre in Nottingham, while a smaller centre in Wimbledon will be closed.
02-Sep-1999

Arnott-Century is creating 20 new jobs as part of an expansion of its insurance business in the north-east.
02-Sep-1999

Haani Cables is to create about 70 new jobs at its cable manufacturing business in Hartlepool, and is seeking permission for a new extension at the site.
02-Sep-1999

Pfizer has awarded a contract to Laing for the construction of a £50m information technology headquarters in Tadworth, Surrey, where it will employ about 900 people.
02-Sep-1999

Greenalls is to set up a health and fitness complex at Trentham Lakes in Stoke-on-Trent next year, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
01-Sep-1999

Quintiles of the US has confirmed plans to create about 1,500 jobs at its pharmaceutical services business in Scotland, with most of the jobs being related to new drug development at its site in Bathgate.
01-Sep-1999

Atmel of the US is to set up a smart card design centre at its existing facility in East Kilbride, employing up to 200 engineers.
31-Aug-1999

Sun Valley Foods is creating 200 additional jobs at its poultry plants in Hereford and Wales, due to a rise in demand.
27-Aug-1999

Siemens has opened a new semiconductor design centre in Bristol, and expects to employ 100 people by the end of next year.
27-Aug-1999

The Welsh Development Agency is supporting a £3m project by Mitsui Kinzoku to set up a European headquarters to manufacture car door latches in Carmarthenshire, and up to 220 jobs will be created.
27-Aug-1999

Sainsbury has submitted plans to build a new supermarket in Otley with the creation of 150 jobs.
26-Aug-1999

Balmoral Group of Aberdeen has merged its two tank moulding divisions to create Balmoral Tanks, which is expected to lead to around 20 new jobs over the next six months.
25-Aug-1999

White Young Green has acquired Mason Pittendrigh, the Teesside-based consulting engineer, and expects to create up to 30 jobs in order to deal with highways, environmental and rail projects.
25-Aug-1999

Lexmark International of the US is opening a factory in Rosyth to manufacture inkjet cartridges, with the creation of 200 jobs.
25-Aug-1999

Weatherseal Windows is to create 200 jobs at its headquarters in Winsford, Cheshire, and there will be vacancies in the factory, office and a new call centre.
25-Aug-1999

Standard Products is to set up a plastic and rubber components division at its plant in Plymouth with the creation of up to 100 jobs, but its Huntingdon factory will be closed.
24-Aug-1999

Bristol & West is to set up a new call centre in North Bristol employing 200 people, in order to build up its position in the telephone and postal banking sectors.
24-Aug-1999

Sylvan Learning Systems of the US is to set up an office in Manchester with the creation of 200 jobs, having won a contract to supply driving theory tests.
24-Aug-1999

Scottish Power is to create 100 jobs at its call centre in Falkirk, in order to sell electricity and gas to consumers and small businesses and to pilot new initiatives such as e-business.
23-Aug-1999

Gough Engineering is to create 30 additional jobs at its Stoke-based factory following an increase in orders from the quarrying, steel and food industries.
20-Aug-1999

Computacenter is to create a further 1,700 jobs by the end of next year due to rising demand for computer services and distribution.
19-Aug-1999

Highland Council has given outline planning permission to Kinloch Base for a £3m project to convert the former Kishorn fabrication yard in Wester Ross into an oil supply depot and rig decommissioning centre, which could create 600 jobs.
19-Aug-1999

BlackStar is to create 75 jobs at its online video retailing business in Belfast, having secured £3.8m of private equity from two US venture capital houses.
19-Aug-1999

Web Factory is to create 80 new jobs at its offices in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford, due to rising demand for its internet services.
18-Aug-1999

First Badgerline has opened a new £4m bus depot in Bath, and is planning to recruit an additional 25 drivers.
18-Aug-1999

Sainsbury is to create 650 jobs in its Homebase division by centralising regional administration and expanding the floors business, but 1,200 jobs will be lost by removing a layer of management and withdrawing from the kitchens market.
18-Aug-1999

Wilkinson Hardware Stores is to open five household goods stores and a distribution centre in Wales over the next year, with the creation of more than 1,000 jobs.
18-Aug-1999

Orange is to create 2,000 jobs in the north-east by setting up call centres in Darlington, North Tyneside, and Peterlee, at a cost of £20m.
18-Aug-1999

Telewest Communications is to create 40 jobs in Gateshead in preparation for the launch of its new cable digital service, with vacancies in operations, cable installation, equipment servicing and customer services.
17-Aug-1999

Henry Boot has announced plans for a major new storage and distribution depot with a rail freight terminal on land near East Midlands Airport, which could create up to 3,000 jobs.
17-Aug-1999

Express Dairies is seeking permission to introduce in-house bottling at its Sheffield Park dairy in Uckfield in partnership with Tetrapak, and the £11m project would create 50 jobs.
16-Aug-1999

BHK has built a new furniture factory in Peterlee, where it employs a workforce of 120, and additional jobs are being created.
16-Aug-1999

Sainsbury is seeking permission for a £5m extension at its superstore near Ilkeston, which would create up to 80 jobs.
13-Aug-1999

Perfect Pizza is planning to open 100 new takeaway stores over the next five years with the creation of 2,000 jobs, and the focus of the expansion will be in the North of England and Scotland.
13-Aug-1999

First Choice Holidays is to create 600 jobs in Scotland by the end of the year in an expansion of its new Travel Choice division, including a call centre in Ayrshire and 35 travel shopping outlets.
13-Aug-1999

Asda has announced revised proposals for a £25m superstore in Hull, which will create 400 jobs.
12-Aug-1999

Collectible World Studios is to create 75 jobs to cope with rising demand for its giftware business in Stoke-on-Trent.
12-Aug-1999

Carillion has won a contract from US-owned Malmaison Hotels to build a £20m hotel on the site of Birmingham's Mailbox development, which will create 200 jobs.
12-Aug-1999

Dixons has confirmed plans to set up a call centre at the Nunnery Square offices in Sheffield, with the creation of up to 2,000 jobs.
12-Aug-1999

McKesson HBOC, the US-based distributor of health care products, has opened its new European headquarters at the Warwick Technology Park and is planning to create a further 100 jobs.
12-Aug-1999

United Utilities is to recruit a further 30 sales and marketing staff in order to expand its Norweb Telecom business throughout the country.
12-Aug-1999

Kingston Communications is to set up a £4m call centre in Hull, with the creation of 1,100 jobs.
12-Aug-1999

Lidl is planning to set up a warehouse and distribution centre in Runcorn, with the creation of 250 jobs.
11-Aug-1999

Leighton, the Sunderland-based developer of internet and multimedia products, is creating 100 new jobs this year and will open offices in London, Edinburgh and California.
11-Aug-1999

Quintiles, the US provider of services to the pharmaceutical industry, is said to be planning to double its workforce in Lothian, creating a further 1,000 jobs.
11-Aug-1999

MCI WorldCom, the US-based telecoms services provider, is to invest £150m in the UK, including a new call centre in Edinburgh that will create an initial 30 jobs.
11-Aug-1999

Asda has announced plans to build a £25m superstore in Cannock, with the creation of 400 jobs.
11-Aug-1999

Lunn Poly is to set up a call centre in Glasgow for its direct holiday and travel sales business, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs over the next five years.
11-Aug-1999

Hanson Logistics is to build a 50,000 sq ft chemicals warehouse in Huddersfield that will create 50 jobs, having won a major contract to store chemicals for Avecia.
10-Aug-1999

RJB Mining has submitted plans to mine up to 320,000 tonnes of coal at a former colliery site at Shipley West near Ilkeston, with the creation of 30 jobs.
10-Aug-1999

Alton Towers has announced a £30m plan to build a second hotel with the creation of 320 jobs.
10-Aug-1999

Costco UK is submitting plans to Derby City Council for the construction of a members-only warehouse store at the Wyvern shopping centre, with the creation of 250 jobs.
10-Aug-1999

Maersk Air, the Birmingham-based British Airways franchise partner, is creating 40 new jobs and increasing capacity on a number of routes following an order for new 70-seater jets.
06-Aug-1999

Tesco is seeking permission to build a new superstore in Cleckheaton with the creation of 300 jobs.
06-Aug-1999

BE Aerospace has won approval for a £4m extension at its aircraft seat factory in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland, which will create 130 jobs.
06-Aug-1999

S Harrison Construction of Yorkshire is seeking an additional 150 employees over the next six months, as it prepares to double its turnover to £25m this year.
06-Aug-1999

Providian National Bank, the US credit card company, is considering plans to set up an office in Crawley with the creation of 500 jobs.
05-Aug-1999

Carphone Warehouse is creating 42 jobs in Southampton in a £10m expansion programme designed to combat cost-cutting of pre-paid mobile phones by supermarkets.
05-Aug-1999

Tesco is seeking planning permission for a £7m superstore on the site of the Grampian Fire Brigade HQ in Aberdeen, with the creation of 300 jobs.
05-Aug-1999

Pisani Natural Stone is re-opening the Westhill Granite Works in Aberdeenshire with the creation of 30 jobs.
03-Aug-1999

Filtronic is in negotiations to reopen the former Fujitsu microchip factory at Newton Aycliffe, where it would invest £35m and create 500 jobs.
03-Aug-1999

Hamer Group has acquired Appleyards' Toyota dealership in Hockley, and plans to create 100 jobs by setting up new dealerships at the Star City complex and in south Birmingham.
02-Aug-1999

Tesco has announced plans to build a new superstore and health club on Merseyside, creating more than 600 jobs.
30-Jul-1999

Manpower is to set up a call centre in a converted textile mill in Selkirk later this year, creating 250 jobs.
30-Jul-1999

Ian Anthony Group is to open a £1m BMW-approved body shop in Bolton in September, with the creation of 25 jobs.
29-Jul-1999

Haani Cables is seeking 30 new staff for its Hartlepool-based electrical cables factory, following a £2m expansion.
29-Jul-1999

TJ Hughes has outlined plans to create about 500 jobs by opening new discount stores across the country, including sites in Crawley, Boscombe, Weston-Super-Mare, Wrexham, Middlesbrough and Burnley.
29-Jul-1999

Pace Micro Technology is seeking 90 additional workers to assemble digital set-top boxes at its Saltaire factory.
29-Jul-1999

Capita is to set up a £2.1m national computer call centre in Coventry to handle work outsourced by local councils, and 120 jobs will be created.
28-Jul-1999

Huber & Suhner is to expand its electronics factory in Bicester with the creation of 50 jobs, in order to cope with rising demand from the telecoms industry.
27-Jul-1999

IMS is planning to create hundreds of new jobs as it expands its call centre at Steeton, near Keighley.
27-Jul-1999

TeleTech of the US is said to be planning to develop the former Health Board offices in Glasgow's Bath Street into its European call centre headquarters, with the creation of up to 600 jobs.
27-Jul-1999

Piolax is to relocate its car components factory from Burnley to the Altham Business Park near Accrington later this year, with the creation of 60 jobs.
23-Jul-1999

Raven Manufacturing is creating 20 jobs at the Altham Business Park near Accrington, having won a contract to supply digital satellite dishes to BSkyB.
23-Jul-1999

James Walker & Co is to open a £2m sales centre for its fluid sealing business in Crewe, creating up to 40 jobs.
23-Jul-1999

TK Maxx is planning to open a fashion store in the Captain Cook Square complex in Middlesbrough later this year, with the creation of 50 jobs.
22-Jul-1999

Sainsbury is planning to open 200 convenience stores over the next three years, and about 1,000 in the long-term.
22-Jul-1999

Mitie, the building services group, is to create up to 500 jobs on Merseyside over the next two years by expanding its cleaning and air conditioning businesses.
20-Jul-1999

Reed Print & Design is to open a new factory at North Tyne Industrial Estate in Benton to provide a packaging service for the pharmaceutical and food industries, and about 100 jobs will be created.
20-Jul-1999

E&I Engineering is to invest £1.1m in its sheet metal products business in Londonderry, creating 18 jobs.
20-Jul-1999

Charles Schwab is to set up a customer call centre in Milton Keynes with the creation of 450 jobs, in order to cope with the rapid growth in internet share dealing.
20-Jul-1999

HSBC's Auto Direct division is planning to relocate its motor insurance operation to a new £1m call centre at the Trentham Lakes employment park in Stoke, creating almost 200 jobs.
19-Jul-1999

Netto is to open a second discount supermarket in Northampton, with the creation of 30 jobs.
19-Jul-1999

Golden Vale is to invest £14m in a Rye Valley Foods plant in Enniskillen with the creation of 130 jobs, in order to manufacture a new range of frozen prepared foods.
19-Jul-1999

Rank has announced that more than 500 jobs will be created at the £40m Sky Dome leisure complex in Coventry.
16-Jul-1999

Tesco has submitted plans for a new supermarket in Burnley town centre, which would create about 300 jobs.
15-Jul-1999

JJ Gallagher is planning to build a £8m out-of-town shopping centre in Scunthorpe, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
14-Jul-1999

The Concorde Club in Eastleigh is building a 35-bedroom hotel next to its existing facilities, and 15 jobs will be created when it opens next spring.
14-Jul-1999

Safeway is planning to create 3,500 jobs by opening and extending stores, but up to 100 jobs will be lost by removing a layer of regional management.
14-Jul-1999

Berkshire Foods is to relocate its snacks factory from Hook to Gosport with the creation of 20 jobs.
13-Jul-1999

London Emblem is relocating its soft toys business from Surrey to a new office and warehouse facility in Gosport, with the creation of up to 40 jobs.
13-Jul-1999

Lansbury Holdings is planning to invest £35m in three retail and industrial projects in Southend, including a new B&Q DIY store and the creation of up to 760 jobs.
13-Jul-1999

PMS International is creating more jobs at its toy factory in Basildon, having won a licence to produce a new set of TV characters called Jellikins.
12-Jul-1999

Alexander Knight Financial Management is planning to create 10 jobs in Yarm near Middlesbrough, having been awarded the Allied Dunbar financial consultancy franchise.
12-Jul-1999

Gala is to open a new bingo club in Banbury later this year with the creation of 40 jobs.
12-Jul-1999

MB&G Insurance Services is creating 200 additional jobs at its call centre in North Shields over the next 18 months.
09-Jul-1999

Cable & Wireless Communications is creating 100 jobs at a new call centre in Waterlooville.
09-Jul-1999

George S Hall, the Stoke-based supplier of maintenance services, is to relocate its 90 head office staff to a new site at Festival Park, and an additional 20 jobs will be created.
09-Jul-1999

Alba Windows is building a double glazing factory in Inverness, which will create an additional 25 jobs.
09-Jul-1999

Allied Dunbar is seeking 70 additional financial advisers and support staff at its North East regional office on the Newcastle Business Park.
08-Jul-1999

Fife Council has approved plans from the St Andrews Bay Development Company for a £50m golf development at Kingask, including a hotel, conference centre, spa, clubhouse, two golf courses, and the creation of 275 jobs.
08-Jul-1999

Winchester City Council has won a European grant to transform the new Winchester Walk into a tourism attraction, in order to promote the city's links with King Alfred and create up to 40 jobs.
08-Jul-1999

Sala International is to set up a data storage warehouse in Southend with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
08-Jul-1999

Motorola is recruiting 120 R&D engineers at its GSM Systems Division in Swindon, in order to focus on the convergence of wireless and internet systems.
08-Jul-1999

Dixons is planning to create 3,000 jobs this year by opening 100 stores across all five of its retail chains.
08-Jul-1999

Kepac is seeking 200 additional workers following a £10m investment in a new meat packaging plant near Preston.
06-Jul-1999

Derbyshire Building Society is to launch a telephone banking service and up to 50 jobs could be created over the next few years.
06-Jul-1999

Salford Council has announced that the government has approved plans for a £85m SnoWorld leisure complex, which will include ski slopes, shops and multiplex cinema, and create about 2,600 jobs.
06-Jul-1999

Teather & Greenwood, the independent stockbroker, is planning to recruit up to 20 research and sales staff in order to double its marketmaking activities this year.
06-Jul-1999

Gold Medal Travel is to set up a call centre in Preston employing 400 people, as part of a £10m office and leisure development on the docks.
05-Jul-1999

Kirklees Council has approved plans for the transformation of the Providence Chapel in Cleckheaton into a conference centre and restaurant, which will create 60 jobs.
05-Jul-1999

Granville Technology is creating 500 jobs at its head office in Burnley and a further 450 jobs at computer showrooms throughout the country.
05-Jul-1999

BSkyB is planning to recruit 600 staff for its Scottish call centres as well as 2,050 installation engineers, in order to keep up with demand for digital TV.
05-Jul-1999

Bombardier of Canada is considering three sites in the Midlands to set up a rail maintenance depot, which will create about 250 jobs.
02-Jul-1999

Hibernia Foods has won approval to expand its frozen ready meals factory in Hartlepool at a cost of £2.4m, and expects to create 126 jobs.
02-Jul-1999

Wireless Systems International has secured £8m of venture capital funding in order to start full-scale production of amplifiers for mobile phone base stations, and will create about 50 jobs over the next year.
01-Jul-1999

Aerospace Systems & Technologies is to invest £8m in the expansion of its Derwentside manufacturing facilities for aircraft wing components, creating 80 jobs over the next three years.
01-Jul-1999

Dixons is considering plans to set up a call centre in Sheffield, which would create an initial 300 jobs and up to 2,000 in the long-term.
01-Jul-1999

Vosper Thornycroft is planning a £1m upgrade of its boatyard facilities in Dartmouth, which could create about 40 jobs.
01-Jul-1999

Cox Insurance is to set up a call centre in Bradford with the creation of 200 jobs.
01-Jul-1999

JBS Computer Services has acquired Wesswood Management, the software company, for undisclosed terms, and has started a recruitment drive for new staff in the West Midlands and Cheltenham.
01-Jul-1999

Cellular Operations, the supplier of telephone connections and billings services, is building a £7m call centre in Swindon, and is planning to recruit about 100 staff before it opens in November.
01-Jul-1999

Pharmaceutical Profiles, the Nottingham-based clinical research company, is planning to recruit an additional 20 scientists as it prepares to move into a new £2.5m complex at Ruddington Fields.
01-Jul-1999

Obara Corporation has opened a £3m factory in Reading to make welding equipment for the motor industry, and is expected to recruit up to 100 additional workers in the future.
01-Jul-1999

WorldPay is planning to recruit an additional 50 staff following the relocation of its e-commerce business to larger premises in Cambridge.
30-Jun-1999

Lidl is planning to open up to 10 discount supermarkets in Plymouth with the creation of about 200 jobs.
30-Jun-1999

Netto is planning to set up a £3m supermarket in Scunthorpe with the creation of 30 jobs.
30-Jun-1999

Aramark has won an extension to its contract to supply offshore hotel services to BP Amoco, and expects to recruit an additional 100 staff.
30-Jun-1999

Gateshead Council and the Employment Service have teamed up to recruit the 900 construction workers required for the £400m regeneration of East Gateshead.
29-Jun-1999

Fife Council is considering plans for a hotel, business centre, and football academy at Dunfermline Athletic's stadium, which could create up to 500 jobs.
29-Jun-1999

MEPC and John Laing Property have announced plans to double the size of the CastleCourt shopping centre in Belfast, with the creation of up to 2,000 jobs.
29-Jun-1999

FKI is looking to recruit a large number of apprentices at its Brush Electrical Machines factory in Loughborough, due to rising demand for its range of turbo-generators.
28-Jun-1999

Birmingham City Council has given outline planning permission to Birmingham University for a £10m biomedical facility and European Research Institute, which is expected to lead to the creation of 500 jobs.
28-Jun-1999

McDonald's has won permission to build a drive-through restaurant at Camborne in Cornwall with the creation of 60 jobs.
28-Jun-1999

Bridge Computer Systems is planning to recruit 50 additional staff over the next two years, following its relocation to new premises in Burnley.
28-Jun-1999

The North West Development Agency has announced that Nichirin of Japan is to set up a £2.7m car parts headquarters in Manchester with the creation of 70 jobs, and it will make brakes, air conditioning and power steering systems.
28-Jun-1999

Victory, the Virgin-owned cosmetics group, is planning to recruit a further 3,000 consultants by the end of the year to sell products direct to the public in their homes.
26-Jun-1999

Bannatyne Health & Leisure is to open a £3m health club in Aberdeen with the creation of 50 jobs, and is also seeking approval for a site in Darlington.
25-Jun-1999

Matalan is planning to set up a 25,000sq ft clothes store in Inverness with the creation of about 80 jobs.
25-Jun-1999

Isle of Wight Council is considering plans from a local businessman for the construction of a hotel, conference and exhibition centre near Ryde, which would create about 140 jobs.
25-Jun-1999

Leyland Trucks is creating 30 new jobs at its factory near Preston having won a contract to fit braking systems on Ministry of Defence vehicles.
25-Jun-1999

Andersen Consulting is to add to its 350 staff in Aberdeen having won a contract to supply finance and administrative services to BP Amoco.
25-Jun-1999

Avocado Chemicals has won permission to expand its chemicals factory in Heysham with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
25-Jun-1999

Clydeport and Bank of Scotland have confirmed plans for a £500m development on the river Clyde in Glasgow, including leisure facilities, shops, housing and offices.
25-Jun-1999

Lidl has won permission from East Staffordshire Borough Council to build a discount supermarket in Uttoxeter, creating 25 jobs.
24-Jun-1999

Storehouse is to open a 31,000 sq ft Bhs store in Wrexham's Henblas Square development in August, with the creation of 90 jobs.
23-Jun-1999

Cartwright Group is creating an extra 60 jobs at its trailer-manufacturing business in Altrincham.
23-Jun-1999

Eddie Stobart is opening two new distribution centres at the Daventry International Railfreight Terminal site, with the creation of about 200 jobs.
23-Jun-1999

Arcadia is to create 200 jobs by setting up Hawkshead clothing distribution centres in Preston and Burton-on-Trent, but existing warehouses in the Lake District, Barrow and Lancaster will be closed.
23-Jun-1999

Cable & Wireless Communications is to set up a call centre in Swansea with the creation of 1,200 jobs, in order to deal with the anticipated demand for digital TV.
23-Jun-1999

Bradford Council has given Leeds-based Contract Experts the go-ahead to build a new hotel in Baildon, creating dozens of new jobs.
22-Jun-1999

Thistle Confectionery is to set up a confectionery factory at New Leeds in Aberdeenshire, creating an initial 15 jobs.
22-Jun-1999

NTL is to create about 900 jobs over the next four years at various sites across Northern Ireland, in order to provide support to customers of its telecoms and TV businesses.
22-Jun-1999

Haani Cables has tripled the size of its electric cables factory in Hartlepool, and expects to add to the 100-strong workforce over the next few months.
21-Jun-1999

Bank of Scotland's Capital Bank subsidiary is creating 270 jobs at its call centre in Wythenshawe, in order to cope with rising demand for personal loans.
21-Jun-1999

Prowting Homes is relocating its regional headquarters from Surrey to the Crossways business park in Kent, where it will employ 60 people.
21-Jun-1999

Woolwich and Countrywide Credit Industries are to set up a head office for their Global Home Loans mortgage service at the Crossways business park in Kent, creating up to 350 jobs.
21-Jun-1999

BioReliance of the US is creating 50 jobs through the £2.3m expansion of its biotechnology headquarters at Stirling University's Innovation Park.
19-Jun-1999

J Wild is relocating its bakery business to new premises in Steeton near Keighley with the creation of 50 jobs, in order to expand production of its biscuit gift ranges.
18-Jun-1999

Lookers is to set up a £4.5m car dealership in Stretford with the creation of 40 jobs, and it will include franchises for Suzuki, Seat and Mazda.
18-Jun-1999

Park Applications Computer Engineering is creating 20 new jobs at its software development business in Craigavon, in order to become a leading supplier of management information systems to the agri-food industry.
18-Jun-1999

LA International is relocating its IT recruitment business to a £2m purpose-built facility in Stoke-on-Trent, and expects to create 50 jobs over the next two years.
18-Jun-1999

Acco Europe, the office products company, is returning to its former headquarters in Wrotham Heath, where it will employ about 80 staff.
17-Jun-1999

Sainsbury has announced plans for a new £20m store in the Northfield area of Birmingham, creating at least 100 jobs.
17-Jun-1999

Telecom Service Centres is considering plans to set up a new call centre in Argyll with the creation of 100 jobs, in order to run customer service operations for major companies.
17-Jun-1999

Thorn Lighting is to build a £5m distribution centre at its Spennymoor factory in County Durham with the creation of 60 jobs.
17-Jun-1999

Haq, the Yorkshire-based food retailer, is planning to open five new stores in a £9m nationwide expansion that will create 275 jobs.
16-Jun-1999

Tulloch is planning to build a £3m retail park at Portree on the Isle of Skye, which could create about 60 jobs.
16-Jun-1999

Catch Monitored Security, the supplier of security and surveillance systems, has opened two new sales offices in Coventry and Manchester and is recruiting an extra 55 staff for its call centre in Middlesbrough.
16-Jun-1999

Rubicon Beverages is to build a factory to make cartons of fruit juice at Tredegar in South Wales.
16-Jun-1999

First Leisure has confirmed that 200 jobs will be created with the opening of three venues at the new Barbican Leisure Park in Plymouth, including the Superbowl, the Destiny nightclub and the Heroes sports bar.
16-Jun-1999

TownPages is planning to set up 3,500 free online information kiosks across the country, creating 600 jobs in two years.
15-Jun-1999

RF Brookes is setting up a £40m chilled ready meals factory at Risca near Newport, with the creation of up to 450 jobs.
15-Jun-1999

DDA Care Services has announced plans to create 30 jobs in Tyrone in an expansion of its business providing care to elderly and housebound people.
15-Jun-1999

Shorts is to invest £18m in the expansion of its aerospace factory in Belfast in order to build a new fuselage for Canadian parent Bombardier, and up to 170 jobs will be created.
14-Jun-1999

Targetbase is planning to create at least 50 jobs in Middlesbrough over the next three years, having won a contract to provide market research to a Dutch firm.
14-Jun-1999

CP Pharmaceuticals is to expand its factory in Wrexham in order to meet rising demand for generic medicines in tablet form, and about 37 jobs will be created.
14-Jun-1999

Baldwins Industrial Services is to create about 40 jobs at its Middlesbrough depot over the next year due to growth in its heavy cranes business.
14-Jun-1999

Macdonald Hotels is planning to build a £14m 200-bedroom hotel at Leeds-Bradford International Airport, which could create more than 100 jobs.
11-Jun-1999

Travel Merry Hill is creating 20 new driving jobs in order to expand its bus services in the Dudley area.
11-Jun-1999

Greenalls has revealed details of its £12m leisure development in Manchester city centre, including a health and fitness club, a 147-bedroom Premier lodge and a Henry's Cafe Bar, creating 100 jobs.
11-Jun-1999

Exel Logistics is to relocate its chilled food distribution depot in Stoke-on-Trent to the nearby NFC warehouse, which will involve the transfer of 250 staff and the creation of a further 100 jobs.
10-Jun-1999

Severn Trent Water has awarded a £9m pipeline maintenance contract to utility contractor MPB, which could create up to 100 jobs in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.
10-Jun-1999

Book Club Associates, a member of the Bertelsmann Media Group, is creating 60 jobs for German speakers in Swindon.
10-Jun-1999

The government's property agency has agreed plans for the redevelopment of the historic code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, involving a visitor's centre, leisure facilities, and the creation of hundreds of jobs.
10-Jun-1999

Procter & Gamble is to create 200 new jobs at its headquarters in Gosforth over the next five years, despite a worldwide rationalisation programme that will cut 15,000 jobs worldwide.
09-Jun-1999

Fenland Laundries is planning to set up a £4m factory in Louth in order to provide a nationwide garment service, and 80 jobs will be created.
09-Jun-1999

Honda has bought 34 acres of land at the Cabot Park distribution park near Avonmouth docks for £10m, in order to double the size of its car distribution centre, and 125 jobs will be created.
09-Jun-1999

TK Maxx is to set up a 27,000 sq ft fashion store at the £50m Kingsgate shopping scheme in Huddersfield, creating 30 jobs.
09-Jun-1999

Safeway is seeking planning permission to build a superstore in Worcester, which would create up to 280 jobs.
09-Jun-1999

Initial City Link is planning to build a new parcels depot in Willenhall, which will create up to 600 jobs.
08-Jun-1999

Sanderson Bramall is planning to build a new Toyota, Fiat and Alfa Romeo car showroom at Langage in Plymouth, creating 25 jobs.
08-Jun-1999

Philips Semiconductors has started work on a £5m semiconductor design facility in Southampton, which will create 160 jobs.
08-Jun-1999

Science Systems, the US software company, has started work on the second phase of a £4m headquarters in Chippenham, and 350 staff will be employed at the site.
07-Jun-1999

Renishaw is expecting to receive planning permission to expand its electronic measuring equipment factory in Wotton-under-Edge, and aims to double its workforce from 800 to 1,600.
07-Jun-1999

Bass is seeking a major leisure company to operate a planned £1.2m health and fitness complex at the Centrum 100 business park in Burton, which will create 50 jobs.
07-Jun-1999

Virgin is planning to link up with One-2-One to launch Virgin-branded mobile phones, and will set up a call centre with 500 staff.
07-Jun-1999

Tesco has confirmed plans to open 26 stores in the UK and 13 overseas, while its home shopping service will be introduced in another 100 stores.
05-Jun-1999

Pink Elephant, the Dutch-owned systems support company, is to create 250 jobs at its offices in Reading over the next two years as part of an ongoing expansion programme.
05-Jun-1999

Toyoda Gosei of Japan is planning to build a plant to make car window seals in Rotherham, creating up to 120 jobs.
04-Jun-1999

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has announced plans to build a neighbourhood shopping complex at the Florence Park housing development in Longton, with the creation of about 50 jobs.
03-Jun-1999

Virgin Cinemas has started work on a new £4.5m nine-screen cinema complex in Hull, and 60 jobs will be created when it opens next year.
03-Jun-1999

Parisa is to open five cafe-bars in London, Newbury, Bromley, Harpenden and Leeds, with the creation of 200 jobs.
02-Jun-1999

Protek, the computer security company, is to set up an office in Crewe later this month with the creation of about 100 jobs.
02-Jun-1999

L'Oreal is planning to expand its cosmetics factory in Llantrisant by 18,000 square metres, with the creation of up to 20 jobs.
02-Jun-1999

Locate in Scotland has announced that Level One Communications of the US is to set up a £2m communications design centre in Glasgow, with the creation of at least 25 jobs.
02-Jun-1999

Portico has revealed plans to convert Ecclesgreig Castle near St Cyrus in Scotland into a hotel and leisure centre with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
01-Jun-1999

The Industrial Development Board of Northern Ireland has announced that furniture and services group SoS Group is to create 24 new jobs in a £1.4m investment to expand capacity.
01-Jun-1999

Gloucester City Council is considering plans from Cheltenham-based developer Robert Hitchins Properties for the final phase of a new retail and leisure complex at Quedgeley, which would create about 115 jobs.
31-May-1999

BAA is to apply for planning permission to expand Gatwick airport so that it can handle an extra 10m passengers a year, as it does not expect the fifth terminal at Heathrow to open until 2006.
31-May-1999

Bure Valley Foods, the cooked meats products company, has sold an undisclosed stake in the company to Dutch food group Royal Wessanen, and has also announced that 100 jobs will be created at a new plant in North Walsham later this year.
28-May-1999

Sunderland Council has announced that Esmar of Spain is to set up a new car components factory at the Sunrise Enterprise Park, with the creation of 50 jobs.
28-May-1999

Sage is planning to recruit an additional 300 customer support technicians and telesales staff in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in order to cope with rising demand for its accounting software products.
28-May-1999

Aerolaminates of Denmark is planning to build a £13m wind turbine blades factory on the Isle of Wight's St Cross Business Park, with the creation of 250 jobs.
28-May-1999

NFU Mutual Direct is to set up a £3.8m insurance sales and customer service centre in Glasgow with the creation of 250 jobs over the next three years.
28-May-1999

BAA McArthur Glen is planning to open a £70m designer outlet retail centre in Livingston in August 2000, including space for 100 shops and a 10-screen multiplex cinema.
28-May-1999

Midland Mainline is creating 100 new jobs in Derby following an increase in the frequency of its rail service from Derby and Sheffield to London.
28-May-1999

Modern Engineering is to merge with sister company Billington Structures in order to create a combined structural steel company called Billington Modern Structures, and 50 jobs will be created as it improves facilities at its Bristol site.
27-May-1999

Signum Circuits, the printed circuit board company, is planning to take over the former Exacta factory in Selkirk and more than double its turnover with the creation of 50 jobs.
27-May-1999

Travel House, the Swansea-based travel agency, is planning to create 800 jobs in the city over the next three years following its acquisition by Thomson Travel, and it will move to a larger call centre to run Thomson's Teletext operation.
27-May-1999

Rover is creating 800 new jobs at its Oxford plant in order to build up production of the new R75 saloon car.
27-May-1999

Hilton Meat Products is to invest £1.5m in the expansion of its factory in Carrickfergus, with the creation of 20 jobs.
26-May-1999

Portsmouth City Council is considering plans from Munroe K for the construction of a health and fitness centre as part of the £5m expansion of Port Solent that will create 300 jobs.
26-May-1999

Ford has confirmed plans for a £468m project to prepare its Dagenham plant for a new generation of cars, and it will link up with local authorities and other companies to provide training and leisure facilities and a 90-acre supplier park.
26-May-1999

Newcastle City Council has approved a £120m plan from Stamford Developments to transform Swan House into a luxury hotel and build a shopping mall with an 11-screen cinema, and up to 700 jobs will be created.
25-May-1999

British Ceramic Tiles has announced a £30m plan to expand the former Candy Tiles factory at Heathfield in Devon, creating up to 300 new jobs.
25-May-1999

Oriel Leisure is to build a £4m Holiday Inn Express hotel on Gloucester's Waterwells Business Park, creating at least 20 jobs.
25-May-1999

GT Group, the Peterlee-based engineering company, is to create 120 jobs in the north-east having secured export orders worth £20m.
24-May-1999

Dyson is planning to build a £20m vacuum cleaner factory next to its existing site in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, with the creation of 1,100 jobs.
24-May-1999

Just Rentals, the South Wales electrical retailer, is changing its name to Buy As You View, and is planning to open stores across the country starting with an outlet in Sunderland next month.
24-May-1999

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Barnsley has secured £6.5m of funding for an expansion that will transform it into a major tourist attraction, and several hundred jobs will be created.
24-May-1999

STMicroelectronics is planning to recruit an additional 90 staff for its microchip R&D headquarters in Bristol.
21-May-1999

Apion, the Belfast software company, is to open a new office in Drogheda, where it expects to create 100 jobs over the next three years.
21-May-1999

Chadfort Engineering is to expand its factory in Blackburn, with the creation of 35 jobs and the introduction of new robotic welding equipment and a powder coating plant.
20-May-1999

Greenalls is to spend £14m building seven hotels in the car parks of London Underground stations, with the creation of almost 200 jobs.
20-May-1999

Seeboard is to create almost 200 more jobs in Hove, including customer service staff and field sales workers, as part of a strategy to benefit from the opening up of the electricity market.
19-May-1999

BVG Airflo is to expand its 56-strong workforce with the opening of a second factory in Brecon to manufacture fishing tackle.
18-May-1999

RM is planning to recruit 250 staff this year at its Abingdon-based computer business, in order to benefit from government plans to upgrade equipment in schools.
18-May-1999

Absolute Quality of the US is to create 120 jobs in Glasgow over the next three years by setting up a support centre for entertainment software products.
18-May-1999

Acxiom, the marketing services company, is planning to relocate 350 staff to Doxford International Technology Park in Sunderland, and a further 200 jobs will be created.
17-May-1999

Stan Robinson, the road haulage company, is planning to expand its distribution centre at Ladfordfields near Stafford with the creation of more than 50 jobs over the next few years.
17-May-1999

Southampton Cargo Handling is starting its first significant recruitment drive since the business was established in 1990, having won a number of new contracts, and several dozen jobs are expected to be created.
17-May-1999

OSM, the Southampton-based machining specialist, is setting up a new workshop and office in Doncaster to service the offshore industry, and at least 12 jobs will be created.
15-May-1999

Fratelli Sarti is planning to set up four Italian restaurants in Glasgow with the creation on 400 jobs.
14-May-1999

First Leisure is seeking 150 staff for its new bowling alley, nightclub, and bar at the Barbican Leisure Centre in Plymouth, while Pizza Hut and the Old Orleans restaurant chain are also opening outlets at the site.
14-May-1999

Tameside Council is considering plans from Reeb Estates for the construction of a new retail park at Denton that could create 750 jobs.
14-May-1999

Sainsbury is to create 500 new jobs at a new store near the Millennium Dome in East London, and it is expected to open in September.
13-May-1999

Whitbread is seeking 75 staff for its new £2.3m Travel Inn at Hayle in Cornwall, which is due to open in June.
13-May-1999

AVE Rail Products is seeking to recruit an additional 30 workers for its engineering business in Derby due to rising demand for train carriages.
13-May-1999

Marconi Marine is linking up with FBM to re-start merchant shipbuilding at the former Cammell Laird yard on Merseyside with the help of a government subsidy, and up to 1,000 jobs could be created.
13-May-1999

Lynx is looking to spend up to £80m on acquisitions to expand its financial software and IT systems business, and is also seeking to recruit more staff specialising in the installation of SAP systems.
13-May-1999

CCS Mobile Phone World is to open new sales centres in Newcastle, South Shields and Durham and expand its Sunderland head office, with the creation of about 30 jobs.
12-May-1999

Associated British Ports has announced plans to build a new £5m terminal at the Port of Hull in order to double the capacity for paper and board shipments, and more than 50 jobs will be created.
12-May-1999

Rank is seeking 180 staff for a new call centre at Bognor, which will become the national headquarters for holiday reservations for all Rank holiday companies.
12-May-1999

Michelin has confirmed plans to develop a 55-acre industrial park and hotel at Sideway near Stoke-on-Trent, creating up to 1,200 jobs.
12-May-1999

Marks & Spencer is to increase the size of its central Sheffield store at a cost of £5m, with the creation of 80 jobs.
11-May-1999

Costco UK has submitted plans to Aberdeenshire Council to build a £7m warehouse store on the outskirts of Aberdeen, with the creation of more than 200 jobs.
11-May-1999

Allied Dunbar is planning to recruit 750 additional financial sales staff, following a move to convert its salesforce into a franchised network in order to attract better-qualified advisers.
11-May-1999

Irish Road Motors is opening a £1.1m car repair centre at Campsie in Londonderry, with the creation of 40 jobs.
10-May-1999

Tesco is planning to expand its Hartlepool store and create 52 new jobs.
07-May-1999

Pink Home Loans, the Lichfield-based home loans company, is seeking to expand its office space and 50-strong workforce due to its success in the mortgage intermediary market.
07-May-1999

Scottish Power is planning to set up a Welsh language call centre in Caernarfon for its Manweb electricity business, creating 30 jobs.
07-May-1999

Cable & Wireless Communications is to create 2,000 jobs as part of its digital TV plans, including 740 technical staff in Manchester and London and 1,200 call centre staff.
07-May-1999

Jensen Motors has applied for government aid towards a new purpose-built factory in Birmingham, which would create at least 60 jobs.
06-May-1999

McDonald's is planning to build a new flagship restaurant in Birmingham, at the former Bank of England premises in Temple Row, creating 80 jobs.
06-May-1999

Birmingham City Council has approved plans for three shopping developments that will create 1,500 jobs, including a £35m shopping centre and Sainsbury's at Castle Vale, a £20m Sainsbury's store at the Maypole, and a £15m development in Small Heath.
06-May-1999

Unilever's DiverseyLever subsidiary is to build a £10m cleaning products distribution centre in Derby, creating about 70 jobs, in order to replace a facility at Port Sunlight.
06-May-1999

CPG Logistics has applied for planning permission to expand its packaging plant at Fareham Reach in Gosport, creating up to 150 jobs.
05-May-1999

Whitbread is to invest £60m in the north-west this year with the creation of 1,000 jobs, including a new David Lloyd Leisure centre at the former Bolton Royal Infirmary site and others in Warrington, Speke and Kirkby.
05-May-1999

Asda is planning to invest £70m in two new stores in Aberdare and Swansea and a distribution centre in Chepstow, with the creation of about 750 jobs.
05-May-1999

One-2-One is to set up a telecoms call centre in Greenock over the next two years with the creation of 800 jobs, while another 500 jobs will be created at its Dearne Valley call centre in south Yorkshire and 300 jobs at Doxford in Sunderland.
05-May-1999

TIB is to expand its CD pressing plant in Merthyr with the creation of 44 jobs.
04-May-1999

Sterling Fluid Systems is to open a new information technology centre at its site in Letterkenny, Donegal, with the creation of 16 jobs.
04-May-1999

Nottingham City Council has announced plans for a £25m city centre leisure scheme that will include a 14-screen cinema, 100-bed hotel and restaurants, creating 150 jobs.
03-May-1999

Joden, the manufacturer of Jessica Maybury jewellery, is planning to relocate from Hove to Port Talbot, where it will create dozens of new jobs.
03-May-1999

Kymata is planning to set up a factory in Livingston to make telecoms components, and expects to create up to 200 jobs over the next five years.
03-May-1999

Paul Cockcroft Properties is planning to build a leisure park between Brighouse and Elland, including a 30-bedroom hotel, holiday cottages and sports facilities, with the creation of 100 jobs.
30-Apr-1999

KPMG is setting up an associated law firm called Klegal, and plans to launch a recruitment campaign.
30-Apr-1999

Wickes Home Improvement Centres and Blockbuster Video have announced plans to set up stores at a new retail park in Blackburn, and other interested retailers are said to include Argos, Staples, PC World, Pets at Home and Boots.
29-Apr-1999

Airbus Industries has announced plans to develop a 650-seater passenger jet, codenamed A3XX, that could create up to 10,000 UK jobs at the British Aerospace factory near Chester and at 400 component suppliers.
29-Apr-1999

Sunley Holdings and Hawk Property Development Company are planning a new £11m retail park in Torquay, which will include a McDonald's drive-thru restaurant and up to three other retail stores, creating 100 jobs.
29-Apr-1999

Whitbread is to build a 260-room Travel Inn in Belfast's Victoria Street, creating 100 jobs.
29-Apr-1999

ZEDA, the IT services company, is to create more than 400 jobs in Nottingham, Hull, Leeds and Stirling this year as it continues to win new outsourcing contracts, and it is also looking to open new service centres at additional locations.
29-Apr-1999

Vodafone has won planning permission to build a £120m world headquarters in Newbury, where it will employ up to 3,400 staff.
29-Apr-1999

Bass Developments has won approval from the East Staffordshire planning committee to build a £7m nine-screen cinema with restaurants and a pub in Burton, creating 140 jobs.
28-Apr-1999

Grundig UK is to expand production at its TV set-top boxes factory in Llantrisant with the creation of 120 jobs.
28-Apr-1999

Smart Europe is seeking 70 new staff for its telemarketing call centre in Sandbach, and is also planning to open a second call centre in the north employing 30 people later this year.
28-Apr-1999

Celtic Manor, the £100m hotel complex near Newport in Gwent, is seeking 200 additional staff following an expansion that has left it with 400 rooms, two restaurants, two health clubs and a conference centre.
27-Apr-1999

Lambert Smith Hampton is acting as agent for a £4m retail and visitor attraction being planned by the Moygashel Development Association in Mid Ulster, which could create up to 400 jobs.
27-Apr-1999

On Digital is to create an additional 75 jobs at its digital TV call centre in Plymouth, and Plymouth is one of a number of potential locations for a new national customer inquiry centre, which could create 1,000 jobs over five years.
26-Apr-1999

VIS Interactive, the Dunfermline-based computer games designer, is planning to create up to 240 jobs by setting up a network of studios across Europe.
23-Apr-1999

Jagged Globe, the operator of tours for climbers, is to set up a new headquarters at the Foundry climbing centre in Sheffield, creating 20 jobs.
23-Apr-1999

Gateshead Council is reconsidering plans from Costco of the US to build a warehouse shopping outlet on the former Dunston Power Station site, which would create hundreds of jobs.
23-Apr-1999

Filtronic is planning to build another electronic components plant at Shipley in Yorkshire, which will create 400 jobs.
23-Apr-1999

Highland Council has agreed the sale of land at the site of the former Glebe Street swimming pool in Inverness to builders Upland Tulloch for the construction of a £10m hotel and conference centre, which will create 100 jobs.
23-Apr-1999

Birmingham City Council has approved plans from architects Hulme Upright Weedon for a 240-bedroom City Inn hotel in the Brindleyplace district, creating 100 jobs.
23-Apr-1999

DDL Electronics is to invest £5.6m at its electronic components factory in Lurgan in order to increase production and expand its international marketing operations, and 148 jobs are being created.
22-Apr-1999

Ambic Technical Furniture, the maker of specialist furniture, is to relocate from Newcastle city centre to the Stella Gill Industrial Estate at Chester-le-Street, creating 15 jobs.
22-Apr-1999

Greenalls is planning to build a £12m 98-bedroom hotel in Dudley under the Village brand, including leisure club and swimming pool.
22-Apr-1999

Swan Hill has announced that it expects at least 400 jobs to be created when the £60m shopping village opens at Whiteley near Fareham in the autumn, and it will include 50 shops.
22-Apr-1999

Claire's Accessories, a subsidiary of US-based Claire's Stores, is to set up a head office and jewellery distribution centre at the Bromford Gate scheme in Birmingham, creating 70 jobs.
22-Apr-1999

Macdonald Hotels has won approval to build a £7.5m four-star hotel and country club on the River Tweed at Cardrona in the Borders, which will create 100 jobs.
21-Apr-1999

Astronics is creating 30 new jobs in Portsmouth, having won a contract to manufacture radio-based telephones for Africa.
21-Apr-1999

Newcastle Airport expects to choose a developer later this year for a £20m project to build a new Metro and rail station, which will create hundreds of jobs.
20-Apr-1999

IMS, the Leeds-based telephone services company, is investing £2m in a new call centre at Steeton, near Keighley, creating at least 100 jobs.
20-Apr-1999

AC Yule is setting up an aluminium products factory in Sunderland, with the creation of up to 24 jobs.
19-Apr-1999

The new Defence Vetting Agency is to create about 140 jobs when it sets up in York next April, and a further 40 staff are expected to relocate from existing vetting agencies in the south.
16-Apr-1999

Hills Electrical is opening an office in the centre of London, as part of an expansion plan that will create 500 jobs by 2003.
16-Apr-1999

Rykneld Tean is planning to relocate its industrial tapes business to the West Meadows Industrial Estate in Derby, creating up to 40 new jobs.
15-Apr-1999

Highland Council is expected to receive a planning application from Vincero Productions of Aberdeen for the construction of a £6m film studio and museum of the moving arts in Inverness, creating about 50 jobs.
15-Apr-1999

Nortel Networks is seeking to recruit 300 assemblers at its optoelectronics plant in Paignton.
15-Apr-1999

British Ceramic Tiles is seeking 200 workers for its new factory in Newton Abbot, which is due to open later this month.
15-Apr-1999

Harrier is seeking 80 temporary staff for its mail order photo-finishing laboratory in Newton Abbot, in order to cover the busy summer period.
15-Apr-1999

Royal Brierley Crystal is planning to relocate to a new £5.5m site in Dudley next year, and 20 jobs will be created in a visitor centre attached to the factory.
15-Apr-1999

Cellnet has announced plans to set up a new regional call centre in Bury, Greater Manchester, with the creation of 2,000 jobs.
15-Apr-1999

Promotional Logistics is to build a call centre and warehouse to distribute promotional material at Sherwood Park near Annesley Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire, creating 600 jobs.
14-Apr-1999

Greene King has won permission to build a 40-bed hotel in Basildon, creating 14 jobs.
14-Apr-1999

Card Protection Plan is planning to set up a new credit card insurance office at Holgate Park in York, with the creation of 750 jobs.
14-Apr-1999

Aston Villa is to submit plans to Birmingham City Council to spend £18m modernising its football stadium and building a food superstore and industrial estate, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
13-Apr-1999

Moorfield Estates is close to winning government approval to set up a £360m freight terminal at Teesside Airport, which could help to create up to 6,000 jobs.
13-Apr-1999

Bombardier is seeking a site in the West Midlands to set up a new plant to maintain Virgin's fleet of Cross-Country trains, and up to 300 jobs will be created.
13-Apr-1999

Delta Print & Packaging is to create an extra 20 jobs in Belfast, having won an order to supply cartons to McDonald's outlets throughout Ireland and the UK.
13-Apr-1999

Stevenson & Company is planning to spend £1.8m on the expansion of its Cullybackey pork products factory in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 30 jobs.
13-Apr-1999

Tesco has announced plans to create 10,000 new jobs by building new stores and expanding existing outlets, while its internet shopping trial will be extended to 100 stores by the end of the year.
13-Apr-1999

Hammond Suddards has announced plans to recruit 250 staff in Leeds over the next three years in order to expand its house conveyancing and property services division.
12-Apr-1999

Cardiff Bay Development Corporation has appointed Denvale Trade Parks to develop a £5m trade park with 11 trade counters for the building industry, and 100 jobs will be created.
09-Apr-1999

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter of the US has confirmed plans to set up a £20m customer service centre in Cumbernauld, creating 1,000 jobs over the next five years.
09-Apr-1999

Cellnet is changing its name to BT Cellnet and aims to create 1,500 jobs over the next year, mostly in Scotland and Yorkshire.
09-Apr-1999

Littlewoods is to create a further 300 jobs in Warrington and Knowsley in order to expand its telephone-based gambling operation.
08-Apr-1999

East Midlands Development Agency has announced that TDS Systemhouse of Germany is to set up a UK computer services headquarters at the Tapton Park Innovation Centre near Chesterfield, and aims to create 100 jobs over the next three years.
08-Apr-1999

PMS International is planning to expand its toy warehouse in Basildon with the creation of 20 jobs.
08-Apr-1999

Borders is planning to open book superstores in Oxford and Cambridge next year.
08-Apr-1999

Matra Datavision is planning to create an extra 20 jobs in Coventry over the next two years, and hopes to benefit from a £50m contract won by its French parent to supply technology engineering services to Renault.
08-Apr-1999

Galliford and Christiani & Nielsen have jointly won a £60m contract to build Birmingham's Millennium Point retail and leisure scheme, which will create more than 500 jobs over the next two years.
08-Apr-1999

MPC Data has opened a new office near its existing headquarters in Bradford-on-Avon, and is seeking additional staff to work on a number of software projects.
08-Apr-1999

Asda has started recruiting 200 additional staff for its new hypermarket in Swansea, which is due to open in July.
08-Apr-1999

Content Technologies is seeking to recruit an extra 60 engineers at its offices in Reading and abroad, in order to cope with rising sales of its internet software products.
08-Apr-1999

James Beattie is planning to open a new department store in Huddersfield and expand existing stores in Northampton, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton and Solihull, with the creation of 600 jobs.
07-Apr-1999

BP Amoco and General Electric of the US have won government approval for a £300m gas-fired power station scheme at Baglan Bay near Swansea, which will be central to an energy park that could create up to 10,000 jobs.
07-Apr-1999

JP Morgan, the US investment bank, has confirmed plans to set up a £7m software engineering centre in Glasgow that will create up to 300 jobs.
07-Apr-1999

Vosper Thornycroft has won a £180m contract to provide two new firefighting training facilities in Plymouth and Portsmouth for the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency.
07-Apr-1999

Whitbread is to expand its nationwide chain of Costa coffee shops with 50 new outlets over the next 12 months.
07-Apr-1999

British Telecom has announced the creation of an additional 350 jobs at its £25m call centre at Gosforth Business Park on Tyneside.
07-Apr-1999

Hartlepool Borough Council has approved plans from Springhealth Leisure for the construction of a £2.5m gym and health club in Hartlepool, which will create about 90 jobs.
07-Apr-1999

Salvador Caetano of Portugal is seeking to recruit an additional 80 workers for its coach and bus factory in Waterlooville.
07-Apr-1999

Scottish Hydro-Electric is to recruit up to 200 staff in Aberdeen, Inverness, Perth and Dundee, following the launch of a new contracting company to carry out street work contracts.
06-Apr-1999

County Durham Development Company has announced that Senstronics is to set up a factory in Newton Aycliffe to make pressure sensors for cars and other industries, with the creation of 200 jobs.
02-Apr-1999

JWE Telecom is seeking an extra 20 staff for its headquarters in Pocklington, having won a £0.5m contract to repair mobile phones for Cellnet.
02-Apr-1999

Sissons is seeking to recruit an additional 25 workers, following the expansion of its stainless steel sanitary ware factory on the Sheepbridge trading estate in Chesterfield.
02-Apr-1999

Stansted Airport has won approval from Uttlesford District Council for a £200m expansion that will double the number of passengers and create up to 5,000 jobs.
01-Apr-1999

International Rectifier of the US is about to start recruiting up to 500 workers for its new £25m electronic car components factory in Swansea.
01-Apr-1999

Hyundai Car is to develop a 30-acre car importing facility at the Port of Tilbury, creating at least 20 new jobs.
01-Apr-1999

Swansea Council has revealed plans for the new £70m National Waterfront Museum which is expected to attract 1.5m visitors a year and create 200 jobs.
01-Apr-1999

Torbay Council is considering plans from McDonalds and Kentucky Freid Chicken to set up fast food outlets on the outskirts of Paignton, which could lead to the creation of 100 jobs.
31-Mar-1999

The Independent Television Commission has given Caledonia Television the go-ahead to launch a commercial TV channel for the Highlands, creating 15 jobs in Inverness.
31-Mar-1999

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is planning to double the size of its intensive therapy unit at a cost of £2.5m, creating about 50 nursing jobs.
31-Mar-1999

Safeway has submitted plans to Hyndburn Council to build a new store in Great Harwood near Blackburn, creating 180 jobs.
30-Mar-1999

Greenalls is planning a £2m refurbishment for the Tramps nightclub in Birmingham, which will lead to the creation of 70 jobs.
30-Mar-1999

The government has announced plans to set up two multi-million pound science parks at Magee and Coleraine Universities creating up to 700 jobs, as part of a £30m science park package.
30-Mar-1999

Abbey National is to expand its call centre in Belfast with the creation of 236 jobs.
30-Mar-1999

Wireless Systems International, the manufacturer of power amplifiers for mobile phone communications networks, is to recruit an additional 40 research and engineering staff as it prepares to boost sales from £5m to £60m over the next five years.
29-Mar-1999

Arriva has won planning permission to develop a B&Q DIY store in Sunderland that will create 250 jobs.
29-Mar-1999

Bibby Distribution Services is planning a £3.7m expansion at its Scunthorpe operation to distribute drinks for the Nisa Today grocery chain, and up to 150 jobs will be created.
29-Mar-1999

The University of Aberdeen is planning to recruit an additional 90 staff for its Institute of Medical Sciences, in an attempt to create one of the leading medical research and teaching centres in the world.
29-Mar-1999

Holland & Barrett has opened a new health food store in Burton-on-Trent, and a distribution centre that will employ 300 is being built at the nearby Centrum 100 Business Park.
29-Mar-1999

M Thomas Management is to launch a new rail freight container service in Plymouth, which will transfer goods from lorries to railway wagons and create an unspecified number of jobs.
26-Mar-1999

Tarmac Civil Engineering is seeking 250 construction workers for a £50m contract to upgrade Nine Dock at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth.
26-Mar-1999

Next has announced plans to create an additional 2,000 jobs at the Ventura call centre that is being built in the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire.
26-Mar-1999

AC Yule has set up a £1m glass processing factory in Livingston and plans to create an extra 26 jobs over the next three years.
26-Mar-1999

Omega Electronic Equipment is creating an extra 15 jobs in Stone, having won a contract to market its range of personal computers in the Freemans catalogue.
26-Mar-1999

Merck Sharp & Dohme is planning to expand its neurological research centre near Harlow, creating about 65 jobs.
26-Mar-1999

Ilkeston Co-op Motor Group is to invest £3m opening three new car dealerships in Nottingham, Mansfield and Derby, creating 80 jobs.
25-Mar-1999

Project Telecom is setting up a national mobile phones distribution and call centre in Newark with the creation of 100 jobs.
25-Mar-1999

Air France is to set up a European telephone reservation centre at Wembley in London with the creation of 240 jobs, and nine other centres in continental Europe will be closed.
25-Mar-1999

City Centre Restaurants is planning to open 25 restaurants this year, taking the total to 330.
25-Mar-1999

Apollo Metals has won a £50m a year contract from British Aerospace Military Aircraft & Aerostructures, and will set up a new subsidiary in the north-west that will create 65 jobs.
25-Mar-1999

British Airways has announced plans to start scheduled services from Sheffield to London, Paris, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow and Edinburgh, creating 25 jobs at Sheffield City Airport.
24-Mar-1999

Vision Consulting is to invest £1.7m expanding its Belfast software business into new markets in Europe and the US, with the creation of up to 95 jobs.
24-Mar-1999

Tesco has agreed to acquire a site near Walsall town centre for £5m in order to build a supermarket and petrol station, creating up to 500 jobs.
23-Mar-1999

Direct Car Finance is planning to set up a new car financing office at the Sunrise Enterprise Park in Sunderland, with the creation of 35 jobs.
23-Mar-1999

Highland Window Company is opening a sales office and showroom in Nairn, with the creation of 10 jobs.
23-Mar-1999

Scottish Highland Hotels is to build a £1.4m health and leisure club at the Hellaby Hall Hotel in Rotherham, creating 20 jobs.
23-Mar-1999

Tesco is to open a store at Whiteley near Fareham with the creation of 200 jobs, as part of a £60m retail complex that is due to open in the autumn.
23-Mar-1999

Viridian is planning to create up to 100 new jobs with the launch of a new subsidiary called Powerteam, which will offer electrical services to companies throughout Ireland.
23-Mar-1999

JE Eltherington & Son is planning to build a £1.5m factory to manufacture windows and doors in Hull, which will create 65 jobs if approval is given.
22-Mar-1999

Calderdale Council is to consider plans from John Radcliffe Associates for the construction of a £15m retail development at a former mill in Brighouse, which would create 200 jobs.
22-Mar-1999

The Welsh Development Agency is starting work on a large-scale industrial development at Brocastle that could lead to the creation of 3,000 jobs, and Mexican automotive component company Nemak is interested in building a foundry at the site.
22-Mar-1999

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter of the US is said to be planning to locate 1,000 back-office jobs in Cumbernauld, while JP Morgan is reported to be considering the creation of 300 IT jobs at the Stratchlyde Business Park.
22-Mar-1999

La Glacerie is planning to build a new factory to make ice-cream cakes for caterers in Ashford, Kent, with the creation of 35 jobs.
22-Mar-1999

Carpets International is to open a carpet distribution centre in Doncaster in June with the creation of 85 jobs, but 111 jobs will be lost at a site in Bradford.
19-Mar-1999

Muller Dairy has announced plans to double the size of its dairy factory in Market Drayton with the creation of 250 jobs, and has only just completed work on a £24m extension.
19-Mar-1999

Newstel Information is considering plans to set up a public transport information call centre in Aviemore, with the creation of 100 jobs.
19-Mar-1999

Coventry City Council is in discussions with the Quingqi Group of China about plans to set up a scooters factory in Coventry, which would create about 100 jobs.
19-Mar-1999

Wm Morrison is planning to open 11 new supermarkets by the end of next year, as part of an expansion plan that will create 3,500 jobs.
19-Mar-1999

Lambert Smith Hampton, the commercial property agent, has announced that The Yankee Candle Company of the US is setting up a European headquarters in Bristol, creating at least 15 jobs.
18-Mar-1999

Whitbread Inns' Hogshead Pub division is investing £0.6m in a new pub in Plymouth city centre, with the creation of 30 jobs.
18-Mar-1999

Kingfisher is planning to open 103 new stores with the creation of 4,800 jobs, and has also announced a strategy to develop its business in continental Europe.
18-Mar-1999

Ginsters is to invest £10m in the expansion of its Lynher Bakery at Callington, with the creation of 80 jobs.
17-Mar-1999

The National Maritime Museum is to donate exhibits for a new £17m maritime museum that will be set up in Falmouth over the next two years, and 70 jobs will be created.
17-Mar-1999

Pace Micro Technology has announced plans to create 100 new jobs at its R&D facility in Bradford this year, in order to help with the development of digital TV software.
17-Mar-1999

Tulloch is to build a £10m hotel and conference centre in Inverness, which will create 100 jobs.
17-Mar-1999

Direct Holidays is to open a customer service support centre in Glasgow in May, with the creation of 150 jobs.
17-Mar-1999

Gemini Corrosion Services is setting up a £1.5m corrosion protection plant in Montrose in order to double production capacity and create an unspecified number of new jobs.
17-Mar-1999

Deeley Properties is planning to build a £5m shopping centre in Normanton Road, Derby, which will create about 100 jobs.
16-Mar-1999

Adria is planning to create 100 new jobs at factories in Strabane and Newry following an increase in demand for its hosiery and lingerie products.
16-Mar-1999

Norbrook Laboratories, the veterinary pharmaceuticals group, is planning to create 100 jobs in Newry this year, and a further 120 next year.
16-Mar-1999

Wilkinson Hardware Stores is to move to a larger store in Ilkeston this month, with the creation of 39 jobs.
16-Mar-1999

Celtic Energy has won approval to develop the Margam coal mine near Port Talbot, creating up to 350 jobs.
16-Mar-1999

Hays has won a contract to set up a national distribution network for the B&Q retailing chain, creating 400 jobs.
16-Mar-1999

The government is offering cash from a fund called the Regional Selective Assessment to help create more than 1,000 jobs in the North East.
15-Mar-1999

Bombardier has opened a new office in Derby to manage the maintenance of Virgin's train fleets, and the workforce is expected to rise from 15 to 40.
15-Mar-1999

Core Design, the computer games company, is planning to move to a new headquarters in Derby's Pride Park in May with the creation of 25 jobs.
15-Mar-1999

Holiday Hypermarkets is to expand its call centre in Stourbridge with the creation of 200 jobs, and its chain of stores is rising from six to 24.
15-Mar-1999

Auto Windscreens is to set up a national distribution centre for its vehicle glazing business in Birmingham, with the creation of 25 jobs.
15-Mar-1999

Scottish & Newcastle is to spend £150m over the next two years on the expansion of its Lodge Inns budget hotels business, its new coffee bar and Italian restaurants, and its chain of City Limits catering establishments.
15-Mar-1999

User Technology Associates, the US software solutions company, is planning to open a new office in Belfast which will create 100 jobs.
15-Mar-1999

CPP, the credit card insurance company, has opened a new customer service centre in York, and it expects to take on up to 1,000 staff over the next five years.
15-Mar-1999

Nova Retail Finance, part of the Hitachi Credit group, is doubling the size of its consumer credit call centre in Leeds, which currently employs 85 staff.
15-Mar-1999

Raytheon is planning to set up a software support centre in Northern Ireland, probably in Londonderrry, in order to back up its global defence programmes and create 150 jobs.
15-Mar-1999

Utopia Furniture is to set up a £6m headquarters for its fitted bathrooms business in Wolverhampton, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
12-Mar-1999

Uttoxeter Leisure & Development Company is planning a £2.5m development at Uttoxeter racecourse, in order to create a major tourist attraction and 200 jobs.
12-Mar-1999

Thomas Cook is to create an additional 200 jobs at its holiday call centre in Falkirk and 100 jobs at Glasgow Airport, but there will be about 120 job losses in Ayrshire and Clydebank.
12-Mar-1999

Mission Foods of the US is to set up a Mexican foods factory in Coventry, creating 300 jobs.
12-Mar-1999

Workplace Technologies is seeking to recruit an additional 30 staff at its computer services business in Stoke-on-Trent.
12-Mar-1999

Somerfield is to build a distribution depot near Selby in North Yorkshire with the creation of 600 jobs, as part of a plan to set up four such facilities throughout the UK.
12-Mar-1999

Indespension is recruiting an additional 20 workers at its trailers factory in Bolton, and is also looking to expand its retail network which includes new branches in Cardiff, Stoke, Scunthorpe and Blackburn.
12-Mar-1999

Cattles is planning to open a branch a week this year, as part of a strategy to set up a national network of Shopacheck and Welcome consumer finance outlets.
12-Mar-1999

Marks & Spencer Financial Services is setting up a new telephone sales division in Chester, which will create 50 jobs.
11-Mar-1999

Biotrace International is to add a second production line for rapid hygiene testing systems at its Bridgend plant, creating 30 new jobs.
11-Mar-1999

Vosper Thornycroft is planning to rebuild a dry dock at Dartmouth Naval College's Sandquay base, doubling the size of craft that can be repaired there, and the workforce is expected to rise by about 50.
11-Mar-1999

Sven Christiansen is to expand its office furniture factory in Kingswinford in the West Midlands, with the creation of 25 jobs.
11-Mar-1999

The NatWest Customer Telephone Centre in Birmingham is to create up to 200 new jobs following an increase in demand for telephone banking services.
11-Mar-1999

Sanderson Bramall is to create up to 30 new jobs at its new BMG Rover dealership in Chelmsford.
11-Mar-1999

Electrocomponents has relocated 50 staff from Peterborough to its new headquarters on the Oxford Business Park, and is now recruiting more staff in Oxford.
11-Mar-1999

Holmes Place is to spend up to £40m opening another 10 health clubs this year, to add to the existing 26.
11-Mar-1999

ARD Electronics has set up a new facility on the Altham industrial estate in East Lancashire to distribute electronic components, and the 30-strong workforce is expected to rise significantly over the next year.
10-Mar-1999

Lotus has announced plans to return to motorsport with a racing car based on the Elise, and 50 jobs will created at its Norfolk base.
10-Mar-1999

Craigavon Borough Council has approved plans from Windsor Securities to develop a £20m factory outlet centre at Northway in Portadown, which could create 600 new jobs.
09-Mar-1999

Harry Ramsden is planning to open 100 fish and chip kiosks around the world, creating 1,000 jobs.
09-Mar-1999

Meadowstone is expanding its building stone factory in Somercotes and expects the workforce to rise from 110 to 140 over the next three years.
09-Mar-1999

Integrated Silicon Systems has secured £3m of funding from Apax Partners, which will enable it to expand its Belfast semiconductor business and create more than 30 jobs.
09-Mar-1999

WD Meats is investing £2.3m in a new production facility for retail meat products in Coleraine, and expects to create 20 jobs.
09-Mar-1999

Scottish Enterprise is expected to announce that Micro Linear of the US is to set up an electronics design unit at the Alba Centre in Livingston with the creation of 30 jobs.
08-Mar-1999

Fareham Borough Council is considering plans to convert the Cams Hall estate, where Merlin Communications International is based, into a technology centre for up to 30 small businesses, creating 330 jobs.
08-Mar-1999

Hoppe of Switzerland has invested £2.5m in a new distribution centre for its door handle products at Four Ashes near Cannock, which will employ 70 people.
08-Mar-1999

B&Q is planning to open 10 warehouse stores over the next year as well as three supercentres in Cannock, Yeovil and Ashford, with the creation of 2,500 jobs.
08-Mar-1999

Creative Manufacturing is planning to produce up to 300 Jensen sports cars a year, and will set up a factory near Birmingham that will employ 60 people.
08-Mar-1999

Quantum Electronics is to expand its electronics manufacturing service in South Wales with the creation of 100 jobs.
05-Mar-1999

Stansted Airport is expecting to create up to 1,000 extra jobs this year, including 100 at BAA, 200 at Ryanair, and 150 at Go.
05-Mar-1999

Bowthorpe's Western Pacific Data Systems division is to open a software development centre in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 52 jobs.
05-Mar-1999

Torch Telecom is seeking permission to expand its Wakefield base with the creation of 100 jobs.
05-Mar-1999

Primark is to open a 30,000 sq ft clothing store in Reading, and about 100 office staff will relocate from Bracknell and Kilburn to the new location.
05-Mar-1999

Hill House Hammond, the insurance company, is looking to recruit an additional 100 staff for its call centre in Bristol.
04-Mar-1999

The Forest Inn pub at Fence near Burnley is planning a £2.5m refurbishment to create a 66-bed hotel with conference and leisure facilities, and 140 jobs could be created.
04-Mar-1999

Lex Commercials is creating 30 jobs by keeping its vehicle servicing garage in Stoke-on-Trent open for 24 hours a day.
04-Mar-1999

Gloucester City Council has given Crest Nicholson Properties the go-ahead to build a 106-bedroom Holiday Inn Express hotel at the Quedgeley business park, creating up to 60 jobs.
04-Mar-1999

Everwhite Plastics is investing £2m in an extension at its building products factory in Aberdare, South Wales, and 65 jobs are being created.
04-Mar-1999

John Tams is to recruit an extra 50 temporary workers and return all its six potteries to full production following an increase in orders.
04-Mar-1999

Huntingdonshire District Council has approved plans from Marshall's Mono Limited for the construction of a concrete factory in St Ives, which will create 80 jobs.
04-Mar-1999

British Aerospace has awarded a £11m contract to Balfour Beatty to build an aircraft wings factory in Broughton, Chester.
04-Mar-1999

Energis is forming a joint venture with Viridian to invest £20m setting up a telecoms network along power lines in Northern Ireland, and about 200 jobs will be created.
04-Mar-1999

JD Wetherspoon is planning to build one of the country's largest pubs in Plymouth later this year, with the creation of 50 jobs.
03-Mar-1999

Warings Contractors has won a £2.5m contract to build a 78-room Granada Travelodge in Portsmouth, which will create 30 jobs.
03-Mar-1999

G-Force Express Parcels is to move its headquarters from Shifnal to Telford, and will then expand its vehicle fleet and workforce.
03-Mar-1999

Seaquest UK expects to recruit an extra 20 workers to produce a new marine floating system that can support hotels and offices.
03-Mar-1999

PHS Group, the hygiene products company, is to set up a call centre in Caerphilly with the creation of 80 jobs.
02-Mar-1999

Rockeagle, the Exeter-based property developer, is planning to build a new call centre in Plympton that could create up to 400 jobs, and discussions are taking place with potential occupiers.
02-Mar-1999

The Ministry of Sound nightclub is to set up a £1m venue in Birmingham with the creation of 50 jobs, and other sites are being sought around the country.
02-Mar-1999

Mal Tool is planning to expand its aerospace parts factory in Colne with the creation of up to 75 new jobs, and is seeking to diversify into the supply of parts for the gas turbine industry.
02-Mar-1999

Key Country Foods is to create 30 jobs at its bacon-processing plant in Scunthorpe due to rising demand, and £0.5m will invested in a new curing plant.
01-Mar-1999

Phoenix Natural Gas has received a £45m investment boost from its shareholders, which will enable it to bring natural gas to more people in Northern Ireland and create more jobs.
01-Mar-1999

The government has announced plans to set up a £140m network of sporting centres of excellence, with a headquarters in Sheffield and ten regional centres.
01-Mar-1999

Motorola is creating 400 jobs at its Easter Inch manufacturing site due to rising export demand for mobile phones.
27-Feb-1999

The government has selected London Bridge City in Southwark as the site for the headquarters of the Greater London Authority, and the project will include retail, restaurant and recreational facilities and create about 10,000 jobs.
27-Feb-1999

Scottish & Newcastle is to invest £50m opening 90 T&J Bernard pubs in town centres, with the creation of 1,450 jobs.
27-Feb-1999

CFM Kinder is planning to build a £2.5m gas fire factory at the Trentham Lakes employment park in Stoke-on-Trent, with the creation of 120 jobs.
26-Feb-1999

Web Dynamics, the manufacturer of hi-tech fabrics for the building, medical and automotive industries, is investing £1.1m in a new factory in Bolton, where it will employ 35 people initially.
26-Feb-1999

Orange is to recruit an extra 2,000 staff in the UK over the next two years to cope with rising demand for mobile phones, and is seeking to acquire more stakes in operators in mainland Europe.
26-Feb-1999

Land Securities and Hammerson have announced plans to combine the Bull Ring and the Martineaux Galleries in Birmingham into a single £800m shopping complex, and up to 8,000 jobs will be created.
26-Feb-1999

The Office for National Statistics has awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin, ICL and Polestar for the management of the 2001 census, and up to 1,000 jobs will be created in Runcorn by ICL.
26-Feb-1999

Cosworth Technology is to receive a £50m investment from its parent company Volkswagen Audi to expand its factories in Wellingborough, Northampton and Worcester and create 700 new jobs.
26-Feb-1999

Deeside Woodland Products has won government approval to build a £42m 23MW wood-fired power station near Inverness, which could lead to the creation of 260 jobs.
26-Feb-1999

Intimate Moments is opening a lingerie factory in Derby next month with the creation of 50 jobs, and also plans to open about 10 stores in major shopping centres over the next two years.
25-Feb-1999

Leeds City Council is expected to approve plans for the construction of a luxury hotel and conference centre on the Thorpe Park office development in Leeds, which will create 160 jobs.
25-Feb-1999

Robert Wright & Son is investing £4.5m in the expansion of its bus building factory in Ballymena which will enable it to produce 700 vehicles a year, and 118 jobs are being created.
24-Feb-1999

Parker Hannifin is to set up a call centre in Derby to control its nationwide network of vans that repair construction and agricultural vehicles, and 10 jobs will be created.
24-Feb-1999

Capital One, the credit card group, is increasing investment at its Nottingham operations centre to £50m and aims to recruit 900 staff this year.
24-Feb-1999

Arco is planning to build a national distribution centre for safety equipment and industrial products in Hull, creating 100 jobs.
23-Feb-1999

Memory Corp has announced plans for a £2.2m expansion that will result in the relocation of its Dalkeith base to Heriot Watt University Business Park and the creation of 50 engineering jobs.
23-Feb-1999

Uniplas is to invest £1m in Portadown to expand production of a new lightweight plastic piping product, creating nine jobs.
23-Feb-1999

Vauxhall is to set up a £5m engineering centre at Millbrook in Bedfordshire to serve light commercial and recreational vehicle operations, creating 75 new jobs.
23-Feb-1999

Vauxhall and Renault are close to finalising plans to jointly produce a medium-sized van, and about 600 jobs will be created at Vauxhall's Luton plant.
23-Feb-1999

Associated British Ports has started work on the £30m Humber International Terminal Project that will enable Immingham to handle cargo ships of up to 100,000 tonnes, and more than 300 jobs will be created during construction.
22-Feb-1999

Callsafe Services is creating an unspecified number of new jobs at its base in Rugeley, Staffordshire, due to rising demand for its health and safety consultancy service.
22-Feb-1999

JD Wetherspoon is planning to build a £1m pub in Bridlington with the creation of 25 jobs.
22-Feb-1999

Balmoral Marine and Trident Offshore have formed a joint venture in Aberdeen to supply mooring system packages to the offshore oil and gas industry, and up to 20 jobs will be created.
19-Feb-1999

CD Bramall is planning to set up a £1m Rover dealership in Stoke-on-Trent with the creation of 40 jobs.
19-Feb-1999

The Yorkshire and Humberside Development Agency has announced that Silknet Software, the US developer of internet software, is to set up a European base in Harrogate, creating 20 jobs over the next year.
19-Feb-1999

Ferguson Shipbuilders of Greenock has won a £15m order from Caledonian MacBrayne to build a ferry for use on the west coast of Scotland, creating an additional 100 jobs.
19-Feb-1999

Brown & Jackson plans to open a further 29 discount stores by the end of June to take the total to 530, and about 300 jobs will be created.
19-Feb-1999

Seeboard is to set up a customer service centre at its office in Hove, East Sussex, with the creation of 300 jobs.
19-Feb-1999

Helios Ventilation Systems is to move its sales and distribution department from Sussex to Colchester with the creation of an extra 10 jobs.
18-Feb-1999

Smales Group is opening a new fish processing factory adjacent to its head office in Hull, with the creation of 30 jobs.
18-Feb-1999

Granada is planning to build a motel and restaurant at North Weald in Essex, which will create 40 jobs.
18-Feb-1999

Morrison Developments is to open a £25m designer outlet village at Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire in April, and 500 jobs are expected to be created in the 47 shops.
18-Feb-1999

A consortium of engineering companies, including Swan Hunter, Shepherd Offshore, Amec and Aker McNulty, is considering plans to transform the Tyne into a leading centre for oil rig decommissioning, creating 3,500 jobs.
18-Feb-1999

Greenalls and Mansfield are to open a new hotel and pub at the Wakefield Europort site this summer, with the creation of 50 jobs.
18-Feb-1999

Aerpac is to create 70 jobs at its fibreglass wind turbine blades plant in Glenrothes due to rising demand.
18-Feb-1999

Tempo is to open a computer superstore at Brierley Hill in April, with the creation of 25 jobs.
18-Feb-1999

Allied Coatings is creating 150 jobs at its plant in Whetstone, due to rising demand for resin-based coatings.
18-Feb-1999

Sea Containers is seeking to recruit 74 ship and shore-based staff in Liverpool, in preparation for the launch of its new service to Dublin in April.
17-Feb-1999

London Taxis International is planning to set up a £15m factory on the former Keresley Colliery site in Coventry.
17-Feb-1999

Marcroft Engineering has won a £1m contract to build a new design of rail car transporter in partnership with Forward Trust Rail, and an extra 30 jobs will be created.
17-Feb-1999

St Andrew's Hospital, the Northampton-based charitable trust, is to develop an £8m nursing home for the mentally ill at Benfleet in Essex, with the creation of 150 jobs.
17-Feb-1999

Golden Vale is planning an £8m investment to modernise cheese processing facilities at its Dairy Produce Packers plant in Coleraine, creating more than 70 jobs.
17-Feb-1999

Burgess & Garrick Oil Services and Global Recycling Systems have announced plans to invest £1.5m in the construction of two new drill cutting clean-up plants in Aberdeen and Peterhead, with the creation of 20 jobs.
17-Feb-1999

The government is to invest £1.1m in Liverpool's Blood Centre in order to create an international leader in the fight against leukaemia, and 218 more staff will be recruited over the next 12 months.
16-Feb-1999

North Tyneside Council is considering plans from Northern Micro Developments to set up a call centre at the Royal Quays in North Shields, which could lead to the creation of 800 jobs.
16-Feb-1999

Johnson Controls of the US is planning to set up a car seats factory in Solihull to supply Land Rover, with the creation of 350 jobs.
16-Feb-1999

The Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland is supporting a plan by CMA International of the US to set up a £2.5m medical devices factory in Belfast, with the creation of 75 jobs.
16-Feb-1999

Heal's is planning to open a new home furnishings store in Kingston upon Thames in November, and will then open one store a year for the next eight years.
16-Feb-1999

Granada is to open two new motorway service stations at Derby and Doncaster and expand facilities at existing service stations, in a £70m investment that will create 1,500 jobs.
16-Feb-1999

Pillar Retail Parks is planning to open a 300,000 sq ft shopping park in Broughton near Chester in May that will create more than 1,000 jobs.
15-Feb-1999

Wm Morrison is to create 100 jobs in Chester following the refurbishment of the recently-acquired Pioneer store.
15-Feb-1999

Teesland Group has announced plans to set up a theme park at the abandoned Rosyth navy base in Fife, with the creation of more than 1,000 jobs.
15-Feb-1999

Telewest Communications is to recruit an additional 50 people for its expanding telesales call centre in Team Valley, Gateshead.
15-Feb-1999

DA Stuart Oil, the manufacturer of metalworking lubricants, is undergoing a £1.5m expansion programme at its Wolverhampton site that will create 38 new jobs.
15-Feb-1999

B&Q is planning to open a new DIY store on the site of engineering company Freudenberg Technical Products in Wallsend, with the creation of 200 jobs.
15-Feb-1999

Tesco is to build a Tesco Extra store on Tyneside near its existing building in Kingston Park, Newcastle, with the creation of about 200 jobs.
15-Feb-1999

Derby City Council has approved plans for the construction of a £9m leisure and retail complex next to Pride Park Stadium, including a JJB Sports superstore, fast-food outlets, football pitches and roller-hockey pitches.
12-Feb-1999

Macfish is to create an extra 60 jobs at its fish processing factory in Fraserburgh, having won a major new contract from an unnamed supermarket chain.
12-Feb-1999

Kilron Seafoods has opened a new fish smoking plant at its Fraserburgh site, and is seeking 20 additional workers.
12-Feb-1999

ABB Steward, the building services company, is planning to create more than 200 jobs in the East Midlands over the next three years, and has opened a new regional office in Derby.
12-Feb-1999

JCB has started a recruitment drive to find staff for its new digger factory that will open in Cheadle later this year.
12-Feb-1999

Bertram Books is to relocate its book wholesaling business from Norwich to the nearby Broadland Business Park development, where it will eventually house some 880 workers.
11-Feb-1999

John Menzies has won approval to set up a newspaper and magazine distribution centre at the Broadland Business Park development near Norwich, where it will employ 80 people.
11-Feb-1999

Samsung is planning to recruit more staff at its Teesside electronics factories in Wynward and Billingham, to cope with higher production targets being set for this year.
11-Feb-1999

Cryomedical Instruments is building a £1.2m factory and office complex in Mansfield to make medical equipment for destroying unwanted tissue, and 37 jobs will be created.
11-Feb-1999

Huntingdonshire District Council is to consider plans for a road and rail freight distribution centre at the former Alconbury airbase, and the furniture company Ikea has said it would create up to 200 jobs at the site.
11-Feb-1999

Sandwell Investment Bureau has won more than £1m of EU funding to regenerate industrial land in the West Midlands, and expects to create or safeguard 800 jobs.
11-Feb-1999

Synchro Systems is creating 50 jobs in Newcastle-under-Lyme to handle a new national identity card scheme that is designed to stop children buying cigarettes and alcohol.
10-Feb-1999

Terrace Hill is to create 150 jobs in the Peak District when it completes the construction of the Peak Village Factory Shopping Outlet at Rowsley.
10-Feb-1999

House of Fraser is planning a new £12m store in High Wycombe, which will create 400 jobs.
09-Feb-1999

PizzaExpress is planning to open 40 restaurants a year, creating about 5,000 jobs within five years.
09-Feb-1999

Unilever is said to be planning to set up a new research laboratory at its Port Sunlight site, with the creation of up to 100 new jobs.
08-Feb-1999

Sidoli's is planning to double the size of its ice cream and confectionery factory in Welshpool, which already employs 150 people.
05-Feb-1999

Next Group has opened a new £15m customer service centre through its Ventura division in Wath near Rotherham, which will create 1,750 new jobs over three years.
05-Feb-1999

AEA Technology has won most of a £50m contract to supply batteries for the Army's new Bowman battlefield communications system, and a factory will be built in Thurso.
05-Feb-1999

Broxtowe Borough Council is considering plans from Geo Akins for a £15m leisure development near Ilkeston, including health club, hotel, restaurant, and country park, and about 100 jobs could be created.
04-Feb-1999

Darlington Council is considering plans from Miller for a £70m retail and business park scheme next to Lingfield Industrial Estate, and it could create up to 3,500 jobs.
04-Feb-1999

Ikea is planning to build a £20m furniture superstore in Glasgow.
04-Feb-1999

Granada expects to create 2,500 jobs in its roadside catering and Travelodge business this year, as part of a previously-announced expansion plan.
04-Feb-1999

Bass has set up a recruitment hotline on 01332 369300 to recruit 70 staff for a new restaurant being built in Derby's Pride Park.
03-Feb-1999

Galen has announced plans for a £21m expansion of its pharmaceutical activities in Northern Ireland, which will lead to 63 new jobs at its Craigavon headquarters and 40 jobs in its SynGal division.
03-Feb-1999

LG Electronics could be planning a substantial jobs boost at its Newport plant, having won a contract from Apple to manufacture the iMac computer.
03-Feb-1999

Nissan is seeking to recruit 800 workers to build a new car at its factory in Washington, Tyne & Wear, as part of a £215m investment project.
03-Feb-1999

Marconi Communications is planning to recruit 300 specialists to develop its fibre optic networks at four UK sites.
03-Feb-1999

Bowey Construction is linking up with Helios Properties and others to plan a £25m leisure scheme in Sunderland, including multiplex cinema and bowling alley, that could create up to 500 jobs.
02-Feb-1999

Cellnet has started work on the expansion of its customer care centre in Leeds, which could eventually create up to 700 new jobs.
02-Feb-1999

PanCredit, the Leeds-based software supplier, is creating 40 new jobs in order to cope with a growing order book.
02-Feb-1999

Richard Roberts, the knitwear and fashions company, is opening a new factory in Leicester which will create up to 50 new jobs.
01-Feb-1999

Staffordshire Building Society is creating 61 new jobs in its 50-strong branch network, but 87 other positions are being made redundant.
29-Jan-1999

B&Q has announced plans to build a £20m DIY warehouse store in Chester, which could create more than 200 jobs.
29-Jan-1999

Lotus is to set up an automotive engineering division in Coventry with the creation of 50 jobs.
29-Jan-1999

Pioneer Foodservice is opening a £1m depot in Gateshead and expanding its Carlisle headquarters with the creation of 20 jobs.
28-Jan-1999

S&A Foods is planning a £7m expansion at its ethnic ready meals factory in Derby, and the workforce is expected to rise from 800 to 1,000 over the next year.
28-Jan-1999

Kingston Communications is to be partially floated by its owner Hull City Council, and 400 new jobs are expected to be created over the next few years.
28-Jan-1999

Allied Domecq is to build a Big Steak Pub in Ryhope, Sunderland, with the creation of 50 jobs.
28-Jan-1999

Mopack Systems is investing £1.2m in the expansion of its flexible plastic packaging factory in Strabane, with the creation of 10 new jobs.
28-Jan-1999

Barclays has opened a new Barclaycall telephone banking centre at Doxford International Business Park in Sunderland, and a further 300 jobs will be created over the next few months.
28-Jan-1999

Whitbread is planning to build a £2.2m Brewers Fayre and Travel Inn in Barnstaple, with the creation of 65 jobs.
28-Jan-1999

Bass Leisure Retail is planning to convert the historic Titchfield mill in Hampshire into a restaurant and museum, with the creation of 50 jobs.
27-Jan-1999

BAA McArthur Glen has started work on the expansion of its designer retail outlet at Bridgend, which will add a further 34 retail units to the current 60 and create 300 more jobs.
27-Jan-1999

Corrie Services, the Inverness-based recruitment company, has set up offices in Melbourne and Perth to enable redundant Scottish oil industry workers to find work in Australia.
27-Jan-1999

Safeway has announced plans to build a superstore at Alness in the Highlands, which will create 200 jobs.
27-Jan-1999

Gamar, the Bristol-based telecoms company, is planning to recruit 200 software engineers to help with a number of new projects.
27-Jan-1999

Birch Developments is planning to build a new distribution facility at South Normanton in Derbyshire, and 70 jobs will be created when an unnamed company moves from nearby Somercotes and from Merseyside.
27-Jan-1999

Berkeley Group is planning a £100m waterside leisure development in Leeds, in partnership with the Royal Armouries and British Waterways, including hotels, restaurants, arts centre and casino.
27-Jan-1999

IMS, the telephony services company, is planning to open a call centre in the north of England later this year.
27-Jan-1999

Newcastle Airport has announced plans to take on an extra 2,500 staff over the next few years, including engineers, electricians, security guards and customer services staff.
26-Jan-1999

Tesco is seeking planning permission to build an 80,000 sq ft store in Washington, Tyne & Wear, which would create up to 500 jobs.
26-Jan-1999

GGI Office Furniture, the UK subsidiary of Global Group of Canada, is opening a new £6.7m European headquarters in Darwen, East Lancashire, with the creation of 100 jobs.
26-Jan-1999

Michelin has announced a £12m investment at its Ballymena plant in Northern Ireland in order to expand the production of truck tyres for export to North America, and 115 new jobs have already been created.
26-Jan-1999

Air International of Australia is to set up a £10m factory in Blaina, south Wales, to manufacture car and rail air conditioning systems, with the creation of 98 jobs.
26-Jan-1999

Filtronic is creating an extra 50 jobs at its Saltaire site in Bradford due to a rise in sales of mobile phone components, and it is also taking on staff at other sites around the world.
25-Jan-1999

The Prison Service has applied for planning permission to expand Hull Prison, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
25-Jan-1999

English Partnerships is to provide £12m of funding to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal restoration project, and up to 400 new jobs will be created.
25-Jan-1999

The Imperial War Museum is to build a £28m branch in Manchester, and aims to attract 400,000 visitors a year after it opens in 2001.
25-Jan-1999

Cromer Crab Company is to set up a new factory to process luxury shellfish products and expects to create 160 jobs over the next three years.
23-Jan-1999

Manchester Airport is to hold a Jobsfair on January 27 in order to recruit up to 1,000 people for the 250 companies operating at the site.
22-Jan-1999

Acer Peripherals is to start recruiting 140 workers for its new computer factory at Wentloog near Cardiff next month.
22-Jan-1999

Arriva and B&Q have announced a £16m plan to build a B&Q retailing super-centre next to Arriva's main dealership in Sunderland city centre, creating up to 250 jobs.
22-Jan-1999

Skipton Building Society has started work on a £9m extension to its headquarters, which will create 600 jobs on completion next year.
22-Jan-1999

Tarmac's Bilston-based Crown House Engineering division is planning to increase its workforce from 80 to 200 by the end of the year, and is seeking new premises.
22-Jan-1999

Abbey National is to recruit an extra 80 staff at its mortgage call centre at Teesdale, Thornaby, because administration of its bonus postal account is being transferred from Belfast.
22-Jan-1999

Cap Gemini is setting up an accountancy call centre in Nairn with the creation of 30 jobs.
22-Jan-1999

Asda is to build a new store on the existing site of North Hertfordshire College in Stevenage, creating up to 400 jobs.
22-Jan-1999

Jennings is to recruit up to 80 staff for its new £4m Ford dealership in Middlesbrough, while Tristar Nesham is scaling down its operations with the loss of 50 jobs having lost the Ford franchise.
22-Jan-1999

Walkers Snack Foods is planning a £30m investment programme that will create 60 jobs, including an £11m expansion at its distribution centre in Leicester.
21-Jan-1999

Stakis is to invest £119m over the next 18 months in its hotels, casinos and health clubs, creating 850 jobs.
21-Jan-1999

Swansea Council has begun work on a £5m scheme to convert the former Wind Street post office building into a restaurant, bar, and offices, and up to 300 jobs will be created or relocated there.
21-Jan-1999

GAP is to invest £5m in the opening of new plant and tool hire depots in Leicester, Coventry and Doncaster, with the creation of 50 jobs.
21-Jan-1999

Highland Council has approved a £25m proposal from BSW Timber to build a 23MW wood-burning power station in Lochaber, which will create more than 100 jobs.
20-Jan-1999

City of York Council has approved plans by Esprit Fort to set up a £3m 60-bed private nursing home at the former Clifton Hospital in York, which will create up to 70 jobs.
20-Jan-1999

The new five-star Hilton hotel in Cardiff, which is due to open in the spring, has begun its recruitment drive for 160 staff.
19-Jan-1999

Somerfield has announced plans to expand its petrol forecourt retailing business in partnership with Elf, as part of a £25m investment programme that will create 1,500 jobs over the next 18 months.
19-Jan-1999

West Anglia Great Northern Railway is to recruit an additional 150 train drivers, as part of a new pay deal agreed with the Aslef union.
19-Jan-1999

The Inland Revenue has confirmed plans to set up a new tax department in Liverpool employing 800 staff.
18-Jan-1999

TR Fastenings and Oncad Engineering are setting up new factories on the Heart of the Park industrial estate in Newton Aycliffe, with the creation of more than 20 jobs.
18-Jan-1999

Regus is to set up 30 business centres in the UK this year, which will help to create 1,000 jobs, and a further 100 centres will be set up in other countries.
18-Jan-1999

Peter Christian has bought the Dewhirst clothing factory in Knighton, Powys, and is to create 45 jobs to manufacture knitwear garments.
15-Jan-1999

Cygnet Properties is close to completing the £1m refurbishment of the Cygnet Hotel in Leicester, and is seeking 150 staff.
15-Jan-1999

British Aerospace is to redevelop its Filton site in Bristol with the creation of 125 jobs.
15-Jan-1999

Black Country Mental Health Trust is to recruit 30 new nurses to staff up hospitals and residential homes in Rowley Regis and Old Hill.
15-Jan-1999

Orion Electric of Japan is to recruit an additional 50 workers at its TV and video factory in Port Talbot to cope with rising sales.
15-Jan-1999

The AA is to set up three motoring breakdown supercentres in Cheadle, Halesowen and Thatcham with the creation of 150 jobs, but 390 jobs will be lost at existing sites in Stanmore, Maidstone, Bristol and Belfast.
15-Jan-1999

Abbey National is to create 200 insurance jobs by expanding its operations at the Brunswick Business Park in Liverpool.
14-Jan-1999

Petrus Oil is to create up to 20 jobs in Stoke following the award of a £22m joint venture deal with Velten Oil to construct a new waste oil refinery in Germany.
14-Jan-1999

Whitbread is planning to build a David Lloyd Leisure sports and fitness centre in Plymouth, which will create about 100 jobs.
14-Jan-1999

Fitness First is to set up a £1.5m health and fitness centre in Swindon, with the creation of up to 40 jobs, and is now seeking premises in a further 13 towns and cities.
14-Jan-1999

Virgin has announced plans to build a £6m nine-screen multiplex cinema in Hull, which will create 60 new jobs.
14-Jan-1999

Quicks Group has bought the Bristol Street Motors dealership in Stourbridge in a £1.1m deal, and an additional 38 jobs will be created.
14-Jan-1999

B&Q is to open a new DIY warehouse store in Reading in April, creating 250 jobs.
14-Jan-1999

Rover is linking up with Caterpillar Logistics to set up a major new car parts warehouse at Desford near Hinckley, which will create 250 jobs.
13-Jan-1999

TRW Automotive Systems has confirmed plans to invest £8.8m in the expansion of its hydraulic steering systems plant in Houghton-le-Spring, which will create 107 jobs.
13-Jan-1999

Touchdown Travel is to relocate its Teletext holidays business from Bristol to Weston-super-Mare as part of an expansion plan that will create up to 100 jobs.
13-Jan-1999

Bleckmann Logistics of the Netherlands is to set up a warehouse in Basildon to distribute clothes for a US company, and up to 200 jobs will be created.
13-Jan-1999

Dixons is planning to create up to 2,000 jobs this year by expanding its chain of electrical stores.
13-Jan-1999

Rank is to open a £3m Mecca bingo club in Dewsbury during the next few months, with the creation of 70 jobs.
13-Jan-1999

Aura Books and Advanced Marketing, the book suppliers, are to relocate their operations to Bicester this summer, creating 100 new jobs.
12-Jan-1999

Lonsdale Travel Group, the supplier of business travel services, is planning a £1m extension to its Derby headquarters, and is creating an extra 100 jobs.
12-Jan-1999

CartoInvest of Italy is to set up an £18m tissue paper factory at the Oakenholt paper mill in north Wales, creating 140 jobs.
12-Jan-1999

The NHS is to set up a £10m diabetes centre in Oxford, employing 150 clinicians and researchers, and Novo Nordisk of Denmark is to provide £4m of research funding.
12-Jan-1999

Express Dairies is to invest £1m in the expansion of the Claymore Creamery in Nairn, which will create an unspecified number of new jobs and help the company with its plans to increase its share of the Scottish market from 8% to up to 25%.
11-Jan-1999

Portmeirion is planning to build a £6m visitor centre and factory extension at its pottery in Stoke, creating 110 new jobs.
11-Jan-1999

Pace Micro Technology is to create 50 new engineering jobs this year in order to keep up with demand for digital TV systems.
11-Jan-1999

Alton Towers has launched a recruitment drive for 650 workers to fill temporary vacancies at the Staffordshire theme park.
11-Jan-1999

Simoco Systems Solution is to recruit an additional 25 staff at its Derby office to cope with an increase in demand for its radio communication products.
11-Jan-1999

Costco is planning to open 12 more stores and a chain of petrol stations over the next few years, including outlets in Twickenham, Chingford and Gateshead.
09-Jan-1999

Boing, the Bristol-based manufacturer of inflatable play products, is looking to recruit an additional 25 staff to cope with an increase in orders.
08-Jan-1999

MFI, the furniture retailer, has set up a customer service centre at the Sunderland Enterprise Park, creating 120 jobs.
08-Jan-1999

Strategic Systems Solutions is to open a new software development office in Leeds, creating up to 70 jobs.
08-Jan-1999

Brake Bros is planning to expand the storage and distribution facilities at its frozen food factory in Long Eaton with the creation of 33 jobs.
07-Jan-1999

Celtic Energy has won approval from Bridgend County Borough Council to develop the Margram drift mine at Aberdaiden, creating up to 400 jobs.
07-Jan-1999

Gerald McDonald is to set up a new operation in Basildon to blend and store fruit juices and spices, with the creation of 30 new jobs.
07-Jan-1999

A new company called Kishorn Base is planning to re-open the Howard Doris oilyard at Kishorn on the West Coast of Scotland, and up to 600 jobs could be created to repair, build and decommission oil rigs and platforms.
07-Jan-1999

The Welsh Development Agency is linking up with Modis Training Technologies of the US to set up a £4m virtual reality skills training centre in Newport, creating up to 80 jobs.
07-Jan-1999

Halfords is planning to open 20 car parts superstores each year for the next 10 years.
07-Jan-1999

EDS, the US computer services company, is to set up a regional centre in Sheffield that will create 300 jobs initially and a further 700 over the next few years.
07-Jan-1999

Aker McNulty of South Shields has won a £17m order to help upgrade North Sea gas platforms for Statoil, which could create up to 600 jobs.
06-Jan-1999

Ragdale Hall Health Hydro is seeking permission from Melton Borough Council to expand its leisure facilities and add new bedrooms, in a scheme that would create 100 new jobs.
06-Jan-1999

The Northern Call Centre is to set up a new operation at Hartlepool Marina in February, and expects to create up to 300 jobs to handle two new contracts with unnamed companies.
06-Jan-1999

Kidsgrove Fabricating & Engineering is planning to create 50 jobs at a new manufacturing unit in Chesterton, which will involve the transfer of operations from existing sites in nearby Tunstall and the Crewe Gates Industrial Estate.
06-Jan-1999

The Oxford Bus Company is planning to recruit up to 60 extra bus drivers in preparation for the launch of the city's new transport strategy this spring.
06-Jan-1999

Retailers are planning a major recruitment drive to fill 3,500 vacancies that will be created with the opening of the £250m Oracle centre in Reading in September.
06-Jan-1999

Churchill Insurance is to open its new call centre at Thornaby near Stockton-on-Tees this month, which will eventually create 250 jobs.
04-Jan-1999

Great Western Packaging is opening a new distribution facility in Newbury, creating up to 20 jobs.
01-Jan-1999

Woolwich is seeking to recruit an additional 150 staff at its Firstplus financial call centre in Cardiff.
01-Jan-1999