People & Jobs |
Job Gains / Losses |
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| 28 Jul 2010 | Tesco plans Rhoose village store | + | Tesco PLC | £54,327m | £3,206m | 468508 | 1780 | Retailing & Wholesaling | South East | Wales |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Call centre faces axe with 300 jobs set to be lost | - | The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc | £35,494m | £-9,047.0m | 123000 | 2396 | Banks & Financial Service | Scotland | East Midlands |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Biofuels plant set to create jobs in Dagenham | + | British Airways PLC | £8,992m | £-220.0m | 44987 | 15 | Transport & Storage | Public Sector Suppliers | South East | London |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Hardware giant set to create 50 jobs in city | + | Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd | £1,449m | £32m | 25179 | 295 | Retailing & Wholesaling | Yorkshire and the Humber | South West |
| 29 Jul 2010 | £85m McAlpine development to create 250 jobs | + | Sir Robert Mcalpine (Holdings) Ltd | £1,032m | £40m | 2219 | 2 | Property, Land & Constr. | South East | Scotland |
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Management Moves |
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| 27 Jul 2010 | European open: Bank up after quarterly figures | - | BP PLC | £162,285m | £24,298m | 85200 | 300 | Energy & Utilities | London |
| 28 Jul 2010 | William Hill appoints new Chairman | + | William Hill PLC | £998m | £200m | 16000 | 2250 | Leisure, Hotel & Restrnts | London |
| 28 Jul 2010 | JJB Sports PLC - AGM Statement | - | JJB Sports PLC | £812m | £11m | 8833 | 410 | Retailing & Wholesaling | North West |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Marsh appoints global energy leader | + | Marsh Limited | £473m | £107m | 0 | 20 | Insurance & Assurance | London |
| 27 Jul 2010 | UK Coal loses its boss in shake-up | - | UK Coal PLC | £393m | £-2.2m | 3179 | 1 | Energy & Utilities | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Headquarters & Premises |
Office Premises |
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| 27 Jul 2010 | Call centre faces axe with 300 jobs set to be lost | - | The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc | £35,494m | £-9,047.0m | 123000 | 2396 | Banks & Financial Service | Scotland | East Midlands |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Green office scheme to be built in Nottingham | + | E.ON UK Plc | £9,227m | £845m | 17033 | 67 | Energy & Utilities | West Midlands | East Midlands |
| 29 Jul 2010 | £85m McAlpine development to create 250 jobs | + | Sir Robert Mcalpine (Holdings) Ltd | £1,032m | £40m | 2219 | 2 | Property, Land & Constr. | South East | Scotland |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Insurance giant Ecclesiastical to build new HQ in Gloucester Docks | + | Ecclesiastical Insurance Group Plc | £449m | £0.0m | 1137 | 3 | Insurance & Assurance | South West |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Officers mess plan for homes and offices | + | John Thompson & Partners Llp | £9m | £1m | 89 | 1 | Property, Land & Constr. | South East | The East |
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Industrial Premises |
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| 29 Jul 2010 | Biofuels plant set to create jobs in Dagenham | + | British Airways PLC | £8,992m | £-220.0m | 44987 | 15 | Transport & Storage | Public Sector Suppliers | South East | London |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Renewables investment to create thousands of jobs | + | Scottish Enterprise | £0.0m | £-2.1m | 102 | 1 | Banks & Financial Service | Scotland |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Housing application | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | Wales | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Plans for new hospital unit to aid addicts | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | Wales | North West |
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Leisure Premises |
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| 29 Jul 2010 | Intercontinental to debut in Osaka | + | Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC | £1,014m | £-6.6m | 7556 | 236 | Leisure, Hotel & Restrnts | |
| 27 Jul 2010 | 50 jobs as new pub opens up | + | J D Wetherspoon PLC | £955m | £75m | 18000 | 684 | Leisure, Hotel & Restrnts | South East | West Midlands |
| 27 Jul 2010 | 140 new jobs across the country at Travelodge's newly-acquired Innkeeper's Lodges | + | Travelodge Hotels Ltd | £287m | £15m | 2937 | 400 | Leisure, Hotel & Restrnts | South East |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Makeover for Brum hotel | + | Macdonald Hotels and Resorts Limited | £90m | £-0.2m | 4 | 3 | Leisure, Hotel & Restrnts | Scotland | West Midlands |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Makeover for Brum hotel | + | Hortons' Estate Limited | £15m | £9m | 27 | 1 | Property, Land & Constr. | West Midlands |
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Retail Premises |
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| 28 Jul 2010 | Tesco plans Rhoose village store | + | Tesco PLC | £54,327m | £3,206m | 468508 | 1780 | Retailing & Wholesaling | South East | Wales |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Santander CEO Expects RBS Branch Sale To Close In Coming Weeks | - | Bank of Scotland PLC | £24,238m | £5,584m | 120000 | 3000 | Banks & Financial Service | London | Scotland |
| 29 Jul 2010 | WHITBY'S SUPERMARKET VERDICT (5.30pm): Sainsbury's and Co-op get the green light | + | J Sainsbury PLC | £18,911m | £673m | 97 | 792 | Retailing & Wholesaling | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Amanda Holden back campaign to stop Sainsbury's Bishop's Waltham plan | N | Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd | £18,910m | £484m | 97 | 413 | Retailing & Wholesaling | London | South East |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Morrisons superstore temporarily shut due to power fault | - | WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC | £14,528m | £671m | 124530 | 430 | Retailing & Wholesaling | Yorkshire and the Humber | South East |
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Healthcare Premises |
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| 28 Jul 2010 | Controversial Middlesbrough care home plans approved | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North East | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Vanderbilt Surgeons Replace Heart Valve Without Open Surgery | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | 'No plans to shut hospital' | - | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North East | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Patient dissapointed with changes to cancer ward | - | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | South East | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | New health centre gets the go-ahead | N | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | Yorkshire and the Humber | North West |
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Educational Premises |
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| 28 Jul 2010 | Crossing will be built near school to help protect pupils before Christmas | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Students raise £12,000 to build school in Ghana this August | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | School closure fears | - | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | Scotland | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Professor Green to open O2 Academy Leicester | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West | East Midlands |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Summer swimming fun in Hellesdon | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West |
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Public Service Premises |
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| 27 Jul 2010 | Vinci takes £16.5m Gatwick Airport deal | + | Gatwick Airport Ltd | £465m | £104m | 2186 | 3 | Transport & Storage | South East |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Station to open as usual | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Thornton Hall prison to be built in stages | + | | | | | | | |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Police cover for holiday | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Campaigners want Southend Council in court over airport runway extension | + | | | | | | | South East |
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Cultural Premises |
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| 28 Jul 2010 | V&A plans wine bar/bookshop designed by David Collins | + | David Collins Studio Limited | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 3 | Vehicles & Components | Property, Land & Constr. | London | North West |
| 27 Jul 2010 | £150,000 extension opens at Mersea Island Museum | + | | | | | | | The East |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Reclusive artist's home restored as public art gallery | + | | | | | | | |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Known/Unknown at Aberdeen Art Gallery | + | | | | | | | Scotland |
| 28 Jul 2010 | First view of plans for £2.3m library revamp | + | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | South West | North West |
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Religous Premises |
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| 28 Jul 2010 | Gwent news | N | | | | | | | |
| 28 Jul 2010 | News | N | | | | | | | |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Church closure would be a mistake | - | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Mosque plans go on show as objections rise | + | Masjid-e-Salaam Mosque | | | | | | North West |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Church revamp funding lost | + | | | | | | | |
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New Business Wins & Company Awards |
Contracts, Orders |
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| 29 Jul 2010 | Rio Tinto and Chinalco sign iron ore deal | + | Rio Tinto PLC | £29,034m | £4,949m | 105785 | 1 | Energy & Utilities | London |
| 29 Jul 2010 | National Grid Plc - Result of Tender Offer | N | National Grid Plc | £15,624m | £2,623m | 28208 | 12 | Energy & Utilities | Public Sector Suppliers | London |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Rolls-Royce wins $1.7bn in orders at Farnborough | + | Rolls-Royce PLC | £9,082m | £855m | 39000 | 1 | Engineering & Materials | Vehicles & Components | Aerospace & Defence | South East | London |
| 28 Jul 2010 | JCB's reliability earns it a multi-million-pound deal | + | J.C.B. Service | £2,012m | £48m | 7618 | 1 | Engineering & Materials | Vehicles & Components | Public Sector Suppliers | North West | London |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Man Group PLC - Tender Offer | N | Man Group PLC | £1,501m | £0.0m | 1776 | 1 | Banks & Financial Service | London |
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Awards |
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| 29 Jul 2010 | Depot delivers top customer care | N | City Link Ltd | £382m | £-59.5m | 3455 | 1 | Transport & Storage | South East | South West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Noble Systems receives "2010 IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer" award from Customer Interaction S... | N | Noble Systems Uk Limited | £4m | £0.6m | 7 | 3 | Vehicles & Components | IT Software & Services | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | RSS Feed | N | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West | West Midlands |
| 28 Jul 2010 | School makes a great investment in pupils | N | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | North West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Parking landmark, 28/07/2010 | N | | | | | | | |
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Mergers & Acquisitions |
Mergers, Acquisitions & Flotations |
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| 28 Jul 2010 | RSA Insurance Group plc - Acquisition | N | RSA Insurance Group plc | £6,462m | £82m | 22464 | 2 | Insurance & Assurance | London |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Pearson to acquire Wall Street Institute | N | Pearson Plc | £5,624m | £676m | 37164 | 5 | Media, Pub. & Entertain. | Public Sector Suppliers | London |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Vertu Motors - Acquisition of SEAT Dealership | N | Vertu Motors | £761m | £2m | 2156 | 1 | Retailing & Wholesaling | North East |
| 27 Jul 2010 | 140 new jobs across the country at Travelodge's newly-acquired Innkeeper's Lodges | + | Travelodge Hotels Ltd | £287m | £15m | 2937 | 400 | Leisure, Hotel & Restrnts | South East |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Beale & Cole enters administration | + | Integral UK Holdings Ltd. | £184m | £8m | 2754 | 1 | Support Services | South West |
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Budgets & Expenditure |
IT |
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| 29 Jul 2010 | Rixonway Kitchens' Major Software Investment | N | Rixonway Kitchens Ltd | £23m | £2m | 345 | 1 | Household & Personal Care | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| 28 Jul 2010 | TSB invests in electric vehicles | N | | | | | | | |
| 28 Jul 2010 | EMarketer Sees Global Internet Ad Spending Up 12% This Year | N | | | | | | | |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Shock £1 million school cuts bombshell revealed | N | | | | | | | |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Schools to face cuts in technology | N | | | | | | | |
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Marketing |
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| 28 Jul 2010 | FSA: quarter of IFAs give unsuitable advice on unregulated products | N | Financial Services Authority (FSA) | £0.0m | £0.0m | 2643 | 1 | Public Sector Suppliers | Banks & Financial Service | |
| 28 Jul 2010 | FSA: quarter of IFAs give unsuitable advice on unregulated products | N | | | | | | Public Sector Suppliers | Banks & Financial Service | Vehicles & Components | North West |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Online ad market close to 100m | N | | | | | | | |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Government ad spend stayed flat last year | N | | | | | | | |
| 28 Jul 2010 | EMarketer Sees Global Internet Ad Spending Up 12% This Year | N | | | | | | | |
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Telecomms |
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| 28 Jul 2010 | Telecoms Infrastructure Capex To Re-Start Growth Next Year | N | | | | | | | |
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Companies Receiving Investment |
Private Equity / Bank Funding |
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| 29 Jul 2010 | Connaught secures short-term funding | + | Connaught Plc | £660m | £33m | 8354 | 1 | Property, Land & Constr. | South West |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Lazard's 2Q net income grows by 58 percent | + | Lazard & Co., Holdings Limited | £111m | £-17.0m | 231 | 2 | Banks & Financial Service | London |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Net Asset Value(s) - London Stock Exchange | + | Asset Management Investment Company Plc | £2m | £0.0m | 2 | 1 | Speciality Finance | London |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Moore Capital follows rivals with Swiss office | + | Zurich ( Suisse ) Ltd | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 3 | Support Services | South East | London |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Deals pay off for Liberum Capital | + | | | | | | | |
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Performance & Profits |
Profits |
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| 29 Jul 2010 | Bullish Centrica eyes fresh move on US markets | N | Centrica PLC | £21,963m | £1,175m | 34125 | 1 | Energy & Utilities | South East |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Rise in with-profits value for Standard Life savers | N | Standard Life PLC | £17,435m | £0.0m | 9572 | 1 | Banks & Financial Service | Scotland |
| 28 Jul 2010 | British Gas sees profits rise 98% | + | British Gas Trading Ltd | £12,533m | £-154.7m | 9855 | 1 | Energy & Utilities | South East |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Fury at British Gas profits as fuel giant warns of price rises to come | * | British Gas Trading Ltd | £12,533m | £-154.7m | 9855 | 1 | Energy & Utilities | South East |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Higher prices boost BG GROUP surplus | * | BG Group PLC | £10,213m | £3,773m | 6079 | 1 | Energy & Utilities | South East |
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Business Performance |
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| 29 Jul 2010 | Royal Dutch Shell PLC - 2nd Quarter and Half Year 2010 Results | N | Royal Dutch Shell PLC | £176,561m | £0.0m | 102000 | 506 | Energy & Utilities | London |
| 27 Jul 2010 | European open: Bank up after quarterly figures | - | BP PLC | £162,285m | £24,298m | 85200 | 300 | Energy & Utilities | London |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Vodafone Group Public Limited Company - Result of AGM | N | Vodafone Group Public Limited Company | £41,017m | £5,857m | 79097 | 47 | IT Software & Services | South East |
| 27 Jul 2010 | BHP Finished the Year On a Production High | - | BHP Billiton PLC | £38,757m | £15,735m | 41732 | 1 | Energy & Utilities | London |
| 28 Jul 2010 | RBS Hires 4 From Merrill Lynch To Boost Asian Equities Business | + | Bank of Scotland PLC | £24,238m | £5,584m | 120000 | 3000 | Speciality Finance | Banks & Financial Service | London | Scotland |
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Products and Services |
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| 29 Jul 2010 | Awesome Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid to go into production | + | Porsche Cars Great Britain Limited | £291m | £-1.3m | 105 | 1 | Vehicles & Components | South East |
| 29 Jul 2010 | NetPlay TV PLC - Trading Update | + | NetPlay TV PLC | £20m | £0.9m | 52 | 1 | Media, Pub. & Entertain. | London |
| 27 Jul 2010 | It's a dog's dinner as pub serves up pup paw-tions | + | Brakspear | | | | | Leisure, Hotel & Restrnts | South East |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Patient dissapointed with changes to cancer ward | - | | | | | | Vehicles & Components | South East | North West |
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