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Shropshire Council

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:29:12 +0000

100 job losses - £25m cost savings strategy - services at risk
Shropshire Council plans to reduce staff headcount by at least 100 over the two years to 2014, to help save £25m. A range of services will be restructured including education, public transport and tourism as part of the cost-saving proposals.

Yorkshire Premier Meat Ltd

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:21:18 +0000

Factory Closure - 59 Jobs Lost - Turnover £42.3m
Yorkshire Premier Meat in Sheffield has closed its factory and moved the operation to a site in West Yorkshire with the loss of 59 jobs. Annual Turnover is £42.3m.

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:21:06 +0000

400 new jobs - expansion of manufacturing site
Supermarket Morrisons is creating 400 jobs at a new manufacturing site in Somerset by 2014. The company's distribution centre is being extended to provide a fruit and vegetable store and packhouse which will reduce the company's road miles by two million each year. In 2011 Morrison¢€™s recorded £16.48bn turnover and employed 132,074 staff.

Deluxe Digital London

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:20:44 +0000

Expands digital cinema operation - £4m investment - potential new jobs
Deluxe Digital London is building a £4m studio in Soho, London, increasing capacity by up to 80% and creating job opportunities. The expansion follows increased demand from the company's theatrical distribution clients and is part of a wider European expansion strategy.

Scallops Direct Alba Limited

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:17:31 +0000

Business expansion - Jobs created
Newly incorporated Scallops Direct is looking to expand its products and add more jobs in Annan Harbour, Dumfries and Galloway. The company launched in October 2011 but found trading difficult due to stormy weather. Scallops Direct offers employment for the long-term unemployed or people disadvantaged through disability, age or mental illness. Geoff Tunstall is the founder.

Tesco PLC

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:14:07 +0000

40 new jobs - store opening in Leicester
Tesco Plc is to start construction of a new store in the Belgrave area of Leicester in February 2012. The Tesco Express shop will create 40 jobs and should be open by May 2012. Tesco Plc recorded £60.93bn turnover in 2011 and employed 384,389 staff.

Unilever Uk & Cn Holdings Limited

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:13:43 +0000

Profits rise at consumer goods company - Beauty products company acquired - 18 jobs lost
Consumer goods company Unilever has recorded a small rise in 2011 profits after price hikes and cost savings offset difficult market conditions. During 2011 the firm has also acquired beauty products company Alberto Culver. Up to 18 jobs will be lost at its factory in Swansea, Wales.

Wood Heating Company (Stoves) Ltd (The)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:13:14 +0000

£150,000 investment - new jobs
Northumberland-based Wood Heating has secured a £150,000 investment to recruit new staff following an increase in sales. The investment was from Finance for Business North Eastâ€™s accelerator fund. Guaranteed government financial subsidies are expected to significantly increase demand for the firm's biomass boilers.

Ross & Bonnyman Limited

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:11:30 +0000

In Administration - Job Losses - Annual Turnover £7m
Ross and Bonnyman, a Scottish Manufacturing firm, has gone into Administration. The company, which is nearly 40 years old, employs around 80 staff at its factory and head office in Forfar and has an annual turnover of £7m. Administrators are hopeful of selling the assets and business.

Robert Bosch Ltd

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:08:57 +0000

Creating 100 engineering jobs - Suffolk - opening R&D centre
Bosch Lawn and Garden is opening a research and development centre in Stowmarket, Suffolk, creating up to 100 jobs for technically skilled engineers. Bosch makes all its cordless and wired lawnmowers in Stowmarket, for export around the world. Parent company Robert Bosch recorded turnover of £322m in 2010 and employeed 1214 staff.