New Business Wins & Company Awards - Contracts, Orders |
| | | Date | Headline | Summary | Organisation | Turnover | Profit | Employees | Locations |
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| | 17 May 2012 | £92m contracts awarded - offshore windfarm development | ScottishPower Renewables and Dong Energy have awarded contracts worth £92m for the transportation and installation of turbine foundations for the 389-megawatt West of Duddon Sands offshore windfarm, off the coast of Cumbria. The contracts have the potential to create employment opportunities. | | | £-0.0m | | 1 |
| | 22 May 2012 | £60m order - 1016 machines for Brazilian Government | Excavator manufacturer JCB has secured a £60m order with the Brazilian Government for 1,016 machines. The order is for a fleet of backhoe loaders which will be used to improve the road infrastructure in the country. The first 114 have now been delivered. | | £2,002m | £179m | 7,077 | 1 |
| | 17 May 2012 | £4bn contracts secured - potential new jobs - ongoing business growth | Outsourcing company Serco has secured contracts worth a combined £4bn in 2012, including £300m of IT contracts. New business has been gained with a variety of organisations including the NHS, Shop Direct and the State Bank of India. The ongoing growth of the company has the potential to create jobs. 2010 turnover £4.3bn, 58,799 employees. | | £4,327m | £241m | 58,799 | 2 |
| | 17 May 2012 | £2.8m capital investment - 17 new jobs - £1.5m US contract secured | Prima Dental Group is expanding after securing a £1.5m contract to supply dental drills to the US market. It is investing £2.8m in new equipment and a recruitment campaign to fill 17 new roles at its Gloucestershire factory. The company is experiencing strong export growth. 2010 turnover £7.9m, 104 employees. | | £8m | £1.0m | 104 | 2 |
| | 22 May 2012 | Webgains contract secured - mcommerce technology partnership | MymCart has been appointed as Webgains new mobile commerce technology partner. MymCart technology will allow 600 merchants and 70,000 publisher sites on the Webgains affiliate network to construct mobile websites in order to benefit from the rapidly expanding m-commerce market in the UK. | | | | | 7 |
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