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British Ceramic Tile is to shed up to 86 of the 380 jobs at its factory in Newton Abbot. 23-Jun-2011

Polton Glass is looking to secure a new contract that will expand the 60-strong workforce at its Middlesbrough-based glazing business with 30 new jobs. 23-Jun-2011

Green Electrician, the supplier of photovoltaic systems, is setting up a 6,000 sq ft office and warehouse at Green Lane in Wardle, Cheshire. 16-Jun-2011

Luxfer has agreed a £110m refinancing package with its banks to help fund the expansion of its engineering materials business, which has manufacturing sites in Salford, Nottingham and Worcester. 16-Jun-2011

Sterling Thermal Technology has acquired Applied Cooling Technology, the West Midlands-based heat exchange equipment manufacturer, and its Britannia Heatex subsidiary for undisclosed terms. 15-Jun-2011

SJC Hutchinson Engineering is investing £1m in the expansion of its laser cutting facility in Londonderry, including 11,000 sq ft of additional space and ten jobs. 15-Jun-2011

C-TEC is to relocate its Wigan-based safety equipment business and 40 staff to a 73,000 sq ft warehouse site in Martland Park by the end of the year. 13-Jun-2011

Knowaste of Canada is planning to open a 36,000 tonne-a-year capacity nappy recycling plant in West Bromwich this summer, and is also planning additional plants in the UK. 13-Jun-2011

Sealy is to shed 40 of the 300 jobs at its bed factory in Cumbria. 13-Jun-2011

CorpAcq has acquired Hessle Fork Trucks, the Castleford-based supplier of earth-moving equipment with 40 staff. 13-Jun-2011

Canburg is to shed up to 39 of the 208 jobs at its kitchen manufacturing operations in Devizes. 13-Jun-2011

Habasit Rossi is looking to build a new conveyor systems factory near its existing site in Silsden, in order to secure the future of its 80-strong workforce. 13-Jun-2011

Group Rhodes has acquired Slater & Crabtree, the Wakefield-based precision engineering firm with 25 staff. 13-Jun-2011

Enviroparks has raised £2.2m from the Hotbed investment syndicate to go towards the development of waste-to-energy plants at Hirwaun and elsewhere. 09-Jun-2011

Radius Systems is to close its pipes factory in Newton Aycliffe by the end of the year with the loss of up to 68 jobs. 08-Jun-2011

DH Budenberg, the pressure calibration equipment manufacturer with 30 staff in Manchester, has been acquired by WIKA of Germany. 08-Jun-2011

BiogenGreenfinch has won planning permission from Hertfordshire County Council to build an anaerobic digestion plant with capacity of 45,000 tonnes a year at Baldock. 06-Jun-2011

Nationwide Recycling, the Swansea-based glass waste processing firm, has gone into liquidation through MacDonald Partnership. 06-Jun-2011

Ubisense of Cambridge is planning to raise £6m in a flotation to fund the commercial development of its parts tracking technology. 06-Jun-2011

Walker Filtration is to relocate its Washington-based filters business and up to 175 staff to a new 128,000 sq ft factory on Birtley Road. 26-May-2011

Hills Waste Solutions is to start work on the development of a 60,000 tonnes-a-year mechanical biological treatment plant in Westbury this summer, having finalised a contract with Wiltshire Council. 26-May-2011

George Penman Plumbing is to go into liquidation with the loss of 30 jobs at its Dundee-based heating and plumbing business. 24-May-2011

Newport Paper has acquired the assets of North East Recycling, in order to establish a commercial waste recycling depot at Blaydon near Gateshead. 23-May-2011

Triumph Furniture has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing 200 jobs in Merthyr Tydfil and Tredegar. 23-May-2011

Avondale Environmental has secured £17m from HSBC to fund the development of a 200,000 tonnes-a-year waste recycling plant in Falkirk. 23-May-2011

Ramora UK, the Portsmouth-based explosives disposal firm with 25 staff, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a new company called Ramora Global. 23-May-2011

Safestyle UK of Bradford is looking to expand its nationwide chain of 40 window and door branches with new outlets in the south of England. 23-May-2011

Barwood Products is to set up a new 21,000 sq ft bathroom products factory at Chesterton in Staffordshire this year, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 19-May-2011

Surface Generation has raised £1.4m from investors to fund the expansion of its Leicestershire-based component manufacturing technology business. 19-May-2011

PX Group is looking to expand into the Middle East following the recent acquisition of Simpson Coulson, the Billingham-based engineering consultancy. 19-May-2011

JTC Furniture has submitted plans for the £3m expansion of its furniture factory and showroom in Dundee, with the creation of 100 jobs. 17-May-2011

Allied International UK, the Grangemouth-based pipeline components manufacturer, is to open an office in Aberdeen in July, with the creation of an initial six jobs. 17-May-2011

Environmental Resources Management, the environmental consultancy with 3,600 staff in 40 countries, is to be sold by Bridgepoint to Chaterhouse Capital for £586m. 16-May-2011

SMD is to create ten new jobs for design engineers at its remotely operated vehicles business in Malton. 16-May-2011

Inpipe Products is looking to relocate its North Yorkshire-based pipeline maintenance machines business and expand the 65-strong workforce over the next two years, following a management buy-out. 16-May-2011

Skan Group has bought the waste vehicle and equipment manufacturing assets of the Boughton Group in Staffordshire and Devon out of administration. 09-May-2011

Uniline Safety Systems, the Redditch-based manufacturer of safety equipment with 38 staff, has been acquired by Capital Safety Group for undisclosed terms. 05-May-2011

Thetford is planning to relocate its South Yorkshire-based sanitation systems business and 180 staff to an 83,000 sq ft unit at the Brookfields scheme in Rotherham. 04-May-2011

Micro Spring & Presswork has acquired Invincible Spring Company, the Wolverhampton-based manufacturer of spring components. 04-May-2011

Environmental Waste Controls of Liverpool is to raise £4m in a flotation on Aim to fund the development of waste recycling facilities. 03-May-2011

Smith Group, the Lancashire-based air conditioning and engineering firm with 270 staff, has been acquired by Imtech. 03-May-2011

Italian Furniture Company is seeking permission to expand its factory in Beckside Road, Bradford, including the transfer of production from Halifax, Hull and Leeds and the creation of 190 jobs. 03-May-2011

Howdens Joinery is to invest £20m in the expansion of its furniture manufacturing operations in Runcorn and East Yorkshire over the next two years. 03-May-2011

Active Energy has acquired Red Line Engineering Services of Essex for £0.5m. 27-Apr-2011

Staffordshire Security Services is planning to expand the 189-strong workforce at its Hanley-based security business with 250 new jobs over the coming months. 26-Apr-2011

Steelite is expanding the 650-strong workforce at its North Staffordshire pottery with up to 30 new jobs. 26-Apr-2011

AJ Woods Engineering is seeking permission to set up a boat repair facility at Gashouse Quay in Harwich, which could lead to the creation of hundreds of jobs. 19-Apr-2011

Sunersol is planning to create more than 100 new jobs at its waste management business in West Yorkshire, in order to recycle products for councils and other companies across the country. 18-Apr-2011

Smiths of Peterhead has been bought out of administration by a new company called Touch Interactive, securing 17 jobs at its weaving factory near Mintlaw. 18-Apr-2011

Permoid Industries is to close its Warwick & Bailey steel fabrication plant in Blackburn, with the transfer of up to 20 jobs to its site in County Durham. 18-Apr-2011

Toughglass is to close its toughened glass manufacturing business in Kilkeel, with the loss of 46 jobs. 14-Apr-2011

Ovivo is to shed an unspecified number of the 96 jobs at its water filtration business in Colchester, in order to transfer work to the West Midlands. 13-Apr-2011

Associated Security Services (ASSG) is to invest £1.2m in the expansion of its security equipment business, including new depots in Bristol and Scotland, an extension to its Manchester headquarters and ten new jobs. 07-Apr-2011

Ingersoll Rand is relocating its Wigan-based European sales division to a 13,880 sq ft office at the Middlebrook scheme in Bolton. 06-Apr-2011

Orchid Environmental has secured a £4m investment from the London Waste & Recycling Board to build a 160,000 tonnes-a-year waste-to-fuel plant in Bexley by 2013. 06-Apr-2011

Dunphy Combustion is to set up a new £1m 90,000 sq ft environment and combustion research centre in Rochdale this year, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. 06-Apr-2011

Williamson-Dickie Europe is to double the size of its workwear distribution centre in Radstock, Somerset, to 100,000 sq ft. 06-Apr-2011

Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire has been chosen as the new headquarters for an international project to build the £1.3bn Square Kilometre Array radio telescope, which will create 60 jobs. 05-Apr-2011

HW Martin has acquired the commercial and industrial waste operations of Durham-based Premier Waste for undisclosed terms. 05-Apr-2011

Converteam, the French power conversion company with 280 staff in Staffordshire, has been acquired by General Electric for £2bn. 05-Apr-2011

Mansfield Pollard is to expand the 145-strong workforce at its Bradford-based ventilation engineering business with 12 new jobs. 05-Apr-2011

Winbro Group Technologies is to create 24 new jobs at its Leicestershire-based machine manufacturing business, having won new orders worth £5.5m. 04-Apr-2011

WYG has sold Adams Kara Taylor, its London-based engineering business with 120 staff, to a management team for £3.7m. 04-Apr-2011

AGA Rangemaster has acquired the business and assets of Redfyre Cookers and Don Heating Products from Gazco for £0.8m. 04-Apr-2011

Croma is to sell its RDDS Avionics surveillance solutions business to Oak Manor Investments for £1m. 04-Apr-2011

MB Aerospace has sold its Roberts and WellClad manufacturing operations to a new Aberdeen-based company called Glacier Energy Services. 29-Mar-2011

G4S is to create 10,000 temporary jobs at its Crawley-based security business, having won a £100m contract with the 2012 Olympics. 29-Mar-2011

Marlborough World is creating 11 jobs at its new leather gifts manufacturing plant in Walsall. 28-Mar-2011

The Babraham Research Campus near Cambridge has secured a £44m government grant to expand its facilities and create new jobs, while Norwich Research Park will get £26m and Daresbury and Harwell will share £30m. 24-Mar-2011

Billington Holdings is to acquire certain assets of Marshall Steel Stairs, the Leeds-based steel fabrication firm, out of administration. 24-Mar-2011

Rivo Partners is considering potential locations in Ebbw Vale and Hull for the development of a kitchen and bathroom manufacturing plant, with the creation of 200 jobs. 24-Mar-2011

Middleby is to acquire Lincat, the Lincoln-based catering equipment manufacturer with 300 staff, for £58m. 23-Mar-2011

The Centre for Assessment of Technical Competence Humber (Catch) is to invest £3.3m in the expansion of its industrial training centre in Stallingborough. 23-Mar-2011

Polti UK is relocating its Manchester-based electrical steam appliances business to an 8,000 sq ft unit on Wheel Forge Way in Trafford Park. 17-Mar-2011

Hoval is to create 20 new jobs at its boiler manufacturing business in Newark, following the government launch of the Renewable Heat Incentive. 17-Mar-2011

Wales Environmental, the Pembrokeshire-based waste management firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 17-Mar-2011

Polyurethane Products, the plastics manufacturer with sites in Retford and Coventry, has been acquired by Trelleborg Engineered Systems of Sweden for undisclosed terms. 17-Mar-2011

Humiseal Europe, the manufacturer of coatings for electronic circuits, is relocating to a 19,000 sq ft site at IQ Winnersh near Reading. 17-Mar-2011

Shredall is looking to double the size of its Nottinghamshire-based waste shredding business over the next three years, including a new depot in Hertfordshire. 16-Mar-2011

HQC, the St Helens-based sheet metal manufacturer with 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 15-Mar-2011

Marine Rescue Technologies, the Driffield-based marine safety firm, has been acquired by Mobilarm of Australia for £1.3m. 15-Mar-2011

AeroThermal Group and 4Recycling are planning to build a £9m waste treatment plant at Lee Moor near Plymouth, with the creation of 22 jobs. 14-Mar-2011

Rigby Taylor, the turf management firm with 110 staff in Bolton, Guildford and Edinburgh, has been acquired by Origin Enterprises of Ireland for £10m. 14-Mar-2011

United Agri Products, the Cambridgeshire-based agriculture technology services firm, has been acquired by Origin Enterprises for an initial £33m. 14-Mar-2011

Barden is creating 60 new jobs at its ball bearings factory in Plymouth. 14-Mar-2011

Sirius Minerals has raised £20m in a share placing to fund a new drilling programme at its recently-acquired York Potash site near Scarborough. 14-Mar-2011

Ace has ceased trading with the loss of 22 jobs at its Inverness-based plumbing and heating business. 09-Mar-2011

Sicame Electrical is to relocate the manufacturing side of its Holmfirth-based cable connectors business to its site on Leeds Road. 09-Mar-2011

Tough Glass is to shed up to 46 jobs at its safety glass business in Kilkeel, County Down. 08-Mar-2011

Humberside Fire Authority is to shed 72 jobs over the next two years. 08-Mar-2011

Triton is to expand the 350-strong workforce at its showers factory in Nuneaton with up to 20 new jobs this year. 08-Mar-2011

Tata Steel Projects is to create up to 25 new jobs at its engineering plant in Workington over the next few months. 07-Mar-2011

Cutting & Wear is to relocate its Rotherham-based drilling tools business to a new £5m 38,000 sq ft headquarters at the Smithy Wood Business Park in Sheffield later this year. 07-Mar-2011

Peter Scott is planning to expand the 50-strong workforce at its Hawick-based knitwear business with 20 new jobs. 03-Mar-2011

Sentinel Perfomance Solutions, the Runcorn-based supplier of heating systems, has been acquired by Electra Partners for £43m. 03-Mar-2011

Camden Group is to invest £16m in the expansion of its Antrim-based PVC manufacturing business, with the creation of 225 jobs over the next three years. 28-Feb-2011

Group Response Global has been sold out of administration to Kingdom Security, saving 100 jobs at its security firm in North Yorkshire. 28-Feb-2011

Teesside Cast Products has finalised a £291m deal to be acquired by SSI of Thailand, which will secure the future of 700 jobs at its steel plant in Redcar. 28-Feb-2011

Bridon International is considering plans to set up a 70,000 sq ft wire rope factory at the former Neptune Shipyard on Tyneside, which could create up to 200 jobs. 23-Feb-2011

Energetix is raising £2.5m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its Cheshire-based boilers business. 23-Feb-2011

Fibercore, the Southampton-based optical fibres manufacturer, has been acquired by HIG European Capital Partners. 17-Feb-2011

A Taylor & Son has acquired the 40,000 sq ft H Pontifex site in Leeds for the expansion of its fabrication and machining business. 17-Feb-2011

Rayner is to relocate its optical lens manufacturing business and up to 130 staff from Brighton to the former Europharm site in Worthing within three years. 16-Feb-2011

Kukri Sports is planning to double the workforce at its Lancashire-based sports kit manufacturing business to 100 over the next three years. 16-Feb-2011

Holyhead Marine Services is creating 25 new jobs with the expansion of its Anglesey-based boat building business into the offshore wind farm sector. 16-Feb-2011

Kee Safety, the safety solutions firm with 180 staff at sites including Reading and Birmingham, has undergone a management buy-out backed by LDC. 16-Feb-2011

Teconnex is planning to extend its clamps factory in Keighley by 30%, and the 200-strong workforce will rise by 45. 16-Feb-2011

Tharsus is looking to expand the workforce at its Tyneside-based engineering business from 100 to more than 130. 15-Feb-2011

Flogas UK has acquired Metcalfe & Evans, the Warrington-based engineering company, in order to gain expertise in the conversion of generators from oil to LPG. 15-Feb-2011

Clyde Union is to create a further 170 jobs at its pump manufacturing business in Glasgow this year, taking the workforce to 1,020. 14-Feb-2011

Paradigm Flow Solutions is to create 20 jobs at its new Aberdeen-based business removing blockages from oil and gas pipes. 14-Feb-2011

Johnson & Johnson, the Manchester-based furniture manufacturer with 20 remaining staff, has been bought out of administration by Zutux. 14-Feb-2011

E-Vials, the Rochdale-based laboratory equipment manufacturer trading as Laboratory Sales with 80 staff, has been acquired by Wheaton Industries of the US. 14-Feb-2011

Scotgen has won planning permission to build a £50m waste incinerator near Stonehouse in South Lanarkshire, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 09-Feb-2011

North London Waste Authority has unveiled plans to build a £100m waste disposal plant in New Southgate by 2016. 09-Feb-2011

International Recycling, the Norwich-based recovered materials trading firm, has been acquired by Ciparo of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms. 09-Feb-2011

LC Automation, the Blackburn-based electrical company, has undergone a management buy-out backed by NatWest. 09-Feb-2011

Serious Waste Management has bought the assets of CFH Tanker Services out of liquidation, and will relocate to the CFH site in Burton. 09-Feb-2011

Valens Resources has acquired Singh (UK), the waste recycling firm with 25 staff in March, Peterborough and Whittlesey, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Glazewing business. 08-Feb-2011

Weston EU is looking to recruit up to 30 additional machinists and engineers at its aerospace components factory in Pendle. 08-Feb-2011

Coopers Yard is seeking permission to expand its waste processing centre in Barrow, with the creation of 40 jobs over the next two years. 08-Feb-2011

CEI Collins Engineers of the US is to create ten jobs at its newly-opened engineering services office in Belfast over the next two years. 08-Feb-2011

Electricity North West is to expand the 1,500-strong workforce at its Warrington-based electricity networks business with 250 new jobs over the next five years, as part of a £1.4bn investment programme. 07-Feb-2011

Pyreos has raised £2m of venture capital to fund the expansion of its Edinburgh-based infra-red sensors business. 07-Feb-2011

Griffon Hoverwork is expected to shed more than 20 jobs on the Isle of Wight, in order to transfer more of its hovercraft manufacturing operation to Woolston. 07-Feb-2011

Klinger is investing £2m in the expansion of its sealing products factory in Bradford, with the creation of ten jobs. 07-Feb-2011

Chamberlin has bought certain assets of Jebron, the Wednesbury-based manufacturer of door closers, out of administration for £0.2m. 07-Feb-2011

Easi-access and Easibathe are looking to expand the workforce at their Tyneside-based disability access business from 55 to 85 over the next five years. 03-Feb-2011

Modern Water has acquired Cogent Environmental, the Cambridge-based environmental monitoring firm, from Sultan Scientific. 03-Feb-2011

Cassidian is to shed up to 200 of the 1,000 jobs at its Newport-based defence communications business over the next four months, following the loss of a government contract. 03-Feb-2011

Charles Owen & Company is to create 20 jobs at a new £1.2m warehouse in Wrexham for its body protection products business. 03-Feb-2011

Intelect UK is looking to create a further 20 jobs at its new 8,000 sq ft mechanical and electrical engineering site in Grimsby by the end of the year. 03-Feb-2011

Terram is to close its geotextiles factory in Pontypool with the loss of up to 98 jobs, in order to transfer production to Essex. 03-Feb-2011

Metalrax Storage, the Birmingham-based industrial storage manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-in. 03-Feb-2011

Teesside Cast Products is planning to create at least 800 jobs at its steel plant in Redcar later this year, following its expected acquisition by SSI of Thailand. 27-Jan-2011

Senator International is to extend its office furniture manufacturing site in Hyndburn by 80,000 sq ft over the next few months, including new warehouse and recycling facilities. 27-Jan-2011

Precision Valve UK is said to be planning to shed up to 40 jobs at its precision machining plant in Peterborough. 26-Jan-2011

Wanzl UK is to employ 15 staff at a new 90,000 sq ft shopping trolley warehouse at Sawpit Lane Industrial Estate in Tibshelf. 26-Jan-2011

Blairs, the Greenock-based joinery firm, has been bought out of administration by Performance Timber Products Group, securing the future of 60 jobs. 25-Jan-2011

Cartwright Group is to create 40 new jobs at its Altrincham-based trailer manufacturing business. 24-Jan-2011

Blade Tooling and Blade Technology of Pershore have been sold out of administration to Gardner Group of Ilkeston, securing the future of 60 jobs. 24-Jan-2011

Zoggs International, the swimwear supplier, has acquired a 21,000 sq ft warehouse at the Woods Bank Estate in Wednesbury. 24-Jan-2011

Sunlight Textile is planning to close its factory in Mossley and transfer the work to Leeds in 2012, affecting up to 120 jobs. 24-Jan-2011

Turnbull & Asser is to expand its Gloucester-based bespoke shirt manufacturing business onto a new site nearby, with the creation of 15 jobs. 19-Jan-2011

Landis & Gyr is expanding its Stockport-based smart meters business by acquiring a further 34,400 sq ft property at the Orion Business Park. 19-Jan-2011

Johnston Sweepers has won permission to expand its outdoor cleaning equipment production facilities in Dorking, with the creation of 137 jobs. 18-Jan-2011

Enfield Council is to consider plans from Whittington Jersey Property Fund for the development of an electrical goods recycling plant in Picketts Lock. 18-Jan-2011

Western United Mines is shedding 16 of the 60 jobs at the South Crofty tin mine near Camborne, due to delays in bringing the site back into production. 18-Jan-2011

Sirius Minerals has acquired York Potash, the owner of mineral rights in parts of North Yorkshire, in a £25m all-share deal. 17-Jan-2011

DGT Structures has bought High Cross, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of forecourt canopies with 30 staff, out of administration. 17-Jan-2011

BMB Clothing is planning to relocate up to 50 staff from Leeds to its site in Goole over the next three years. 17-Jan-2011

InterfaceFLOR is to shed up to 20 jobs at its carpet tile factory in Halifax, in order to transfer some production to the Netherlands. 17-Jan-2011

Ocean Kinetics is seeking permission to build a new headquarters for its Shetland-based marine engineering business and 40 staff on a site near Lerwick Power Station. 17-Jan-2011

ASD Metal Services is to double the size of its metal stockholding site in Leeds with the acquisition of an adjacent 215,000 sq ft premises. 17-Jan-2011

Keenan Recycling is to invest £1.3m in a new composting plant at its organics recycling site in New Deer, Aberdeenshire. 13-Jan-2011

Malbern Windows & Doors has sold its Manchester division out of administration to Plastic Window Systems, securing 18 jobs, while a further 53 jobs have been saved with the sale of its Heysham division to Lancashire Double Glazing. 13-Jan-2011

Adam International is planning to expand the 51-strong workforce at its Stockport-based building controls business with 30 new jobs this year. 13-Jan-2011

Magellan Aerospace is to invest £2m in the expansion of its aerospace factory in Wrexham, which could increase the 300-strong workforce. 13-Jan-2011

Berendsen has acquired the washroom operations of ISS in Denmark, Sweden and Norway for £34m. 06-Jan-2011

Think3E is looking to create up to 300 jobs with the opening of a new plastics recycling plant at Calder Bank Mills in Dewsbury. 05-Jan-2011

IHC Engineering Business is looking to expand the 180-strong workforce at its offshore engineering operations on Tyneside and Teesside with up to 20 new jobs. 05-Jan-2011

Selex Systems has submitted plans to build an exhibition centre to demonstrate military equipment at its site in Basildon, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 04-Jan-2011

North West Engineering Group has gone into liquidation through Begbies Traynor, with the loss of 55 jobs at its Morecambe-based components business. 04-Jan-2011

S Robinson & Sons, the Derby-based structural steel firm, has been acquired by private equity firm RCapital. 04-Jan-2011

AssetCo has sold Supply 999, Todd Research and AS Fire & Rescue Equipment to Spring Ventures for £5.2m. 04-Jan-2011

 

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