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Bombardier wins £188 million Southern trains contract
Derby trainmaker Bombardier has won a £188 million contract to build 130 carriages for rail company Southern.The Department for Transport had been criticised for choosing German rival Siemens over Bombardier as preferred bidder for the £1.4 billion Thameslink rail contract. It is hoped the new contract will help secure the Canadian owned company’s future in [...]
Big Society projects get £3.1 million boost
Four Big Society projects are to get £3.1 milion in funding from dormant bank accounts, the government has announced.The cash will be used to help the long term unemployed set up business, vulnerable youngsters find jobs, a community energy project and fund the first social business stock exchange. In total, about £400 million in unused [...]
UK car production up for sixth month in November
Car production in the UK rose for the sixth straight month in November according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).A total of 136,111 cars were made last month, up 8.5% from the same point last year. UK engine production rose by 1.7% in November. “UK vehicle and engine production continues to lead [...]
Car parts firm Cobra UK to create 49 jobs
A new £12 million order to supply General Motors (GM) with parts will see the UK company double its workforce.Welshpool-based Cobra UK has won a contract to provide load space covers for the Vauxhall Astra, which is made at a plant in Cheshire. The expansion will create 49 jobs, taking the workforce to nearly 100. [...]
JCB creates new 350 jobs
JCB is creating more than 350 jobs as part of a new £31 million engine development project.The firm said it would recruit more than 300 people across its Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham factories between 2016 and 2021. The company said it was also currently recruiting for 50 jobs at JCB Power Systems in Foston. JCB [...]
UK service sector improves a new survey finds
The UK’s service sector activity picked up in November after falling in the previous month a closely-watched survey finds.The Markit/Cips services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 52.1 in the month, up from 51.3 in October. Any figure above 50 indicates growth. The service sector accounts for about two thirds of UK economic activity. The [...]
Starbucks coffee chain will create 5,000 UK jobs
The coffee giant Starbucks plans to expand further in the UK, creating 5,000 UK jobs over the next five years.The company intends to increase the number of drive through coffee outlets, typically found at motorway service stations, from nine to 200. It also plans to open another 100 High Street coffee shops. The announcement comes [...]
Marston’s pubs to create 1,000 jobs in 2012
The pubs chain and brewer Marston’s says its continuing expansion means it will need to recruit another 1,000 employees next year.The company said it had build 19 new pubs this year and planned to build 25 a year from 2012. Marston’s, which has more than 2,000 pubs across the country, brews Pedigree and Banks’s ales. [...]
Businesses to get £40 billion credit help in Autumn Statement
A series of measures aimed at helping UK businesses and the wider economy have been announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his Autumn Statement.The biggest new policy is a £40 billion “credit easing” scheme to make it simpler to underwrite bank loans to small firms. Small businesses with an annual turnover of less than will [...]
Thomas Cook shares take off on £200 million rescue deal
Shares in travel firm Thomas Cook were 23% higher in afternoon trading on news of £200 million of new financing for the firm.At the weekend the firm reached agreement with its lenders to provide it with new access to funding. Shares in the company initially fell 75% last week after it said it was in [...]