Wednesday, 20 March 2013

The UK Knack Group Reviews Today’s Events ……


The UK Knack Group Reviews Today’s Events ……


Dartington Crystal contract means potential new jobs for Devon

Devon-based Dartington Crystal has secured a licensing agreement to make crystal and glassware for York-based homeware label Julie Dodsworth. The new range will be launched later in 2013. Jobs could be created at Dartington Crystal if the range is successful.

Amore Care creating 80 jobs across Northern Ireland

Amore Care, part of the Priory Group, is expanding its portfolio of care services and creating 80 jobs across Northern Ireland including nursing roles. As part of the expansion 10 new jobs will be created at Banview Care Home in Banbridge, with further opportunities available in Newtownabbey, Coleraine, Belfast, Warrenpoint, Newtownards and Armagh.

Funding secured for Train Locksmiths with Manchester potential new jobs

Train Locksmiths has secured £200,000 from Yorkshire Bank to support its acquisition of new premises in Atherton, Manchester.  Three existing sites will be consolidated at the new building, bringing together its training, security centre and lock import business. The expansion could lead to employment opportunities.

Dawnus wins regeneration contract so new jobs for Swansea

Dawnus Construction has won a contract for a regeneration project worth almost £8m in its home city of Swansea.  The business has been appointed to build 26 new affordable homes and a further four properties for private sale on a brownfield site near Swansea Castle by Coastal Housing Group, who will work in partnership with Dawnus to create jobs.

£70K North East base brings new jobs to Scotland

Aberdeen-based oil and gas specialist Grampian Continental has invested £70K in a new North East Base and is set to create jobs.  The move is part of Grampian Continental's aim to grow turnover from £15m to £20m over the next five years.

Breeze Volkswagen opening Portsmouth dealership, creating new jobs

Breeze Volkswagen is opening a used Volkswagen van dealership and service centre in Portsmouth, creating six jobs. It is taking 7,000sq ft. of space on the Portfield Industrial Estate and will open the new premises at the end of March 2013. 200 employees.

Sunnycroft Residential Care Home expansion creates new jobs

Sunnycroft Residential Care Home has secured an £850,000 finance package with Santander Corporate & Commercial, to expand its premises onto adjoining land.  The number of beds will increase from 19 to 32 and 5 jobs will be created. Work is due to start in March 2013, for completion in the autumn.

Rugby retail park expansion spells potential new jobs

Developer Hammerson is planning a £35m expansion of the Elliots Field Retail Park, near Rugby, in Warwickshire. The plans include additional stores and a new restaurant.  The proposed development could create employment and business opportunities. Turnover £344.1m, 130 employees.

Lanarkshire-based Traveltek international expansion creates 40 jobs

Lanarkshire-based Traveltek, a travel technology specialist, is recruiting 40 more employees, including sales and account management, content and translation staff, as part of its international expansion strategy. Sales and Marketing Director Peter Whittle becomes director, global sales, while Asia Pacific regional director, Tim Poulter, will leave immediately.  It is expanding in Russia and North America.

Carmarthenshire wind power development creates150 construction jobs

Developer RWE Npower has been given permission for a 28-turbine wind power development in Carmarthenshire by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.  The project is expected to power the equivalent of up to 39,700 homes and to support up to 150 jobs during its construction phase.

New jobs in Seacat Services

Offshore wind farm vessel transfer operator Seacat Services will have invested more than £15m in manufacturing and jobs by 2013

Merging of Daily and Sunday Telegraph brings good and bad news on jobs

The Telegraph Media Group is merging the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers into a seven-day operation with the loss of 80 jobs, as it restructures into a digital business. 14% of editorial jobs will be lost from a team of 550.  However 50 digital content roles will be created as part of an £8m investment.

20 new jobs for Corpach as new vessels added

Ferguson Transport and Shipping based in Corpach has signed a deal to deliver fish feed to Marine Harvest salmon farms.    20 New Jobs and two more vessels will be added to the fleet as a result of the new contract, with further insulated fish tanks, vehicles and vessels planned as salmon production expands.

Management Moves: Executive appointments in Derbyshire software supplier Ideagen

Derbyshire software supplier Ideagen has secured £700,000 of new NHS contracts under the Scottish Framework Agreement within healthcare business Plumtree Group, which it acquired in December 2012. Ideagen has appointed two Plumtree executives to Group non-board roles: Ben Dorks as Group Sales and Marketing Director, and Barnaby Kent as Group Operations Director.

Private Equity / Bank Funding: Wulvern secures funding to building 100 homes

Wulvern, the Cheshire-based housing association, plans to build 105 extra homes for its customers by March 2015. The Homes and Communities Agency has invited Wulvern to extend its development programme and is providing additional grant funding of £3.8m. Wulvern has secured a further £18m from the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Private Equity / Bank Funding: Aqua Express acquisition in on-going growth strategy

Angel Springs, a West Midlands water cooler supplier, is acquiring Scotland-based Aqua Express with support from private equity provider LDC.  It is the fifth acquisition for Angel Springs in the 18-months to March 2013 and will help Angel Springs expand its customer base in Scotland. LDC continues to work with Angel Springs to identify further acquisitions.

Private Equity / Bank Funding: Loan secured by Safety Technology

Monmouthshire-based safety training and equipment provider Safety Technology has secured a six-figure loan to support its European expansion from Finance Wales.  The loan will help set up an offshore training facility in the North East as well as other locations in Europe. 

Private Equity / Bank Funding: £23m funding received for National Graphene Institute creating 100 New Jobs

The University of Manchester has received £23m in funding from the European Regional Development Fund.  The capital will go towards the £61m National Graphene Institute.  It is hoped the centre will initially create around 100 jobs, with the long-term expectation of many thousands more in the North West and more widely in the UK.

Private Equity / Bank Funding: Sunnycroft Residential Care Home secures investment for expansion

Sunnycroft Residential Care Home has secured an £850,000 finance package with Santander Corporate & Commercial, to expand its premises onto adjoining land.  The number of beds will increase from 19 to 32 and 5 jobs will be created. Work is due to start in March 2013, for completion in the autumn.

Private Equity / Bank Funding: £8m funding for Doosan Power Systems, sees 790 recruited to the sector

Doosan Power Systems, a company that builds, maintains and extends the life of power plants has welcomed an £8m funding boost designed to increase the number of new trainees entering its sector. The funding would see 790 people recruited into the engineering construction sector. The Government and the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board have supplied the funding.

Penny Winter – The UK Knack Group