Headquarters & Premises - Industrial Premises |
| Gain | Loss | Date | Headline | Summary | Organisation | Turnover | Profit | Employees | Locations |
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| | 30 Jan 2012 | £95m shipping port acquisition - shopping centre sold - focusing on ports business | Forth Ports Plc has acquired the remaining shares in Tilbury Container Services, taking control of a major London shipping port in a £95m agreement. It has also sold the 420,000 sq ft Ocean Terminal shopping centre in Edinburgh, in order to focus on developing its ports business. | Forth Ports Plc | £182m | £70m | 1,120 | 4 |
| 1 | | 02 Feb 2012 | £8m expansion - 100 new jobs - relocated to larger premises | Hawk Group, which specialises in heavy plant hire, has moved from Loppington, Shropshire to larger premises near Whitchurch, Shropshire, as part of an £8m expansion plans. The company is creating 100 jobs and has invested in 60 new hydraulic excavators and 20 forklift truck-like telehandlers in order to gain more international business. | Hawk Group Ltd | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | | 30 Jan 2012 | £500m waste incinerator contract - potential new jobs | Bam Nuttall Ltd has secured a contract to carry out civil engineering work on a £500m waste incinerator in Kings Lynn for Cory Wheelabrator. The incinerator will process 260,000 tonnes of waste a year and generate more than 20MW of electricity. The contract has the potential to create new jobs. | BAM Nuttall Ltd | £695m | £12m | 3,038 | 18 |
| 2 | | 02 Feb 2012 | £40m Investment - Two New Plants Proposed - 80 New Jobs | Prosper De Mulder, a Recycling specialist plans to invest £40m in two new UK plants in 2012. The new plants, in Widnes and East London, will each create around 40 jobs and should be operational by 2013. The recycling capacity of Doncaster will also be doubled, each handling around 90,000 tonnes of food waste each year and producing 4mws of renewable energy. Philip Simpson is Commercial Director. | Prosper De Mulder Ltd | £198m | £-9.6m | 895 | 2 |
| | 02 Feb 2012 | £400k investment - Jobs created | Window manufacturer Hourglass Seal is investing £400,000 in new state-of-the-art machinery at its factory in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, creating new jobs. Production will increase from 2,000 to 3,500 units a week. The business currently employs 25 staff. Andy Thomas is sales and marketing director. | Hourglass Seal Limited | £0.0m | £0.0m | 0 | 3 |
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