Companies Receiving Investment - Private Finance Initiatives / PPI Initiatives |
| | | Date | Headline | Summary | Organisation | Turnover | Profit | Employees | Locations |
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| | 16 May 2012 | £18m investment - workforce to treble - acquired by BASF - new manufacturing facility | German chemical company BASF has acquired life sciences firm Equateq and is investing £18m to create a new manufacturing facility on the Isle of Lewis. In an agreement with the government, BASF is creating 90 jobs at the facility, expanding production of Omega 3 fatty acids. Equateqs 2010 turnover was £1.1m. | | £1m | £-0.8m | | 2 |
| | 21 May 2012 | Manchester office opened - funding secured for hospital developments | Robertson Group is to commence work on two major hospital developments in Cumbria. Funding has been secured for the £11m Cockermouth Community Hospital and £4m Cleator Moor Health Centre. Robertson opened a new office in Manchester in April 2012. 2011 turnover £204.5m, 1,039 employees. | | £205m | £1m | 1,039 | 1 |
| | 22 May 2012 | HICL takes stake in Birmingham hospital project | HICL Infrastructure, which invests in infrastructure projects, has taken a sizeable interest in the Birmingham New Hospitals public finance initiative (PFI) project. | | | | | |
| | 17 May 2012 | 27 jobs created - Creative Jobs Fund successful | A piltot project launched by Northern Film & Media to create jobs in the creative industries has provded successful, with companies adding 27 full-time posts in spring 2012. The company launched the £72,000 Creative Jobs Fund in February 2012. 2011 turnover £3.5m. | | £3m | £-0.2m | | 1 |
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