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Following the successful launch of Asda's store in Strabane, Londonderry, the company has announced it is to invest an additional £4.7 million in order to expand the premises. The Londonderry Sentinel reported that up to 30 jobs could be created in the area as a result of these proposed plans, with the store set to be expanded to include an additional 15,000 sq ft of retail space. "Despite the impact of the economic recession, we've proved that Asda delivers the range, value and service that the public wants and this is only set to continue in our bigger, brighter supermarket," Eugene Teague,..
Retail, Wholesale
Tesco to create 200 jobs in Campbeltown
02/07/2009
The local economy of Campbeltown in southern Scotland is set to receive a boost following the announcement by supermarket chain Tesco that it is to expand its store in the town. Work at the site will hopefully create up to 200 new jobs, with First Milk..
Science
250 new jobs created by Japanese firms
01/07/2009
A Japanese international pharmaceutical company has announced plans to create a new business center in the east of England, which in turn will create up to 250 new jobs in the region. Pharmaceutical research company Eisai has pledged to create a European..
Engineering, Manufacturing, Utilities
British Gas to create 2,600 jobs
01/07/2009
UK energy supplier British Gas has pledged to create 2,600 new positions by 2012 as part of its push to bring smart meters into every UK home. The project, which is due to get underway sometime next year, will see technicians enter millions of properties..
Recruitment Trends
Green jobs to total more than 1m by 2017
01/07/2009
The number of jobs in the green sector has been forecast to rise to more than a million by 2017. Prime minister Gordon Brown on Monday (June 29th) pledged to create 400,000 more jobs in the environmental sector over the next eight years. Mr Brown claimed..
