This
Month's
Business
Round-Up
Stirling Group has gone into administration through Deloitte with the loss of 47 of the 200 jobs at its clothing operations in Altrincham and Nottingham.
Stirling Group, Atlantic Street, Broadheath, Altrincham, WA14 5FY
Tel: 0161 9267000
www.stirlinggroup.com
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United Utilities is shedding up to 500 jobs at its water, gas and electricity operations in Warrington and across the country by March.
United Utilities, Haweswater Hse, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP
Tel: 01925 237000
www.unitedutilities.com
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Farne Salmon & Trout is to shed up to 19 of the 445 jobs at its Berwickshire-based fish processing business.
Farne Salmon & Trout, Station Road, Duns, Berwickshire, TD11 3HS
www.farnesalmon.com
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Fresh Direct is setting up a new 40,000 sq ft fresh produce distribution centre and office at the South Lancs Central site in Wigan.
Fresh Direct, Charbridge Way, Distribution Park, Bicester, OX26 4SW
Tel: 01869 365600
www.freshdirect.co.uk
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Tanfield Food Company has secured a £4m investment to fund the expansion of its Consett-based ready meals business, including additional production capacity and about 50 new jobs over the next two years.
25-Jan-2010
Tanfield Food, Unit 1A, Park Road South, Consett, Co Durham, DH8 5PY
Tel: 01207 438389
www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk
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Pets at Home, the Cheshire-based chain of 252 pet stores with 4,200 staff, is to be acquired by US private equity firm KKR for £955m.
Pets at Home, Epsom Ave, Stanley Green, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3RN
Tel: 0845 6025630
www.petsathome.com
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Decathlon is to create 60 jobs at a new 40,000 sq ft sports store due to open at Hollywood Exchange in Belfast in May.
Decathlon, Oxylane, 369 rue Jules Guesde, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
www.decathlon.co.uk
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Marks & Spencer is planning to set up a 900,000 sq ft distribution centre in Castle Donington, in partnership with First Industrial Developments.
Marks & Spencer, Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Rd, London, W2 1NW
Tel: 020 79354422
www.marksandspencer.com
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GO Outdoors is planning to open five outdoor equipment superstores in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen over the next two years, with the creation of 200 jobs.
GO Outdoors, Hill Street, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S2 4SZ
Tel: 0845 0020888
www.gooutdoors.co.uk
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Shoe Zone is planning to expand its chain of 805 shoe shops with 20 new outlets this year.
Shoe Zone, Humberstone Road, Leicester, LE1 2LH
www.shoezone.net
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JS Childrenswear, the chain of 120 Adams children's clothing stores with 2,000 staff, has gone into administration through MCR.
JS Childrenswear, Attleborough Hse, Townsend Dr, Nuneaton, CV11 6RU
Tel: 024 76351000
www.adams.co.uk
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Sutton Venture Group is consolidating its Staffordshire-based distribution operations at a new 10-acre site at Berry Hill in Stoke-on-Trent, and expects to create up to 30 new jobs this year.
Sutton Venture Group, Bute St, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 3PR
Tel: 01782 339577
www.svgroup.co.uk
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City Link is to close its distribution depot in Wednesbury this summer, and some of the 600 staff will transfer to Coventry.
City Link, Riverbank, Meadows Park, Blackwater, Surrey, GU17 9AB
Tel: 0844 4930930
www.city-link.co.uk
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Oxford University Press is planning to relocate its book distribution centre from Corby to Kettering, affecting up to 300 jobs.
Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP
Tel: 01865 556767
www.oup.co.uk
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Crown Speciality Packaging is relocating its Mansfield-based metal packaging business, which has 160 staff, to a larger site at Crown Farm Way.
Crown Speciality Packaging, Rock Valley, Mansfield, NG18 2EZ
Tel: 01623 622651
www.crowncork.com
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Boots is to set up a 460,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Centrum 100 Business Park in Burton upon Trent, in order to transfer work from Worcester and Nottinghamshire.
Boots, PO Box 5300, Nottingham, NG90 1AA
Tel: 0845 0708090
www.boots.com
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