Labour MP demands government reappraisal of IT
Labour MP, Derek Wyatt, is calling on the UK government to launch a complete audit of its computer contracts to put the brakes on an embarrassing series of technology fai...
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Xerox opts for Ireland
Xerox is to open a $325m printer manufacturing plant in Dundalk, Ireland. The move is set to create 1,000 jobs by 2003. The firm also announced plans to open a customer c...
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2,200 jobs to go at BAe
British Aerospace (BAe) has announced a massive restructuring of its manufacturing operations, resulting in 2,200 redundancies across the UK.
Approximately 800 job los...
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Cable & Wireless to open South Wales call centre
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) is creating 1,200 jobs in Swansea, Wales, with the opening of a £100m customer service call centre.
The first service centre ...
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Cellnet to create 1,000 jobs in Bury
BT Cellnet has announced the creation of over 1,000 jobs at its new call centre in Bury.
The Dumers Lane site will initially take on 250 people in July - with the rema...
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Virgin enters mobile arena
Virgin Group has confirmed its intention to set up a UK mobile network. The service will be based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and is expected to launch by Christmas.
Vir...
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Ideal Hardware cuts jobs as shares tumble
Storage distributor Ideal Hardware has seen its share price halved today in the wake of a statement to the London Stock Exchange warning of redundancies and sharply falli...
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Procter&Gamble slashes 15,000 jobs
Procter&Gamble has announced 15,000 job cuts over the next five years, as part of a company-wide reorganisation.
The company is reorganising itself into seven prod...
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Packard Bell poised to cut more jobs
NEC has announced that further drops in the profits of US subsidiary, Packard Bell, may result in additional redundancies at the troubled PC maker.
Despite a strategy ...
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NEC invests £35m in Scottish jobs
Semiconductor company, NEC, has announced a £35m investment in its West Lothian plant in Scotland, safeguarding 200 jobs.
NEC is expanding production to include the 64...
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