http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/news.asp Latest News en-gb Copyright: (C) VIS Communications, http://www.vis.co.uk Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:48:31 GMT http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/news.asp VIS ASP Frame 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 21 22 23 40 A second high-profile store has this week confirmed it will be opening in the new village centre at Camp Hill. Heart of England http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=140 <img height="42" alt="IT Careers Fi http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=141 A new gastro pub will soon be opening in Kenilworth as part of a new development in the town. Th http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=134 Precision Antennas has revealed it is to close three operations in Warwickshire, affecting up to 345 workers.&nb http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=137 The West Midlands is at the heart of a £100 million government investment programme to speed up the introduction of low carbon vehicles on to Britain's roads.</f http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=138 Two new restaurants are set to open in Coventry city centre. One will be in t http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=135 Europe’s largest supplier of accessories and spares for holiday homes is to move its base to Camp Hill in Nuneaton. The move brings http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=133 Jaguar has announced more jobs could be lost across its UK sites.  <span style="languag http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=139 More redundancies have hit the Warwickshire dumper truck maker Thwaites. T http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=136 West Midlands minister Ian Austin has carried out the official "topping out" ceremony on t http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=131 Up to 60 jobs are to be created after a Coventry company won a multi-million-pound contract. The jobs http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=130 Nearly 200 jobs are to go across the UK operations of Jaguar Land Rover. Th http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=126 Coventry and Rugby have emerged as two of the UK's leading growth hot spots for new home-based businesses. They have been n http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=127 Around 30 new jobs are expected to be created when Lidl opens a new store in Leamington Spa in December. The supermarket http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=128 Hotel facilities in and around the NEC and Birmingham International Airport complex are being improved ahead of a proposed leisure development at the exhibition centre. < http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=129 Coventry schools are being urged to have their say on the £1 billion plans to transform the city centre. An ambitious pla http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=125 Work has started on Severn Trent's new £60 million eco-friendly operations centre in Coventry http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=120 UK hotel group, Legacy Hotels http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=124 178 jobs have been lost at engineering group CommaTech Holdings Ltd, parts of which have gone into administration. <p style="MARGIN: 5pt 0cm http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=121 Proposals for the final phase of the Camp Hill regeneration scheme have been unveiled. <span style="FONT http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=123 The number of games consoles in the UK has doubled in the past year, which signals a promising future for the Midlands’computer game sector. The E http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=132 An IT firm is due to double its workforce after investing £1.5 million in a new Warwickshire headquarte http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=115 Seventy jobs are being created at Dairy Crest, which has a base at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton. The new jobs ar http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=113 The final two units at Colonnade Point at Prologis Park, which is to the northeast of Coventry City Centre, have been let. The http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=116 A firm which provides support for UK medical professionals has moved to new headquarters in Coventry. ScriptSwitch, wh http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=117 A proposed plan for a new city centre in Coventry has been unveiled following a consultation exercise with local people. The plan looks l http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=114 A number of local firms are being affected by the current economic climate and are being forced to u http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=111 E.ON UK announced 40 http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=106 A caravan manufacturer in north Warwickshire has gone into administration after trading for over 40 years. Avondale Coachcr http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=107 Construction work has started on the first commercial phase of a mixed use development on the site of the disused Judkins Quarry in Nuneaton. http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=118 A Coventry communications company has commemorated its 10th anniversary with a major move. Trojan Communica http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=109 The first cars to be built at Longbridge for more than three years have left the factory destined for MG dealers around the UK. The cars are spe http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=92 Wolseley has announced 73 job losses at its Leamington site The business, which distribu http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=86 NP Aerospace in Coventry has landed a £60 million contract which could create around 100 new jobs. Darren Jones, pr http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=90 Building work has begun on ACT-UK, the UK’s first construction management simulation training centre in Coventry. The centre will http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=93 Jaguar Land Rover is to create around 50 jobs when it launches an international training centre in Warwick. The vehicle manu http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=89 Cooker manufacturer Rangemaster, which has a factory in Leamington, is moving its head office to the town. The company's c http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=119 McBride is closing its Coventry base with the loss of 80 jobs. It is part of the http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=91 New research has revealed that Coventry has become one of the top 15 UK cities for improving its competitiveness. The city was equ http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=88 More than 60 jobs have been created at a Sainsbury in Leamington Spa after it was given a £12million makeover. The new-look Sai http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=108 More than 100 jobs will be created in Rugby when a new B&Q store moves into the town. Th http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=73 A manufacturing firm has moved its UK base to a new office near Stratford. VDL Steelweld, p http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=74  A new school and children's home is being  created by the Royal National Institute of Bli http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=75 More than 900 homes across Coventry are set to get a major refit under a multi-million pound refurbishment scheme launched by Whitefriars Housing Group. <font size="2 http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=87 MG has unveiled details of new models to be produced at Longbridge. With investment http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=94 The Universities of Warwick and Birmingham have been jointly awarded almost £20 million to dev http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=112 Premier Inn is due to open a new hotel at the Belgrade Plaza development in Coventry city centre in Spring 2009. The company, whi http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=79 Work has begun on a £1 million business centre in Leamington Spa which is set to create 60 jobs in the area. The Althorpe Inn http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=80 Polaris Britain, the UK arm of the company which invented the snow mobile, has moved its headquarters to Coleshill in Warwick shire. http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=95 Fast-growing high street health and fitness group Movers & Shapers has chosen Stratford-upon-Avon as the location for its first UK store outside London. <font size http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=97 Creative industries could play a key role in developing Coventry's economy as well as making it more vibrant culturally and socially. Last month saw http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=76 A new £1.45 million busines http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=100 Warwick District Council’s Executive Committee has agreed in principle to support a scheme for http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=110 The legendary Austin Healey sports cars are going home to their old factory site in Warwick. Jon Everard has http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=77 Supermarket Waitrose has opened a store in Kenilworth - creating 200 jobs full and part-time jobs. The store openin http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=82 UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown opened the University of Warwick’s flagship building – th http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=102 CEVA, a global logistics and freight management company, has set up a freight forwarding facility at http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=78 Susie Howarth is proud to be from Coventry and is determined to use her range of T-shirts to spread her positive attitude. The 33-year-old http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=81 Stoford Developments has signed a deal to develop and build eco-friendly office premises for Severn Trent Water in Coventry. Designed for low http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=83 The West Midlands ICT Cluster has revealed an ambitious three-year plan to boost the technology sector in the West Midlands. The ICT Cluster, http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=85 A South Warwickshire training consultancy has moved to a new business park. O http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=103 Warwick District Council’s planning committee has approved health company Circle's proposal to build a 30-bed hospital on land off Stratford Road in Warwick. <fo http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=104 Dr Brian Woods-Scawen, chairman of the Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Partnership, said the reg http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=67 It has been announced that Coventry's postal sorting office is to close and about 500 jobs will be relocated. The Post Office http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=66 Warwickshire College is delighted to have received the agreement on funding which means a Power Academy can be built as part of its new college in Rugby. <font size="2 http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=98 A masterplan to redevelop the former Jaguar site at Browns Lane in Coventry has been unveiled. Australian prope http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=68 Gerry Rye set up her telemarketing services company around 10 years http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=70 Kallum is 15 and currently in Year 11 at Ashlawn Sch http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=71 Helena started her first business over 20 years ago and h http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=72 The Hotel Leofric in Coventry city centre has been bought by Travelodge and work in now underway to refit the hotel. The refit is due http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=99 A number of local firms are being affected by the current economic climate and are being forced to u http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=65 PSA Peugeot Citroen has opened its new Coventry headquarters at Pinley House, in Sunbeam Way, Stoke, Coventry. The £25 mi http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=84 Pupils from three Midland schools are celebrating after being chosen to represent the region in the national Young Enterprise competition. The sixth-for http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=96 Technology services provider Telent has moved 520 staff from Coventry to the Opus 40 Business Park in Warwick. The company, wh http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=62 Jaguar Land Rover has announced a plan to create up to 600 new jobs in Coventry and Warwickshire. The jobs are be http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=63 A village centre planned for the Camp Hill area of Nuneaton has received a boost with the news that Boots the Chemist will lease one of the new units. Opening in  http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=69 Nuneaton is to get a new St John Ambulance operations centre. It will be offic http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=105 Drawings have been released for a proposed development in Leamington Spa. The development http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=64 An industrial area in Stratford-upon-Avon has been given a new image. Timothy’s http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=61 Developers have unveiled proposals for the development of Rugby's former cattle market site, which is situated near to Rugby Train Station. Developers, http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=57 Ford has completed the sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover businesses to Tata Motors in a deal valued at around £1.7 billion. The n http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=59 Welcome Break is creating 24 jobs near Coventry with http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=53 Building 500 at <st1:pl http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=52 Plans have been unveiled that propose the building of up to 2,000 homes on the former MG Rover site at Longbridge in Birmingham. <p style="MARGIN http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=54 Coventry University welcomed MP Margaret Ho http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=60 A group of students from schools across Rugby, who teamed up with a mentor from a local businesses, http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=58 A new £9 million sports, leisure and community centre in Coventry will be opening to the public in June 2008. The Xcel Centre http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=55 Artist's impressions of a regeneration scheme to revamp the Burges area of Coventry City Centre have been unveiled. The scheme incl http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=56 Jaguar Land Rover are holding an 'Open Day' for anyone interested in undertaking a career on their apprenticeship scheme. The 'Apprentice http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=51 The NEC Group’s former offices are to be turned into a £20 million hotel. Work is due to s http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=47 Housebuilder Bryant Homes has moved its West Midlands office to Warwickshire. &nb http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=48 Leoni Wiring Systems, an automotive supplier, is recruiting for project managers and project engineers. The firm, which http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=49 Hewlett Civil Engineering has opened a new office in Warwick as part of its continued expansion. The opening of t http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=50 Clothing chain Austin Reed has announced it will open another 30 stores this year. The firm has 21 http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=46 Nanjing Automotive have revealed plans to produce up to 4 new models at Birmingham’s Longbridge plant over the next 5 years, with production due to start in August 2008. http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=44 DBK Back has been appointed by St Modwen Properties as project manager for the development of Whitley Business Park. <img height=" http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=45 More than 150 jobs could be created in the Warwickshire construction industry. R http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=41 More than 30 jobs will come to Leamington when digital mapping company Yotta moves from its offices in Oxford to Hamilton Terrace in Leamington Spa. Yot http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=43 Coventry Building Society has launched its annual Financial Services Trainee Programme. It aims to give http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=40 The NHS Supply Chain is to create up to 100 jobs at a new distribution warehouse due to open at Valley Park in Rugby in July 2008. &nb http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=101 Supermarket chain Netto will create around 20 jobs with the opening of a new store in Coventry. The store, in Jub http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=38 Jaguar and Land Rover are looking to recruit the next generation of apprentices. They have launc http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=36 Find out about a range of Engineering Apprenticeship opportunities in Coventry and Warwickshire from the < http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=37 Builders Merchant, Building and Plumbing Supplies, looks set to open a new branch with a trade counter in Tilemans Lane, Shipston-on-Stour.  The branch will open http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=35 A new Premier Travel Inn and Restaurant is opening at Cross Point Walsgrave June 2008 creating up to http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=34 A new commercial radio station has been launched in Warwick District that is dedicated to covering the Warwick Leamington and Kenilworth areas. 107.3 To http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=33 The University of Warwick Medical School has been awarded a £1.1 million grant fr http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=39 If you are interested in what it is like to http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=32 Ford has sold its UK-based car brands Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian company Tata. Tata, India's b http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=29 CovScape is a new project BBC Covent http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=27 Plans for Warwickshire College to build a new college in Rugby have been approved. The new college wil http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=30 Work has started on a new development, Whitley Business Park, on the border of Coventry & Warwickshire. < http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=26 Marks and Spencer has opened a new Simply Food Store in Warwick creating 38 jobs. The store will p http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=28 Councillors have given the go ahead to plans that will re-develop the Belfry Hotel in Wishaw, North Warwickshire. The multi-millio http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=23 Warwick District Council has announced it has received some funding from the Regional Development Ag http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=24 Nationwide Building Society has created 300 jobs in Coventry by opening a new contact centre in the city. The centre opene http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=25 The Low Pay Commission has welcomed the Government’s confirmation that, from 1 October 2008, the adult minimum wage rate will increase from £5.52 to £5.73 http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=22 Terex Construction has created 69 jobs in Coventry. The jobs have bee http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=21 Miners are being recruited by UK Coal to work at Daw Mill Colliery at Arley in North Warwickshire. http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=17 The first step towards the creation of a £500 million research and development centre in the heart of Coventry and Warwickshire has taken place. L http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=16 Medical Technologies is a blossoming http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=13 A Coventry City Council survey identifying the largest employers in the city helps to show how the nature of our local economy has changed. In the past http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=12 The supermarket Sainsbury’s is to create 150 new jobs in Coventry as part of its drive to increase non-food sales. The chain is re http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=19 The construction of a new multi-million pound industrial and residential development in Nuneaton is set to mark a new era of economic regeneration for the region. < http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=31 Plans have been approved for a new DIY store and garden centre in Rugby – a move which could create up to 150 jobs. The store is to http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=20 More than 100 key figures from the world of motorsport gathered at a special event at Autosport Inte http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=15 A move to transform Coventry city centre could double the number of shops and revamp it as a centre for shoppers and visitors. Coventry City C http://www.cwworldofwork.org.uk/newsarticle.asp?renleewtsapf=18