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Warship contracts sail to victory

Monday, 9th August 2010, 00::00

New contracts worth almost £33 million have been awarded to Scottish engineering firms for construction of the UK's largest Royal Navy ...
Ministry of Defence awards tank contract to Welsh firm

Friday, 9th July 2010, 00::00

South Wales engineering firm General Dynamics has secured a £500 million contract to supply light tanks to the British ...
Capita Symonds wins multi-million pound airport contract

Wednesday, 9th June 2010, 00::00

Civil engineering design firm Capita Symonds has secured the contract for a runway expansion project at Southend Airport in Essex.

The firm, who ...
Free JobSearch iPhone app gains over 10,000 users in first month

Wednesday, 26th May 2010, 00::00

Racing to the top of the business app download chart, the free iPhone app from JobSearch has been downloaded over 10,000 ...
GAAPweb launches pioneering job application tool

Wednesday, 12th May 2010, 00::00

GAAPweb, the UK's top finance and accountancy jobsite, has developed market-leading integration technology with LinkedIn that makes applying for ...
400 construction jobs created in Newcastle

Tuesday, 30th March 2010, 14::59

A major housebuilding project in the north-east is expected to create as many as 400 construction jobs.

Around 1,800 new homes will be built ...
Civil engineering jobs in danger in Yorkshire

Monday, 29th March 2010, 09::47

As many as 2,000 civil engineering jobs could be lost in Yorkshire after a major railways contractor called in administrators.

York-based Jarvis, ...
Budget could create green engineering jobs

Friday, 26th March 2010, 16::22

Chancellor Alistair Darling's Budget speech this week may pave the way for green engineering jobs to be created, it has been ...
BPF calls for creation of construction jobs

Friday, 26th March 2010, 10::43

More than 24,000 construction jobs could be created across the country if the government amends tax rates, according to the Cut the VAT ...
Hundreds of manufacturing jobs created in north-east

Thursday, 25th March 2010, 16::43

Hundreds of manufacturing jobs will be created or safeguarded in the north-east after Corus won a major contract award.

The Corus mill in Hartlepool ...
General Dynamics wins MoD engineering job

Thursday, 25th March 2010, 09::51

General Dynamics has been named as the preferred bidder for the engineering job to deliver 600 vehicles for the Ministry of ...
Thousands of construction jobs at risk

Wednesday, 24th March 2010, 13::55

Thousands of construction jobs could be lost in the north-east if public spending is cut, new research has suggested.

According to statistics obtained by ...
Atkins wins civil engineering job

Wednesday, 24th March 2010, 10::44

Atkins has won the contract for a major civil engineering job to maintain roads in Oxfordshire.

The company, which is the largest ...
Investment in construction jobs needed

Tuesday, 23rd March 2010, 15::35

Calls for government investment to protect construction jobs have been led by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

According to Richard Diment, director general ...
More housing construction jobs needed

Tuesday, 23rd March 2010, 14::09

The vast majority of councils would benefit from new housing construction jobs, it has been stated.

According to charity Shelter, 98 per cent of ...
Mansell wins Olympics construction job

Tuesday, 23rd March 2010, 09::59

Mansell has been awarded the construction job to build one of the venues for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The construction company ...
Gas processing terminal construction job announced

Monday, 22nd March 2010, 16::19

Around 500 construction jobs will be created by plans to build a new gas processing terminal in the Shetland Islands.

The government has ...
Government invests in future green engineering jobs

Monday, 22nd March 2010, 14::24

The government has announced it is making an investment into green engineering jobs of the future.

Minister for energy and climate change ...
Engineering jobs boost for north-east

Monday, 22nd March 2010, 14::09

More than 20 engineering jobs are to be created in the north-east.

Teesside Precision Engineering will establish a new base on Skippers ...
Nissan creates manufacturing jobs in Sunderland

Friday, 19th March 2010, 15::49

Japanese carmaker Nissan has announced that more than 500 manufacturing jobs will be safeguarded or created in the north-east.

The manufacturer plans to assemble ...