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Up to 300 new jobs could be created as a global automotive group has revealed plans to build a new aluminium casting facility in the West Midlands, according to a business news report into this matter.

A listed fresh meat and food-to-go retailer will create multiple new jobs in West Bromwich with the opening of its new local outlet, a news report has revealed. Crawshaws will open its largest Fresh Meat Factory Shop to date in West Bromwich following a £250,000. The new launch forms part of a wider £200m strategy to open 200 stores and create 2,500 jobs by 2022.

A well-known machinery manufacturer has created 85 new jobs following the launch of a new product, a news source can reveal. JCB has started production on the JCB Hydradig, a brand new machine which was unveiled at a trade show in Munich in March following a secret three-year development programme.

An estimate of 400 new jobs will be created in Stoke as a result of Severn Trent and United Utilities creating a new joint venture based in the city, a news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.

An international design, engineering and recruitment group with European sites in Warwick, Basildon and Cologne has revealed plans to create 50 jobs at its Warwick site as part of a £450,000 investment, a news report has been able to suggest.

A Worcester-based engine testing systems manufacturer is set to enter administration with the majority of its 100 staff being laid off, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find. Froude Hofmann Ltd was established in 1903 and makes engine testing systems for the automotive, gas turbine, marine and industrial market.

The manufacturers’ organization, EEF, will create more than 30 jobs at its technology training centre in Aston, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The new roles are part of a £5m investment into the facility, which will expand into a second site, taking the number of apprentices it trains per year from 250 to 400.

Up to 200 employees at a Loughborough green energy developer are set to lose their jobs as part of a "material restructuring" of its operations, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Intelligent Energy, which develops hydrogen powered fuel cells, last month revealed that major funding plans had fallen through, causing its share price to plunge dramatically.

Plans for building a new £20m environmentally-friendly business park in Coventry that could lead to the creation of up to 400 local jobs, a news report has been able to suggest.

A Coleshill-based installer of telematics systems in private and commercial vehicles, has welcomed a new intake of apprentices to its 40,000 sq. ft. training academy, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A Staffordshire-based haulage company has created around 30 new jobs after relocating to a new 4.5-acre site at Towers Business Park that’s three times larger than its original head office, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

One of the UK’s iconic car manufacturers will create 1,000 new jobs across Warwickshire and Wales until 2020, a recent news report has been able to reveal. Gaydon-based luxury car maker Aston Martin will build its new crossover vehicle, known as DBX, at St Athan in Glamorgan. The 90-acre site will re-purpose some of the facilities currently in use by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).