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Up to 80 new jobs could be created in Wolverhampton after the local council’s planning officers recommended for approval plans to convert a former factory into a new leisure venture, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A Northamptonshire-based engineering group has revealed plans to take on more members of staff after recording a spike in sales, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The Rolton Group boosted revenue by 13 per cent last year and increased its workforce to 58 staff from 45. The company is now looking for eight additional employees to support a rise in major new projects.

Around 11 jobs were saved as an IT computer business was bought out of administration, but 28 jobs were lost within the same company’s retail arm, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.

An East-Midlands recruitment group has relocated to Leicester in a bid to expand and grow its business, while also creating more jobs as part of the process, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. Frontline has moved to a 2,000 sq ft office at 27 Bowling Green Street in Leicester and will now add two staff to its seven strong workforce in the city.

A university has revealed five major development projects amounting to a total of £130m, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A Swedish technology company has revealed plans to add 60 new members of staff to its ranks after agreeing to relocate to a larger office and research and development complex in Warwick, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Up to 570 new homes will be built across three South Derbyshire developments after regeneration specialist Harworth Estates received the go-ahead from council planners, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find.

The manufacturing companies that make up the Midlands Assembly Network (MAN) have boosted their collective sales by £4.5m in the past 12 months and created 85 new jobs, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Plans for creating a new industrial estate in Staffordshire could create up to 1,000 jobs in the area, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. Liberty Park in Lichfield has planning consent for an £38m industrial and warehouse scheme and will be developed into 435,000 sq ft of space under plans by Liberty Property Trust.

Up to a 65 new jobs could be created as part of an initiative to transform a disused inn in Nottingham into a McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A pub and brewing giant is set to create 65 new jobs in Staffordshire should it receive planning permission for its new pub and restaurant at St Modwen’s Etruria Valley development. Greene King has lodged plans with Stoke-on-Trent City Council for building one of its Farmhouse Inns venues and, if permission is granted, work is expected to begin on site this spring, with completion scheduled for next summer.

Over 500 new jobs will be made available at John Lewis’s flagship Birmingham store, a news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The retailer is seeking a variety of workers for roles in sales, stock and catering. Successful applicants will join 150 specialist employees who work in visual merchandising, maintenance and administration.