Jobwatch: Kingfisher
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Your support makes all the difference.RETAILING group Kingfisher has announced plans for a pounds 750m expansion that will create 20,000 jobs at 125 new DIY stores under its B&Q Warehouse chain.
Losses:
1 Sheffield: 260 jobs to go at stainless steel manufacturer Avesta Sheffield.
2 Hull, E Yorks: 96 jobs to go at surgical services firm Smith and Nephew.
3 London: ANZ Investment Bank to cut up to 70 jobs.
4 Mansfield, Notts: 200 jobs to go at Britain's oldest pit, Annesley Bentinck colliery.
5 Darlington, Co Durham: 234 jobs to go at Darlington & Simpsons, part of British Steel.
6 New Milton, Hants: Geeco, manufacturer of the world's first plastic watering can, to shut with 70 jobs lost.
Gains:
7 Livingston, Dunfermline, Scotland, and across UK: 1,700 new jobs at broadcaster BSkyB.
8 Nationwide: 20,000 jobs at Kingfisher DIY subsidiary B&Q.
9 England, and Cardiff, Wales: retailer Peacock to create 400 jobs.
10 Okehampton, Devon: Waitrose supermarket group to create 250 jobs.
11 Mapperley, Notts; Acle, Norwich; Woodhall Spa, Lincs; and Bromham, Beds: Budgens supermarket group to create 400 jobs.
12 London: 175 new jobs at book retailer Waterstone.
13 Midlands: 550 new jobs created by Whitbread at 25 new Travel Inns.
14 Londonderry, N Ireland: J Sainsbury supermarket group to create 350 jobs.
15 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear: more than 150 new jobs at Gill Airways.
16 Sheffield, S Yorks: Government to create 100 jobs at University for Industry.
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