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One of the UK’s best-known discount retailers has secured planning permission to open a new 27,000 sq ft store in Southampton, creating up to 40 new jobs in the process, a news report can reveal. Lidl will open a new outlet on Victoria Road in Woolston will feature facilities including a bakery, 14 tills, 115 parking spaces and three customer restrooms.

An iconic luxury car manufacturer has has laid out an ambitious £1bn investment programme to produce up to 15 new models and recruit 500 staff, a news source can reveal.

One of the world’s largest logistics and couriers will build a new international road hub and combined domestic regional sort centre in Dartford, Kent, creating multiple new jobs in the process, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

An asset management company has announced the opening of a new office in Gatwick manned by 55 members of staff, as it builds on its regional presence, a news report in the local business press has found.

One of the UK’s largest residential developers, Barratt Homes, has revealed plans to build more than 1,000 new homes across six sites in Kent, underpinning more than 2,110 local jobs, a news report has been able to find. The proposals include new homes in Hythe, Maidstone and Harrietsham, and follow a "strong recovery in the housing market following the success of the Help to Buy scheme".

Plans put forward by a residential developer for building up to 400 homes on a 75-acre countryside site south of Whitstable in Kent are set to receive conditional approval, a news report in the local business media has been able to find. The developer, Devine Homes, revealed that housing will be provided through a mixture of flats and houses and a combination of market housing and affordable housing.

All members of staff at an online and mail order clothing retailer in West Sussex have lost their jobs after the company ceased trading and went into administration, a news report revealed. Jolliman Clothing targeted the middle-aged male demographic and also operated a single retail outlet in Worthing. Administrators from KPMG were appointed an early options process that, at the date of administration, had not generated a potential buyer for the business and its assets.

One of the UK’s (and the world’s) best-known luxury sports car makers is set to create hundreds of new jobs following what the company describes as a “record year”, according to a report in the local business media.

One of the UK’s best-known retailers will create up to 60 new jobs in the South East after agreeing to open a 50,000 sq ft customer delivery hub (CDH) in East Sussex, a news report in the local business media has been able to find. John Lewis’ new hub will complement its existing CDHs in the region and will service John Lewis department stores in Kingston and Bluewater and John Le

One of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers has created multiple new jobs at its new state-of-the-art commercial vehicle centre in Maidstone, a recent news report has been able to find.

A developer and investor have decided to join forces in order to build and let 227 new private rented sector (PRS) homes in Faygate, three miles west of Crawley town centre, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

Around 76 employees working for one of the companies in the Caparo group (which has recently ceased trading) might still have a job after the branch was sold out of administration by PwC, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.