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A financial group has revealed plans to create up to 100 new jobs in Farnborough, Hampshire, over the next year, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. Capquest plans to hire the new staff members at its Templer Avenue site, bringing the total number of employees to around 300.

One of the UK’s best-known upmarket retailers has revealed plans to open 14 shops across the UK from spring this year, creating a total of 2,000 new jobs, a recent business report has been able to reveal. Bracknell-based Waitrose also plans to relocate one supermarket and carry out two major extensions to existing branches.

Over 30 employees have been made redundant after a renewable energy company went into administration following cash flow difficulties and a "downturn in trade", a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. New Form Energy Ltd was formed in 2006 and commenced trading in 2009. It designed and supplied renewable energy systems to maximise energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprint, employing 33 staff and a small amount of sub-contractors.

Over 300 jobs are set to be created as a direct result of grants awarded by the Coast to Capital Business Growth Grant scheme throughout 2014, the local enterprise partnership (LEP) has said.

Over 50 members of staff have been made redundant following the collapse of a 50-year-old Hampshire printing business, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. LPC Printing, based in Hythe, was founded in 1964, but has now closed on appointment and trading was ceased which has resulted in the redundancy of 56 members of staff.

A care home operator has revealed plans to build its eight facility at Hawkhurst, Tunbridge Wells, after securing a a £15m funding package from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Graham Care, which already operates seven care homes in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, also plans to use the funds in order to complete a major redevelopment of its existing care home at Rodwell Farm in Surrey.

A specialized provider of radiotherapy and other cancer treatments will be able to expand and open further centres across the UK after securing a lucrative funding deal. Hampshire-based Cancer Partners UK has already opened a network of eight purpose-built centres in Portsmouth, Southampton, Oxford, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Guildford, Elstree and Birmingham.

A Bracknell-based specialist care provider has officially opened a new care home in Wiltshire, its 50th property to date, a recent news report has revealed.

Up to 70 employees at the GE Aviation Systems’ plant in Hampshire are in danger of being made redundant due to tough economic conditions in the respective market segment, reports in the local business media can suggest.

A Hampshire-based wireless Internet company is set to hire more members of staff after securing a a £200,000 loan, a recent news report in the local business media was able to reveal. The Liphook-based EMS company has developed i-MO (Mobile Office) Optibond, a router and associated management software that provides businesses with an alternative to fixed wire connectivity.

A Reading-based manufacturer of components for global names including Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Daimler is set to create 12 new jobs and secure a further 56 after managing to obtain a £1m loan required for fulfilling a Jaguar contract, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal.

Courier company DPD has managed to create 50 new jobs in Reading after investing £2.5m in a new state-of-the-art depot in the area, a recent news report in the local business media was able to reveal.