Jobs Watch: New roles making boats, in the air and processing meat

New jobs are being created across England, and in Wales and Northern Ireland at an airline, a shipbuilder, and a meat factory.
Tue, 14 May 2013New jobs are being created across England, and in Wales and Northern Ireland at an airline, a shipbuilder, and a meat factory.

bmi regional
Airline bmi regional is creating over 100 new jobs in Birmingham and Bristol, reports Travel Daily News, as it launches several new routes out of the airports.

This comes on top of 75 jobs created by the company in the Midlands over the past six months.

The airline was formed of part of British Midland International (BMI), now part of BA-owner International Airlines Group.

Linden Foods
Northern Irish TV station UTV reports that Dungannon meat processing firm Linden Foods is to create 179 new production and managerial jobs.

Linden is supported in the expansion by Invest Northern Ireland, a government agency, on the £5.6m project.

Mustang Marine
The Pembrokeshire, Wales boat builder plans to double its workforce, creating over 100 new jobs, as part of a £1.5m expansion rolling out of the next three years.

The moves comes following growing demand from across the globe, according to a news release from the Port of Milford Haven, which provided the investment to build the new facility.

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