Drug giant plans to create 5,000 jobs

LONDON: Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is launching a development plan that is set to create up to 5,000 new jobs.
The company would extend its facility in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, where it currently conducted research and development.
GSK said the plan could create thousands of highly skilled jobs in the next five to 10 years.
The plan involved selling off a third of the 92 acre site, which it hoped would unlock £400mil (K1.924bil) of new investment.
Stevenage was already one of GSK’s two global research and development hubs and hosts the UK’s largest work into cell and gene therapy. – BBC