The National Assembly for Wales - which has opposed WPD's bid all along over job relocation fears - said it was now prepared for "constructive talks".

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Job relocation and the need to free up assets are facts of life that can deprive families of the luxury of waiting until the peonies bloom to put their homes on the market.

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Paul Noe, writing in in 2011 in the Administrative Law Review, points to jobs lost when regulation finally pushes manufacturing offshore, such as lost wages, dampened earning potential, relocation and new-job training costs.

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Dr Mark Hampton, whose job it is to safeguard the newts during their relocation, said the newts' breeding prowess was down to one of the wettest summers on record.

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The funds, contingent on the company reaching certain job milestones, will be used to purchase equipment, making facility upgrades, train employees and offset relocation costs.

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