Tory leader William Hague has warned that his party would "vehemently oppose" any moves to link the decommissioning of IRA arms with a scaling-down of the British military presence in Northern Ireland.
With the infusion of capital, the Work4Labs will focus on nailing down the algorithms behind its referral and job-matching engines while scaling up sales and marketing efforts.
The British-Irish plan will contain commitments to further implement the Good Friday Agreement, including scaling down the Army presence in Northern Ireland and devolving policing and justice powers.
But by the mid-80 the tide was turning against coal and in July 2002 UK Coal announced it would be scaling down the complex before closing it outright in spring 2004.