In October 2007, 22 additional European clubs were invited to participate in talks towards expansion.

Bashkirs also raided factories, showing their aggression towards Russian expansion and industrialization.

By the early 20th century several large Canadian financial institutions looked towards expansion into the West Indies.

Despite this, the overall thrust was towards government reduction rather than expansion.

In 1918 the company took a further step towards expansion when its book publishing operations were founded as De Burger Boekhandel.

The Metro group is looking towards expansion in Asia and Europe.

The Programme would also help to encourage investment, thus feeding back into the drive towards economic expansion and greater development.

The funds are expected to be used towards "continued expansion".

In 1964, Best Western took the first step towards global expansion when Canadian hotel owners joined the system.

A Fiji campus was closed in February 2007 to allow resources to be directed towards expansion of the university's Pacific education services.