Melksham-based Avon Protection has received a further award under its existing 10-year sole source requirements contract with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to supply its M50 JSGPM masks valued at approximately $19m and for delivery in its 2012 financial year. The contract is in addition to the 100,000 masks a year Avon currently...
Local athlete Mike Buss is attracting a lot of interest as well as business in Swindon with his success at breaking world records both for charity and as a brand ambassador for business. Mike has broken more than 40 world fitness records and recently broke a world record in front of 80,000 people...
Swindon law firm Thrings is today ranked among the regional heavyweights of the legal sector with rivals Withy King and Clark Holt named as major players in the market. The latest Legal 500, the legal market’s annual ‘bible’ which is published today, places Thrings, which also has offices in Bristol and Bath, as one...
Contract drugs firm Patheon’s Swindon manufacturing plant could be taken over after the Canadian group’s third-quarter losses widened to $3.2m (£2m) mainly due to rising costs. The firm has just released its results and says it is fielding indications of interest for the Covingham plant, which makes sterile and high-potency products. A spokesman...
It’s not just the low running costs of their cars that will be a cause for celebration amongst smart drivers living in Wiltshire later this month. smart of Swindon is inviting the county’s smart owners to join them for the 2011 smart festival, which takes place at Mercedes-Benz World, Weybridge, on Saturday 10th...
More than a third of South West bosses will bow to the inevitable and allow rugby-keen employees to work flexitime during the upcoming World Cup in New Zealand. Interest in the competition, which begins on Friday and runs until October 23, is expected to be high. But nine in 10 UK bosses don’t believe...
Three top employment lawyers will be facing an audience of managers and business people at a free event at the Swindon Marriott on Thursday 13th October, 6.00pm – 7.30pm. Organised by the highly successful and popular Swindon Mindful Employer Network along with Swindon Business News, Swindon Chamber of Commerce and other business groups. The Question...
High ranking Chinese officials visiting Britain to learn about heritage conservation were the guests of the UK China Business Consortium at a lunch in one of Swindon’s most iconic industrial buildings. Consortium chairman Jeremy Holt welcomed members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's equivalent of the Senate, to Swindon with a meal...
Hills has signed an agreement with Cemex UK to acquire its Newbury ready-mix concrete operations. The Wiltshire-based company has been on the site at Bone Lane in Newbury carrying out routine maintenance and putting in a new computerised batching system. Alan Mackenzie, group director at Hills, said: “Acquiring the site complements our existing facilities in Shorncote...
The hotel sector in Swindon continued its recovery in June with all three main occupancy measures up in comparison to the same month last year, latest figures from accountants and business advisers PKF show. The occupancy rate was up by 5.4% to 74.5% and average room rates were up marginally from £54.85 to £55.03,...
