Professional services firm KPMG has issued a health warning to companies contemplating trade in emerging markets such as China. It says that changes to the tax regime in China earlier this year mean that getting the right structure for a business venture in place from the outset is essential. Tony Antonius, partner at KPMG’s Bristol...
Manufacturers across Wiltshire are being urged to help change the perception of industry by telling their stories of innovation and ingenuity to their local MPs. Terry Slater, region director in the south west for EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is calling on local companies to participate in the "Made By Britain" scheme launched by business...
Tony Wilkes, centre manager at The Brunel shopping centre in Swindon, has won the retail industry’s most prestigious national accolade of Large Centre Manager of the Year, at the 2011 SCEPTRE Awards, held in London at the Dorchester hotel. The SCEPTRE Awards reward the best practice and the best people in the UK and...
Steve Fraser, a partner at Monahans Chartered Accountants, has just been appointed to the Main Committee that runs the Faculty of Information Technology of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). The ICAEW is a professional membership organisation, supporting over 130,000 members and the IT Faculty exists to represent chartered accountants’...
Lettings specialist, Belvoir is celebrating once again after scooping major honours in both the 2011 Lettings Agency of the Year Awards and the annual awards scheme run by the British Franchise Association (bfa). Belvoir, which has an office on Commerial Road, Swindon, run by Kerry and Jamie Smith, was presented with ‘Silver’ at the Lettings...
Public relations and marketing consultancy Vox is celebrating after crafting a succession of successful award entries for its clients. The latest submission was for the national SCEPTRE awards – the retail industry’s most prestigious awards. Vox wrote the submission which allowed The Brunel shopping centre’s manager Tony Wilkes to scoop the title of Large...
Swindon-based independent commercial insurance broker Brunsdon Westinsure has been acquired by insurance giant Swinton for an undisclosed sum. Established in 1957, Brunsdon specialises in business and personal insurance and risk management. Its commercial team will continue to operate from its office at Dammas House, Old Town, while the smaller personal lines team will move to Swinton's...
Swindon-based retailer WH Smith today said its decision to cut cost and improve gross margins instead of chasing sales had paid off. But it warned that the high street remained a tough market with no immediate improvement likely. In an interim management statement, the book, newspaper and stationery seller, said total group sales fell...
Interest rates were pegged at a record low 0.5% today as the Bank of England continued to worry about the weakness of the economic recovery. The widely-expected decision means interest rates have stood still since March 2009. Inflation may have soared to more than double the Bank's 2% target, members of its rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee...
