Business coach Nigel Scott and chartered accountants Monahans will be offering Eleven Tips to Gear Up Your Sales during a free half-day workshop in July. The workshop aims to help businesses convert more of their leads into customers, by encouraging owners to look at: How positive beliefs about sales can bring better results The...
The combination of three Bank Holidays, warm weather and tourist interest in the royal wedding, resulted in Swindon hotels enjoying a good April. Figures released by the South West office of PKF Accountants & business advisers shows that the extended holidays and better than expected weather, helped Swindon hoteliers and owners improve their performance in comparison to the...
The hoped-for spring bounce in the South West’s housing market failed to occur during May, as fears over the economy and lack of mortgage finance continued to depress activity levels, according to the latest RICS UK Housing Market. The average number of completed sales per surveyor fell in the three months to May, to...
Halcrow, which has its head office in Swindon, has won the commercial and business services sector award at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) occupational health and safety awards. The award was presented to Halcrow’s group safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) director Nigel Valvona at a ceremony in Birmingham on...
• Lifting the lid on finance for SME's: Business Planning Seminar When: 13 September, 8am-9:30am Where: STEAM, Swindon Contact: catriona.bunting@rsmtenon.com • Caring – for your business When: 14 September, 1.45pm Where: UK College of Personal Development Contact: 01793 433571 david.latham@richmondfellowship.org.uk • Employment Law Question Time ...
Swindon-based Smiths News PLC has been named a finalist in the PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsored West of England Business Awards. The competition is considered highly prestigious and recognised as a major initiative to publicise business achievement in the region. Smiths has been nominated in the Large Business category, for companies with a turnover of over £25m...
Ashville Properties has launched its latest development in Chippenham, Methuen Park. The scheme follows on from its other successful schemes in Wiltshire at Porte Marsh Centre, Calne and Ashville Centre, Melksham. The site is one of the few undeveloped available parcels of land in Chippenham, benefiting from excellent communications and exposure to passing traffic,...
Staying ahead in an ever-changing world is the theme of this year's South West Communicators Conference. At the high-profile event business journalist and BBC broadcaster Declan Curry will chair a roundtable discussion on the changing media landscape, with contributions from regional BBC, ITV and other media. The key morning session, What happens when...
Dick Lovett has launched a new service for small Swindon businesses – the BMW|MINI Business Partnership. Targeted at firms managing a fleet of fewer than 50 company cars, the service offers members benefits such as attractive contract hire rates, a range of exclusive product offerings and a dedicated business manager to advise on...
Business owners wanting to hoist the ‘for sale’ sign often turn to their accountant as the first crucial step to selling their greatest asset, which may not always be a good thing, says international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) specialist BCMS Corporate. BCMS Corporate, which sells more mid-market private companies in the UK than any...
