South West entrepreneur Mike Love (pictured) was shortlisted last night for Grant Thornton's 2012 Chairman of the Year Quoted Company awards. Dr Love has grown a number of companies, including CODASciSys, which at its peak featured in the Top 50 companies on AIM. It was taken private by Unit4 Agresso in 2008 in a deal...
Swindon Business News has launched its own TV platform in partnership with Swindon-based Yantra Digital Media – a move that will bring business news and information to life and, for the first time, offer innovative and exciting ways for businesses in the area to engage with prospective customers. Swindon Business TV will give local...
The UK economy was dealt another blow today as the latest unemployment figures showed record levels of unemployment, particularly among young people. Statistics from the Office for National Statistics showed unemployment among young people at its highest level, surpassing a million for the first time. Some 178,000 people above the age of 16 are...
The Great Western Business Breakfast, renowned for expert speakers and informative presentations, will for the first time host a festive quiz for its last meeting before Christmas, with teams competing for a case of wine. Quizmaster for the event, David Roblin of Monahans Chartered Accountants, said: “I am devising questions around the two main...
Swindon-based Venues Event Management has achieved second place in the International Conference of the Year catergory at Conference and Incentive Travel’s inaugural Excellence Awards. Held at London’s Natural History Museum, the awards recognised and celebrated best practice across worldwide business to business conference and incentive activity. The Venues Event Management entry focussed on an...
SciSys, the Chippenham firm, looks set to gain significant business from the £1bn British Army Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle upgrade programme announced last week by Prime Minister David Cameron during a visit to Lockheed Martin UK in Bedford. As a member of the Warrior Transformation Team with special responsibility for the electronics architecture, SciSys representatives were...
SciSys executive chairman and founder Mike Love is to step back from day-to-day control of the Chippenham-based hi-tech company to become non executive chairman. The firm said in a statement today that he will, however, remain a director and significant shareholder in the group. SciSys, whose pre-tax profits rose 83% to £1.1m in the...
Swindon pioneering housing and regeneration agency GreenSquare Group has acquired heating contractor and consultant G W Sparrow, also based in the town. GreenSquare was formed in April 2008 and includes housing associations Oxford Citizens and Westlea, commercial subsidiary Oakus Estates and in-house construction firm Tidestone. It also works in partnership with designer Kevin McCloud’s...
Swindon Borough Council has today confirmed the appointments to its new senior management structure, which will reduce senior management costs. This follows a meeting last week of the council’s cross-party appointments sub-committee, which confirmed the new ‘Tier 1’ director roles. The decision means that the council will reduce the number of directors paid on...
A record 600,000 passengers have used Bristol Airport’s Flyer bus over the past year – ten times the number achieved during its first year of operation in the late 1990s. The service, run by First in partnership with Bristol Airport, operates between Clifton, the City Centre, Temple Meads station and the airport. All 12...
