Chippenham-based specialist software group SciSys has acquired German firm MakaluMedia Internet & Engineering Services, which provides software engineering and consultancy to the European space industry, for €2.32m (£1.87m). SciSys, which has its roots in the European space sector, said the acquisition will enhance its already strong franchise in the industry by adding to its...
Upbeat comments by Swindon law firm Withy King’s trainees have put it among the country’s legal elite in a unique online guide. The Lex 100 is based on comments made by trainee solicitors in a comprehensive nationwide survey which gauges their satisfaction – or otherwise – with their firms in 10 areas spanning job...
Swindon has put itself firmly on the international map for low-carbon automotive technology with its pioneering hydrogen re-fuelling station and a pilot scheme which will put hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles on its roads. This message was delivered to leading experts in hydrogen fuels at a seminar at Honda’s Swindon car plant that coincided with a...
The economy has emerged from recession, official figures out today show. The economy grew by 1%, in the three months from July to September, helped by the Olympic Games. The Office for National Statistics said that Olympic ticket sales had added 0.2 percentage points to the gross domestic product figures (GDP). Today’s figures end...
Swindon-based specialist software firm Intergraph (UK) has won a multi-million euro contract with Irish electricity distributor ESB Networks following a highly-competitive procurement process which included legal advice from local law firm Withy King. The contract covers the implementation of Intergraph’s leading-edge map-based software to support the planning, design, construction and day-to-day operations of ESB’s...
Chippenham specialist engineering and construction company M+W Group has acquired Senior Hargreaves, one of the UK’s leading providers of air movement and ventilation ductworks, for an undisclosed amount. German-owned M+W, which develops clean room and specialist manufacturing environments, said the takeover of Bury-based Hargreaves was a logical step in its development. M+W was established...
Diversification into sectors such as education materials and e-books has paid off for Swindon-based Smiths News, the UK’s largest newspaper and magazine wholesaler, with annual underlying profits, cashflow and earnings all up by more than 20%. The performance in the year to August 31 was ahead of market expectations with the acquisition of Trowbridge-based...
Jane James, managing director of Chippenham-based community health and social care group HFH, has stepped down from the board of the Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) due to an increasing workload at HFH. This has meant that she has been unable to play as full a part as she wanted in making...
Swindon law firm Withy King is supporting the town’s Prospect Hospice’s Make A Will Month initiative for the second year. The firm is offering the chance to use its professional will-writing services in exchange for a donation to Prospect. Running throughout November, Make A Will Month is an ideal time to make sure a...
Swindon-based financial services firm Caerus has acquired a 370-strong network of financial advisers as it continues its rapid expansion. The firm, set up by industry veteran and former Allied Dunbar managing director Keith Carby, has bought Paradigm Financial Advisers (PFA), an arm of Paradigm, the Cheshire financial advice business with which Caerus has had...
