Two IT businesses based in Cedar House at Malmesbury’s Riverside Business Village have taken more space in the building, leaving it fully occupied. Business-focussed IT consultancy Leading Resolutions has moved from its 2,080 sq ft suite on the ground floor to take 5,341 sq ft in Suites 2 and 3 on the first floor....
The first direct flights between the West of England and the Danish capital of Copenhagen have been launched by easyJet, the largest operator at Bristol Airport. The four-times weekly service operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with easyJet saying it will appeal to business and leisure passengers. One-way fares start from £24.99, including...
More than a third of pubs and bars in the South West risk going out of business over the next 12 months as drinking habits change and competition from supermarkets intensifies, new research shows. The 34% licensed premises deemed to be ‘at risk’ across the region is far higher than the 24% figure for...
Business advice and support group Business West has called on firms to work closer together to ease the crippling impact of late payment on small businesses. The West’s councils could also help by switching to electronic invoices to speed up payments to local suppliers and the Government could do more to encourage best practice....
Chippenham-based specialist IT and software firm SciSys today shrugged off an 11% fall in half-year pre-tax profits – partly caused by customers delaying spending until after the Olympics – and stressed it would comfortably meet market expectations for the full year. The firm, which serves a range of sectors spanning space and defence to media,...
Wincanton, the Chippenham-based supply chain and logistics group, has secured a multi-million pound agreement with DIY chain B&Q which includes managing its 1m sq ft showroom fulfilment centre. The massive Burton-on-Trent centre houses B&Q’s kitchen, bathroom and bedroom ranges. Under the new contract Wincanton will handle around 9m cases of merchandise a year. Under...
Swindon and Marlborough-based law firm Withy King has achieved five first-tier rankings in the latest edition of Legal 500 – an authoritative reference guide to the UK’s best lawyers and firms. Withy King’s commercial property, clinical negligence, personal injury, employment and racing and bloodstock teams have all achieved top rankings in Legal 500, which...
Specialist business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications and PR agency Clear Communications has recruited two new account managers to its Cirencester-based team following a spate of new account wins. The appointment of Julie Tickell and Rachel Topps, pictured below, takes the team to 14. The agency handles campaigns for major international clients such as AkzoNobel, DHL,...
Paul Gosling, a taxation specialist with more than 35 years’ experience, has joined Swindon-based chartered accountants Banks to head up its tax department. Paul, pictured, arrives at Banks following a career which started in 1977 with HMRC and progressed through to a spell in the City and several years with accountancy practices in Bath,...
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