Mei-Ling Huang has been appointed as chair of Royds Withy King in line with a new governance and management structure at the fast-growing law firm, which has an office in Swindon. The firm, which employs around 520 people across its headquarters in Bath and offices in London, Oxford and Swindon, has introduced a board-level partnership committee...
Monday May 31 Economic announcement: Nationwide house price index Tuesday June 1 Finals: Biffa, Deepmatter Group Interims: Gooch & Housego, Tekmar Group Trading announcement: Centralnic Group Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Wednesday June 2 Finals: Bloomsbury, Schroders Real, Whizz Air Economic announcements: M4 money supply, BRC shop price index, Mortgage approvals, Consumer credit Thursday June 3 Finals: Braemar Shipping, Discoverie Group, NewRiver REIT,...
Specialist pharmaceutical firm Vectura, which has its roots in a spin-out from the University of Bath, has agreed to be taken over by global private equity giant Carlyle for £958m. The approach by Carlyle has been approved by Vectura’s board. Chairman Bruno Angelici said while the firm’s directors remained confident in its long-term fundamentals,...
Monday May 24 Finals: Kainos Group, Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Tuesday May 25 Finals: Aveva Group, Big Yellow, Calnex Solutions, Electrocomponents, Helical Bar, Hurricane Energy, Speedy Hire, Warehouse REIT Interims: Avon Rubber, Greencore, Ixico, Shaftesbury Economic announcement: Public sector net borrowing Wednesday May 26 Finals: Asa International Group, Biffa, De La Rue, Marks & Spencer, Mediclinic International, SSE...
A North Wiltshire businesswoman whose clinic specialises in helping people achieve and maintain gut health has published a book packed with advice on doing just that. Let That Sh*t Go! draws on Katherine Brooke-MacKenzie’s 16 years’ experience in helping people at the business end of gut health, through her colonic irrigation practice. She wants to,...
Retail brands based in and around Swindon can get help to trade in the US with store giants such as Walmart under a new programme staged by the Department for International Trade (DIT). Called The Retail Lab, it will equip up to 18 companies, via a series of educational modules, with the knowledge required to...
Corsham-based accountancy firm Purple Lime has worked with the shareholders of market-disrupting specialist software firm Terrafirma on its acquisition by an international sector leader. Terrafirma, whose proprietary workflow software and data insights have been critical at transforming how decisions are made in property transactions in the UK, was acquired by Dye & Durham Corporation,...
Regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance has bolstered its senior management team with two promotions. Nicola Mapp and Clare Lenihan-Thomas will fill the new roles, which have been created to support the business as it continues to grow. Both have extensive experience in SME lending in mainstream bank and community development financial institution (CDFI)...
Swindon businesses are being urged to join hundreds of employers from across the UK by taking part in the country’s largest survey of race in the workplace. Swindon-headquartered building society Nationwide and insurance group Zurich have already signed up to complete the survey, which is being staged by Business in the Community (BiTC), the organisation dedicated to...
Monday May 17 Final: Petropavlovsk Interims: Cerillion, Diploma, Hollywood Bowl Group Q1 results: Fondul Proprietatea, Acron Tuesday May 18 Finals: Assura, First Derivatives, Homeserve, Land Securities, McKay Securities, Minds + Machines, Sanderson Design Group, Trinity, Vodafone Interims: Benchmark Holdings, Hyve Group, Imperial Brands, Sureserve, Tritax Euro, Watkins Jones Q1 result: Georgia Capital Trading announcement: DP Eurasia Economic announcements: Unemployment rate, Claimant count...
