Lightweight steel roofing company Metrotile UK has appointed Glenn Everest to lead its training operations as sales of its products continue to climb. Glenn, pictured, who boasts more than 40 years’ experience in fitting lightweight steel roof tile systems, will train roofers in the skills required to install the Chippenham-based firm’s variety of products....
SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist IT firm, has landed a £2m contract to supply groundbreaking radio technology to a major UK radio broadcaster. SciSys’ dira! system incorporates next-generation technology to enable ‘cloud-hosted’ local radio production and infrastructure. It includes virtualised studios which only require the bare minimum of equipment installed locally to produce and broadcast....
By Mike Lloyd, managing partner, Haines Watts Swindon. Are you and your business involved in research and development (R&D)? Are you absolutely sure? Many business leaders are unaware there are potentially significant tax savings available if R&D expenditure is identified and appropriate claims made to HM Revenue & Customs. In my experience, businesses are...
The West of England’s “wonderful” relationship with China has been celebrated at a Chinese New Year banquet attended by more than 200 business leaders and representatives of the region’s Chinese community. Firms from across the region were represented at the event in Bristol along with the city's mayor George Ferguson – who praised links...
Swindon-based digital agency All Things Web is forecasting rapid expansion over the next three years after achieving strong growth in 2015. The firm’s turnover increased by 32% in its 2014/15 financial year with profits up by 23%. It is on target for higher growth this year with a 35% rise in turnover and profits...
Swindon estate agency Castles Residential Sales & Lettings has thrown its weight behind this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) in Swindon. The company, one of the town’s leading estate agencies, has confirmed a sponsorship package for the event on Saturday March 5. IWD Swindon aims to enlighten, stimulate and inspire women and girls of...
Swindon building firms TJS Homes and Eclipse & Son have merged, creating a new business offering services ranging from housebuilding to repairs and maintenance. TJS Homes has recorded impressive growth in the new homes sector despite being launched less than a month ago. The firm has six vans and works with ten qualified tradesmen....
Ambitious growth has continued at Outsource UK, the Swindon-headquartered specialist recruitment firm, with its third new senior appointment of 2016. Jessica Holt, pictured, joins in the newly created role of director of workforce solutions, arriving from Ajilon Consulting, part of Adecco UK&I, where she was an executive director. She is based at Outsource’s head...
Denise O’Leary, founder of Chippenham-based consultancy Purpol Marketing, has been named as a finalist in the prestigious national Women in Construction Awards. The awards, which take place on March 23, provide a showcase for the brightest and the best female achievers in the construction and built environment industries. Denise, pictured, who founded Purpol Marketing...
Swindon solicitor Brigitte Chandler has obtained a Supreme Court judgment which will change the law for fatal accident cases in the UK and potentially cost the insurance industry millions in extra damages each year. The judgment by the UK’s two most senior judges Lord Neuberger and Lady Hale – president and deputy of the...
