Lloyds Bank has bolstered its asset-based lending offering to mid-market South West firms with the appointment of Kelly Henney as director, business development. Kelly, pictured, joins the bank’s global transaction banking division after 16 years at RBS, where she originated and completed new business opportunities for ambitious small and medium-sized firms. She will be...
Swindon-based office equipment supplier UTAX (UK) has opened a showroom and training centre in London as its expansion continues. The new base, in Wembley, is its third and adds to showrooms in Shrivenham and Manchester in supporting its growing network of dealers across the UK. UTAX (UK) is one of the UK’s fastest-growing dealer...
Swindon’s track record as a global centre for business innovation is to be showcased this year as the town celebrates what is effectively its 175th birthday. The decision by directors of the Great Western Railway in 1841 to site the fledgling company’s rail works close to the small hilltop town of Swindon put it...
Monday 4 January EGM: RPC Group Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI Tuesday 5 January Trading statement: Next EGM: Falkland Oil & Gas Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI, Halifax house prices Wednesday 6 January Trading statements: Johnson Service Group, Topps Tiles Economics:...
Chippenham-based logistics group Wincanton has completed the sale of its records management division for £60m. The group signed a conditional agreement in November to dispose of the business to Restore, the Surrey-based document management firm, on a cash and debt-free basis. At the time Wincanton said the move would allow it to focus on...
Swindon Business News wishes its readers, subscribers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We will continue to provide the area’s most authoritative business news, information and analysis throughout the festive period. Our next weekly Swindon Business News e-bulletin will be published on Friday, January 8.
Beard, the Swindon-based construction company, has appointed a construction director to head its new office in Bristol. Mike Hedges, pictured, a chartered construction manager, joins the £108m turnover company from Wates Construction where he was construction manager for the South West. He will be responsible for the strategic direction and regional development of Beard’s...
West of England chartered accountancy firm Monahans has strengthened its team in Wiltshire with three recent appointments. Sophie Evans has joined its Swindon office as insolvency administrator while client portfolio manager Katherine Richards and tax technician David Wright are now working at the firm’s Trowbridge office with private and corporate clients. Sophie, pictured, who...
Bristol Airport’s multi-million pound terminal extension has been officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal – 15 years after she performed a similar ceremony at the then-new terminal building. In 2000, when The Princess Royal officially opened the terminal, the airport handled just 2.2m passengers. Numbers have since soared to an expected...
Each week Swindon Business News gives a prominent member of the town’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Ebenezer Scrooge, miser and partner in Scrooge & Marley money lenders, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Bah, humbug. The cinema’s too expensive so I wait...
