Swindon-based energy giant Npower has been ordered to pay £26m after it sent out inaccurate bills and failed to deal with complaints correctly. Energy watchdog Ofgem said gas and electricity supplier Npower, which employs more than 1,000 people at its Windmill Hill office, was being fined for “not treating its customers fairly”. The settlement...
Swindon-based building society Nationwide has signed an exclusive five-year partnership deal with RSA Insurance to underwrite all of its home insurance products. Under the agreement, which takes effect from spring 2017, RSA will replace Direct Line Group. RSA said the deal would cement its position as the market leader in home insurance and specifically...
Alliance Pharma, the Chippenham-based speciality pharmaceutical firm, has completed the £132.2m acquisition of rival Sinclair IS Pharma’s range of skincare products – a move that effectively doubles the size of the business. Exports of the 27 products will widen Alliance’s global reach from 30 countries to 85. Alliance’s 85 staff in Chippenham will grow...
UTC Swindon, the town’s University Technical College, has opened its state-of-the-art lecture theatre and is making it available for businesses and organisations to hire. With capacity for 156 people and a retractable seating system, the theatre is one of the town’s largest. It has been financed by Swindon-based integrated circuit firm Dialog Semiconductor, which...
The annual Swindon Sports Quiz, organised by chartered accountants Monahans, has raised £1,550 for Prospect Hospice. Some 41 teams from businesses enjoyed a fiercely fought battle, with Foregone Conclusion, a team from Swindon-based tech giant Intel, lifting the trophy at the end of the evening. The quiz, which has been running for over 20...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, has bolstered its commercial property offering with the appointment of Richard Pike as associate solicitor. A highly-experienced commercial property specialist, Richard, pictured, joins from Swindon law firm Clark Holt, where he worked for just over two years. He previously practised for eight years...
Recruitment firm C&D Group has opened the first of its new flagship recruitment centres on Havelock Street in Swindon town centre with the promise that they will be more than just another high street employment agency. C&D, which celebrates its 20th anniversary next year, describes the move as providing dedicated walk-in centres for candidates...
SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist IT firm, has landed two contracts worth nearly £8m – ending a tough year for the company on a high note. The firm, which develops high-end software for blue-chip customers in the defence, government, media and space sectors, is to supply software and support services for the Ministry of Defence’s...
Four high-quality office suites in Cirencester have come onto the market as a result of the town’s largest manufacturer centralising its operations on one site. Orthopaedic implants maker Corin Group is to relocate its administration centre from Cirencester Office Park to The Corinium Centre on Love Lane – less than 1km away – where...
Graduate Oliver Dawson has joined the Swindon office of accountancy firm Haines Watts as an audit and accounts trainee. The 22-year-old from Purton is a former student of Bradon Forest School and recently achieved a first-class honours degree in Accounting and Finance at Lancaster University. Oliver, pictured, said: “I chose Haines Watts Swindon as...
