A gala evening and awards ceremony to celebrate the progress made by Wiltshire businesses towards accommodating employees who are carers is being staged in January. The event is hosted by the Working for Carers programme to celebrate the commitment employers have made to those in their workforce with caring responsibilities. It is also a...
Monday 14 December Interim: Cohort AGMs: Hunter Resources, Inland Homes, Gfinity, World Careers Network EGMs: Alliance Pharma, Rockhopper Exploration Tuesday 15 December Interims: Carpetright, Imagination Technologies Final: Pressure Technologies Trading statement: Petrofac AGMs: dotdigital, Etaireia Investment, Northamber, Sareum Holdings, Tristel, Utilitywise, Volution EGMs: Al Noor Hospitals, Hayward Tyler, hVivo Economics: Producer prices, ONS house...
Swindon’s Kimmerfields town centre regeneration scheme has taken another step forward with the funding of a new health centre. Developer Muse – advised by the specialist primary care team at property agents Bilfinger GVA – agreed the £10m deal on the 27,000 sq ft centre with Primary Health Properties (PHP), the national investment group...
Swindon serial entrepreneur and public relations expert Sara Tye will be one of three marketing experts speaking at the first panel event staged by small business network Enterprise Nation in Bristol. Called How to sell yourself and promote your business, the event next Monday evening will look at three essential techniques – sales, photography...
Swindon-based specialist training consultancy Cuerden Consulting has been acquired by Edif ERA, part of the global technical inspection and safety group Edif. Cuerden works with major clients such as the MoD, Network Rail and Hitachi Rail Europe, providing them with training and competence management services to ensure their employees perform their roles competently and...
Swindon joinery, shopfitting and construction firm Edmont is to increase production by more than 50% following a £1m investment in a new assembly workshop. The firm, set up as a two-man business in 1971, expects to add to its 100-plus workforce as a result of the 9,000 sq ft new building and associated machinery....
Property agents Alder King’s Swindon office has been instructed to market Horcott Industrial Estate on the edge of Fairford for its new owner. London-based property asset managers iO acquired the 51,000 sq ft multi-let estate for £3.525m in September, and is now undertaking a refurbishing programme. Occupiers include rare book firm Echo Library and...
Partnerships between schools and businesses, a key issue for firms across Swindon and Wiltshire, can have significant benefits, according to the results of a national survey of education chiefs and company bosses. Some 3,500 teaching staff and business leaders took part in the research run by the British Chambers of Commerce – with the...
West of England chartered accountancy firm Monahans has been named as the third best in the country for the service it provides to its charity clients. The firm, which has offices in Swindon and Chippenham, was also placed at number 20 in the annual league table of accountants operating in the UK charity sector...
Accountancy firm EY plans to almost double the size of its South West & Wales financial services practice next year as it targets the key sector for further expansion. The regional financial services team has already grown by nearly 70% over the past year and now employs 80 people at its Bristol base. That...
