SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist IT firm, has ended a major contract which plunged it into the red last month and is now predicting a brighter future. Problems with the major fixed-price development project for an unnamed client pushed SciSys into a £1.1m half-year loss. In June millions of pounds were wiped off SciSys’ stock...
Royal Wootton Bassett-based membership organisation Business Scene, which supports thousands of small and medium-sized firms across the UK, has launched a new structure. Established in 2006 by entrepreneur and business speaker Warren Cass, Business Scene is adopting its new look to enable more businesses to get involved. Warren said: “We’re evolving as an organisation...
Airline bmi regional is to put on extra flights between Paris and Bristol Airport this weekend to meet demand from French rugby fans eager to see their team do battle with New Zealand in the World Cup quarter final. Les Bleus take on the All Blacks in Cardiff on Saturday evening – and bmi...
Swindon Borough Council’s chief executive Gavin Jones is to leave the authority after being appointed to the same role at Essex County Council, one of the UK’s largest councils. Gavin, pictured, will take up his new role in the New Year. He has served as chief executive at Swindon since July 2006, having joined...
Swindon’s first purpose-built climbing centre is due to open at the end this month after securing a funding package worth £225,000 from HSBC Commercial Banking. The state-of-the-art Rockstar Climbing Centre will launch nearly four months after the closure of the town’s only climbing wall at the Link Centre. That wall’s replacement with a trampoline...
Payroll professionals and business advisers involved in introducing sweeping workplace pension reforms can learn more about the software involved at a lunch in Swindon later this month. Swindon Friends of Automatic Enrolment, which meets at chartered accountants Banks BHG, will hear from SystemSync Solutions, a software company involved in auto enrolment implementation, at its...
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Wiltshire specialist manufacturer Avon Rubber has acquired a thermal imaging camera business for £3.5m to strengthen its protection and defence business. Melksham-based Avon said Argus, which it has bought from UK technology firm e2v, would “modestly” boost its earnings this year and lead to longer-term product development opportunities. Argus, based in Essex, designs and...
A Swindon commercial lawyer is urging the town’s retailers to review their trading terms and conditions following the introduction of new consumer laws. The Consumer Rights Act – which came into force on October 1 – aims to rectify the traditional complexities of UK law in this area and give consumers greater protection when...
Specialist lender Together, which provides growth finance to niche markets, has appointed a regional development director to help West of England businesses and entrepreneurs gain vital access to funding. Paul Chadney, pictured, has more than 27 years’ experience in the finance industry and will cover a region stretching from Hampshire to Cornwall. He previously...
