Fred Tucker, a well-known and respected solicitor in the Swindon area, has retired after more than 30 years practising family, criminal and civil law. Fred, pictured, 64, has been working with North Wiltshire law firm Bevirs for the past four years as well as running his own locum firm FT Legal Services. He is now...
Confidence levels for firms in Swindon and Wiltshire have fallen on the back of lower sales, fewer new jobs and worsening cashflow, according to the results of Business West’s latest survey. The figures, released last week, were described as “tough reading” by Ian Larrard, director of the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative, part of Business...
IT services provider Sensata has recruited two members to its team to cope with increasing demand from new and current clients. The Royal Wootton Bassett-based firm, which works with small and medium-sized businesses, has taken on experienced IT technician Luke Sampson and IT apprentice technician James Hibdige. After gaining a GNVQ in IT, Luke...
Swindon independent estate agency Castles Residential Sales & Lettings has been named as the town’s best sales agent and best lettings agent in an awards scheme. The firm, founded by managing director Mark Noble, pictured, in 2002, won the two golds at the 2015 allAgents Awards, which are staged by the UK property industry’s...
A business club has been launched on one of the Swindon area’s most successful business parks to encourage its occupiers to connect and work together. Around 30 guests attended a special early evening champagne reception to launch the Shrivenham Hundred Business Club (SHBC) hosted by document management specialists UTAX (UK) Ltd and its associate...
More than 80 of the South West’s top clinicians, academics and businesses attended the launch of a membership group tasked with stimulating the growth of the region’s life science industry. Medilink South West provides knowledge and support to businesses in the key sector, helping them grow and maximise opportunities within life sciences and healthcare....
By Ashley Fox, Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the South West of England & Gibraltar. The Chancellor is soon expected to announce the future of Air Passenger Duty (APD) in the UK and his decision could have far reaching implications for the West of England economy. My preferred option is for the...
Monday 28 September Interim: Flowgroup Finals: MJ Gleeson AGMs: Max Petroleum, Pinewood Group, Redhall Group, Zoo Digital EGMs: MediaZest, Optimal Pay Economics: Nationwide house prices Tuesday 29 September Interims: boohoo.com, Crawshaw, Ergomed, Globo, Moss Bros, Outsourcery, Personal Group Holdings, Venture Life Group Finals: MySale Group, Netcall, Revolution Bars, ScS Group, Vernalis, Wolseley AGM: United...
Chartered accountancy firm Monahans, which has offices in Swindon and Chippenham, has started a specialist service for dentists to help them successfully run their practices and develop their careers. After more than 30 years advising dental practices, the firm has decided to formalised the service by starting its Dental Healthcare service. Dentists and dental...
Half-year profits have soared by 67% at Good Energy, the Chippenham-based Renewable power firm, as more customers join it from the Big Six utility firms. Customer numbers shot up by more than a third during the six months to June 30, lifting revenues by 46% to £32.6m. As a result, pre-tax profits came in...
