Bright sparks are being sought for the latest quiz to be staged by Swindon accountants Banks BHG. The event, at the De Vere Village Hotel, West Swindon, on October 14, is open to teams of four with entry costing £5 per player. The quiz is Banks BHG’s second this year and again is in...
Advice on how to win some of the billions of pounds worth of contracts put out to tender every year by the Government will be on offer at a Swindon networking group later this week. The Government wants 30% of its £250bn spend to go to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and is actively...
Sustainability is firmly on the agenda for 80% of West of England boardrooms with nearly a third considering it one of their business’s top three priorities, according to an exclusive survey conducted by executive search firm Moon Consulting and Swindon Business News. Just 5% are not currently engaged in sustainability activities or do not...
Small business network Enterprise Nation has announced the final line-up for its major event next month aimed at helping female-founded businesses to grow. The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs (FFE) in Bristol will hear from successful women in their field to inspire and advise those setting up on their own or wanting to take an...
Monday 21 September Interims: Netdimensions, XLMedia Finals: Castleton Technology, DX Group, Filtronic, Finsbury Food, Seeing Machines AGM: Abzena Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 22 September Interims: AA, AG Barr, Augean, Card Factory, Clearstar, Horizon Discovery, Minds + Machines, S&U, Sphere Medical, Venn Life Sciences Finals: Allergy Therapeutics, Clinigen, Close Brothers, Regenersis Trading statements: Dairy...
Sales and customer service training firm Sales Coaching Solutions is a finalist in a new awards scheme that celebrates entrepreneurial businesses. The inaugural Great British Entrepreneur Awards, which take place in November, are set to become the recognised standard of excellence among entrepreneurs by showcasing the contribution and inspiration provided by entrepreneurial businesses. Chippenham-based...
Swindon’s two largest law firms – Thrings and Withy King – have again been named among the best in the South West by the Legal 500, the respected annual guide. The two firms are classed as ‘regional heavyweights’ in the research-based guide, which gauges the strength of the legal sector across the UK and...
HSBC has opened a full-service banking centre in Swindon which gives customers access to a wider variety of services under one roof. Only the third of its kind in the UK – and the first outside London – the Relationship Management Centre in HSBC’s existing base in The Forum, Old Town, pictured, offers a...
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 Jean-Francois (JF) Cahorn, managing director of field marketing company infinite Group, answers our nine questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Wolf of Wall Street Book you read? Fast...
Barclays has expanded its South West corporate banking team by appointing Lee Everson as its new head of large corporate banking. Lee, pictured, will lead the team of relationship directors responsible for Barclays Corporate clients who typically turn over more than £50m. He has been with Barclays for 11 years, working in group strategy...
