Cotswolds and Oxfordshire property specialist Butler Sherborn has appointed surveyor Francesca Cooper to the rural team based in its Cirencester head office. Francesca, pictured, will assist with all aspects of rural property and business management, focusing on business development for country house consultancy, lettings, farm and estate management and renewable energy generation. Francesca, who...
Property agency and real estate firm Colliers International has expanded its South West regional office with three new appointments. Business rates specialist Steve Plowman has been appointed as a director, covering the South West and South Wales. He joins Colliers’ rating team with 27 years’ experience spanning retail and mineral valuations. This includes seven...
Swindon design and marketing agency Cherry Designs has expanded its team by appointing Gary Devenney as account manager. Gary’s arrival has allowed Cherry Designs managing director Richard Copestake to concentrate on project management, having spent the year since he founded the agency working with clients such as Cineworld and Swindon Karting. Cherry Designs’ expansion...
Each week Swindon Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Karen Davison, managing director of recruitment firm C&D Group, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Insurgent Book you read? A Near Life Experience by Steve Head...
Directors at Latchways, the Devizes-based manufacturer of protection equipment for people working at height, are recommending a £124m takeover offer to its shareholders, saying it would open up new markets and boost product development. Latchways shares soared by nearly 50% last Tuesday morning after the bid from MSA UK Holdings, a subsidiary of US-based...
A supermarket and 70 homes are to be built on the site of a disused Swindon office campus in the latest of a string of redevelopment projects of outdated offices and factories around the town. Bellway Homes is to build the two, three and four-bedroom houses on the Westlea Campus later this year after...
Only Connect, the West of England’s exclusive business and social networking company, stages its landmark 25th event on September 17 – and Swindon Business News has partnered with it to offer a massive 50% discount on ticket prices. The strictly black tie event will bring together 300-plus like-minded professionals in the glamorous surroundings of...
A series of free workshops to help businesses keep abreast of the latest health and safety legislation is being launched by regional accountancy firm Monahans at its offices in Swindon and Trowbridge. The first two events will focus on what start-ups and small firms need to know in an often confusing area for businesses...
Monday 7 September Interim: SimiGon Finals: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Green Reit Trading statements: Associated British Foods, Betfair AGMs: Creston, Sepura EGM: Adgorithms Tuesday 8 September Interims: Curtis Banks Group, Gamma Communications, Hilton Food Group, Hydro International, Powerflute Oyj, SQS Software Quality Systems, Stadium Group Finals: Ashmore, Craneware, Frontier Developments, Genus. ISG, McBride, Mucklow (A&J), Redrow...
Digital ticketing developer ACT (Applied Card Technologies) has been acquired by Japanese IT giant Fujitsu in a multi-million pound deal that paves the way for the UK’s first smartphone-based rail ticket issuing system. ACT, based at Kington Langley, near Chippenham, designs, builds and manages smart transaction systems for retail, tourism, public sector and transport...
