Swindon firms are today making their way to the South West’s biggest free business event with organisers saying it looks set to be a flyaway success. Up to 3,000 delegates are expected to attend the Business Showcase South West 2015, which returns to returns to Bristol’s Colston Hall today and tomorrow. Star attractions include...
Each week Swindon Business News lets a prominent member of the area’s business community have the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Jeremy Morcumb, owner of Mortgage Advice Bureau Swindon, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Imitation Game. It took time for the main character to...
A Swindon firm is warning landlords that time is running out to place tenants’ deposits into a Government-backed protection scheme, or face penalties. Tenant Screening, which provides a vetting service to landlords and letting agents across the country, said some landlords may be unaware that they have just weeks left to hand over the...
Small and medium-sized firms looking to win work from the public sector can find out more at a talk to be staged by Swindon law firm Clark Holt next week. Matthew Wolton, a partner in Clark Holt’s commercial department, will look at the huge opportunities for SMEs following regulations that came into force earlier...
Luxury stationery and leather goods firm Smythson, whose products are used by the royal family and which employs the Prime Minister’s wife Samantha Cameron as a part-time creative consultant, has relocated to a new base in Swindon. The business, one of only eight to hold three royal warrants, has moved from South Marston industrial...
Professionals involved in the horse breeding and racing industries are invited to a seminar in Swindon next week to find out about the latest tax changes affecting them. The free event on Wednesday, May 20, is being organised by Banks BHG at its base in Ermin Street, Stratton, and will focus on the tax...
Fast-growing Swindon vehicle dealership group Cambria Automobiles is on the lookout for further acquisitions after its half-year pre-tax profits accelerated by 64% on strong new car sales. The ambitious group, which recently bought TH White’s Royal Wootton Bassett Land Rover dealership for £7.56m, clocked up profits of £3.3m on revenues up 18.6% to £242.8m...
Regional law firm Charles Lucas Marshall, which has an office in Swindon, has appointed Christopher Brierley as head of its residential property team. Previously a partner with North London firm Farhi Jacob, Christopher, pictured, has been a practicing property lawyer for nine years and will lead Charles Lucas & Marshall’s residential property team across...
The CBI today called on the new Tory Government to set out clear plans for the next Parliament within the first 100 days. With the in-out referendum on EU membership, which has been promised with two years, grabbing political attention, the business organisation wants swift action on a number of key issues including airport...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has made a key senior appointment in the South West as it looks to expand its regional industrial and logistics operations. Brett Casswell, pictured, joins as associate director in the firm’s Bristol office to manage the industrial and logistics division, with development support for investors. Brett, who...
