The owners of Swindon-based specialist holiday firm Imagine Cruising have sold a majority stake in the business to a fast-growing Middle East travel group. Emirates-owned Dnata Travel has acquired 51% of Imagine, which was set up four years ago. The deal, financial details of which have not been disclosed, will trigger a new phase...
The importance of apprenticeships and vocational training in advanced engineering will be the theme of accountants Monahans’ next manufacturing breakfast in Swindon. The event, the latest to be staged in support of Swindon’s manufacturing sector by Monahans, takes place at UTC Swindon, Bristol Street, on April 16, starting at 7.30am. BMW head of apprentice...
Swindon-based Nationwide is to sponsor the Business Disability Forum’s (BDF) bestselling guide Welcoming Disabled Customers for the next two years. The guide provides easy-to-follow, practical advice to frontline customer service staff on how to offer quality service to disabled customers, and insights into the experiences and preferences of disabled customers. Nationwide, the world’s largest...
Swindon environmental technology innovator Tetronics International is at the forefront of a ground‐breaking project to extract precious metals such as gold and silver from discarded phones, TVs and toasters. Consumer devices sold in the UK over the next five years are forecast to contain metal worth an estimated £1bn – yet at present metal...
PRP Optoelectronics, the hi-tech manufacturer that opened a state-of-the-art design and production base in Swindon last year, has passed an audit on its ISO procedures and quality systems in record time. The ISO9001: 2008 certification was achieved as a result of a concerted effort to relocate its high-quality standards and approved operational processes from...
Swindon-headquartered specialist law firm Hyphen Law has appointed Robert Hurling as a Court of Protection solicitor. Admitted as a solicitor in 2007, Robert, pictured, has extensive experience as a Court of Protection practitioner providing deputyship services and advising on personal injury trusts. He will be based at Hyphen Law’s rapidly expanding offices in London....
Swindon’s business community has raised more than £10,700 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance at a charity ball organised by law firm Withy King, Barclays Bank and Excalibur Communications. The black-tie event’s fund-raising activities, which included a charity auction and raffle, were compered by former England and Bath rugby player turned TV pundit and columnist David...
Monday 9 March Interims: Abcam, Gemfields Finals: Clarkson, Hansteen Holdings, Prudential, WPP Tuesday 10 March Interims: Close Brothers, Craneware Finals: Bango, Cairn Energy, esure, G4S, Goals Soccer Centres, Hill & Smith Holdings, Inchcape, IP Group, John Menzies, Matomy Media, One Media iP Group, SDL, StatPro, Synectics, Tyman Trading statement: Ocado AGMs: Ecofin Power &...
Swindon-based motor dealer group Cambria's shares rose by more than 5% after it said trading in the five months of its financial year had been “substantially ahead” of the same period last year. In a trading update to shareholders the group, which owns 30 dealerships, representing 45 franchises and 18 brands, including Swindon Motor...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, has advised design-led gift firm Wild & Wolf on its acquisition by D C Thomson, publisher of the Beano and Dandy comics. Bath-based Wild & Wolf makes award-winning products featuring fashion brands such as Ted Baker and games and characters such as Scrabble,...
