Malachy McReynolds, the chair of regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance, is to step down in March after five years in the role. He will be replaced by Christine Allison, a former lead economist for the World Bank, who has been a non-executive director of SWIG Finance for the past three-and-a-half years. During that...
The latest lockdown will be another “body blow” to Swindon firms, coming after the uncertainty caused by Brexit and lost trade in the run-up to Christmas, the region’s biggest business group warned today. Business West, which runs the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, said firms that had survived so far with Covid-related support from the...
Monday January 4 Economic announcements: PMI manufacturing, M4 money supply Tuesday January 5 Trading announcements: Morrison (WM) Supermarkets, Next AGM: Edenville Energy Wednesday January 6 Trading announcement: Greggs Economic announcements: BRC shop price index, PMI services Thursday January 7 AGMs: Cambria Automobiles, Global Petroleum, Ormonde Mining Economic announcement: PMI construction Friday January 8 Final: Intermediate Capital Group Trading announcement: Barratt Developments
Chippenham-based specialist pharmaceutical firm Vectura has boosted its board with the appointment of two new independent non-executive directors. Jeanne Hecht and Jeanne Thoma took up their roles at the firm, which develops inhalable dry-powder drugs that treat lung conditions such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, on December 31. Jeanne Hecht was most recently CEO...
Monday December 28 Bank holiday: Nothing listed Tuesday December 29 Final: The Fulham Shore AGMs: Altitude Group, China Nonferrous Gold, Grit Real Estate Income Group, Skinbiotherapeutics EGMs: Ethernity Networks, Flutter Entertainment Wednesday December 30 AGMs: Corcel, Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, Eenergy Group, Nu-Oil & Gas, Plexus Holdings, Quiz, Secure Property Development & Investment, Simigon Economic announcement: Nationwide house price index...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, is aiming to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030 and has introduced three new steps to help it – and firms across the South West – reach the ambitious target. The organisation, which runs the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative and represents 23,000 businesses across the region,...
Monday December 21 AGMs: Dotdigital Group, Parkmead Group EGM: IWG Tuesday December 22 AGMs: Alternative Liquidity Fund, Jupiter US Smaller Companies, Mineral & Financial Investments, Mosman Oil and Gas, Revolution Bars Economic announcements: Public sector net borrowing, Gross domestic product Wednesday December 23 AGMs: Avation, Conroy Gold and Natural Resources, easyJet, Fiske, Karelian Diamond Resources, Kin and Carta, Riverfort...
More than two-thirds of high-growth firms in the South West plan to continue to expand next year after adapting for a post-Covid world, new research shows. According to the first survey to chart these businesses during the coronavirus pandemic it has created significant barriers to growth for 58% of South West firms, with operational...
Just 2% of the South West’s small to medium-sized manufacturers think Brexit will have a positive impact on their recovery, while more than half admit they still cannot predict how the transition out of the EU will affect their business. And with the UK-EU talks entering their final hours with no sign of a...
Passengers flying into Bristol Airport can now book to have a Covid-19 test five days after their arrival which could reduce the time they need to quarantine in the UK. The airport, which has been hit hard by a major drop in international travel caused by the pandemic, has teamed up with German firm...
