Magnet, the UK’s largest kitchen and joinery specialist, has renewed its national home delivery and transport contract with Chippenham-based logistics group Wincanton in a long-term deal. The agreement means Wincanton will continue to transport products from Magnet’s Darlington manufacturing plant to its UK-wide customers via strategic distribution sites, along with its two-man home delivery...
Law firm Withy King, which has offices in Swindon and Marlborough, has been ranked 42nd in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work For in 2015 – up from 58th position last year. The firm’s ranking was revealed at an awards ceremony held in London last week and published in a...
Monday 2 March Interim: Swallowfield, Thorntons Finals: Alent, Amlin, British Polythene Industries, Dialight, FBD Holdings, HellermanTyton, Hiscox, Intertek, Keller, PPHE, Senior, Trinity Mirror, Ultra Electronics EGM: Dunelm Economics: Consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, Manufacturing data, M4 money supply Tuesday 3 March Interims: Ashtead Group, Clinigen, ISG Finals: Barclays, Costain, Devro,...
Swindon businesses are hosting a special evening to raise awareness of non-directed kidney donation – the act of donating a kidney to someone in need of one – and funds for the Give a Kidney charity. East Meets West takes place on Saturday March 14 at Swindon’s Punjabi Community Centre and is hosted by...
Mark Chapman has joined the family law team in the Swindon office of solicitors Charles Lucas & Marshall. Mark, pictured, was previously with Basingstoke solicitors Wills Chandler and has also worked for Oxford law firm Darbys. Since qualifying in 2006, he has specialised in family law. In 2008 he became a member of Resolution,...
The Indian market will be demystified and the commercial opportunities outlined at a seminar for West of England firms this week. Speaking at the event in Castle Combe, near Chippenham, on Thursday will be Siddharth Mukne, business adviser at the UK India Business Council, and Waseem Hussain, internationally renowned expert on doing business in...
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 Huw Jones, director of Proposito Financial Planning, which specialises in financial planning, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Paddington Book you read? The Bulletproof Diet by...
Swindon’s reputation as a hub for manufacturing innovation has been given a boost by the launch of industrial fan producer Torin-Sifan’s new state-of-the-art production centre. The firm has invested more than £2m in the EC Manufacturing & Technology Centre, creating 25 jobs. It is set to become a centre of excellence for the production...
One of the UK’s top human resources specialists will shed light on how to recruit and retain the best talent at a seminar in Swindon tomorrow. Richard Roberts, an expert in employee engagement, believes as few as 17% of the UK workforce actively engaged with their jobs – creating a huge headache for businesses....
Test and measurement firm Spirent Communications has become the latest business partner of UTC Swindon, the town’s engineering-focused college. The Sussex firm has donated laptops and tablets to the college, which has 600 students aged 14 to 19, to help engineering education through project focused, team-based learning. As UTC partner, Spirent will help shape...
