Solicitors from Swindon and Marlborough law firm Withy King have compiled a short briefing for business owners, directors and managers, based on legal changes and issues which their clients have raised. Is VAT payable on your business premises? All too often, we see commercial property being sold or rented before the VAT status has...
Shares in Wiltshire manufacturer Avon Rubber rose sharply this morning after it said trading had continued to be strong, driven by increased sales of its core protection products. The Melksham-based group also said the currency fluctuations that had hit it earlier this year had eased. As a result, a pre-close update released to the...
Recycling Technologies, the innovative Swindon firm making machines that convert waste plastic to oil, has received an investment from a London-based specialist fund. Recycling Technologies, which is building a pilot plant in Swindon to demonstrate its pioneering process, will use the funding to help market its machines. It is already in advanced discussions with...
Pupils at Swindon’s Haydonleigh Primary School have given its £3m extension the thumbs-up after joining construction group Beard’s project manager Jamie Robertson for a final inspection. The new two-storey building, which has not yet been officially handed over, will provide an extra 140 places to increase the school’s capacity to 630 pupils. Pupil numbers...
One of Swindon town centre’s largest office buildings has come onto the market as the commercial property recovery continues. The Platform on Station Road, pictured, was previously insurance giant Zurich’s UK Life Centre. The 76,500 sq ft building is being marketed as a single unit by Swindon-based joint agents Smethurst Property Consultants and Whitmarsh...
Commercial property agent Daniel Smethurst has launched his own business, Smethurst Property Consultants, to focus on the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire region. Daniel, pictured, has more than 14 years’ commercial property experience in the region, having spent 11 years at Swindon firm Whitmarsh Lockhart, which he joined as a graduate surveyor, before becoming a...
UTAX (UK), the country’s largest office equipment partner-only network, has continued to expand with a number of new appointments. The new joiners arrive shortly after the Shrivenham-based firm, which specialises in document management equipment such as printers and copiers, posted annual UK partner sales up 19.3% to £11.6m – its fourth consecutive year of...
Deborah Heenan, Swindon Borough Council’s development manager for Wichelstowe, is to become interim chief executive officer for economic regeneration company Forward Swindon. She will take up the role on November 3 and stay in the post until a permanent chief executive has been recruited. Ms Heenan brings specialist knowledge and skills in housing, development...
Swindon-based specialist recruitment firm Outsource UK has hit the acquisition trail again, taking over Manchester recruitment consultancy Chrysalis Digital Recruitment. The acquisition is Outsource’s third in three years following the November 2011 takeover of Staffordshire-based Omnium IT Recruitment and the July 2013 deal which added Manchester-based defence and engineering recruitment firm Bramlove to the...
The Legal 500 names the following as Swindon’s leading lawyers: Andrew Braithwaite Thrings (Intellectual property) Peter Cusick Thrings (Agriculture and estates) Simon Elliman Withy King (Clinical negligence) Louise Hart Withy King (Personal injury) Jeremy Holt Clark Holt (IT and telecoms)
