Accountancy group Grant Thornton has appointed Tim Lincoln as practice leader for the South West region. He succeeds John Golding, who will continue to lead the firm’s South West public sector assurance practice. Meanwhile Allister Weir, a director in the firm’s regional tax team, becomes a partner. The changes mark the beginning of a...
Monday 7 July Final: Solid State Trading statements: Robert Walters, Taylor Wimpey AGM: Leni Gas & Oil Tuesday 8 July Trading statements: Bovis Homes, Dunelm Group, Marks & Spencer, SIG, XP Power AGMs: 3i Infrastructure, Aqua Bounty Technologies, Marks & Spencer, Plaza Centers, Young & Co's Brewery EGM: 3i Infrastructure Economics: Industrial production, Manufacturing...
Law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, has completed the sale of Swindon financial management firm Intrinsic’s entire network of 3,000 advisers – the UK’s largest – to Old Mutual Wealth. The Thrings team, led by senior corporate partner Jonathan Payne, pictured, and associate solicitor Elaine Meyrick, provided advice on all...
Swindon is to become a UK-leading hub for pioneering development work on the Internet of Things – often called the next industrial revolution – after microchip giant Intel opened an innovation centre at its base in the town. The innovation centre is the US group’s fourth in Europe – and first in the UK...
Annual sales at Swindon-based UTAX, the UK’s largest office equipment partner-only network, have climbed by more than 18% to £11.6m – its fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth. The firm, based on the Shrivenham Hundred Business Park, said it had achieved the growth against a challenging, pan-European economic background and in a year when...
Beard, the Swindon-based construction group, and Chippenham green energy pioneer Good Energy will find out next week if they have joined the ranks of the West of England’s top companies by winning the region’s most-coveted business award. The firms are among the six finalists competing for the prestigious title of West of England Business...
Swindon-based TrustOn Security has gained national recognition from the industry’s lead body as one of the top-performing businesses in the sector. The firm, which employs 35 staff at its South Marston head office and provides services such as mobile patrol, manned guarding and key holding, has been accredited as outperforming 95% of the UK’s...
TM Group, the Swindon-based property search specialist, has appointed Stuart McWhinnie as chief technology officer to help develop ground-breaking online products for the property industry. Having previously held high-profile roles at Sky and OneSearch Direct, Stuart brings a wealth of experience in administering change across people, process and systems to drive efficiency in complex...
Swindon-based Field Recruitment is set to expand nationally thanks an upgrade of its IT system to improve services to job-seekers and extend its customer base. The firm, which this year celebrates 40 years in business, has completed migrating its IT to Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud, which means all its staff can work anywhere, at...
National business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor has opened an office in Swindon as it continues to grow across Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. The firm, which has more than 30 offices across the country, had been covering the Swindon area from its regional headquarters in Salisbury. It also has offices in Oxford, Bath and...
