Swindon recruitment firm C&D Group is to help expanding engineering firm Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems take on more than 20 permanent workers at its Melksham factory as demand for its innovative products increases around the world. Knorr-Bremse employs 360 people in Melksham making a wide range of train parts such as advanced braking, monitoring and...
Swindon-headquartered recruitment company Outsource UK has received the title of Best Employer Contribution by Cirencester College for supporting its career academies. Outsource, which specialises in IT and engineering, has been involved with the college’s IT and business careers academies programme for several years. The programmes were set up by the college to help bridge...
Integrated circuit design firm Swindon Silicon Systems has sold its head office to a London-based investment fund for £4.65m – the latest in a series of commercial property deals around the town and another indication of rapid recovery in the market. The deal transfers ownership of the 34,690 sq ft, two-storey Interface House office...
Hills Homes, the Swindon-based housebuilder, is celebrating after one of its latest developments and its site manager tasted success in building awards staged in Somerset. The firm, which builds high-quality housing schemes in Wiltshire and neighbouring counties, was highly commended for its Mendip Gardens scheme in Holcombe, in the category for new housing developments...
A unit at Swindon’s Kembrey Trade Centre has been let to Same Day Trade Frames, the fast-growing supplier of windows, doors, conservatories, and trade plastics. The move into the 1,610 sq ft Unit 3 doubles Same Day's space at the centre and meets its expansion plans for its Swindon depot, which opened in October...
Latchways, the Devizes-based specialist safety harnessing firm, has appointed Jamie Matheson, the former chairman of private client investment group Brewin Dolphin, as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Mr Matheson, who left Brewin Dolphin in March last year, is currently a non-executive director of STV, the Scottish broadcaster. He was also a non-executive director...
Shares in newly-renamed Swindon-based specialist wholesale group Connect Group – formerly Smiths News – climbed by more than 4% today after it unveiled a 20% increase in half-year pre-tax profits. The profits of £22.1m for the six months ended 28 February 2014 came despite a small fall in revenue. Today's results came a day...
Commercial law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, has recruited three specialist solicitors to advise its fast-growing portfolio of commercial property clients. Partner Edward Jackman, associate Iain Mason and solicitor Natalia Sokolov join the firm to further strengthen its commercial property and construction offering. Edward arrives from Oxfordshire-based commercial law firm...
BGF, the independent company established to help Britain’s growing businesses, has promoted two members of its West-based investment team. Ned Dorbin has been promoted to investment director and Edwin Davies to investment manager. The BGF investment team in Bristol, which covers the South West of England and South Wales and is led by regional director...
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