Former Education Secretary Lord Baker of Dorking today urged Swindon businesses to get behind the town’s University Technology College (UTC) to help regenerate its engineering industry. Lord Baker, who as Kenneth Baker had the education portfolio in John Major's Cabinet, visited the site of the UTC this afternoon to see for himself the progress...
Former Education Secretary Lord Baker of Dorking is in Swindon this lunchtime to see progress at the town’s University Technology College (UTC). Lord Baker, who as Kenneth Baker was a long-standing member of Mrs Thatcher’s Cabinet in the 1980s, is a supporter of UTCs. His educational trust, Baker Dearing Educational Trust, is a sponsor...
Budget airline Ryanair is to introduce a twice-weekly service from Bristol Airport to the Italian city of Bologna from April 1. The service will be the third to Italy operated by Ryanair from Bristol, joining its flights to Milan (Bergamo) and Venice. The flights will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Bologna in Northern...
Turnover at law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, rose by 4% to £21.5m in the year to last April, it has revealed. Profits increased by 12% to £4.9m. The firm, which also has offices in Bristol, Bath and London, has 51 members and employs 305 people, 180 of them fee-earners....
Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to scrap or amend thousands of rules affecting business has been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind the Initiative in Swindon & Wiltshire. In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Mr Cameron said more than 3,000 rules would be dropped or changed, saving businesses more...
Firms with a conscience are being urged to enter the South West Fairtrade Business Awards 2014 before this Friday’s deadline. Now in their second year, the awards recognise and showcase the efforts of businesses across the region which use Fairtrade products and support fair and ethical business practices. Each of the six categories has...
Accountants Grant Thornton have been appointed to deliver the Investors In People (IIP) standard across the South of England following a competitive tender process. Grant Thornton, which covers the West region from its office in Bristol, will hold the licence from April 1 for a three-year period. This appointment is a key part of...
Monday 27 January Finals: Amino Technologies, Porvair Trading statement: APR Energy AGM: John Lewis of Hungerford EGM: ViaLogy Tuesday 28 January Interims: Filtronic, Mattioli Woods Final: Crest Nicholson Trading statements: Afren, British Land, Carpetright, Fresnillo, Globo, Greencore, Laird Group AGMs: Alternative Networks, Greencore EGMs: TXO, Vodafone Economics: GDP (Q4), Index of services Wednesday 29...
A healthy intake of orders at the end of last year has given Chippenham-based specialist software and IT group SciSys a “solid opening” to 2014, it said while also signalling that it would look for further acquisitions. The international group, which works with governments, media groups, defence companies and space agencies and also has...
Accountants PwC have launched their annual search for the region’s best companies with the 2014 West of England Business of the Year Awards – the region’s most prestigious business accolades. Previous winners of the awards, now in their 26th year, read like a who’s who of the West’s most-respected companies, including Dyson, MITIE and,...
