A series of popular business networking events in Swindon hosted by chartered accountants Banks is relaunched this week. The first event – a breakfast aimed at business people working in professional services – takes place this Wednesday. The series then runs until July, resuming in the autumn after a summer break. Banks launched the...
Monday January 20 Trading update InternetQ Economics CBI financial services survey Tuesday January 21 Full-year results Unilever Interim results PZ Cussons Trading update African Barrick Gold, Cairn Energy, Carphone Warehouse, Hochschild Mining, Intermediate Capital Group, Polymetal International, SABMiller Economics CBI Industrial Trends Meetings Marston’s (AGM) Wednesday January 22 Trading update BHP Billiton, Findel, Land...
Business West, the organisation behind the Initiative in Swindon and Wiltshire, has called on politicians to stay out of any decision to increase the Minimum Wage. The plea, by Initiative director Ian Larrard, pictured, comes after Chancellor George Osborne hinted that he may raise the Minimum Wage by an above-inflation amount. Business Secretary Vince...
Inventor and entrepreneur Sir James Dyson, best known for the bagless vacuum cleaner made by his Malmesbury-based firm, is among a select group of five innovators who could be named as Britain’s best modern engineer. The contemporary achiever judged to have made the biggest mark on UK engineering will rank alongside such greats as...
Data communications company Lde Digital Services has teamed up with the parish council in Purton near Swindon to turn its original red phone box into a 21st century communications centre and community asset. The firm, based nearby at Braydon, has carried out what it believes is a unique transformation of the box by installing...
Swindon businesses, including Barclays Bank, have been praised for helping to raise nearly £3,000 to increase awareness of altruistic kidney donation – the act of giving a kidney to a stranger – at a recent charity event. Jasie Rai, director of Swindon-based lead generation and business development firm The Sales and Marketing Hub, organised...
Swindon-based outsourced health services group Synergy Health is taking part in the largest-ever British health and social care delegation to China. More than 50 individuals from 38 British companies, universities and training hospitals, including Synergy, are looking to forge new relationships and partnerships to take advantage of the vast expansion and modernisation of the...
Alliance Pharma, the highly-acquisitive Chippenham-based speciality pharmaceutical firm, has more than £20m on tap to add to its drugs cabinet, it said as it unveiled its latest deal and forecast a small increase in turnover for 2013. The firm, which buys underperforming drugs brands and realises their potential, has acquired thyroid treatment Irena in...
Swindon’s Honda plant has received a boost from leading financial services provider Forester Life, which has placed an order for 130 Swindon-built Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTECs for its corporate fleet. Both the car and its pioneering diesel engine are made at the giant plant. Under the arrangement with Foresters, Honda (UK) has become sole...
Wincanton, the Chippenham-based logistics group, has been awarded a three-year extension to its transport management contract with Swindon-based retail group WH Smith. The extension, which builds on the firms’ 20-year relationship, will involve the roll-out of new technology which will lead to more collaborative opportunities and optimise vehicle efficiency. According to WH Smith supply...
