Law firm Withy King, which has an office in Swindon, has been named as one of as the UK’s Top 100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work For. It has also been awarded the highly sought after Best Companies’ two-star accreditation. Inclusion in The Sunday Times table recognises the firm’s outstanding levels of staff engagement...
BMW is to recruit 10 apprentices at its Swindon pressings plant as it looks to ramp up production of body panels for its next-generation Mini. The apprenticeships are part of around 160 being created by the automotive group across its three UK plants – Swindon, its Oxford assembly base and its Hams Hall, Birmingham,...
Swindon Borough Council has appointed construction company Stepnell to undertake a £500,000 programme to extend and refurbish a specialist unit for students with physical disabilities at The Commonweal School in Old Town. Work starts this month at the Physical Impairment Unit to create an additional storey housing two new classrooms on top of an...
West law firm Thrings – which has its largest office in Swindon – has advised the shareholders of Wiltshire-based fuel distribution business Watson on its £117m sale to a major US group. As revealed by Swindon Business News a week ago, family-owned Watson, which began trading in 1957 and now has nearly 50 depots across...
West firms are being invited to explore doing business in Germany as a way of breaking into a lucrative export market without the risks often attached to selling into high-growth and emerging economies. The Government’s UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) organisation is staging a special event next Tuesday to highlight the opportunities in Germany...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2013, new figures have revealed. The number of people passing through the terminal last year reached 6.1m – 3.4% higher than in 2012. It is only the second time in the airport’s history that the annual total has gone above 6m –...
Further proof that businesses are benefiting from the strengthening economy emerged today with figures showing jobs growth on the way and high levels of confidence. The number of firms expecting to take on more staff is now at a 30-month high, according to the latest employment index staged by accountants BDO. The index, which...
Monday 13 January Interim: Best of the Best EGMs: Leyshon Resources, Vedanta Resources Tuesday 14 January Interims: Ideagen, IG Group Trading statements: Ashmore Group, Asos, Balfour Beatty, Barratt Developments, Carr’s Milling Industries, Countrywide, Dragon Oil, Mecom Group, Michael Page International, Spirit Pub Company AGMs: Carr’s Milling Industries, Spirit Pub Company Economics: Producer price index,...
West firms are being urged to renew efforts to do business overseas and take advantage of high-level export support available following disappointing trade figures. Business West director Clive Wray, who has responsibility for running the contract for the Government’s trade-boosting body UKTI in the South West, said although the prospect of trading internationally could...
Confidence among West firms is far higher than for those in most other parts of the UK and is almost back to pre-recession levels, according to a new report. The latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor shows that businesses in the region are starting to feel the benefits of the burgeoning UK economic...
