Swindon accountancy firm and independent financial advisers Monahans' annual charity sports quiz has raised more than £1,500 for the British Heart Foundation. Now in its 22nd year, the quiz is a much-anticipated event, staged in the Legends Lounge at Swindon Town FC’s County Ground. A record 49 teams took part this year with a...
Swindon-based energy giant RWE Innogy is under fire today for scrapping plans for a huge wind farm off the north Devon coast. The German-owned group, which has its UK head office in Swindon, has pulled the plug on the 240-turbine Atlantic Array project, claiming it is uneconomic. The scheme, which had not yet received...
Swindon-based franchised motor retailer Cambria Automobiles today said its ‘buy-and-build strategy’ had paid off as it unveiled a strong set of annual results. The group, which has accelerated from a standing start in 2006 to own 27 dealerships across the UK, reported underlying pre-tax profits up 32% at £4.1m – ahead of its own...
Bristol Airport today announced it is to introduce direct flights to the Swedish capital Stockholm next summer – adding another major European city to its departure board and bringing a potential £1m to the regional economy. The twice-weekly service will be operated by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) from June 30 to August 15. SAS will...
Monday 25 November Interims: Cranswick, Essar Energy, Quintain Estates and Development Trading statement: Seadrill Partners AGMs: Aeorema Communications, Pantheon International Participations Economics: British Bankers’ Association loans for house purchases data, Nationwide house prices data Tuesday 26 November Interims: ACM Shipping, Assura Group, Caledonia Investments, Chamberlin, De La Rue, Kcom, Scapa Group, Severfield-Rowen, Severn Trent,...
Banks, the Swindon-based chartered accountants, is urging Chancellor George Osborne to leave businesses alone in his forthcoming Autumn Statement. Director Richard Mathews said he fears Mr Osborne, pictured, may take the opportunity to slip through some unpopular measures in the statement on December 5 before the Government starts to gear itself up for the...
Bosses at Wiltshire manufacturer Avon Rubber today said their strategy to accelerate investment in new products, technologies, systems and people was paying off as they unveiled significant increases in revenues, operating margins and profits. Annual pre-tax profits at the Melksham-based group, best known for its respirators, increased to £14m from £11m on revenues up...
Swindon’s rapidly-recovering industrial property market has received a major boost from Network Rail, which has signed a deal to occupy one of the town’s largest vacant warehouses. The railway infrastructure group, which owns and manages the UK’s rail network, is to use the 150,000 sq ft building on the town’s Groundwell Industrial Estate as...
Swindon-based Nationwide Building Society has been ranked in the top 10 private sector organisations for gender and race equality for the second year in a row. Nationwide is the only financial services provider to have secured such a high-standing in both areas. The lists, which are unranked, are published by Opportunity Now and Race...
Wiltshire College’s ambitious plans for a £21m state-of-the-art campus in Chippenham are to go on display to the public tomorrow. The 9,100 sq m three-storey building on land behind the existing college buildings in Cocklebury Road could provide a new purpose-built campus for town. According to Wiltshire College, the new facilities would support growth...
