GWP, the packaging group based in Cricklade, has launched a new division to meet increasing demand for specialist Correx packaging. A lightweight-but-durable ‘corrugated’ polypropylene sheet material, Correx is also chemical and water resistant. As a result it has become the material of choice for packaging in sectors ranging from automotive to construction and is...
Swindon interior door manufacturer Vicaima has supplied its products to one of London’s largest housing regeneration projects. The Portuguese-owned firm, which makes a range of doors at its Greenbridge factory, was chosen by Sussex construction firm Rydon to supply 520 doors for new homes on the 1960s Packington Estate in Islington. Some 538 flats...
Hotels in the Swindon area are slowly recovering from the economic downturn but are continuing to underperform compared to the rest of the country, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly hotel report by accountants BDO shows Swindon hotels achieved an annual rise in room yield – the way the industry measures revenue...
Paul Whitmarsh, founder of Swindon commercial property agents Whitmarsh Lockhart, has been awarded the coveted title of the Most Active Deal Maker in Wiltshire’s property market. The award is sponsored by the trade magazine Estates Gazette and awarded to the commercial agent responsible for undertaking the most commercial property transactions during 2012/2013. Paul, pictured,...
BMW unveiled its third generation Mini yesterday at a glittering launch – the result of a £750m investment across its three UK plants including introducing world-class innovative manufacturing processes to its Swindon factory. Millions of pounds have been spent upgrading the Swindon pressings plant, which will make nearly all the body panels for the...
Business West, the organisation behind the Swindon Initiative, is calling on Chancellor George Osborne to freeze business rates for two years in his Autumn Statement next month. It also wants him to launch an extensive review to completely reform the business rates system by 2015 and replace it with a more responsive and transparent...
Monday 18 November Interims: Latchways, Majestic Wine, Mitie Final: Diploma Trading statements: Cape, Kentz Corporation, Origin Enterprises, Petrofac, Unite AGMs: Amur Minerals, Origin Enterprises, Regency Mines EGMs: Microgen, Origin Enterprises, Pan European Terminals Economics: Rightmove house prices data Tuesday 19 November Interims: Big Yellow Group, Carclo, CML Microsystems, Eckoh, Entertainment One Group, Halma, Homeserve,...
The housing market recovery and new product launches helped underlying profits soar by 155% to £332m at Nationwide, the Swindon-based building society. Pre-tax profits also climbed – to £270m from £103m – for the six months to September 30 while gross mortgage lending rose 37% to £14bn. It opened more than 214,000 new current...
An exclusive five-year contract to distribute the free Metro daily newspaper in London and the South East has been secured by Swindon-based specialist distribution group Smiths News. Under the agreement, which takes effect from next February, Smiths News will deliver around 200m copies of the five-day-a-week title a year. As the Metro is a...
Swindon-based brewery and pub chain Arkell’s has officially opened its new 10-bedroom boutique hotel accommodation at The Sun Inn, Coate Water. Arkell’s invested more than £500,000 in the development – part of an ongoing strategy to add accommodation to its pub estate. The brewery now has around 500 bedrooms across its estate of 100...
