Financial services firm Openwork has become the latest major occupier to relocate from Swindon town centre to an office park on its outskirts. Openwork’s move to a new building at Lydiard Fields, close to junction 16 of the M4, not only raises questions about the town centre’s position as a prime office location but...
Royal Wootton Bassett-based building & civil engineering contractor R J Leighfield & Sons has retained its a place on a regional construction framework agreement covering projects valued at £1m-plus. Leighfield secured the place as part of the four-company Builders Consortium South West (BCSW), which was formed in 2009. By maintaining its place in the...
Two firms of chartered accountants from the Swindon area are to compete for the same accolade at the profession’s most sought after awards. Dennis & Turnbull, based in Badbury, and BHG based on the Shrivenham Hundred business park at Watchfield, are both shortlisted in the Independent Firm of the Year South West and Wales...
Businesses can gain an invaluable insight into the mental health issues associated with Asperger Syndrome at an awareness session staged by the Swindon Mindful Employer Network next month. Asperger Syndrome, part of the autistic spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders, is characterised by difficulties in social interaction and non-verbal communication, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of...
Three more staff have joined Swindon car dealership Pebley Beach’s team of salespeople and technicians. Joining the Swindon showroom and garage are Alex Whitehall as fleet sales executive and Ben Plush as apprentice technician. Sophie Stoneman joins Pebley Cirencester as a sales executive, having previously worked in the same role for Volkswagen before it...
Superior, the fast-growing Wiltshire design, print and fulfilment group, has secured a £1m investment from its long-term bankers Barclays to support further expansion. The funding comes a year after Barclays supplied £2m to fund a purpose-built design studio and increase printing capacity at Superior’s Melksham headquarters. Superior, which has doubled its turnover to £15m...
Independent financial consultancy Jelf, which has offices in Wootton Bassett, has shrugged off what it admitted were “challenging” market conditions to enjoy a positive start to the second half of the year. As a result it expects its results for the year to September 30 to be in line with market expectations. The highly-acquisitive...
Nationwide chairman Geoffrey Howe has decided to retire from his position after its AGM in the summer of 2015, the Swindon-based building society announced today. Mr Howe, pictured, is well-known and respected in the City as the former chairman of Railtrack. He will have spent eight years as Nationwide's chairman and more than 10...
Law firm Withy King has been awarded top marks in seven categories in the annual trainee survey run by Lex 100, the student guide to law. For the second year running, Withy King, which has offices in Swindon and Marlborough, was named as a ‘winner’ in the categories of job satisfaction, meeting expectations, quality...
Monday 21 October Trading statements: Informa, Senior AGM: Renewable Energy Economics: Rightmove house price data Tuesday 22 October Interims: BP Marsh & Partners, Whitbread Finals: Epistem, Spirit Pub Company Trading statements: ARM Holdings, BHP Billiton, Eurasia Drilling Company, GKN, Petropavlovsk, UBM, Reckitt Benckiser Economics: Public sector borrowing figures Wednesday 23 October Interim: Home Retail...
