A popular series of free networking events is being re-launched this month by Swindon accountants Banks. The firm began running the events when it moved from Old Town to larger premises in Stratton in April last year. Since then hundreds of business people have attended the events with themes spanning property, finance, marketing and...
Smiths News, the Swindon-based newspaper and magazine distributor, has delivered a 14% hike in full-year pre-tax profits. The increase, taking profits to £41.9m against £36.6m last time, came on a 0.4% rise in revenues to £1.81bn for the year to August 31. It said that it is now on target to achieve 50% of...
Manufacturing in Swindon has a bright future, according to leading figures in the town’s engineering industry who addressed a breakfast event which focused on the key sector. The seminar, staged by Swindon accountants Monahans in support of the town’s new University Technical College (UTC), heard from Raphaël Caillé, managing director of Swindon Engines, Dr...
Nationwide, the Swindon-based building society, has been voted as the best company to work for in the banking and finance sector for the second year running in a recent poll of graduate employees. Out of all the companies polled, Nationwide came 17th out of 100. The survey conducted by The Job Crowd, a leading...
RSM Tenon’s Swindon office has been rebranded following the acquisition of the firm’s trading arm by rival Baker Tilly. The office, in Westmead, has been one of the area’s largest accountancy practices in recent years offering a range of services to businesses and individuals across Wiltshire and along the M4 corridor. It was boosted...
Swindon-based window, door and conservatory group G2S has acquired AJ Windows of Gloucester, taking its business over the border into Gloucestershire for the first time. Alan Williams and Dave Tuohy launched the G2S Group, originally Grime to Shine, in 1990 and later went on to acquire Ford and Fulford of Salisbury and Vanguard Windows...
Lucy Rees just joined the Marriott Hotel in Swindon as a voyager graduate trainee. Lucy, 24, who has a degree in international spa management from the University of Derby in Buxton, will work on all aspects of hotel management and has already started to learn the ropes in conference and banqueting. While at university...
A Grade II listed restaurant building in Fairford has come onto the market, offering a chance for new owners to develop a business on the edge of the Cotswolds. Originally called Leo’s, a family-run Italian, and more recently Allium, which offered a more fine dining experience, the restaurant has had just two operators since...
Swindon-based global outsourced health services group Synergy Health has warned that revenue growth over the next six months will be towards the lower end of expectations due to challenging market conditions. Updating shareholders on its trading for the six months ending September 29, the group said underlying growth had been hit during the period....
IT and technical recruitment specialist Outsource UK has been awarded the coveted ISO 9001 quality management standard in recognition of the consistent quality service it provides to its clients. The accreditation applies to all the Swindon firm’s UK offices and ensures that operating systems and procedures are traceable and streamlined and that they help...
