Annual turnover at Swindon-based construction company Beard has climbed by 17% to £68.7m as it continues to buck the downward trend in the recession-hit building sector. Beard’s pre-tax profits were also up – by 11% to £1.2m. The privately-owned business, which also has offices in Oxford and Guildford, benefited from its strength in specialist...
You can’t get a better illustration (forgive the pun) of the power of a brand than the recent abortive sale in Miami of a Banksy which had last been seen attached to the wall of a north London Poundland. Setting aside the furore over who actually owns the work and who has the right...
West accountancy firm Monahans, which has a major office in Swindon, has taken over Holland & Co, a long-established accountancy practice in Glastonbury and Street. Monahans, with four offices across Wiltshire and Somerset in addition to its Swindon base, has established itself as a major regional player, providing businesses and individuals with an extensive...
Swindon-based Ubiquisys, which makes parts for mobile phone networks, has been bought by US giant Cisco for $310m (£206m). Founded in 2004, the highly-innovative firm make small cells (also known as femtocells) – small phone masts that shore up data capacity in mobile networks and which can be used to create powerful wifi hotspots...
WellBoring, the Chippenham-based charity that drills boreholes for clean, secure water supplies at schools and communities in developing countries, is staging a fund-raising abseil down the Avon Gorge in Bristol later this month. The charity has teamed up with the Rotary Club of Bristol Breakfast Club to organise the event. It has 100 spaces...
Fed up with flip charts, PowerPoint and pie diagrams? Swindon Business News’s sister site Bath Business News is presenting an antidote this evening to business seminars as part of Bath Comedy Festival. This free and unique event is for anyone who has ever dozed off during a motivational seminar. Or been late for a...
West manufacturers are calling for significantly increased investment in roads, regional airports and port capacity as part of a radical overhaul of the approach to the UK’s transport infrastructure. The call is made on the back of a survey, published, by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation showing the potential threat from the UK’s stretched infrastructure...
Frankfurt become the latest German city on Bristol Airport’s destination map earlier today when bmi regional started its six-times a week service to the major European finance centre. The first flight just after midday marked the return of a direct link between the two major cities after a gap of almost four years. German...
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The NHS is to take office space in Bewley House, Chippenham, in a deal that means the former headquarters of North Wiltshire District Council is fully occupied again. Wiltshire NHS Primary Care Trust has signed a 10-year lease with Bewley House owners, based-based HPH Commercial Property, for the entire first floor of the building....
