The last few stands for a major business show this Friday are available. The Bristol Business Show, staged by Sterling Integrity, returns to the Future Inn, Cabot Circus, pictured, where it was successfully staged last year. Bristol has become one of the most successful locations on Sterling Integrity’s roadshow, attracting local, regional and national...
Inflation unexpectedly remained at 2.7% in January, the fourth month in a row at this level. Economists offered little comfort to hard-pressed households with some forecasting inflation could touch 3% in coming months. The 2.7% figure is the highest since May. The Government’s Office for National Statistics said it was the first time inflation...
Solicitors specialising in private client work in the Swindon and Marlborough offices of law firm Withy King have raised £4,000 for Prospect Hospice through its Make a Will Month initiative. Withy King offered free professional will-making services in exchange for a donation to Prospect. The service included those writing new wills as well as...
A seminar staged by Swindon accountants Banks on impending changes to payroll, which will affect all employers, proved so popular it is being re-run. The first free seminar on RTI – or Real Time Information – attracted a full house of nearly 40 people to Banks’ Stratton head office – demonstrating the widespread concern...
Eastern Airways, the airline flying from Bristol Airport to Aberdeen and Leeds/Bradford, has launched a promotion offering a 25% discount for travellers booking four return flights. The 4-4-3 Route Pass means any passenger buying four flights on any Eastern Airways route gets them for the price of three. The fares are fully flexible, there...
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Avon Rubber, the Wiltshire-based specialist manufacturer, said it was confident of further growth this year as its investment in innovative new products and entry into new markets paid off. In an interim management statement for the period between October 1 and yesterday, the Melksham-based group said it had enjoyed a positive start to its...
Monahans Financial Services, the independent financial advice arm of West accountancy group Monahans, has appointed Simon Ewings as its new managing director. Simon joined the company in 2011 as a director and has already had a significant impact on the firm, helping to prepare it for major changes introduced by the Financial Services Authority...
Car maker Honda has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in costs after an employee had two fingers severed while working on machinery at its giant Swindon plant. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found that 55-year-old production worker Cesar Santos’ right hand became entangled in polishing equipment at the...
West law firm Thrings has appointed five new partners including recruiting respected corporate lawyer Alex Pyatt from rivals Withy King. The appointments take the number of partners at the firm, which has its largest office in Swindon, to more than 60. Alex, pictured, described by the Chambers UK 2013 legal guide as “commercial, pragmatic...
