The latest developments in employment relations will come under the spotlight at a major conference for West businesses staged by Acas, Britain’s top employment relations service. The event, called The Changing Face of Employment Relations, will tackle the issues that every company needs to be aware of including, how to make flexible working work...
Chippenham-based technology firm Etherlive has opened an administration and logistics office in Glasgow in a move that positions it to meet increased demand for technology support during the Commonwealth Games 2014. Etherlive’s satellite office means that it can engage corporate and association events in Scotland as it increasingly becomes a destination of choice for...
Wincanton, the Chippenham-based logistics group, has signed a five-year contract with power systems group Rolls-Royce to manage the storage and distribution of its generating sets destined for UK armed forces around the world. Wincanton, which has extensive experience and expertise providing logistics services to the defence sector, will store the Rolls-Royce generators at its...
Bristol Airport’s link with Amsterdam is to be strengthened this spring when Dutch airline KLM introduces additional capacity on its four-times daily service between the two cities. KLM will increase capacity by over 12% from the start of the summer schedule by introducing the new Embraer 190 aircraft on two of the four daily...
A probe into West firms’ business records has been launched today by HMRC with those not keeping proper financial records at risk of fines. HMRC’s Business Records Checks (BRC) programme focuses on companies with an annual turnover below £30m which employ fewer than 250 people. The West is the last region in the country...
Monday February 04 Q4 Randgold Resources Ltd., Torchmark Corp. FINALS Randgold Resources Ltd., Torchmark Corp. AGMS Future TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 888 Holdings UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Construction (09:30) Tuesday February 05 INTERIMS Allocate Software Q4 ARM Holdings, BG Group, BP FINALS ARM Holdings, BG Group, BP, Low & Bonar, St. Modwen Properties AGMS Albion Income...
Overseas acquisitions in the food and drink sector doubled last year, with an increasingly large proportion of business buyers coming from outside Western Europe, new research shows. According to a new report from business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton, takeovers in the sector by foreign-based firms accounted for 14% of the total, compared...
Employers concerned about the impact of one of the most significant changes to affect payroll for decades are being invited to a seminar which will shed light on the new rules. Staged by Swindon-based chartered accountants Banks, the event will focus on RTI (Real Time Information) – the changes governing payroll which come into...
Monday 28 January Interim: Seagate Technology Finals: Amino Technologies, Porvair, SThree Trading statements: Cranswick, Mitie, Ryanair AGMs: Angel Biotechnology, Evocutis Economics: Hometrack housing survey, Nationwide house prices data Tuesday 29 January Interims: Mattioli Woods, NWF, PZ Cussons Trading statements: Aquarius Platinum, British Land, Carpetright, William Hill AGMs: Alternative Networks, Character, Greencore, Next Fifteen Communications,...
The Business Show Swindon, the area’s leading business-to-business exhibition, returns in March following the success of the last two annual events. The show, organised by Business West’s Swindon Initiative, is this year sponsored by Swindon-based IT and communications firm Excalibur. This year’s show, which is free to attend, will also be staged in partnership...
