Swindon-based equipment hire company Rapid Hire (Swindon) has been fined for continuing unsafe working practices and ignoring safety warnings from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Chippenham Magistrates heard yesterday that HSE served four Improvement Notices on the firm in October last year for failing to provide adequate training for forklift trucks operators and...
First City Nursing Services, the Swindon-based care and nursing staff agency, has bought Rowan House, a two-storey office building in Stratton St. Margaret, from Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. The business, which supplies nurses and care assistants for private individuals’ home care and to nursing and care homes, is to use the 2,353...
Just under 500 small businesses are responsible for much of the South West’s economic growth and are creating vital wealth and jobs, according to a new report. These 490 high-growth firms represent only 5.1% of all small businesses in the region, yet they play an extraordinary role in boosting the economy, reveals research by...
Low growth in earnings and inflationary pressures will combine to create a sluggish economic recovery with weak consumer spending and job creation, according to indicators from accountants BDO. The firm’s Inflation Index dropped by just 0.1 points last month, suggesting the nine-month downward trend in inflationary expectations is coming to an end. This levelling...
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Three new members of staff have joined Swindon-based mailroom solutions specialist Totalpost Services in response to increasing demand for the company’s services in the UK. The newly created sales team welcomes Terry Dellar as UK sales manager, and Barry Peeling and Mark Wright as territory sales managers. They will work alongside Glenn Lewis, Southern...
Invoice finance specialist Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has promoted its South West business director Terry Wolfendale to regional managing director. Terry, who has more than 14 years’ experience in the UK financial services sector, joined BFS in 2010 and has played a key role in its growth and development throughout the South West, achieving...
West business leaders this afternoon broadly welcomed the emphasis in today’s Queen’s Speech on economic revival and measures to make Britain more business-friendly. But there was concern over some of the proposals for the Coalition’s net round of legislation and a plea for less politics and more action. Phil Smith, managing director of Business West,...
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The South West Design Forum has re-launched itself as Design South West with a new identity, website and the mission of ‘Design, Better Connected’. The organisation, which is run by the industry for the industry, continues in its role as the regional body bringing together seven locally-based design forums. Chairman Tim Burley said: “We’ve...
