Swindon event management company Planet Pursuits has acquired Mind Adrenaline Events, a Kent-based team-building business, in a move that will spur further growth and reduce the firms' running costs. Planet has proved resilient despite difficult times for event companies over the past two years and sees the acquisition as a way of extending its...
EasyJet is to introduce flights from Bristol to Naples, bringing to 43 its number of destinations from the airport. The budget airline, which today raised its full-year profit guidance, said fares on the route would start at £31.99 (one-way, including taxes). The three-times-weekly service will operate from May 12 to September 1 next year....
Consumer confidence fell to a four-month low in August as the economy continued to struggle, a Nationwide survey showed today. The Swindon-based building society said it was a relief the drop was not bigger during a month when many UK major cities hit by the worst rioting in decades and global economic uncertainty hit...
Holidaymakers are being charged too much for their foreign currency because of complex charges and misleading information, according to watchdog group Consumer Focus. UK travellers exchange around £27bn each year and Consumer Focus questions whether much of the estimated £1bn charged in fees is warranted. It has submitted a so-called super-complaint to the Office...
Lisa Keefe of Swindon solicitors Charles Lucas & Marshall has qualified as a graduate member of the Institute of Legal Executives. Lisa joined the firm’s residential property team in March 2010 and is an experienced conveyancer. To achieve graduate membership, Lisa has spent years in home study, ultimately passing the Professional Higher Diploma in...
Company owners, managers and directors keen to grow their businesses over the next year, particularly through exports, are being invited to a half-day seminar next month. Called Driving your Business Forward through Growth, Innovation and Internationalisation, the event is staged by Business Link, Enterprise Europe Network and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) on October...
Healthcare and medical device supplier Vygon has completed its move to Swindon’s iconic former Motorola factory, with the French-owned saying it will grow and develop in its new base. Vygon, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year, spent £15m buying the 46-acre site at Groundwell and transforming the landmark building into its UK...
An Army Major awarded the George Cross for bravery and a solicitor who had to be dramatically rescued from Mount Kilimanjaro will be talking about a charity close to their hearts at a forthcoming event in Swindon. Major Peter Norton GC, one of only 23 servicemen or women to be awarded the George...
Honda last night launched the latest version of its Civic to much fanfare at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Production will start in Swindon later this month CIVIC FACTFILE - This is the ninth generation Civic - The first Civic was launched in 1972 - More than 20 million Civics have been sold globally - More than 650,000 have...
Business confidence among UK firms has slumped to a 26-month low, triggering fears that the economy will go into reverse over the next three months. The gloomy outlook comes from the latest Business Trends report by accountants and business advisors BDO, and reinforces a spate of downbeat surveys over recent weeks pointing to tougher...
