Swindon-based retail group WH Smith achieved a first-half pre-tax profits increase of 5% despite falling sales. The results, the last under departing boss Kate Swann, show profits reached £69m for the six months to 28 February on group total sales on a like-for-like basis own 5%. Overall, but gross margin improved 160 basis points,...
Stone King, the regional law firm with an office in Melksham, has appointed experienced lawyers Amanda Watts and Jo Boyle to its growing residential property team. Amanda, pictured, right, with Stone King’s managing partner Steven Greenwood, joins the firm, which also has offices in Bath, Cambridge and London, from Hertfordshire legal practice Nockolds where...
Women in Property, the networking and professional development organisation, is to stage events in Chippenham as well as other areas across the South West as part of a new focus following the election of a new regional chairman. Naomi Chesterman, an associate in the property litigation team at Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards...
Monday April 08 FINALS Christie Group, DDD Group, GLOBO, Polymetal International EGMS Hals-Development JSC GDR (Reg S) AGMS Bank Audi SAL (Audi Saradar Group) GDR (Reg S), IMI, XP Power Ltd. (DI) Tuesday April 09 INTERIMS Victrex FINALS Blur (Group), Camkids Group, Concurrent Technologies, Frenkel Topping Group, Good Energy Group, JKX Oil & Gas,...
Bristol Airport has become the first in Britain to gain WorldHost Recognised Business status, in recognition of its commitment to welcoming visitors to the South West and Wales. WorldHost is a world-class customer service training programme that has already been used to train nearly 1m people worldwide, including tens of thousands of staff and...
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...
