Leading lights in Swindon’s higher education, innovation and research communities are being invited to apply for posts representing the sectors on the board of the Western Gateway as it starts to ramp up its work. The gateway is the cross-border economic partnership on either side of the River Severn stretching from Swindon to Swansea. The...
Global property consultancy Knight Frank has expanded its regional team with the appointment of Jemima Young on the graduate programme and Claire Stretton as a senior surveyor in the residential development valuation team. Claire, pictured right, joins with 15 years' experience in real estate, having worked at South West property agents Alder King and, most...
Monday November 15 Final: Nightcap Interim: Totally Q2 results: Fondul Proprietatea, HG Capital Trust Trading announcement: Kingspan Group Tuesday November 16 Finals: Focusrite, Imperial Brands, Revolution Bars Group Interims: Adept Technology Group, Gear4music, Homeserve, Mckay Securities, Premier Foods, Vodafone Economic announcements: Unemployment rate, Claimant count rate Wednesday November 17 Final: Sage Group Interims: CMC Markets, Experian, Speedy Hire, SSE, Tatton Asset Management, Workspace...
Wiltshire paperless cloud accountancy firm Purple Lime is celebrating its fifth birthday by taking on three new team members. The Corsham-based firm has made the appointments following a year of growth, including client wins. Hannah Morris and Hayley Turp have joined in assistant management accountant roles while David Pritchard has arrived as a...
Swindon firms thinking of exporting or taking their international expansion to the next level can sign up to a week of special events hosted by experts. The Department for International Trade (DIT) will stage the first International Trade Week next week, with events – most of them virtual – including business and sector-led activities,...
Regional law firm Royds Withy King, which has an office in Swindon, has advised on the sale of two specialist dementia care homes by long-standing client, the Wiltshire care provider Equality Care. Family-owned Equality Care, which is based in Trowbridge, sold the homes to Buckinghamshire-based Care Concern Group, which runs more than 50...
National accountancy firm Grant Thornton has expanded its South West and Wales corporate finance advisory team after what it described as an exceptional period of deal activity. Adam Hughes has joined the team from NatWest Structured Finance to lead its debt advisory function while two young dealmakers, James Smart and Thomas Bew, have also...
Monday November 8 Interims: Argentex Group, Cake Box Holdings, Sirius Real Estate Q2 result: Phosagro Tuesday November 9 Final: AB Foods Interims: Renewi, Warehouse REIT Trading announcements: Direct Line, Grafton Group, Meggitt, Persimmon, Watches of Switzerland Group Economic announcement: BRC shop price index Wednesday November 10 Interims: Aveva Group, Marks & Spencer, Picton Property Income, Renold, Zoo Digital Group Q3 result: Maxcyte...
Two-thirds of small firms in the South West have no active plan to reduce their impact on the environment, according to a new survey, with many arguing they should receive tax breaks, grants or low interest loans to help them go green. The report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – issued to...
A legal expert at regional law firm Royds Withy King fears the government’s ‘no jab, no job’ policy will deliver a “crushing blow” to the social care sector. James Sage, Royds Withy King’s employment law partner and head of its health & social care team, said care homes in England risk losing 60,000 frontline workers as a...
