Most medium-sized West technology companies have no plans to invest in new overseas markets over the next year, despite major opportunities in the so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies. New research from accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton shows domestic investment continues to be the number one priority for ICT businesses with...
Work has started on the largest-ever scheme to modernise signalling on the Great Western railway line through Swindon. When completed, the four-year £350m improvements to the 1960s signalling infrastructure could help cut delays by 50%. The upgrade is vital to prepare for electrification of the line between London and the West and forms part...
Forward Swindon, the company responsible for economic growth and regeneration in Swindon, has today launched its new business investment service and website to promote the town to a UK and international business audience, encouraging companies to locate and invest in Swindon. The website – www.swindon.uk.com – represents the first stage of a three-year campaign...
Warren Scott, chairman of Swindon-based car dealership group Cambria Automobiles, has resigned with immediate effect due to "other significant commitments". He is replaced by Phillip Swatman, the former vice-chairman of investment banking at NM Rothschild from 2001 until he retired in 2008. He is also currently holds directorships at New England Seafood International, Investec...
Rob Beale, partner a Morris Owen, give his views of today’s Budget. “It was introduced as being tax neutral, with the Chancellor giving to certain sectors and taking from others. There is a proposal for simplification of red tape for those running smaller businesses which will no doubt be welcomed. There was also a...
INCOME TAX 50p top rate of tax cut to 45p from April 2013 Personal income tax allowance raised to £9,205 from April 2013 New general anti-tax avoidance rule to be introduced Age-related allowances to be removed for new pensioners from April 2013 and replaced with a single personal allowance for all Allowances for those...
Interest is growing rapidly in Rabbit South West, the region’s most innovative business exhibition, with just days to go. Delegate registrations for the show, which takes place on Tuesday at Brunel’s Old Station, Temple Meads, Bristol, have doubled over the past week and are still rising strongly. Businesses from across the West of England...
A new business club, the Marketing Breakfast Club, launches next week in Swindon aimed at helping owner-managed businesses kick-start their marketing and overcome obstacles that can hold them back. The club, which holds its inaugural meeting on Monday, combines professional marketing advice with the benefits of meeting regularly with a group of like-minded small...
Free business expertise is to be offered to Swindon’s advanced engineering companies under a link-up between UWE Bristol’s MBA programme and the South West’s advanced engineering and aerospace iNet (AAE iNet). Firms will benefit by working with highly-experienced postgraduates on the MBA programme across a number of specialist areas such as marketing, HR and...
The Swindon Strategic Economic Partnership (SSEP) unveiled its new name and identity at its annual conference at STEAM today. Now known as Influence, the organisation will act as Swindon’s collective business voice, ensuring that the business community’s concerns, issues and aspirations are heard by local and regional decision-makers and that pressure is brought to...
