Swindon is going for growth and has ambitions that set it apart from most other towns, business minister Michael Fallon said yesterday on a visit to Oak Furniture Land, the rapidly-expanding retail chain. Touring Oak Furniture Land’s new 300,000 sq ft warehouse and head office at South Marston, the minister said the firm was...
Thomas Sheppard, managing partner at M4 corridor law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, is to move to the newly-created role of executive chairman. Simon Holdsworth, head of the firm’s company commercial team, is to take over as managing partner. As part of the changes Thomas will lead the transformation of...
NHS foundation trusts are contributing billions to the regional economy, a new report published today by the Foundation Trust Network (FTN) and Barclays says. As provider organisations to the Health Service, foundation trusts such as Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, care for hundreds of thousands of patients each year in the South West....
TV show The Apprentice is giving young people a great appetite for business, Nick Hewer, Sir Alan Sugar’s right-hand man on the programme, told West business leaders. Speaking at the annual Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) West of England dinner, he said whenever he spoke at schools and colleges the...
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Chippenham-based drugs development firm Vectura has set up a business in China to tap into the country’s growing market for respiratory products. The new company will initially exploit Vectura’s Clickhaler and Duohaler dry powder inhaler (DPI) technology platforms to address current unmet needs in the Asian asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) markets....
Nick Hewer, best known as Sir Alan Sugar’s right-hand man on The Apprentice, will give Swindon and Wiltshire accountants and professional advisers a behind-the-scenes view of life as TV celebrity when he speaks at the annual Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) West of England dinner this evening. Swindon-born Nick, who...
Fast-growing Swindon construction firm Beard is among the finalists of the prestigious West of England Business of the Year Awards which have been announced today. The PwC-sponsored awards are the most-prestigious in the region, recognising for the past 25 years to cream of the West’s dynamic companies. As well as the main award, there...
Business owners wondering what their firm might be worth will get a helping hand at seminar in Swindon later this month. The free Value of a Business event staged by Banks, Chartered Accountants is aimed at anyone thinking of selling their business, planning their exit strategy or needing to place a value on their...
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