Real signs of recovery are emerging among West businesses, with 35% of small and medium-sized firms having more customers in the first quarter and a similar percentage finding lapsed customers are returning, a new survey shows. The latest figures in the Business Factors Index, produced by independent invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services show...

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Firms from Swindon and Wiltshire are being encouraged to put ‘green’ at the heart of their business and enter a competition that could win them the title Greenest Business in the South West. Firms have until 5pm today to register their application in the contest staged by Business West, the business support organisation which...

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Monday June 03 INTERIMS GW Pharmaceuticals FINALS GB Group, Graphene NanoChem, Phoenix IT Group AGMS Billington Holdings, Fairpoint Group, Global Brands S.A, Steppe Cement Ltd, Verona Pharma UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Manufacturing (09:30) Halifax house price index Tuesday June 04 FINALS Acal, B.P. Marsh & Partners, Sepura, Severfield-Rowen, Software Radio Technology, Tricorn Group, VP,...

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Swindon networking group BNI Isambard is throwing open its doors to new businesses next month so they can see for themselves the way a referral-focused organisation operates. The group, which meets for breakfast every Friday at the town’s Jurys Hotel, is inviting visitors to come along on Friday June 14, at 6.45am, to see...

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Tuesday May 28 INTERIMS Victrex FINALS Anglo Asian Mining, JSC Halyk Bank GDR (Reg S), Westminster Group AGMS Alba Mineral Resources, Barr (A.G.), Blackstar Group SE (DI), Concurrent Technologies, Foresight VCT, Global Energy Development, JSC Kazkommertsbank GDR (Reg S), Netplay TV, Revolymer, Smart Metering Systems, Tamar European Industrial Fund Ltd. Wednesday May 29 INTERIMS...

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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...

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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....

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Monday May 20 INTERIMS ITE Group FINALS Cranswick, E2V Technologies, Mitie Group AGMS Auhua Clean Energy, British Smaller Companies VCT 2, LMS Capital, Shanta Gold Ltd., TMT Investments Q1 OAO Severstal GDR (Reg S) Tuesday May 21 INTERIMS Greencore Group, Paragon Group Of Companies, Renew Holdings, Zytronic FINALS Big Yellow Group, Bloomsbury Publishing, Burberry...

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