Swindon’s key industries will be protected after Brexit takes effect, MP Robert Buckland has told Swindon Business News - but he warned that everyone involved in the debate needed to ‘calm down’ to ensure an orderly exit from the European Union. Speaking at a ‘Business of Brexit’ breakfast at regional law firm Thrings’ Swindon...
Wiltshire waste management firm Grist Environmental has expanded its operations with the acquisition of a specialist recycling business in a deal handled by regional law firm Thrings. Family-run Moore’s Recycling collects and recycles waste plastic, packaging and cardboard from national blue-chip clients such as DHL, Coca Cola, Bernard Matthews, Argos and Marks & Spencer....
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to the West of England next Friday for its fifth year, bringing together some of the UK’s most influential female entrepreneurs, business leaders and brightest start-ups to provide detailed insight for starting and scaling a business. The jam-packed programme at the At-Bristol science centre includes: Julie Deane, who...
M4 corridor law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, has appointed two partners to its new Southampton base. Initially focused on agriculture, landed estates and private client work, the office is a key part of Thrings’ ambitious expansion plans to address changes in the legal market. The firm, which also has...
The president of the CBI has urged West business leaders to press for a ‘soft’ Brexit with full access to the European Single Market and to also counter the view that immigration is bad for the UK. Paul Drechsler CBE told the South West CBI annual dinner that he was “fed up” with business...
A new regional Prince’s Trust development committee has been set up by a group of leading business figures to help the organisation raise vital funds to support young people. The committee aims is to raise more than £1m during 2016-17 to go directly towards The Prince’s Trust in the region and help bring to...
Business leaders from Swindon and across the West of England will get their first chance to hear the views of the CBI’s recently appointed president and its incoming regional chair at the organisation’s annual dinner next week. The event is traditionally a high point of the region’s business calendar, attracting hundreds of senior businessmen...
Swindon-based specialist personal injury and medical negligence firm Novum Law has further strengthened its team with the arrival of solicitor Catherine Donovan. Catherine is the latest in a string of new joiners at the firm and the second from New Law Solicitors in Bristol, where she worked on as a litigation solicitor on a...
Swindon’s top lawyers and legal firms have been praised in the UK’s leading independent guide to the sector. Regional law firms Thrings and Royds Withy King, both of which have large offices in the town, are ranked among the South West’s ‘regional heavyweights’ by the Legal 500, which was published yesterday, while a number of...
Confidence among West of England firms has slumped to its lowest level since 2012 as they continue to react to the EU referendum, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), which gauges how businesses view the economic prospects facing them over coming year, shows confidence falling into negative...
