Unemployment has continued to fall in the South West, bucking the national trend and pointing to a brighter outlook for the region’s businesses. But Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, warned the national rise signalled a slowing economy and could impact on firms in the Swindon area if the Government did not take...
Commercial law firm Thrings has advised on the acquisition of two landmark grade II-listed buildings that will help transform the historic heart of Gloucester. The agreement between Ladybellegate Estates – part of the L&R Group – and Gloucester City Council will lead to the restoration and refurbishment of two former merchants’ office buildings at...
Law firm Withy King, which has an office in Swindon, has strengthened its commercial property team with the appointment of solicitors Rhiannon Campbell and Richard Gorham. Rhiannon joins from the London office of US firm McGuireWoods. She has also worked for London and Bristol firm RPC and Bristol-based law firm Bevan Brittan. At Withy...
Fewer businesses in Swindon and Wiltshire are growing their sales and orders as national and global factors take the shine off their optimism at the start of this year. The latest survey by Business West, the region’s largest business group, also shows more of its Swindon and Wiltshire members had lower cashflow over the...
Regional commercial law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, has helped world-renowned tailor Kathryn Sargent open her first store on London’s famous Savile Row. The firm provided commercial property advice to Kathryn, pictured, – Britain’s first female head cutter – on the 854 sq ft shop which opened last week as...
Wiltshire firms are being urged to donate their old computers and help raise much-needed money for a county-based charity. The call has come from Trowbridge-based Priority IT, which is refurbishing second-hand computers for sale and giving the proceeds to its chosen charity, Alzheimer’s Support. The scheme is proving so successful that the specialist IT...
The West of England’s small and medium-sized law firms are among the most profitable in the UK having achieved an average 26% increase in their margins last year, new research has revealed. The continued expansion of the region’s legal sector now places it second only to London for profit growth, according to the report...
Support for Brexit has increased markedly among South West business leaders over the past year, according to a new survey, leaving the region’s bosses sharply divided on the vital issue of EU membership. The business poll, conducted by growth capital firm BGF (Business Growth Fund), shows 52% of the region’s business leaders believe British...
Swindon’s two annual business events – Business West’s Business Show Swindon and the South West Expo – have merged to form one major event. The combined show – which will take place under the South West Business & Community Expo name – will be staged at the town’s STEAM museum on June 30 with...
Swindon’s go-ahead firms are being encouraged to follow in the tracks of skateboard distributor Shiner and show the benefits of creating a great workplace culture. Bristol-based Shiner collected the top prize in last year’s inaugural South West Happiest Workplace competition, attributing its success to being “laid back with no egos”. The third-generation family firm,...
