Swindon firms can get instant access to an extensive network of business knowledge and skills partners through a new growth hub launched by Business West. The region’s largest business group – and the organisation behind the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative – wants the portal to be the first port of call for businesses seeking...
An organisation that mentors and encourages the next generation of professionals to become future leaders in the office sector has appointed lawyer Drew Nesbitt as its new regional chairman. Drew, pictured, a senior associate in Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon’s real estate team, will lead the British Council for Offices (BCO) NextGen in the...
Swindon’s top firms are being urged to enter the region’s most prestigious business competition – accountants PwC’s annual West of England Business of the Year Awards. The widely-respected awards are now in their 28th year and previous winners represent the cream of the region’s top companies. Previous winners have included Swindon-based construction group Beard,...
Swindon’s business community is being invited to welcome in the Chinese New Year of the Monkey in style with a banquet at one of the region’s top restaurants. The gala banquet has been organised by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau, which works to connect businesses in the region with businesses in...
With 2016 set to celebrate Swindon’s heritage through the 175th anniversary of the rail works that put the town on the map, local firms have the chance to base themselves at a Grade II listed building in the town centre. Due to the completion of a large scale project by tenant English Heritage, a...
Alan Bennett, a partner at West of England law firm Ashfords, has become the new for the South West & Wales chair of R3, the insolvency trade body. In his new role Alan, pictured, a partner in Ashfords’ restructuring and insolvency team, will provide support to R3 members in the region, helping them promote...
Innovative tech and household appliance group Dyson’s general counsel and company secretary Martin Bowen has been named as one of the UK’s top 100 lawyers. Martin Bowen, pictured, who joined the Malmesbury-based international in 1998 – five years after inventor Sir James Dyson founded the business – appears on the Hot 100 list compiled...
Firms in Swindon’s financial and professional services sector are being encouraged to get involved in a taskforce dedicated to improving skills in the industry. The taskforce will give companies operating in the sector a chance to work directly with educational training providers in Swindon to address the skills shortages in the town. By taking...
Regional law firm Withy King’s annual Meet the Team event in Swindon last week attracted around 100 members of the town’s business community. The gathering at The Old Bank in Old Town gave attendees their first chance of 2016 to get together and network – and also offered Withy King’s Swindon and Marlborough-based staff...
Solicitors from Withy King’s corporate & commercial and private client teams in Swindon discuss a few of the issues which may affect directors and other business decision-makers at work and in their personal lives. Employers may have to pay for staff travel time Employers are advised to check whether they have to pay for...
