Firms in the Swindon area are being urged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes showcasing excellence and enterprise in business. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2015 seek to recognise outstanding business people and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region. Award nominations are...
Law firm Withy King’s annual Meet the Team event in Swindon attracted more than 100 guests from the town’s business community. The gathering, at the Dick Lovett Porsche Centre in Bridgemead, was a chance for the firm to thank clients for their continued support over champagne and canapés and also gave guests a chance...
Solicitor Rebecca Stevens, from law firm Withy King’s Swindon office, has made it into The Lawyer’s Hot 100 for 2015 – the most junior person to appear on the prestigious table. Rebecca, pictured, made national headlines last year when she was praised by the Head of Family Justice Sir James Munby for providing more...
BBC sports pundit, columnist and former England and Bath rugby player David ‘Flats’ Flatman will be the guest speaker at a charity ball held to raise vital funds for Wiltshire Air Ambulance. Businesses are invited to attend the event which is being organised and hosted by Swindon-based law firm Withy King, Barclays and Swindon-based...
Annual turnover at West of England law firm Thrings climbed by 18% to £25m on strong performances by its corporate, commercial property, agriculture and company commercial teams, it announced this morning. The Top 100 firm, which has its largest office in Swindon, also said investment in clients and staff and a number of significant...
Law firm Bower & Bailey has promoted Mary Cutts to the role of commercial property partner in its Swindon office. Mary, pictured, who has worked at the firm for seven years, joins eight other partners in Swindon working across a range of legal services. Swindon office managing partner Simon Smith said: “Mary is an...
Solicitors at Withy King have the following advice which may be useful to business owners and directors in their professional and private lives. Shareholders’ reserve power It is a long-established principle that, in the absence of specific controls, the board is entitled to govern and exercise its powers without interference from its members. Less...
Confidence among West of England businesses petered out at the end of 2014 and has started the new year lower than at any time over the previous 12 months, new research shows. Domestic sales, cashflow and recruitment expectations all fell during the fourth quarter, according to results of the latest business survey by Business...
Law firm Withy King, which has offices in Swindon and Marlborough, has been named as one of the UK’s best employers. The firm appears in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work For with a highly sought after two-star ‘outstanding’ accreditation for the second year running. The accolade recognises the firm’s...
Thrings has become the first law firm in Swindon to include an interactive, 3D virtual tour of its office in the town on Google – a move it believes gives it a commercial advantage over its rivals. Anyone searching for Thrings on Google will see high quality, 360-degree photographs of the firm’s main client-facing...
