Swindon-based Nationwide Building Society is to open a branch in Glastonbury, where the last bank closed earlier this year, to pilot new ways of using technology to give people access to financial services. The Somerset town, with a population of around 9,000 and a healthy tourist industry, has been without a traditional bank branch...
Swindon business leaders have called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to go all out to boost confidence ahead of Brexit as he prepares to deliver his first Autumn Statement tomorrow. With the economic climate expected to get decidedly chilly next year as the UK works towards leaving the EU, commentators are expecting the Chancellor, pictured, to boost...
Monahans, the regional accountancy firm, has welcomed eight new graduate trainees. Based in its Swindon and Trowbridge offices, they will be completing their professional ACA qualifications to become chartered accountants. For the next three years Ashleigh Ward, Alex MacLachlan, Harris Huntley, Luke Midwinter, Raveethan Gunaratnarajah, Nicola Crick, Delane Janenthirarajah and Eiranjit Chahal will be...
Shares in West of England companies listed on the London Stock Exchange came under pressure today as markets reacted to the election of Donald Trump as US President. Many took their lead from the FTSE 100, which fell by 2% on opening as it followed stock market turbulence overnight across Asia as investors digested Mr Trump’s...
Regional chartered accountancy firm Monahans is urging Swindon’s business brains to pit their wits against each other in its annual charity sports quiz. All money raised from the event, which takes place on November 10 at, appropriately, the County Ground, will go to Swindon Carers Centre – Monahans’ chosen charity for 2016.This year is...
Accountant Suzi Bryant has been honoured for finishing in the top 10 in the world in her professional exams. Suzi, a financial and treasury accountant at Chippenham-based specialised drugs firm Alliance Pharmaceuticals, came ninth out of all those across the globe taking the same Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) exam, which she sat...
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...
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...
Swindon-based chartered accountancy firm Banks BHG has been acquired by major international audit, tax and consultants RSM in a deal that expands its presence in Swindon. Single-office firm Banks BHG is long established in the Swindon area, providing specialist accountancy and taxation services to small and medium-sized businesses as well as private wealth clients. The firm...
