Specialist music importer and distributor Discovery Records has been sold to a record label business which has vowed to continue to develop its niche operations. Discovery Records was set up in Devizes in 1978 to promote record labels from France in the UK. Over the years it expanded to import discs from most Western...
Swindon-based chartered accountancy firm Banks BHG has made two new appointments as it continues to strengthen its team. Pammi Khaira joins as a tax assistant and Esha Akram becomes an account trainee. Pammi worked at HMRC for 18 years, joining from college and working largely in debt management. She said: “HMRC are a good...
Swindon-based independent recruitment agency Mainline Employment has been sold to a West Midlands-based group. Mainline was launched in Swindon in1990 by owner Stella Weeks and later went on to expand into Bristol where it has two offices. It now employs 40 people and is one of the leading independent recruitment agencies in the South...
Property finance provider Cambridge & Counties Bank is gearing up for growth in the South West by hiring a new staff member and promoting another in its business development team. Paul Howard, pictured right, who opened the bank’s South West office in Bristol last year, is promoted to senior business development manager. He is...
David Cameron will be returned to Downing Street as the leader of a Conservative government with a very small majority, former Tory minister turned Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ann Widdecombe predicted at a business event in the region. That, she said, could pave the way for the new government to repeal the Fixed-Term Parliaments...
Swindon firms are being warned not to miss out on unparalleled sponsorship, exhibition stands and free delegate passes for what will be the region’s biggest business show this year. The two-day Business Showcase South West 2015 staged on May 14 and 15 will provide a platform for the best of the West of England’s innovation,...
More than 800 people are making tracks to Swindon’s STEAM museum today to attend the fifth annual Swindon Business Show. The show, staged by Business West, has become the town’s premier business and networking event – and this year will be no exception, with top-rate advice, support and guidance for businesses from Swindon, Wiltshire...
The importance of a skilled workforce to the future of Swindon’s world-class advanced engineering industry was underlined at accountants Monahans’ latest manufacturing breakfast. With a focus on the town’s car industry, the event heard from BMW on how it is developing the engineers of tomorrow at its Swindon Mini plant by investing in apprenticeships....
Anticipation is building ahead of the Business Show Swindon, which takes place this Thursday at the town’s STEAM museum. Organisers Business West are expecting a strong turn out by Swindon businesses – last year around 1,000 people attended – as the town’s economy gets back to growth. The show, now in its fifth year,...
Former Conservative minister turned Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ann Widdecombe will give West of England financial directors and accountants an insight into General Election when she speaks at a major business event next week. Bath-born Ms Widdecombe, pictured, is guest speaker at the ICAEW West of England Annual Dinner in Bristol, which is sponsored...
