The issues faced by charities and their finances will be put under the microscope at a special seminar to be staged by accountants Monahans next month. The Monahans Charity Seminar, which takes place at Chippenham Golf Club on November 13, will examine a range of relevant topics including the latest charity SORPs (Statements of...
Accountancy firm Old Mill has won one of the financial planning profession’s highest accolades – the prestigious Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) David Norton award for building excellence. The award, considered by many to be the most important in the profession, is made to those firms judged as building excellence in their financial planning...
Accountancy firm BDO has appointed a new lead partner for the South West as it prepares to grow its staff by a fifth and expand its regional head office. Andrea Bishop, an experienced audit partner who has been at the firm for 10 years, has taken over from Graham Randall, who has led the...
Recycling Technologies, the innovative Swindon firm making machines that convert waste plastic to oil, has received an investment from a London-based specialist fund. Recycling Technologies, which is building a pilot plant in Swindon to demonstrate its pioneering process, will use the funding to help market its machines. It is already in advanced discussions with...
Each week Swindon Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Chris Elias, relationship director Barclays Corporate based at Barclays' Old Town, Swindon, office, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I honestly can’t remember! But I know...
The Marlborough office of private client wealth managers Brewin Dolphin is sponsoring the Marlborough Literature Festival, which starts today. The festival, which runs through the weekend and finishes on Monday, prides itself in recognising, celebrating and supporting real writers. This year’s guest authors include Louis de Bernières, best known as the author of the...
The South West office of accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has strengthened its corporate finance division with three new appointments. James Thomas has joined as director after 13 years at ICON Corporate Finance in Bristol. His appointment bolsters the firm’s expertise in the South West to facilitate deals in the broader cleantech and...
Swindon Business News has teamed up with the region’s biggest business exhibition, Business Showcase South West, as it prepares to return for a second year. Business Showcase South West 2015 (BSSW 2015) will build on the success of the inaugural event earlier this year which attracted nearly 2,000 attendees, exhibitors and big-name speakers including...
Bristol Airport has a new owner following a deal announced this week in which a Canadian pension fund bought out the airport’s Australian co-shareholder. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, which already held a 50% stake in the airport, acquired the remaining 50% from Australian asset manager Macquarie Group. The airport, the UK’s ninth busiest, is...
Fish wholesaler and distributor Unique Seafood, which operates a unit in Cricklade, is looking for further growth after securing a finance package of £2.8m from Barclays. Since its launch in 1997, the London-based firm has expanded to become one of the UK’s main players in the seafood industry, supplying the wholesale, industrial and food...
