A gala evening and awards ceremony to celebrate the progress made by Wiltshire businesses towards accommodating employees who are carers is being staged in January. The event is hosted by the Working for Carers programme to celebrate the commitment employers have made to those in their workforce with caring responsibilities. It is also a...
Swindon’s Kimmerfields town centre regeneration scheme has taken another step forward with the funding of a new health centre. Developer Muse – advised by the specialist primary care team at property agents Bilfinger GVA – agreed the £10m deal on the 27,000 sq ft centre with Primary Health Properties (PHP), the national investment group...
Swindon joinery, shopfitting and construction firm Edmont is to increase production by more than 50% following a £1m investment in a new assembly workshop. The firm, set up as a two-man business in 1971, expects to add to its 100-plus workforce as a result of the 9,000 sq ft new building and associated machinery....
Property agents Alder King’s Swindon office has been instructed to market Horcott Industrial Estate on the edge of Fairford for its new owner. London-based property asset managers iO acquired the 51,000 sq ft multi-let estate for £3.525m in September, and is now undertaking a refurbishing programme. Occupiers include rare book firm Echo Library and...
Swindon-based retailer Oak Furniture Land’s stellar expansion has lifted it further up a prestigious league table of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses. The privately owned firm, founded in 2004 by managing director Jason Bannister, is the only company to appear in the annual Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 for a fifth time. It has...
Chippenham-based hi-tech engineering firm M+W Group is to help develop the UK’s largest waste-to-energy plant of its kind. When completed, the £200m Energy Works scheme in Kingston upon Hull will be able to generate up to 28MW of electricity a year by treating waste – enough to supply 40,000 homes. It will be the...
Innovative handmade furniture and shelving firm BespOak Interiors has relocated its workshop from Cirencester to a unit on the Lakeside Business Park in South Cerney as it continues to expand. BespOak Interiors was founded in September last year by insulation engineer Daniel Lee after friends and family encouraged him to turn his hobby into...
New rules on screening tenants are to be extended to Swindon and Wiltshire from next February, the area’s landlords are being warned. The Right to Rent scheme is being extended across the country from February following a pilot in the West Midlands. Under the scheme, landlords and letting agents face hefty fines if they...
Chippenham-based facilities management firm Openit has been appointed to manage the day-to-day running of serviced offices in Bath city centre. Kingston House, a Grade II listed Georgian building in Pierrepont Street, is owned by accountants Leslie, Ward & Drew and also serves as the firm’s Bath office. Other tenants include home care firm Bluebird...
The Chancellor’s pledge to build 400,000 homes over the next five years was warmly welcomed by property firm Bilfinger GVA regional senior director Jo Davis. But she added: “In the South West the ability to deliver these targets will depend on the availability of suitable land. The location of new housing is key and...
