Huge potential of German market to be highlighted at West export event

June 10, 2013
By
250px-Flag_of_Germany.svg

High-growth and emerging markets may remain top of the exporting agenda, but UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) is urging West businesses not to forget the commercial benefits of markets closer to home. As a result, the lucrative benefits of doing business in Germany are to be explained at a special event taking place in...

Read more »

Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

June 9, 2013
By
1197089396151240572hawk88_Calendar.svg.med

Monday June 10 INTERIMS RWS Holdings FINALS Falkland Islands Holdings, Great Eastern Energy Corp Ltd. GDR, Green Dragon Gas Ltd. (DI), Latchways, Printing.com AGMS CEPS, Dexion Absolute Ltd. GBP Shares, European Islamic Investment Bank, GLOBO, Hansteen Holdings, HydroDec Group, OJSC Phosagro GDR (Regs), ShalkiyaZinc NV GDR (Reg S), Sperati CA, Synairgen Tuesday June 11...

Read more »

Acquistion-hungry Siemens snaps up West specialist software firm Preactor

June 7, 2013
By

Preactor Group, the Chippenham-based specialist software developer, has been acquired by German industrial engineering giant Siemens. Preactor has been developing software solutions for efficient automated production planning processes for more than 20 years. Once the deal has been completed, Preactor will become part of Siemens’ industry automation division. Siemens said the acquisition, financial details...

Read more »

Firms gain more customers but consumer confidence remains a challenge

June 7, 2013
By

Real signs of recovery are emerging among West businesses, with 35% of small and medium-sized firms having more customers in the first quarter and a similar percentage finding lapsed customers are returning, a new survey shows. The latest figures in the Business Factors Index, produced by independent invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services show...

Read more »

Hunt is on to find the West’s greenest businesses

June 7, 2013
By

Firms from Swindon and Wiltshire are being encouraged to put ‘green’ at the heart of their business and enter a competition that could win them the title Greenest Business in the South West. Firms have until 5pm today to register their application in the contest staged by Business West, the business support organisation which...

Read more »

Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

June 3, 2013
By
1197089396151240572hawk88_Calendar.svg.med

Monday June 03 INTERIMS GW Pharmaceuticals FINALS GB Group, Graphene NanoChem, Phoenix IT Group AGMS Billington Holdings, Fairpoint Group, Global Brands S.A, Steppe Cement Ltd, Verona Pharma UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Manufacturing (09:30) Halifax house price index Tuesday June 04 FINALS Acal, B.P. Marsh & Partners, Sepura, Severfield-Rowen, Software Radio Technology, Tricorn Group, VP,...

Read more »

Latest tweets

Error: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page.