Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

October 19, 2015
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Monday 19 October Finals: Inland Homes AGMs: City of London Investment Group, CPL Resources EGM: Microsaic Systems Economics: Rightmove house prices Tuesday 20 October Interims: Quantum Pharmaceuticals, Whitbread Final: Asos Trading statements: Genel Energy, Go-Ahead, Informa, InterContinental Hotels, McBride, Pentair, Petropavlovsk AGMs: Frontier Developments, McBride, Scancell EGM: RM2 International Wednesday 21 October Interims: Development...

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Swindon pro bono champion lands top accolade at coveted legal awards

October 16, 2015
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Swindon pro bono champion lands top accolade at coveted legal awards

Swindon lawyer Rebecca Stevens gained further recognition for her high-profile pro bono work – this time at the prestigious Bristol Law Society annual legal awards. Rebecca, pictured, a member of Withy King’s family team, landed the Pro Bono Individual of the Year title in front of 370 guests at a dinner and awards ceremony...

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Surveys show West SMEs powering ahead with job creation and staff development

October 16, 2015
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Surveys show West SMEs powering ahead with job creation and staff development

The West of England’s small and medium-sized firms are leading the UK for job creation with more than two thirds planning to recruit more staff and SME manufacturers are committed to investing in their workforce over the next 12 months, according to two new surveys. The upbeat findings, from the latest HSBC Commercial Banking...

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LSH recruits graduate surveyor to South West lease advisory team

October 14, 2015
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LSH recruits graduate surveyor to South West lease advisory team

Graduate surveyor Josh Bryant has been appointed by national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) to bolster its growing South West-based lease advisory team. Josh, pictured, graduated last year with a first-class honours degree in Property Investment and Management from the University of the West of England (UWE), which included a one-year placement in...

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Jobless fall welcomed but warnings sound over skills shortages and lack of work for young people

October 14, 2015
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Jobless fall welcomed but warnings sound over skills shortages and lack of work for young people

Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, welcomed recent figures showing the South West leading the fall in unemployment – but warned that more needs to be done to get young people into work. Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, which runs the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, also said the figures masked a...

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IT group SciSys ends crisis over contract that pushed it into the red

October 14, 2015
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IT group SciSys ends crisis over contract that pushed it into the red

SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist IT firm, has ended a major contract which plunged it into the red last month and is now predicting a brighter future. Problems with the major fixed-price development project for an unnamed client pushed SciSys into a £1.1m half-year loss. In June millions of pounds were wiped off SciSys’ stock...

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