Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has welcomed an ambitious plan that will put thousands of young people across the country directly in touch with local businesses to improve the quality of careers advice they receive. Under the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) ‘Your Future’ initiative, businesses will link up with schools, colleges...
Accountancy giant PwC has made two key appointments to its West & Wales regional leadership team following Matt Hammond’s move to the Midlands as regional chairman. Katharine Finn has replaced Mr Hammond as regional chair for West and Wales while Lynn Pamment has taken over as senior partner to lead PwC in Cardiff. The...
South West focused property consultancy Alder King has promoted Andrew Cullen, who is based in its Swindon office, to associate. A registered RICS valuer, Andrew, pictured, joined Alder King’s professional team in 2005. He advises clients across Wiltshire and Gloucestershire on valuation, landlord and tenant and business rates issues. He has also developed...
Shares in Latchways, the Devizes-based manufacturer of protection equipment for people working at height, soared by nearly 50% this morning after it announced it had received a £124m takeover offer. The bid has been made by MSA UK Holdings, a subsidiary of US-based safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety. In a statement to the London...
Monday 31 August Bank Holiday Tuesday 1 September Interims: Snoozebox, STM Trading statement: McColl's Retail AGMs: Energy Assets, Guscio, Redcentric EGM: Max Petroleum Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, Money supply, Markit PMI, manufacturing Wednesday 2 September Interims: Biome Technologies, Concurrent Technologies, Fishing Republic, Johnson Service Group, Vislink Trading...
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 Brazil, managing director, iDeal Displays, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Hobbit. It’s a truly epic film with many unforgettable battle scenes. It captures...
