Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

February 22, 2015
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Monday 23 February Interim: Dechra Pharmaceuticals Finals: Audioboom Group, Bovis Homes, Bunzl, Greencoat UK Wind, HSBC, Tritax Big Box REIT, Unite, XP Power Trading statement: Associated British Foods AGM: Thomas Cook EGM: Velocys Economics: CBI reported sales Tuesday 24 February Interims: Ashmore Group, BHP Billiton, dotDigital, Green REIT, Just Retirement, Town Centre Securities Finals:...

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Business West retains contract for region’s export advice and support service for further five years

February 20, 2015
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Business West retains contract for region’s export advice and support service for further five years

Business West, the organisation behind the Swindon Initiative, will continue to be responsible for helping firms across the West of England to export after being awarded the contract to run the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) services in the region for another five years. Business West, which has held the contract for the past...

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Retail recovery prompts sale of Royal Wootton Bassett shop

February 19, 2015
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Retail recovery prompts sale of Royal Wootton Bassett shop

A prominent shop unit on Royal Wootton Bassett High Street has come onto the market – the latest in a series of deals signalling a recovery in the retail property market. The 647 sq ft unit in Merchants House has been occupied by The Ninety Niner for the past 15 years.  It shares an...

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Bristol Airport adds three more European city flights to its expanding route network

February 19, 2015
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Bristol Airport adds three more European city flights to its expanding route network

Three new routes to key European cities are to be introduced from Bristol Airport as it continues to expand its network on the Continent. The flights to Paris, Düsseldorf and Nantes will be operated by bmi regional. The move comes as Ryanair prepares to add direct flights to cities such as Cologne and Stuttgart...

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Business West welcomes another fall in unemployment – but calls on politicians to focus on full recovery

February 18, 2015
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Business West welcomes another fall in unemployment – but calls on politicians to focus on full recovery

Swindon firms are greeting positive economic news, such as the latest fall in unemployment, with “faint alarm bells rather than celebratory cheers”, according to the region’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs the Swindon Initiative, said politicians should now focus on the “significant hurdles” that remained to achieving a lasting recovery. Today’s figures...

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Solicitors warned of looming tax disclosure deadline

February 18, 2015
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Solicitors warned of looming tax disclosure deadline

Solicitors with tax affairs which are not up to date, including those with undisclosed taxable income, have less than three weeks to notify HMRC of their intention to take part in its disclosure facility. The warning comes from the South West office of accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson, which also points...

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