Firms in the Swindon area are being urged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes showcasing excellence and enterprise in business. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2015 seek to recognise outstanding business people and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region. Award nominations are...
A breakfast meeting to celebrate apprenticeships in the Swindon area and demonstrate how they can boost business is being held later this month. Employers will have the opportunity at the event to learn about how apprenticeships can help their organisation. They can also find out more about progression opportunities onto higher level apprenticeships to...
Monday 9 February Final: Randgold Resources EGMs: Kofax, Tissue Regenix Tuesday 10 February Finals: Catlin, entu, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Trading statements: Bellway, Cable & Wireless Communications, ICAP AGM: RWS Holdings Economics: BRC sales, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, NIESR GDP estimate (January) Wednesday 11 February Interims: City of London Investment Group, Dunelm, Redrow Finals:...
Swindon-based Nationwide’s voice-recognition smartwatch banking app is in the running for two top industry awards. The cutting-edge app, built in less than a month by Bath-based IT services firm IPL, enabled Nationwide to become the UK’s first financial service provider to offer its customers real-time balances on Android watches. Working in conjunction with Nationwide’s...
Chris Blackwell, the chief executive of Chippenham-based drug development firm Vectura, is to step down after 12 years in the job. Dr Blackwell, pictured, joined the firm before its Initial Public Offering (IPO) and has led the company to its current position as a leader in the treatment of airways diseases. The firm,...
Winning a raft of new contracts helped supply chain group Wincanton steer a positive course over the past three months. The Chippenham-based group said in an update to the London Stock Exchange that it continued to trade in line with expectations following new business wins linked to the recovering construction sector and the extension...
