Chippenham-based supply chain and logistics firm Wincanton is looking to accelerate its growth after appointing Martin Palmer as commercial director. Mr Palmer, pictured, joins from rival Norbert Dentressangle where he was business development director for four-and-a-half years. Prior to that he was a business unit director at TDG and has also held senior business...
Monday 24 November Interims: Cranswick, Eckoh, GB Group, Solid State Trading Statements: Amlin EGMs: Amlin, International Biotechnology, Puricore Economics: Nationwide house prices Tuesday 25 November Interims: Accumuli, AO World, Byotrol, Caledonia Investments, Creston, De La Rue, Kcom, Phoenix IT Group, Quintain Estates & Development, Renold, Scapa Group, Severfield, Severn Trent Finals: Cambria Automobiles, Greencore,...
Malmesbury-based appliance firm Dyson is to invest a further £1.5bn in research and development to help it launch 100 new products and create more jobs, it announced today. The firm’s founder, inventor Sir James Dyson, said he will donate £50m to an external research programme with British universities and £200m to expand on an...
Field Recruitment, one of the first recruitment companies to open in Swindon, is celebrating 40 years in business. Originally called Field Staff Agency, the business was set up in 1974 by HR specialist Maggie Heaven and operated from premises in Commercial Road. Four decades on, it now has two Commercial Road offices and a...
Manufacturers across the South West are calling for a massive boost to infrastructure and innovation in Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement to build on the strong economic recovery and lay foundations for longer-term economic growth. The call comes from the EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, in its submission to the Autumn Statement. It focuses heavily...
Proposito Financial Planning has been awarded prestigious chartered financial planner status by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). The Malmesbury-based firm, which specialises in providing bespoke financial planning services to individuals and businesses, joins an elite group of firms which have met the rigorous criteria relating to professionalism and capability demanded by the CII, and...
