Law firm wins £5.5m payout for teenage powerboat accident victim left with severe brain damage

November 14, 2014
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Law firm wins £5.5m payout for teenage powerboat accident victim left with severe brain damage

Specialist law firm Novum, which has an office in Swindon, has won £5.5m in compensation for a man who sustained severe brain damage in a devastating powerboat accident when he was 13. Ben Ridd had been competing in a race organised by the Royal Yachting Association in Portland Harbour, Dorset, when his boat, which...

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Growth in conservatories helps build sales to record levels at specialist roof tile firm

November 14, 2014
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Metrotile UK, the Chippenham lightweight roof tile firm, is forecasting record sales worth £7.1m this year, triggered in part by growing demand from people having conservatories built onto their homes. The firm supplies the Belgian-made tiles to construction firms and roofing contractors around the UK for commercial and domestic building projects. Because they are...

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Jobless fall welcomed by Initiative in Swindon but it warns of ‘road blocks’ to economic recovery

November 14, 2014
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The Initiative in Swindon has welcomed the latest fall in unemployment but warned the economy still suffers from “fundamental weaknesses”. It also called for action over stubbornly-high youth unemployment, describing it as “dark cloud” hanging over the otherwise good news. Figures from the Office of National Statistics yesterday showed unemployment in the South West...

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Acquisition spurs expansion for Swindon upmarket kitchen and bathroom firm

November 14, 2014
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Hobsons Choice, the Swindon-based luxury kitchen and bathroom design and installation company, has expanded across the South of England after taking over a firm in Winchester. The acquisition of kitchen dealer Stewart Carr Design supports Hobsons Choice’s vision to become the first choice for the design and installation German-made Bulthaup kitchens in the region. Hobsons...

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£113m parcel firm takeover expected to deliver strong growth for Connect Group

November 12, 2014
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Swindon-based specialist distributor The Connect Group has acquired a next-day delivery firm in a deal worth more than £113m. Connect, formerly called Smiths News, said Sheffield-based The Big Green Parcel Machine Holding Company, whose principal subsidiary trades as Tuffnells Parcels Express, would contribute strongly to the group’s growth. Connect is looking to diversify away...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

November 10, 2014
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Monday 10 November Interims: Aveva, e2v Technologies Finals: Carrs Milling Industries, Ceres Power Trading statements: Hammerson, Just Retirement, Redrow AGM: Redrow Tuesday 11 November Interims: Blinkx, BTG, Energy Assets, Hayward Tyler, Land Securities, Liontrust Asset Management, Oxford Instruments, Speedy Hire, TalkTalk Telecom, Trifast, vodafone Finals: Bowleven, Egdon Resources, Fenner, Lonmin Trading statements: Centaur Media,...

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