Chippenham has emerged as one of the UK’s most successful retail centres, with its number of vacant shop units less than half the national average. The town, which in recent years has attracted flagship stores such as Waitrose and Argos, appears as the best performer outside London in a table of 15 UK retail...
Honda is to upgrade its Swindon-built Civic model next year as its giant plant in the town looks to return to growth after a tough 2014. The Civic has become the South Marston plant’s flagship model since production started in 1994 for the European market. The model has been produced by Honda at various...
The Marlborough office of private client wealth managers Brewin Dolphin is sponsoring the Marlborough Literature Festival, which starts today. The festival, which runs through the weekend and finishes on Monday, prides itself in recognising, celebrating and supporting real writers. This year’s guest authors include Louis de Bernières, best known as the author of the...
Specialist software group SciSys has signalled more acquisitions after it reported interim pre-tax profits up by 86% and a strong order book. The profits rise to £1.3m at the Chippenham-headquartered international business was achieved despite revenues for the six months to June 30 dipping by 1% to £21.1m. Chairman Mike Love, pictured, said the...
The South West office of national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has appointed Marcus Plaw as director of planning as it continues to build its portfolio in the region. Marcus, pictured, joins from Colliers International where he was associate director. At LSH’s Bristol office he will provide a planning consultancy service across the...
Property consultancy DTZ has appointed four surveyors to its South West office. James Banks, Andrew Flower and Ben Johnson join the Bristol-based team as senior surveyors to the professional advisory services, rating and project & building consultancy teams respectively, while Sarah James-Nock joins as surveyor to the retail management team. James Banks is appointed...
