Sales at Swindon-headquartered retail group WH Smith have continued to fall, it said today in an update to shareholders. The group also revealed it has nearly £94m of working capital available through a new credit agreement with its banks. Total group sales in the 14-weeks to June 7 were flat although on a like-for-like...
Swindon chartered accountants Monahans’ new, highly-responsive website has gone live with the promise of a step change in the way existing and potential clients interact with the firm. The site – www.monahans.co.uk – offers new functionality and regular features with a greater focus on the sectors that Monahans works in, including manufacturing, rural and...
The Marlborough office of private client wealth management group Brewin Dolphin is to be lead sponsor of the Devizes Festival, taking its association with the event to five consecutive years. The festival, now in its 32nd year and which runs from June 4 to 22, brings a wide variety of performers to the Wiltshire...
The last of three events advising small firm owners on valuing and selling their business is staged in Swindon later this month by chartered accountants Banks. The free Retirement Planning seminar is aimed at business owners who are planning to retire or semi-retire. It will be held at Banks’s Stratton offices on June 18...
Swindon-based construction group Beard and Chippenham green energy pioneer Good Energy are among the six finalists competing for the coveted title of West of England Business of the Year. Beard missed out on what is widely-regarded as the region’s most-prestigious business accolade last year while, for Good Energy, it is the fast-growing firm’s first...
Annual profits at Latchways, the Devizes-based specialist safety harnessing firm, have fallen by a third in what it called challenging conditions. Pre-tax profits for the year to the end of March dropped to £6.8m against £10.3m last time on group revenues down 9% to £38.5m. Chairman Paul Hearson said: “Despite the challenging conditions in...
