Cost-cutting drive puts Wincanton back on the road to profits growth

June 5, 2014
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Cost-cutting drive puts Wincanton back on the road to profits growth

Annual profits at Wincanton, the Chippenham-based logistics group, accelerated by more than a fifth to £25.6m in the year to the end of March as its cost reduction measures began to take effect. The 20.2% increase in underlying pre-tax profits was achieved on a 1.1% rise in revenues to just under £1.1bn. Sales in...

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Brand new name for Swindon insurance broker Gallagher Heath

June 5, 2014
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Brand new name for Swindon insurance broker Gallagher Heath

Swindon-based insurance broker Gallagher Heath has been rebranded under the Arthur J. Gallagher name to create a single common identity for its UK-based regional commercial insurance businesses. It follows three years of strategic acquisition activity, including the purchase of Giles Insurance Brokers, which also rebrands to Arthur J. Gallagher with immediate effect. Arthur J....

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Monahans director to give school bosses lessons in HR skills and recruitment at national event

June 5, 2014
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Monahans director to give school bosses lessons in HR skills and recruitment at national event

West accountancy group Monahans’ HR director Peta Fry, who is based in the firm's Swindon office, is to be a guest speaker at two seminars in a major one-day national conference for school bursars and business managers. EdExec Live features a series of hour-long seminars and half-hour ‘quick-fix’ presentations alongside a small exhibition and...

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Pioneering aircraft recovery equipment to be showcased at Cotswold Airport

June 5, 2014
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Pioneering aircraft recovery equipment to be showcased at Cotswold Airport

Aviation industry bosses from around the world will gather at Cotswold Airport later this month to see a live demonstration of a revolutionary new piece of equipment that can recover crashed aircraft. AMS Systems Engineering, which has a unique demonstration facility at the airport near Kemble, will put the turntable through its paces at...

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Business West welcomes Queen’s Speech pledges to help for small firms and boost infrastructure

June 5, 2014
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Business West welcomes Queen’s Speech pledges to help for small firms and boost infrastructure

Measures announced in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech to help small and growing businesses and speed up infrastructure projects have been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative. It also praised the Coalition Government for promising a relatively small number of new Bills in its final year before the General Election...

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US housing study earns GreenSquare director Winston Churchill medallion

June 5, 2014
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US housing study earns GreenSquare director Winston Churchill medallion

The development director at GreenSquare, the Chippenham-headquartered social housing and care provider, has received a Winston Churchill medallion for researching affordable housing in the US. Vic O’Brien’s study, undertaken through the Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship, looked at the US’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit system (LIHTC) with a view to seeing if a similar...

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