Fast-growing Swindon online shopping group Scotts & Co has added another brand to its expanding portfolio after buying country clothing business Rowland’s out of administration. Rowland’s, originally based in Bath, went bust for the second time in March, two years after it was saved by Rosemex Trading, a private equity-owned London-based group. Scotts &...
The Holiday Inn hotel in Swindon has been put on the market as part of a portfolio of 21 Holiday Inns across England. Specialist property adviser Christie + Co says it has already had strong interest in the 99-room hotel on Marlborough Road close to Coate Water and the other sites, which stretch from...
The second in HSBC’s series of Swindon open networking forums takes place next month. The breakfast on Wednesday June 11 will once again be hosted on behalf of HSBC by Banks Chartered Accountants at the firm’s offices in Stratton. HSBC is staging the events away from its branches as a way of reaching out...
A £2m school communications centre and recital hall built and fitted out by Swindon construction firm Beard has won a prestigious architecture award, beating 21 other nominations from across the South of England. The Pangbourne College Harding Communications Centre near Reading topped the category for design and construction excellence in the Royal Institute of...
Property consultancy Alder King has appointed Martin Baker as a senior surveyor in its Swindon agency team. Martin, pictured, will work on commercial and development agency instructions across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and the Thames Valley. He joins from Summerdown & Partners, a property management company based in Marlborough where he handled the disposal and acquisition...
Malcolm Miller, group managing director of automotive sector learning and development agency RTS, has been admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of the Motor Industry (FIMI), the professional association for individuals working in the sector in the UK. The move makes Chippenham-based RTS one of only a few independent learning and development companies...
