Annual profits at Swindon-based Nationwide Building Society have quadrupled on spiralling house prices. Pre-tax annual profits soared to £677m, compared with £168m a year earlier, while mortgage lending increased 31% to £28.1bn. Savers’ deposits rose by £4.9bn to £130.5bn. Chief executive Graham Beale said: “Our performance over the past year is in line with...
Law firms Withy King and Lemon & Co are to merge, forming one of the largest legal firms in Wiltshire. Fast-growing Withy King, which has a string of offices including Swindon and Marlborough, and Lemon & Co, a single-office practice based in Swindon, will join forces on June 30. The firms said the move...
Monday 26 May UK bank holiday – nothing scheduled Tuesday 27 May Interim: Signet Jewelers Final: Aveva, Renold AGMs: Accesso Technology, AG Barr, Coalfield Resources, Highland Gold Mining, Mallett, Starcom, Tower Resources EGM: Johnston Press Economics: BBA house purchase loans Wednesday 28 May Interim: Brewin Dolphin Finals: Caledonia Investments, De La Rue, Iomart, McKay...
Nursery group Snapdragons, which started in a farmhouse near Melksham in 1998, is to open its eighth site after securing a £850,000 finance package with HSBC’s Wiltshire Commercial team. The new nursery, Snapdragons first in Bristol, will open in the summer in the converted Grade II listed Old Chapel in the Horfield. It will...
Shares in Chippenham-based specialist software and IT group SciSys, best known for its work in the space sector, dipped today despite it issuing an upbeat statement at its AGM. The group, which supplies highly-complex systems to the global space, defence and media industries, told shareholders it was making further profitable progress and was on...
The managing partner of West law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, has urged the region’s business leaders to do more to support young people’s commercial ambitions. In a speech to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in Bristol, Simon Holdsworth, pictured, called on bosses to provide...
