Lucrative public sector contracts previously awarded to big national businesses are being opened up to Swindon’s small and medium-sized firms under a pioneering local procurement exercise. The project, spearheaded by Swindon Council and Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), aims to ease the process of bidding – and winning – contracts in areas...
Chippenham-based specialised pharmaceutical firm Alliance Pharma today told shareholders it is continuing to look for acquisition targets on which to spend some of its £20m-plus war chest. The firm, which buys underperforming drugs brands and realises their potential through investment, has an acquisition bank facility of more than £20m. In January it acquired thyroid...
In a constantly shifting legal landscape, Withy King highlights a few of the latest developments which may impact directors in their business and private lives. Using your pension to buy your own premises With the Budget changes to pensions and an improving property market, there may be no better time than the present to...
Overseas businesses are looking to snap up West food and drink firms as the sector enjoys a rapid recovery, new research shows. According to data released by business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton, the number of deals involving food and drink businesses shot up by a third in the first quarter of this...
Husband and wife team Matt Lewis and Federica Marconi have opened a Spanish-style tapas bar in Chippenham with support from Barclays. Los Amigos, which boasts a Spanish themed menu, décor and ambience, is an expansion of the couple’s popular coffee shop in the town’s Market Place. By taking over a former shop unit next...
Fast-growing Swindon IT firm Sensata has relocated to larger offices as part of a strategic plan to continue its expansion. The firm, which this year celebrates 10 years in business, has moved from Basepoint in West Swindon – its home for the past nine years – to Coped Hall Business Park in Royal Wootton...
