Hundreds of business influencers will head to Swindon’s STEAM railway museum next week for the Business Show Swindon 2014 – making it the town’s premier networking event. Key highlights of this year’s show on May 15 include: an inspiring keynote speech from Rob Law, Magmatic Ltd, the ever-popular speed networking sessions, informal networking at the...
Honda’s Swindon-built cars – regular winners of awards for reliability and build quality – have also this week emerged as the models most likely to get through their MOTs. Consumer champion website Honest John named Honda as the top-performing manufacturer in its comprehensive analysis of MoT pass rates. The honestjohn.co.uk site’s analysis of 24.5m...
Waste management company Grist Group is targeting growth after making a number of investments in the business including new plant, machinery and land. The Devizes business has recently installed one of the UK’s largest baling machines to compress recycled material so that it can be transported more efficiently. It has also acquired the Chivers...
American hotel reservation technology firm Passkey, which has its UK head office in Swindon, has been bought by Lanyon, a US-based leader in technology for the meetings, events and travel industry. Passkey’s GroupMAX technology is the most widely-used group reservation and optimisation technology in the hospitality industry. It allows guests to book their hotel...
The Swindon office of national accountants Haines Watts is celebrating the firm winning the title of Accountancy Firm of the Year – SMEs at the annual FDs Excellence Awards. The award comes on the back of Haines Watts gaining the Auditor of the Year accolade for the past two years – making it the first...
The first speculative development of industrial units in Swindon for seven years has secured further reservations just six weeks after construction started, according to its agents. The individual units on the Glenmore Business Park on the Westmead Industrial Estate, which range from just 969 sq ft to 1,604 sq ft, will be ready for...
