Accountancy and financial advice firm Grant Thornton has appointed Paul Rodwell as the new head of financial services advisory for the South West. Paul, pictured, joined Grant Thornton’s financial services group last year as part of its acquisition of Navigant Financial Services UK and brings with him a broad range of experience in advisory...
Women’s clothing brand Rowland’s, which originated in Bath 30 years ago, is to be revived under its original name as its third owner in two years takes control. The firm, which most recently had been based in Trowbridge, has gone into administration twice in as many years. But new owner, fast-growing Swindon online retail...
The Mitsubishi dealership in Melksham has been named After Sales Dealer of the Year at parent group CCR’s annual conference. The dealership in Western Way is one of 11 operated by CCR across the South of England. Melksham Mitsubishi after sales manager Nigel Carter said: “It’s a real honour and it’s a reflection of...
Eleven Wiltshire firms have received grant funding worth a total of £348,000 from the the county's Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to spur their growth and boost employment. According to the Swindon & Wiltshire LEP, the funding – the second round of its Gateway for Growth grant scheme – will inject £10m into the local...
Chippenham-based specialist training and development firm Sales Coaching Solutions has teamed up with a pair of mother-and-daughter entrepreneurs to help them grow their recently-launched boutique shopping service for women. PinkBox Boutique, owned by Kerry Gover and Harriet Letheren and based near Devizes, sells products such as colourful scarves, bags and jewellery through its website...
Bath-based media group Future today announced it has agreed to sell a large part of its business to rival publisher Immediate Media for £24m as it revealed it had slumped into the red. Immediate, the UK's third-largest magazine publishers whose titles include Radio Times, is to take over most of the Future’s sport and...
A £2m school communications centre and recital hall designed by Bath architects Mitchell Taylor Workshop 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 British Architects...
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...
Law firms Mogers, which is based in Bath, and Dyne Drewett, with offices in Dorset and Somerset, has announced the name they will use after their merger officially takes effect on next week. The combined firm will be called Mogers Drewett – a name they say takes into account both firms’ heritage. The new...
Café group Friska, which was launched by two University of Bath graduates, has been named as one of the UK’s 50 fastest-growing and innovative businesses. Economics graduates Griff Holland and Ed Brown started Friska in 2009 in Bristol and it has since grown from one to four restaurants around the city, including at the...
