Swindon & Wiltshire’s latest financial news
Swindon community bank celebrates first birthday with £2m lending milestone
By Nick Batten
on 8 April, 2024
Acorn Community Bank is celebrating its first birthday by passing a £2 million lending milestone and welcoming more than a thousand new...
Haines Watts to sponsor Wrag Barn Golf Day for fourth consecutive year
By Nick Batten
on 5 April, 2024
Swindon-based accountancy firm, Haines Watts, is helping to raise money for national learning disability charity Hft with a sponsored golf day at Wrag...
Business West survey reveals South West firms are confident about future prospects
By Nick Batten
on 2 April, 2024
Business West’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES), which polls businesses across the South West, has revealed that 63 per cent of the 268...
Swindon and Wiltshire’s Most Inspiring Women 2024 | Sherelyn Cowles
By Nick Batten
on 22 March, 2024
To mark International Women’s Day 2024, which takes place every year on 8th March, we’re celebrating some of Swindon and Wiltshire’s...
British Business Bank report reveals equity deals slowdown across the South West
By Nick Batten
on 11 March, 2024
The British Business Bank’s Small Business Finance Markets 2023/24 report, published on 1st March, shows a continuing fall in small business equity...
Female first-time gold investors up 116% since Covid, says BullionVault
By Nick Batten
on 8 March, 2024
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Spring Budget 2024: The reaction
By Nick Batten
on 7 March, 2024
Yesterday (6th March) Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his 2024 Spring Budget, with one of the key announcements being the cut to workers’...
British Business Bank provides £7.5m of loans to South West entrepreneurs since 2012
By Nick Batten
on 16 February, 2024
Start-Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank, has announced that it has provided more than £100m worth of funding to business owners aged...
Swindon accountant calls on people to take apprenticeships more seriously
By Nick Batten
on 7 February, 2024
During National Apprenticeship Week, Emma Skinner, an Associate Director at accountancy firm Haines Watts Swindon, is calling for a more holistic...
Optimum launches channel to help companies find business less taxing
By Nick Batten
on 26 January, 2024
Swindon professional services company Optimum has launched a talk show to help shine a light on the complicated world of accountancy and...
Town council takes steps to secure bank services in Malmesbury
By Nick Batten
on 25 January, 2024
Malmesbury Town Council has reacted to the news that Lloyds Bank is planning to stop its bus-based bank service in May by pledging to secure a new...
Swindon PR expert goes live with new YouTube channel
By Nick Batten
on 10 January, 2024
PR expert Fiona Scott, whose Swindon-based company Scott Media helps clients gain local, national and international media coverage, has launched a...
The latest financial news from Swindon & Wiltshire
The latest news from Swindon & Wiltshire’s thriving financial services community. From accounting to book keeping, VAT, business loans, grants, financial planning and wealth management to banking. We’re in touch with the area’s financial scene.