A leading industrial catering company has opened its new headquarters in Swindon.

Top executives of Quadrant Catering, which comes under the umbrella of Compass Group, the world's largest catering providers and which services several companies in Swindon, were on hand to mark the opening at Drakes Meadow Business Park by managing director David Bate.

Fifty administration and support services staff are employed at the Quadrant unit which is the first to be completed at the Drakes Meadow Business Park, off Drakes Way.

An HQ for legal company Thring Townsend is to open next spring and Absolute, the Laing Property and Bank of Scotland joint venture focusing on office development along the M3/M4 corridor, has planning consent for the last three buildings on the site.

Quadrant is a joint venture with the Post Office which established the concern to service post offices around the country, and was headquartered at Dorcan House.