Swindon & Wiltshire News Monday August 26 2019 Swindon housing development shortlisted for ‘Best in the West’ A housing development in Swindon has been shortlisted as a finalist for Best New Housing Development in the prestigious West of England LABC Building Excellence Awards for 2019. Developer Newland Homes commenced work on the 57-home Broad Blunsdon Heights […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Monday August 26 2019 Insurance specialist expansion after securing substantial investment A specialist provider of insurance for the sharing economy, has closed a first round of fundraising with the help of commercial law firm Thrings. Since it was founded three years ago in London by Humphrey Bowles and Andrew Boldt, […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Appointments Friday August 23 2019 Economic Partnership appoints seven new directors Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership has appointed seven new directors from the private sector to its board to increase its strategic leadership capacity and support its activities in growing the local economy. The new directors are: Mandy Clarke, […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Friday August 23 2019 Record month for South West exporters, despite shrinking economy Business West has revealed it processed a record number of export documents in July, demonstrating the strength and resilience of South West businesses, despite the gloomy national economic outlook. On average, Business West certified 125 European Certificates of Origin […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Friday August 23 2019 Marketing firm bought out by MD Swindon-based print, web and digital design specialist Lundie Marketing has been bought out by its managing director, Joy Lunn. Joy re-joined the agency in January in a business development role, and was appointed MD in May. Under the deal […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Appointments Friday August 23 2019 Financial planner joins later life team Chartered financial planner and Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) accredited adviser Andy Page has joined the Later Life team at Wiltshire-based Old Mill. SOLLA is the Gold Standard for later life financial advice and all advisers have to […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Thursday August 22 2019 Accountant breaks world record on unicycle challenge Management accountant Edd Stone has achieved a lifetime’s ambition by being named as a Guinness World Record Holder. The 31-year-old, who works for Corsham-based high tech accountancy firm Purple Lime, has been named the fastest man to travel from […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Thursday August 22 2019 Firm raises £30k for charities with Three Peaks challenge A 14-strong team from IT communications and solutions provider Excalibur Communications has successfully completed the iconic National Three Peaks Challenge within 24 hours. The team began their quest on Ben Nevis at 6:30am on Saturday, August 3, completing it […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Property Thursday August 22 2019 Office unit let to property and construction consultants The Salisbury branch of a large property business has acquired a new home of its own. Property consultancy Myddelton & Major has successfully negotiated the letting of Unit 5, Barnack Business Centre in Blakey Road, Salisbury to Ward Williams […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Wednesday August 21 2019 Devizes Chamber to hold town’s first business expo Devizes Chamber of Commerce is holding the town’s first business expo. The event is aimed at established businesses that want to find new suppliers or service providers, as well as people thinking of setting up their own business and […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Community champions Wednesday August 21 2019 Swindon Town kick off new season with Wiltshire Air Ambulance Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s logo will sit proudly on the back of Swindon Town’s away shirt for the 2019/20 season. The Sky Bet League Two club has chosen Wiltshire Air Ambulance as its Charity of the Year partner for another […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Experts Wednesday August 21 2019 Expert opinion: The importance of up-skilling your staff With the UK currently seeing record levels of employment, there is a real dearth of candidates to fill vacancies. It’s no wonder then that most businesses are now citing difficulty with recruiting suitably skilled staff as the main thing […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Tuesday August 20 2019 Future for bricks and mortar retail businesses to be discussed at Growth Summit With the future looking uncertain for Britain’s high streets, the CEO of Swindon-based WHSmith will explain how his company has sustained year on year profits for 15 years – through recessions, the digital revolution, and economic uncertainty. Since Steve […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Tuesday August 20 2019 Innovative companies invited to learn how to pitch Innovative companies in Swindon are being invited to pitch to investors to raise investment of between £150,000 and £2 million. The ‘Dragons’ Den’ style programme, Pitchfest South West, is delivered by Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), in partnership with Innovate […]
Swindon & Wiltshire Property Tuesday August 20 2019 Swindon business unit comes onto market A unit at The Meads Business Centre in Swindon has come on to the market with commercial property agent Kavanaghs at an asking rent of £10,000 pax. Unit 5 offers 681 sq ft of recently refurbished ground floor accommodation, […]
