Swindon & Wiltshire News Friday April 19 2013 Charity photo shoot raises £480 A Salisbury photo shoot for mums has raised £480 for Wessex Cancer Trust. Earlier this month, Trinity Photography and No. Sixty Hair & Beauty teamed up to offer mums a pampering day with a difference. Participants started at No. […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Friday April 19 2013 Good Energy helps National Trust go green Chippenham-based energy provider Good Energy is helping the National Trust to get green power into 43 of its historic properties. The charity aims to halve its consumption of fossil fuels and generate 50 percent of its energy from renewables […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Friday April 19 2013 Cooking oil recycling doubles in three months A 107 percent increase in recycling used cooking oil has been achieved in Wiltshire following a three month campaign to raise awareness of the service. Eco-firm Living Fuels and Marlborough-based recycling contractor Hills Waste Solutions encouraged residents to recycle […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Friday April 19 2013 Chef’s cod dish nets national acclaim A Marlborough chef has won a national recipe challenge to have a dish he created served in hotels and pubs across the county. Adam Barrett, head chef at the Castle & Ball hotel in Marlborough won the Old English […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Tuesday April 16 2013 Orders give dental firm something to smile about A Wiltshire company which manufactures a range of high quality products for the dentistry market has increased its productivity by 300 per cent and is exporting to more than 40 countries worldwide after re-structuring its production process. Associated Dental […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Tuesday April 16 2013 March freeze costs UK small businesses £174 million More than half of UK small firms have been impacted financially by the recent prolonged cold weather costing them £174 million. A report published by the Federation of Small Businesses this week suggests that on average each business lost […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Wednesday April 10 2013 Entrepreneurs invited to join Tesco, Morrisons, M&S: with a market stall Tesco, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer: all retail empires that started as market stalls. Now, budding entrepreneurs are being offered the opportunity to sell their wares for up to five days on a free market stall in Wiltshire in May. […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Tuesday April 9 2013 Record Store Day will be celebrated with film and, of course, music The rise, fall and rebirth of the independent record shop will be charted during a screening of the film Last Shop Standing next week. There were 2200 independent record shops in the 1980s, by 2009 there were only 269 […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Monday April 8 2013 Businesses celebrated at glittering ceremony Salisbury’s best businesses have been celebrated during a glittering Business Excellence Awards. The Salisbury & District Chamber of Commerce and Industry event, which was held at Salisbury Arts Centre recently, recognised the innovation, drive and dedication displayed by a […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Monday April 8 2013 Entires invited for South Wilts Business Awards Businesses in and around Salisbury are being called on to enter the South Wilts Business of the Year Awards. Now in its thirteenth year, the awards – which will be presented at City Hall, Salisbury on Thursday, June 27 […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Monday April 8 2013 New award helps diners find best places to eat A new award to help Swindon diners find the best places to eat has been launched by the Swindon Borough Council. The Eat With Confidence Award is presented to food outlets which score top marks in both the national […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Monday April 8 2013 Dairy firm is cream of crop at Enterprising Wiltshire Awards Dairy products exporter Coombe Castle International has been named as Business of the Year 2013 in the first Enterprising Wiltshire Awards. It was double cream for the company at a packed event at Bowood Hotel as Coombe Castle International’s […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Friday April 5 2013 Customers grounded as Go Ballooning goes pop Pewsey-based hot air balloon operator Cameron Flights (Southern) Ltd has gone into administration, leaving hundreds of pre-paid customers grounded, and around 30 people out of a job. The company traded from Woodborough under the name Go Ballooning. It has […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Thursday April 4 2013 Wiltshire solicitors tackle triathlon in memory of Jemima Wiltshire solicitors are tackling a triathlon to raise money in memory of Jemima Prees, the daughter of a colleague who died in a skiing accident earlier this year. Ten-year-old Jemima, an experienced skier, died after colliding with a tree […]
Swindon & Wiltshire News Thursday April 4 2013 Wiltshire Business Expo details confirmed This year’s Wiltshire Business Expo will be held at Trowbridge Civic Centre on Thursday, June 20, organisers have confirmed. The event, which is organised by Wiltshire Council, Wiltshire Business Support Service and Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership promises […]
