Lucille Barnes, personal assistant to law firm Thrings managing partner Thomas Sheppard, has been named as the first winner of the South West PA of the Year award, staged by Swindon Business News. Click here to open the gallery.
Lucille Barnes, personal assistant to law firm Thrings managing partner Thomas Sheppard, has been named as the first winner of the South West PA of the Year award, staged by Swindon Business News. Click here to open the gallery.
A development of three stone cottages in Southrop by housing developer Hills Homes has won the ‘Best social or affordable housing’ category in the West of England Local Authority Building Control (LABC) awards. The trophy was presented to Hills Homes site manager, Allan Ramsay, at an awards ceremony at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel....
Cricklade-based GWP Packaging has renewed its contract with national organic food delivery company Abel & Cole to supply it with a range of bespoke packaging. Under the three-year contract GWP will produce branded cardboard packaging, including beer packs, wine boxes, chill boxes, dividers, cartons and pallet board for Wimbledon-based Abel & Cole, ensuring its...
The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has appointed Phil Jones as head of supply chain development, in its bid to help manufacturers increase efficiency and growth throughout their supply chains. Based in the South West, Phil will be focused on looking for supply chain opportunities that will help both SMEs and large enterprises develop their businesses. He...
Serial entrepreneur and former BBC2 Dragons’ Den panellist Doug Richard is among the speakers at a free-to-attend event for business advice later this month. 'Save Money, Make Money’ promises to help business owners tackle inefficiencies and boost their profitability and is aimed at fast-growing companies with a focus on the region’s creative industries. It...
Heydar Faramarzi, managing director of Swindon IT support and software services firm Emnico Technologies, has been elected the new president/lead ambassador of Swindon Chamber of Commerce. Mr Faramarzi has worked for GEC Marconi in London as a software engineer, AT&T in New Jersey as a senior technical manager and Alcatel-Lucent in Swindon as...
George Osborne had originally planned to withdraw child benefit from all higher rate tax-payers, but had a change of heart in his 2012 Budget announcement, following criticism that this would be unfair on single income families and those earning just over the higher tax rate threshold. From January 2013, the only people to lose...
Specialist software developer SciSys issued an upbeat trading statement ahead of today’s annual general meeting, suggesting it could soon hit the acquisition trail. The company, which has its head office in Chippenham and a major base in Bristol, says it opened the year with a comfortable order book of £26.7m and the order intake...
Two local businesswomen are collaborating to help small and new businesses get up and running online. Jo Smyth, of PR consultancy Word Worker, and Rose Somerset, of Snowballworks, which specialises in website content, are offering a cost-effective package to businesses which will give them a simple website, text, bespoke photography and a press...
Swindon insurance broker Bluefin has achieved the ‘Investor in Customers’ (IIC) two star award after a survey of more than 25,000 clients and staff from its offices across the country. The award recognises organisations that put the customer at the heart of the business and is the main driver for their processes, innovations and...
