Low-cost airline easyJet, the largest operator at Bristol Airport, is to increase the frequency on 15 of its routes from the airport, providing an extra 10,000 seats for passengers this summer. The extra flights have gone on sale today to provide additional capacity on popular summer holiday routes from Bristol including Dalaman, Faro, Ibiza...
Green IT can have a significant impact on an reducing an organisation's carbon footprint as well as saving money, a business forum at New College Swindon heard. The event, hosted by Fast Forward, the College’s professional training division, attracted businesses from across Swindon. Author and Green IT advocate Mark O’Neill spoke about the first formally-accredited training course...
More than 300 business people from across the South West heard valuable first-hand advice on trading overseas from a group of experienced exporters at ExploreExport, the region's largest annual international trade event. Organised by the South West arm of UK Trade & Investment – the Government's export help body - it was designed to...
Specialist food producer Malmesbury Syrups has invested in disinfection technology to make its products safe without using heat. The PurePulse hi-intensity pulsed-light system made by Hertfordshire firm Microtek uses just five per cent of the energy required for conventional heat treatment of liquids. The system will also help streamline production at Oaksey-based Malmesbury Syrups, effectively halving production...
Passengers in the Swindon area using the Thamesdown Transport bus network will soon be benefiting from one of the most advanced ticketing technology systems in the UK. Thamesdown has just specified Parkeon’s Wayfarer200 platform to dual read concessionary passes and its own commercial smartcard scheme, having brought forward the replacement of its current Wayfarer...
New regulations which affect the pay and rights of agency workers will have a big impact on employers in Swindon, says a leading employment lawyer. Agency workers make up about 4% of the UK workforce and the new regulations - set to come into force in October – will give agency workers the same...
To mark 100 years in business, Alder King has given time to its staff to support chosen charities. As part of this commitment, the firm’s Swindon office spent a morning at Prospect Hospice in Wroughton. The team painted existing sheds and fences, dismantled pallets for recycling into planters and assisted with fence building. ...
Highcross has let 6,000 sq ft at its Kembrey Business Park in Swindon to Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry. The company, which has taken the office space at Cherry Orchard North on a five-year lease, is moving its Swindon-based airline billing centre to the park. Travelport is a leading...
• Jackie Waller has been made an associate at Swindon law firm, Charles Lucas & Marshall. Jackie has worked in residential conveyancing for more than 20 years, dealing with all aspects of residential property law. She has a strong IT background and has worked extensively on the development of case management systems for various...
Swindon's leading housebuilder has secured national funding to help first time buyers who want to take their first step on the housing ladder. Barratt Homes has announced that hundreds of households that have previously been priced out of home ownership will be able to take advantage of the Government money to buy a property...
