Swindon design and branding agency Jazzbones Creative has appointed former Forward Swindon marketing manager Michelle Jones as its marketing and account director. Michelle, pictured, who spent five years at the town’s economic development business, has also worked as a marketing manager, global promotions manager and account manager for organisations such as Swindon Borough Council,...
A range of ambitious projects to help Chippenham realise its “huge potential” were announced today – from a new brand for the town to free wi-fi and its own app. The Chippenham Connected brand was officially unveiled at the Chippenham Business Improvement District’s (BID) first event, which brought together businesspeople from the town to...
Work has started on the second phase of a successful Swindon business park as demand continues to grow from occupiers. Phase one of the Glenmore Business Park on the Westmead Industrial Estate was the first speculative industrial development in the town for seven years when construction started last year. Now, following its runaway success,...
Timber door manufacturer Vicaima is promising a bright future for its UK head office and warehouse site in Swindon after buying it in a multi-million pound deal. The international group, which employs 85 people at the seven-acre site on the Greenbridge Industrial Estate, said it had plans to develop it further and create more...
Swindon manufacturers are being urged to help shape the future of the sector in the town at a major event next month. The high-value manufacturing immersion workshop aims to tackle two of the key factors impacting on the sector – low productivity and skills shortages. Owners and managers from manufacturers in and around Swindon...
Accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson has launched a free tax calculator to enable businesses to work out how much tax they could be saving on their research and development (R&D) costs. The online tool has been set up in the light of research suggesting that thousands of businesses could be missing...
IT consultancy Leading Resolutions has acquired its own office in Royal Wootton Bassett as it continues to expand. The firm, which was previously based in Malmesbury, bought the 4,000 sq ft unit at Coped Hall from owner Virgin Holidays. The office had housed Virgin Holiday Cruises until it relocated to Crawley. Leading Resolutions supplies...
A pioneer of bomb disposal technology and a former director of Swindon-based retail giant WH Smith have received awards in the Queen’s Birthday Honours Sidney Alford, pictured, the founder of Chippenham-based Alford Technologies – which has developed innovative bomb disposals techniques – gets the OBE for services to explosive ordnance disposal technology. Peter Troughton,...
The Government must address youth unemployment by plugging the skills gap between education and work, the region’s biggest business organisation said this week. Business West, which runs the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative, made the plea as it welcomed a further fall in unemployment across the South West. Figures from the Office for National Statistics...
Businesses in Chippenham town centre are being urged to take advantage of a new scheme that offers them cheap parking for staff on low incomes. The project has been launched by Chippenham Business Improvement District (BID), the organisation promoting the town to bring in more visitors and improve it for residents, in partnership with...
