Vysiion, the Chippenham-based communications infrastructure and outsourced IT service provider, has secured a deal with Ark Data Centres, the Corsham firm that runs the town’s massive Spring Park IT centre. Under the ‘smart hands’ contract, Vysiion, formerly known as RFL, will provide remote management, custom installations and equipment troubleshooting assistance to Ark using highly-trained...
Swindon law firm Francis George Solicitor-Advocate has continued its growth with three new appointments to its senior team. Kim Thurston has joined as a senior conveyancer, Rebecca Withington has strengthened the probates and wills team, and Miriam Soteriou has been recruited as a litigation paralegal. Kim Thurston, pictured right, who now heads the firm’s...
Swindon firms are being encouraged to establish closer trading partnerships with their counterparts in the South West’s sister region in China following the signing of a major new agreement. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Bristol & West of England China Bureau is aimed at overcoming the difficulties...
The West of England-based Festival of Female Entrepreneurs (FFE), which supports women in business, is to be expanded following a link-up with small business network Enterprise Nation. Launched four years ago by Joni Farthing, founder and director of Women Outside The Box, the event has carved a reputation for inspiring speakers, energising advice and...
Business West, the organisation that runs the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, has described this week’s Queen’s Speech as ‘bittersweet’, with positive measures counter balanced by risks linked to the EU referendum. The speech, which set out the new Government’s legislative programme for the year ahead, included a number of major measures which will impact...
Swindon’s showpiece £10m UTC building has been nominated for three awards in a regional scheme that champions the best construction projects of the past 12 months. The state-of-the-art University Technical College, built on part of Swindon’s original Great Western Railworks, is shortlisted for Best Change of use of an Existing Building or Conversion, Best...
A group has been set up to raise awareness among Swindon businesses of legislation which demands that employers enrol staff into a workplace pension scheme. The group is affiliated to the Friends of Automatic Enrolment – a national organisation launched by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals to counter the widespread lack of knowledge...
Monday 25 May UK bank holiday Tuesday 26 May Finals: Minds + Machines, Renold Trading statement: Micro Focus International AGMs: Epwin, Cineworld, Mi-Pay Group, Nostrum Oil & Gas Economics: CBI reported sales Wednesday 27 May Interims: Brewin Dolphin, Fusionex International, Urban & Civic Finals: De La Rue, McKay Securities, Scapa Group, Telford Homes Trading statement: Arrow Global AGMs: Acencia Debt Strategies, Atrium...
Each week Swindon Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Mark Noble, managing director, Castles Residential Sales & Lettings, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Fury. A powerful and moving war film set in Germany in...
Swindon Council is to continue with its ambitious plans to develop a new art gallery and museum in the town centre despite failing to secure the majority of the £15m needed from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The HLF said Swindon’s collection of 20th century British modern art and ceramics was of ‘outstanding heritage...
