More than £2,500 has been raised for national charity Give a Kidney through an event organised by Swindon businesses. The East Meets West event was hosted by The Sales and Marketing Hub and Kam’s Motor Clinic at the town’s Punjabi Community Centre with support from Charanjit Dhalliwal backed by her employer Barclays Bank. Other...
Swindon construction firm Beard’s strong track record in working with local authorities, particularly on school projects, has earned it a place on Hampshire County Council’s Intermediate Construction Framework. The family-owned firm, which has defied the construction industry slowdown in recent years, could now be in line for major projects valued between £500,000 and £4m...
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Business West, the organisation behind the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative, has called on all political parties contesting tomorrow’s General Election to focus on policies that promote growth in the light figures showing a slowdown over the past three months. It said the official GDP statistics published last week, which revealed first-quarter growth fell from...
Avon Rubber chief executive Peter Slabbert, who is credited with helping transform the Wiltshire business into a global manufacturing innovator, is to leave later this year. Confirmation of his resignation after 15 years at Avon – seven of them as chief executive – came as the group posted another strong set of financial results...
The next government’s top priority must be to invest in the country’s infrastructure, according to a survey of fast-growth entrepreneurial businesses across the South West. Some 31% taking part in the survey for accountants EY put road, rail and air links at the top of their wish lists followed by investment in improving broadband...
Organisers of Business Showcase South West have come up with five compelling reasons for Swindon business people to attend what will be the biggest event of its kind in the region The event, on May 14 and 15 at Colston Hall, in Bristol, will celebrate the best in innovation, creativity and enterprise and has...
Each week Swindon Business News gives a prominent member of the town’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Jeremy Holt, partner at Clark Holt Commercial Solicitors, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Jimmy’s Hall. One of the many wonderful films put on by the...
Around 800 people gained an insight into Swindon's vibrant economy and go-ahead firms at the town's fifth annual Business Show on Thursday. The event, staged by Business West at the town’s STEAM museum, proved successful for the 80 exhibitors, who included law firm Thrings, HSBC, Bristol Airport, Center Parcs and Forward Swindon. Adventurer and...
The bosses of two major Swindon firms are to battle it out with 33 other entrepreneurs for one of the UK’s most-respected business awards. Jason Bannister, founder and managing director of Oak Furniture Land, the UK’s fastest-growing furniture retailer, and Dr Richard Steeves, founder and CEO of Synergy Health, the international medical sterilisation group...
