Swindon firms are being warned not to miss out on unparalleled sponsorship, exhibition stands and free delegate passes for what will be the region’s biggest business show this year. The two-day Business Showcase South West 2015 staged on May 14 and 15 will provide a platform for the best of the West of England’s innovation,...
Monday 27 April Interim: Lok’n Store Trading statement: Centrica AGMs: Centrica, Dragon Oil, Good Energy Group, Minoan Group Economics: CBI trends, total orders, selling prices, business optimism Tuesday 28 April Interims: AB Dynamics, Avacta, Infrastrata, Xeros Technology Finals: Allied Minds, Avocet Mining, Centralnic Group, Next Fifteen Communications, Whitbread Trading statements: BP, Carpetright, Concentric, Henderson...
Everybody running a business faces a ‘red star’ moment when they must decide one of two courses of action that could seal the fate of their company, adventurer and inspirational speaker Monty Halls told delegates at the Business Show Swindon. One path could lead to success – the other to regret and recrimination. But...
More than 800 people are making tracks to Swindon’s STEAM museum today to attend the fifth annual Swindon Business Show. The show, staged by Business West, has become the town’s premier business and networking event – and this year will be no exception, with top-rate advice, support and guidance for businesses from Swindon, Wiltshire...
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 Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? No Way Out – a great oldie starring Gene Hackman Book you read?...
The importance of a skilled workforce to the future of Swindon’s world-class advanced engineering industry was underlined at accountants Monahans’ latest manufacturing breakfast. With a focus on the town’s car industry, the event heard from BMW on how it is developing the engineers of tomorrow at its Swindon Mini plant by investing in apprenticeships....
Two Swindon firms are today celebrating gaining Queen’s Awards for Enterprise – the UK’s highest accolade for business success. Cheney Manor-based BG Automotive (BGA) and Terrapart, based in Broad Hinton, have received the coveted award for International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development. BGA, which was established in 2001, supplies thousands of auto engine parts...
Swindon Business News has teamed up again with executive search firm Moon Consulting to seek the opinions of business leaders across the South West and find out more about the diverse attitudes and leadership abilities of the region’s boardrooms. The South West Board Effectiveness Survey 2015 enables board directors and non-executives to give a candid...
Customer support group Jaywing’s Swindon base has won three new telemarketing clients – Neopost, Electrolux Professional and business mobility provider Alphabet. Jaywing will oversee and implement the firms’ B2B telemarketing activities, giving them qualified leads and setting appointments for their sales teams. Communications firm Neopost decided to move all its telemarketing activity to Jaywing...
Honda’s Swindon-built models have topped a poll of the UK’s most reliable used cars for an unprecedented ninth consecutive year. Independent research conducted by What Car? and Warranty Direct analysed 50,000 live Warranty Direct policies for cars between three and eight years old, taking account failure rates, age of car, mileage and cost of...
