Line-up finalised for this year’s Business Show Swindon

April 13, 2015
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Line-up finalised for this year’s Business Show Swindon

With just over a week to go to the Business Show Swindon, Business West can reveal the full line-up. Businesses attending the event next Thursday (April 23) will get the opportunity to hear from inspirational keynote speaker Monty Halls, find out how they can recruit and retain staff using social media, discover how they...

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The LAST WORD: Ian Larrard, director of the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative

April 13, 2015
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The LAST WORD: Ian Larrard, director of the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative

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 Ian Larrard, director of the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, part of Business West, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? The Theory of Everything – an amazing...

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Praise for Swindon Council’s innovative approach to green energy generation

April 13, 2015
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Praise for Swindon Council’s innovative approach to green energy generation

Swindon Council has been nationally recognised as the first in the UK to use an innovative planning measure to encourage more low carbon energy generation.  The Local Development Orders (LDO), which will be discussed by the planning committee tomorrow, could eventually mean all Swindon’s housing will be powered by clean energy. Some 29 sites...

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Prestigious health and safety accreditation gained by Hills Waste Solutions

April 13, 2015
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Prestigious health and safety accreditation gained by Hills Waste Solutions

Swindon-based Hills Waste Solutions’ commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety has been recognised by Safecontractor, the third party accreditation scheme. The firm, which employs nearly 300 people, provides a range of specialist waste management and recycling services to blue-chip customers in the area such as Wiltshire Council, Honda of the UK Manufacturing,...

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Fast-growing Swindon recruiter Outsource UK heads north again for another acquisition

April 13, 2015
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Fast-growing Swindon recruiter Outsource UK heads north again for another acquisition

Swindon recruitment firm Outsource UK has made its fourth acquisition in as many years by taking over a business specialising in providing high-level engineering staff to the defence and engineering sectors. The addition of PA Recruit makes it the third Manchester firm to be snapped up by Outsource. Its former owner Peter Ainsworth and...

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Homeless young people get chance to challenge election hopefuls on their policies

April 13, 2015
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Homeless young people get chance to challenge election hopefuls on their policies

Swindon Foyer, the supported housing project in Old Town, served as the venue for a question-and-answer session between homeless young people and three prospective parliamentary candidates in the South Swindon constituency. The Bath Road building, operated by major UK social housing provider Stonewater, provides accommodation, training and support to disadvantaged and homeless young people...

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Officers’ Association takes on first business development manager for West of England

April 13, 2015
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Officers’ Association takes on first business development manager for West of England

The Officers’ Association, the organisation committed to ensuring that former officers and their dependants live with dignity and independence, has appointed Sophia Koniarska as its regional business development manager for the West. Sophia, pictured, brings expertise in corporate social responsibility to the new role, which will focus on developing relationships with businesses across the...

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Firms are invited to get quizzical to raise funds for Swindon youth charity Inner Flame

April 13, 2015
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Firms are invited to get quizzical to raise funds for Swindon youth charity Inner Flame

Swindon’s brainiest business people are being urged to get their thinking caps on and take part in a quiz to raise money for youth charity Inner Flame. The event on April 22 is being staged by Swindon-based chartered accountants Banks BHG and is its first fundraising event for Inner Flame as its charity of...

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Change at the top at Wincanton as chief executive announces his departure

April 13, 2015
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Change at the top at Wincanton as chief executive announces his departure

Logistics group Wincanton’s chief executive Eric Born, who led its transformation over the past five years, is to quit the Chippenham-based firm this summer. Mr Born, pictured, will leave on July 31 to take up the position of CEO at a global business outside of the sector, Wincanton announced this morning. He will be...

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Monahans’ Swindon manufacturing breakfast to hear how BMW’s apprenticeships help drive success

April 13, 2015
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Monahans’ Swindon manufacturing breakfast to hear how BMW’s apprenticeships help drive success

Accountants Monahans’ manufacturing breakfast in Swindon this week will look at the importance of apprenticeships and vocational training to the town's advanced engineering industry. The event, the latest to be staged in support of Swindon’s manufacturing sector by Monahans, takes place at UTC Swindon, Bristol Street, on Thursday, starting at 7.30am. BMW head of...

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