Ahead of this Sunday’s International Women’s Day, the Association of Women in Property (WiP) is this evening hosting an event to highlight the work of Concern Universal, the charity aiming to bring opportunities to communities worldwide and help to beat poverty. The drinks and tapas reception at The Lido, Clifton, Bristol, which starts at...
Business West, the organisation that runs the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, has been named among the UK’s best employers for the first time. Business West appears at number 80 in this year’s prestigious Sunday Times ‘100 best not-for-profit companies to work for’ national list and is placed third in the South West. The accolade...
Specialist automotive industry agency RTS’s head of learning Kathryn Searle has been promoted to the group’s board as director of learning and development. Kathryn, pictured, joined Chippenham-based RTS four years ago. The group provides learning and development for customer-facing staff in the automotive industry and counts leading brands such as Mazda, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and...
Manufacturing companies across the West of England have increased output and investment over recent months, resulting in new jobs and a brighter outlook than most other regions of the UK. The upbeat picture emerged from a major survey published today which also showed the slump in the oil price has had little impact so...
The £35m extension to Swindon’s Designer Outlet shopping centre has been named among the region’s best new buildings. The project has been shortlisted in the ‘building conversation’ category of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) South West awards, putting it head to head with major schemes across the region. The 50,000 sq ft...
Good Energy, the Chippenham renewable energy firm, has started generating electricity from its latest solar farm, the 5MW Rook Wood scheme near Royal Wootton Bassett. The 25-acre site near Marlborough Road will supply enough electricity to power around 1,100 homes, bringing the number of solar farms developed and operated by Good Energy to three...
Swindon-based specialist recruitment firm Outsource UK has appointed the former managing director of the UK’s second-largest staffing business as its chief operating officer. Nick Dettmar, pictured, joins from Impellam Group, which operates across the UK, North America, Asia Pacific and mainland Europe. He has 20 years’ experience in the recruitment industry with extensive expertise...
West of England commercial law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, has strengthened its corporate offering to domestic and international clients with the appointment of Jonathan Morris as partner. Jonathan, pictured, is a highly-experienced corporate solicitor with more than 10 years’ experience of working with businesses listed on the London Stock...
Savills has appointed Chloë Clark as senior planner covering the South West. Chloë, pictured, who qualified as a chartered town planner in 2012, joins Savills from Hunter Page Planning in Cheltenham. Chloë has experience of a range of residential and commercial development projects, as well as urban regeneration and rural conversion schemes for a variety...
Barclays has become the latest blue-chip company to sponsor Business Showcase South West 2015 – the region’s biggest business exhibition which returns for a second year in May. Barclays joins First Great Western and Enterprise Rent-a-car in sponsoring the event staged again at Bristol’s Colston Hall. Swindon businesses are being urged to make the...
