Staff at Chippenham-based learning and development company RTS netted more than £500 when they downed tools to support the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. The firm’s 50-plus employees made cakes – and ate them – to raise funds for the national annual event run in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. The £500 included a generous...
The Institute of Directors has expanded its team in the South West with the appointment of Hannah Goodenough as head of business development. Hannah, pictured, will be based at the regional headquarters at the Bristol & Bath Science Park and will be responsible for retaining and attracting membership across the South West. She brings significant expertise to the...
Monday 29 September Interims: Camkids, CityFibre Infrastructure, Gameaccount Network, Globo Finals: DX, Inland Homes, MJ Gleeson Trading statements: Aberdeen Asset Management, Compass AGMs: Aortech International, Aurum Mining, Maple Energy, Namibian Resources, Pinewood Shepperton, Speymill, Trafalgar New Homes Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply Tuesday 30 September...
Sales expert Alison Edgar has travelled to New York as part of a national business mission for small and medium-sized firms to explore trade opportunities. Alison, pictured, managing director of Chippenham-based Sales Coaching Solutions, has joined more than 60 UK-based small businesses to meet entrepreneurs who are successful in the Big Apple. During the...
Swindon’s pioneering research centre to test the energy efficiency of new building materials has been officially opened by Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex. Acting in his role as Chancellor of the University of Bath, Prince Edward toured the ground-breaking research facility at the Building Research Park at Wroughton Airfield and met academics and...
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 Chris Elias, relationship director Barclays Corporate based at Barclays' Old Town, Swindon, office, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I honestly can’t remember! But I know...
Fibre optic and cable manufacturer AFL, which has its UK headquarters in Swindon, has appointed Phil Edwards as president of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). Mr Edwards, pictured, will be responsible for leading the business strategy and operations in the EMEA region and building the infrastructure needed to support growth for US-owned AFL. Its...
Connect Group, the specialist Swindon-based distributor formerly called Smiths News, has extended its newspaper wholesaling contract with Guardian News and Media to February 2021. The £63m-per-year contract is equivalent to 7% of the national newspaper distribution market. As a result of the extension, Smiths News has now secured around £1.2bn of revenues per year through...
Swindon-based upmarket furniture firm Neptune has been crowned a national winner in HSBC’s Global Connections 2014, which aims to find the country’s most innovative and forward-thinking businesses. Neptune, an international lifestyle brand that designs and manufactures handcrafted furniture and accessories for the home, was one of two winners in the category for companies turning...
Lawyers from Novum Law’s Swindon office joined forces with specialist nurses from the oncology team at the town’s Great Western Hospital (GWH) to raise hundreds of pounds for Mesothelioma UK – the charity supporting victims of asbestos diseases and their families – by running the Bristol Half Marathon. Known as the Swindon Disease due...
