Synergy, the Swindon-based global firm providing specialist outsourced healthcare support services, is to launch a scheme it claims could generate “significant savings” for the cash-strapped NHS. The firm, which is already a major NHS contractor, will start the new service in September. It says the outsourced hospital sterilisation service will use the latest technology...
Swindon-based mini and adventure golf course design firm HM Adventure Golf’s new highly-flexible website has gone live – the latest online project by branding and graphic design agency Jazzbones. The agency, also based in Swindon, has created a site that showcases HM Adventure Golf’s core skills of planning, designing and constructing innovative courses. HM,...
Family-owned Blunsdon House Hotel near Swindon has secured a £500,000 finance package from HSBC to support renovation of its main restaurant and upgrade other areas of the property. The hotel, which dates back to the 1950s and was Wiltshire’s first to gain four stars, is launching the new restaurant – to be called Flame...
Bristol Airport has recorded its busiest June ever, handling more than 646,000 passengers during the month. The increase comes as a number of airlines introduce new services to meet growing demand and a new £6.5m central walkway, which opened earlier this month, paves the way for the airport to handle larger, long-haul aircraft. The...
Property consultancy Kavanaghs has been appointed to manage Avonside Enterprise Park in Melksham by EBS Management, part of Charles Stanley Group. The mixed-use scheme includes retail, office, industrial and warehouse space covering 87,000 sq ft of floor space on a 2.54-acre site on the River Avon. Kavanaghs, which has offices in Trowbridge and Melksham,...
A turf-cutting ceremony has marked the official start of work on Wiltshire College’s new £21m campus in Chippenham. The development is being funded by an award from the Skills Funding Agency and forms part of the Swindon & Wiltshire Local Economic Partnership initiative and Chippenham Vision Master Plan. Existing buildings on the site will...
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Swindon’s commercial property market is back on track after hitting the buffers during the recession, a major new report shows – with the rail industry providing much of the growth. The latest Market Monitor from property agents Alder King shows a turnaround in fortunes for Swindon, particularly in the key town centre office market....
Swindon digital marketing company toinfinity is appealing for registered charities in Wiltshire to apply to receive online support worth £10,000. The firm, based on the Windmill Hill Business Park, will work with its chosen charity for a year to audit its online offering and help it make the most of available digital and online...
Swindon has taken another step to becoming a major UK centre for alternative, low-emission fuels with the official opening of the country’s largest privately-owned compressed natural gas (CNG) refuelling station. The facility at logistics group Howard Tenens’ 25-acre Stratton site was opened by transport minister Stephen Hammond. The group now has four CNG stations...
