Hi-tech innovator Plessey has signed a distribution agreement to grow sales of its world-beating lighting technology in Central and Eastern Europe, Italy and Denmark. The semiconductor firm, which was the cornerstone of Swindon’s electronics and microchip industry and still has an office in the town, is developing lighting products using gallium-nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) technology. These...
Swindon public relations firm redheadPR is providing support worth £1,000 to local athlete Kev Tonner as he prepares to represent Great Britain at a major triathlon event next month. He will take part in the 2014 Edmonton ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championships having earlier this year won the men’s senior race in his...
Integrated circuit pioneer Dialog Semiconductor has donated £80,000 to UTC Swindon as the college gears up to welcome its first students in September. Dialog, which has an engineering support office on Swindon’s Delta office park, is splitting its donation equally between investment in specialist equipment for the UTC and funding to support its first...
Workers at Swindon’s BMW plant have been praised for helping the new Mini Hatch win one of the UK car industry’s most-prestigious awards. The Mini Hatch – the latest in the iconic range – was named Auto Express magazine’s Car of the Year 2014 earlier this week against tough competition. The Swindon plant, which...
Swindon IT firm Thirdline has become an official sponsor of a pioneering scheme in the town to help young people prepare for the world of work and improve the local talent pool. Courses taking place through the project will help participants get a better understanding of their strengths and interests and steer them towards...
Swindon business people are being invited to join the board of a watchdog group that gives a powerful voice to the town’s residents on how its health and social care services are run. Healthwatch Swindon represents acts as a channel for the views and experiences of health and social care services users across all...
Wiltshire-based supply chain specialist Wincanton has admitted that many of its existing and potential customers are still keeping a tight rein on costs despite the economic recovery. The Chippenham logistics group, which operates warehouses and distribution networks for major clients, has won a raft of contracts or extended previous agreements and, as a result,...
South Swindon MP Robert Buckland has this week been appointed Solicitor General in Prime Minister David Cameron’s ministerial reshuffle. Mr Buckland, pictured, a barrister, has replaced Oliver Heald, who held the post for the past two years. The Solicitor General – full title Her Majesty’s Solicitor General for England and Wales – is one...
Swindon-based specialist law firm Hoffman Male has stepped up to become the headline sponsor for a major event in the town aimed at boosting funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Hoffman Male is backing The Gig to Remember, due to be staged at The Oasis Leisure Centre on November 8, to the tune of £5,000....
Monday 14 July Interim: SThree Final: Conviviality Retail AGMs: Aveva, Oxford Advanced Surfaces Tuesday 15 July Trading statements: Bwin.party digital entertainment, Carrs Milling Industries, Dragon Oil, ITE, Michael Page International AGMs: API, Blinkx, Dairy Crest, Sorbic International, Telecom Plus, Vianet EGM: Future Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, ONS house prices...
