Car giant Honda today announced it is to axe nearly 500 jobs and close one of its two production lines at its Swindon plant as sales in Europe continue to struggle. The move, which will also reduce its three shifts to two, is the latest blow to workers at the plant. Last year nearly...
Swindon-based Oak Furniture Land’s national distribution centre at South Marston has been sold for £22m in a major property investment deal. LondonMetric has acquired the 302,000 sq ft warehouse from privately-owned Midlands-based property company IM Properties. The building, previously known as DC2, was developed in 2006 and originally occupied by supermarket giant Morrisons as...
Pioneering US software and IT firm Cherwell is relocating its UK head office to Swindon’s Delta Business Park as it continues to grow. The firm, currently based in serviced offices in Wootton Bassett, will move to Delta 1200 in mid-April, taking the building’s last ground floor suite of 4,870 sq ft on a new...
Construction company Beard, which has an office in Swindon, has joined the small, exclusive club of businesses to retain the Investors in People Gold Award – recognising its management excellence and exceptional commitment to developing and empowering staff. The Gold Award is achieved by just 3% of Investors in People (IiP) organisations in the...
Chippenham-based automotive sector learning and development agency RTS has recruited Rachel Smith to head its Mazda Academy team, which works with customer-facing staff at Mazda dealerships throughout the UK. Rachel, pictured, from Swindon, started her career in retail banking with HSBC. She then moved into business development for the bank, specialising in change management...
Ahead of Export Week (April 7 to 11), UKTI and Swindon Business News have teamed up to offer expert advice in a series of features, kicking off today with UKTI International Trade adviser Patrick Bos looking at the opportunities in the MINT countries For those of you who have taken up the export challenge...
Monday 24 March Interims: Allergy Therapeutics, Finsbury Food Finals: Frenkel Topping, Greencoat UK Wind, Kentz Corporation, Miton Group, Plant Healthcare, SpaceandPeople Tuesday 25 March Interims: Epistem Holdings, Nanoco, Wolseley Finals: 888 Holdings, accesso Technology Group, AG Barr, Corero Network Security, Kingfisher, Mission Marketing, ProPhotonix, Quixant, S&U, Ubisense Trading statements: easyJet, Topps Tiles AGMs: Aukett...
Swindon may be best known for its railway heritage, Honda and the Magic Roundabout, but thanks to one innovative firm, the town’s name could soon be linked across the world with cutting-edge engine technology used in motor racing. Swindon Engines, which produces high-performance engines and components at its headquarters in Greenbridge, has opened a...
Swindon’s manufacturers and tech firms were given help on a number of fronts to build on the recovery in today’s Budget. Business West, the organisation behind the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, said the Chancellor had delivered on many items on its wish-list. Ian Larrard, director of Business West in Swindon & Wiltshire, pictured, said:...
