The first stage of Swindon town centre’s £350m Kimmerfields regeneration scheme has opened – a £15m, 850-space multi-storey car park. A quarter of the Whalebridge car park, which will be run by Swindon Borough Council, has already been let to town centre businesses for staff parking. It will replace a number of existing out-dated...
Klaus Heidrich, chief operating officer of Chippenham-based specialist software and IT group SciSys, will assume the role of chief executive tomorrow, January 1. He will take over from David Jones, who will remain with the group as executive director for the foreseeable future. SciSys chairman Dr Mike Love said: “I would like to thank...
EasyJet passengers travelling via Bristol Airport this Christmas are being asked to donate their loose change and unwanted currency to UNICEF’s Change for Good charity campaign. All money raised will go to the children of Syria, who face a third winter in crisis. The campaign will last for six weeks and all public donations...
Networking group BNI’s latest Swindon chapter hosts an introductory meeting this Thursday ahead of its official launch in January. The meeting will introduce Excel BNI to prospective members and will be hosted by BNI director consultant Sara Tye, pictured, founder and managing director of Swindon-based independent public relations consultancy redheadPR. The Buck’s Fizz...
Totalpost Services, the mailroom and security equipment firm with a base in Swindon, has become the exclusive supplier of x-ray security screening machines to the Home Office. The firm will supply all baggage, mail, parcel and freight pallet x-ray security screening machines to the Border Force for the next four years. Managing director David Hymers...
Swindon digital marketing consultancy All Things Web has launched a service to help fledgling and small businesses get their websites noticed by both online search engines and all-important first customers. The service was started as a result of a presentation made by All Things Web director Helen Moloney at a recent conference for female...
Swindon-based commercial property consultants Kilpatrick & Co have been appointed as managing agents to Hughenden Yard, the specialist retail arcade in Marlborough. All but one of the 17 units in the centre, which lies on the northern side of the town’s historic high street, are occupied. Retailers trading from the arcade include national chains...
The Government should not overlook the vital role regional airports such as Bristol can play in helping solve the looming gridlock at airports serving London and the South East. The message, from Bristol Airport boss Robert Sinclair, came today as the Airports Commission’s interim report into the capacity constraints at Heathrow and Gatwick was...
Inflation remains a concern for West businesses despite November’s small decrease, according to the region’s largest business organisation. The annual rate of inflation dropped from 2.2% to 2.1% last month as falls in the cost of food, gas and electricity prices took effect. But Phil Smith, pictured, managing director of Business West, which runs...
Basepoint, the serviced workspace group, has appointed Kevin Rose as regional manager overseeing its Swindon centre along with two others in the Thames Valley area. Kevin, pictured, who has a background in the property industry, was working as a regional manager with a rival managed workspace provider prior to joining Basepoint. He said: “I...
