The John Lewis at Home store in Swindon has appointed Alison Gilbert as manager. Alison joins from John Lewis’ flagship outlet in London's Oxford Street where she had been general manager of selling support for the past three years. Having worked for the John Lewis Partnership for more than 17 years since joining as...
The countdown is on for Export Week and West companies need to act fast to sign up to explore a world of trade opportunities on their doorstep. The Government’s trade promotion organisation UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is running a series of regional events during the week of November 11-15 aimed at getting businesses...
Monday 4 November Interims: e2v Technologies, Grafenia Final: Egdon Resources Trading statements: Biome Technologies, Hiscox, HSBC, Telecity, Weir Group Economics: Purchasing managers' index – construction, Halifax house price data Tuesday 5 November Interims: First Derivatives, Marks & Spencer Finals: Associated British Foods, Imperial Tobacco, Next Fifteen Communications Trading statements: 4Imprint, Balfour Beatty, CSR, G4S,...
Chippenham-based logistics and supply chain group Wincanton has been appointed by supermarket giant Asda to look after around half of its fleet of 1,800 home shopping vehicles. The contract with Wincanton’s specialist repair and maintenance provider Pullman Fleet Services includes dedicated round-the-clock, 365 days a year repair and maintenance cover for the 3.5-tonne vans...
Businesses of all sizes can harness the power of the digital revolution, Swindon Chamber of Commerce members will be told at its next business breakfast. But the revolution is not fundamentally about technology – it is about adapting to a changing marketplace. This message will be delivered to the event on Friday November 8...
The Swindon head office of specialist distribution group Smiths News has been sold to a private equity real estate firm for just over £3m – a move reflecting the strong commercial property investment market in the town. The freehold of the two-storey, 27,733 sq ft office building on the Kembrey Park office park has...
Karren Brady, Britain’s most powerful businesswoman and Lord Sugar’s right-hand woman on The Apprentice, has today been announced as the first keynote speaker for the Business Showcase South West 2014. The event will celebrate the best of the region’s commerce, innovation, creativity, enterprise and sustainability. Swindon and Wiltshire firms are being invited to take...
An ambitious action programme has been launched in Swindon is to position the town as the UK’s centre of excellence for hydrogen technology. The potential of the ‘energy of the future’ will be harnessed in a wide range of initiatives spanning the use of hydrogen to power fork-lift trucks in the town’s warehouses and...
Passengers and drivers on Swindon-based Thamesdown Transport’s buses are enjoying a safer and greener ride following the firm’s pioneering use of an innovative device that monitors tyre pressure. The ground-breaking system installed at Thamesdown Transport’s depot does away with the need for manual checking. Instead the firm’s maintenance team simply drives its buses over...
Avon Rubber, the Wiltshire-based specialist manufacturer best known for its respirators, has won two major contracts as a result of its £3m acquisition earlier this year of VR Technology Holdings. Melksham-based Avon bought VR, a market leader in electronics, computers and life support systems used by professional divers, in April to broaden its reach...
