Plans have been announced for a £35 million investment in Swindon Designer Outlet. A planning application has been put in for the development of over 50,000 sq ft of new retail at the centre. Swindon Designer Outlet is managed by McArthurGlen, Europe’s leading designer outlet group. It is owned by Henderson Global Investors,...
The latest events organised by the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce in Swindon are set to help business start-ups and and give entrepreneurs some top business tips to get ahead of competitors. • July 16 – Be Your Own Boss Club. This has a focus on start-ups. There will be access to information and...
An intrepid team from Swindon-based Banks Chartered Accountants will be putting their best feet forward this Saturday in the annual Starlight Walk to raise money for Prospect Hospice. The five-strong team, who call themselves the Banks Babes, will be taking part in the women-only event in which participants walk 15km or 10km at night...
A group of brave volunteers from Swindon’s Accord Office Supplies are set to scale the dizzy heights of the town’s Jury’s Inn, pictured, to raise money for Prospect Hospice. The team, made up of eight employees and their families, will be joining other local residents and businesses to abseiling down the 130-ft building on...
Technology store Dixons has opened its first Dixons Travel-branded outlet at Bristol Airport, offering travellers around 1,000 products, including hundreds of different headphones and gadgets. The store, in the airport’s departure lounge, offers a ‘reserve before you fly’ scheme, allowing customers to phone and reserve products to collect and pay for when they arrive...
Plans for the biggest redevelopment project for generations in Chippenham – including the town’s massive former Westinghouse site – are being drawn up following an agreement between two development companies. Property management and development companies Aberdeen Property UK Retail Parks Trust and Ashtenne Industrial Fund have formed the partnership to redevelop a 54-acre site...
Recruitment firm CMD has relocated its Calne office to the Four Brooks Business Centre in a deal arranged by property agents Keningtons. The firm, which also has offices in Chippenham and Devizes, has room to grow at the new base on the first floor of Unit 5 at the centre, on the town’s Portemarsh...
Swindon-based specialist charity for mental health care at work, Richmond Fellowship WorkLife, is celebrating the success of it’s recent ‘Managing Workplace Stress’ training event for line managers. More than 50 representatives of employers took part in the workshop, which took place at the Menzies Swindon Hotel on June 21 and was designed to support line managers...
Wincanton, the Chippenham-based logistics and supply chain management group, has appointed David Radcliffe and Martin Sawkins as non-executive directors with effect from July 27. Mr Radcliffe is chief executive of corporate services group Hogg Robinson, a position he has held since 1997. Mr Sawkins is group human resources director of Rentokil Initial, having been...
Guyers House Hotel in Corsham relaunches its meeting and conference facilities this evening with a talk by one of the UK’s leading LinkedIn experts. James Potter, who provides LinkedIn training and consultancy across the UK, will give an hour-long presentation to an invited audience of 60 local business leaders on how the social media...
