Car giant Honda is to resume normal production at its Swindon plant next month following an improvement in the supply of parts from Thailand. The restart, on December 19, will also trigger mass production of Honda's latest version of its top-selling Civic model in Swindon. The new model goes on sale in the UK...
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls this afternoon called for immediate government action over the UK’s beleaguered manufacturing sector – based on Swindon’s success in developing as a modern industrial centre. Speaking during a visit to the town, Mr Balls said Chancellor George Osborne had to act now to avoid manufacturing sliding further into recession. He...
Basepoint Swindon is hosting an electric bike exhibition on Wednesday, December 7 in order to raise awareness and support the Cycle to Work scheme which is under the government’s green transport plans. With the rise of fuel prices set to continue next year, Basepoint Swindon has invited local company, Electric Bike Solutions, to promote an...
Avon Rubber, the West Wiltshire-based rubber products manufacturer, expects to continue to grow despite a weak economic outlook and a fall in annual sales. Revenue dropped 8% to £107.6m in the year to September 30 at the Melksham group, mainly due to falling orders with the US Department of Defense. The group supplies respirators...
Sales staff at Swindon’s Mercedes-Benz dealership are celebrating being part of the regional group that recently won the manufacturer’s Sales Team of the Year Award. The Drakes Way dealership is one of the Sytner group of Mercedes-Benz sites in the West judged as having the best UK sales team across a number of criteria....
Logistics group Wincanton has renewed its warehousing and distribution contracts with food giant Heinz and maintained its position as one of the global brand’s Golden Circle of preferred suppliers. Chippenham-based Wincanton has been transporting around 92m cases of Heinz products a year for the past 15 years. The renewals takes this contract to 2015,...
Muse Developments and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have submitted a detailed planning application to Swindon Borough Council for the first phase of regeneration at Union Square. The application seeks approval for one residential building comprising 45 assisted living apartments, and a 850 space multi-storey car park. This is following the outline planning...
Property lawyer Mary Hoffman has welcomed new Government rules aimed at opening up legal services and providing consumers with greater choice. Mary, principal at Hoffman Male – the Swindon firm specialising in conveyancing, wills and probate – said the Legal Services Act 2007 will also give law firms scope to innovate and offer related...
Swindon is to get an enterprise club to help the unemployed and those wishing to start a business, under an initiative by Forward Swindon, the town's economic development agency. The Real Business Club is launched between 10am and 2pm on Friday at the Jobcentre Plus offices in Princes Street, when anyone thinking about launghing...
