North Wiltshire farmers looking to invest in renewable energy projects can apply for finance from a new £100m fund launched by Barclays Bank. The fund has been set up to cater for the massive groundswell of interest from farmers seeking to cut energy bills and generate new income. New figures released by Barclays show...
Britannia Construction has been selected by Forward Swindon to lead the redevelopment of Swindon Station forecourt. The much-needed scheme, a key part of the wider regeneration of Swindon town centre, will provide an impressive gateway to the station and a new public space for the town. What is now a heavily traffic-dominated part of...
Swindon-based shopfitting and hardware specialist EPOS Partners has defied the current economic climate and achieved a new high with 50% year -on-year growth as sales for its products soar. EPOS, which released a guide to setting up a shop for start-up retailers earlier this year, has increased its product range to further help new...
Eastern Airways is adding additional flights from Bristol Airport to Aberdeen and Leeds Bradford to attract more business and leisure travellers. The regional airline, the UK’s second-largest regional carrier, will increase services from two to three each weekday to both Aberdeen and Leeds-Bradford from October 3. Eastern Airways’ commercial director Kay Ryan said: “We’re...
Councillor Mark Edwards and Pertemps senior contracts manager Emma Campbell Swindon Borough Council has extended its contract for temporary staff with Pertemps Recruitment Partnership for a further two years Pertemps was awarded Master Vendor status by the council in 2006 after a tender exercise for an employment agency that could provide a single point...
Great Western Ambulance NHS Trust (GWAS) has appointed property advisors GVA to help it modernise its property estate. Chippenham-based GWAS’s 30 sites are spread across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and the West of England and range from state-of-the-art facilities to buildings nearing the end of their economic life. The trust wants to develop a modern, flexible...
Strong demand for its defence-related products has put Wiltshire specialist manufacturer Avon Rubber on course for an improved financial performance this year. The Melksham-based group, which last week announced an order with the US Government for its gas mask filters worth a potential $38m (£23.4m), said it is on track to achieve year-on-year growth...
Oped, the German medical equipment firm behind the revolutionary vacuum splint, has set up its UK base in Devizes. The office, on the town's Hopton Park, joins the firm's overseas operations in Switzerland, Australia and the US. It will market the firm's revolutionary orthopaedic rehabilitation products in the UK. The company’s founders, professor...
Pioneering household appliance firm Dyson today called on the Government to do more to help the UK’s innovative businesses as it reported rising annual sales and profits. Chief executive Martin McCourt said the Malmesbury-based business’s success could be repeated by other UK firms if the Government was more supportive. Dyson exports more than 80...
Inflation rose again last month with higher prices for clothes and fees for financial services pushing up the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) from 4.2% to 4.4%, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed today. Clothing and footwear prices measured for CPI, the Government’s preferred way of gauging inflation, registered their biggest annual...
