Wiltshire specialist manufacturer Avon Rubber is looking for a new finance boss following the announcement by its current group finance director Andrew Lewis that he is to leave the group. Andrew, pictured, will oversee the preparation of Avon’s 2016 financial statements and step down on November 30 after eight years at the Melksham-based group,...
CMS SupaTrak, the Swindon-based specialist software firm, has been shortlisted for a top national innovation accolade in the waste management industry. The firm’s appearance as a finalist in the Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM) Sustainability & Resource Awards – which champion outstanding achievements in the sustainability, resource and waste industry – comes hot...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to the West of England next Friday for its fifth year, bringing together some of the UK’s most influential female entrepreneurs, business leaders and brightest start-ups to provide detailed insight for starting and scaling a business. The jam-packed programme at the At-Bristol science centre includes: Julie Deane, who...
The president of the CBI has urged West business leaders to press for a ‘soft’ Brexit with full access to the European Single Market and to also counter the view that immigration is bad for the UK. Paul Drechsler CBE told the South West CBI annual dinner that he was “fed up” with business...
A new regional Prince’s Trust development committee has been set up by a group of leading business figures to help the organisation raise vital funds to support young people. The committee aims is to raise more than £1m during 2016-17 to go directly towards The Prince’s Trust in the region and help bring to...
Honda’s latest Swindon-built model, the 10th generation Civic, has made its motor show debut – the result of its biggest ever research and development programme. The Japanese car giant has invested £200m in its massive Swindon plant and taken on additional 650 workers to build the car. Swindon is now the global centre for...
Japanese automotive giant Honda has called on the government to make a “fast decision” over Brexit and secure a free trade agreement with the rest of the European Union. Honda Motor Europe general manager Jean-Marc Streng’s comments came as the firm launched its latest Swindon-built model. They also coincided with a major new report which...
Business leaders from Swindon and across the West of England will get their first chance to hear the views of the CBI’s recently appointed president and its incoming regional chair at the organisation’s annual dinner next week. The event is traditionally a high point of the region’s business calendar, attracting hundreds of senior businessmen...
Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has appointed Vanessa Joseph as its first full-time communications manager. Vanessa, pictured, joins the LEP from the corporate sector having previously worked with Swindon-based building society Nationwide in the UK and Verizon Communications in India. She is responsible for managing the organisation’s marketing and communication strategy with...
Specialist IT group SCISYS has bounced back into profit with trading figures for the half year to the end of June showing a complete recovery from its disastrous 2015. The Chippenham-based group, which sells complex software systems to the space, defence, media and government sectors, chalked up an operating profit of £1.1m in the six months...
