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Three charities share proceeds from Catalent staff’s gruelling year of fundraising activities

March 11, 2016
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Three charities share proceeds from Catalent staff’s gruelling year of fundraising activities

Staff at Swindon-based Catalent Pharma Solutions climbed, ran and biked their way to raise more than £10,800 for three charities. The wide range of fundraising events staged by staff included a night trek up Pen Y Fan – the highest peak in South Wales – a quiz night, a 10 km cross-country run and...

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Time running out to enter region’s top boardroom excellence awards

March 10, 2016
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Time running out to enter region’s top boardroom excellence awards

Swindon’s outstanding entrepreneurs and business leaders have just three weeks left to enter the region’s top awards scheme that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The annual Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards showcase the wealth of executive talent in the region. Swindon Business News is once again backing...

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Marketing agency Lundie designs website that packs a punch for Swindon packaging group Wasdell

March 10, 2016
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Marketing agency Lundie designs website that packs a punch for Swindon packaging group Wasdell

A redesign of Swindon specialist packaging group Wasdell’s website by town-based marketing communications agency Lundie has resulted in it regularly appearing in the top 20 of Google searches for pharmaceutical packaging. Wasdell appointed Lundie through competitive tender when it needed help a major overhaul of its company and product messages. This included integrating two...

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Mulberry bags its new group finance director from Dyson

March 8, 2016
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Mulberry bags its new group finance director from Dyson

The finance chief of Wiltshire appliance group Dyson has joined luxury fashion brand Mulberry as group finance director. Neil Ritchie’s appointment at the Somerset-based firm comes as it continues on its recovery from several loss-making years. He has spent the past 14 years with Malmesbury-based household appliance innovators Dyson where he held a number...

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Swindon and North Wiltshire firms take their place on list of UK’s most inspirational businesses

March 3, 2016
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Swindon and North Wiltshire firms take their place on list of UK’s most inspirational businesses

Nine firms from Swindon and North Wiltshire have been named among the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium-sized businesses. The firms appear in the latest prestigious London Stock Exchange’s 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain report. These high-growth businesses are highlighted as leading the charge in rebuilding the economy,” according to Chancellor of...

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Welcome rise in South West exports last year bucks national trend

March 3, 2016
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Welcome rise in South West exports last year bucks national trend

Figures released today show that South West exporters out performed the national picture last year, increasing the volume of overseas sales by 10.6% compared to a national decrease of 2.7%. The data released by HM Revenue and Customs found that the total value of South West exports in 2015 was £15.2bn, an increase of...

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Regional business show looks to attract Swindon businesses to Bath

March 1, 2016
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Regional business show looks to attract Swindon businesses to Bath

Swindon firms are being encouraged to head along the M4 next week The Bath Business Expo 2016 – one of the region’s largest business events. The Expo on March 17, which is supported by Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES) and a number of Swindon-based sponsors, will act as a local and regional...

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Experienced roofer joins fast-growing steel tile firm to train next generation of installers

February 26, 2016
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Experienced roofer joins fast-growing steel tile firm to train next generation of installers

Lightweight steel roofing company Metrotile UK has appointed Glenn Everest to lead its training operations as sales of its products continue to climb. Glenn, pictured, who boasts more than 40 years’ experience in fitting lightweight steel roof tile systems, will train roofers in the skills required to install the Chippenham-based firm’s variety of products....

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Swindon Business Blog: Mike Lloyd, Haines Watts Swindon. Research and development – not only for the lab

February 25, 2016
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Swindon Business Blog: Mike Lloyd, Haines Watts Swindon. Research and development – not only for the lab

By Mike Lloyd, managing partner, Haines Watts Swindon. Are you and your business involved in research and development (R&D)? Are you absolutely sure?  Many business leaders are unaware there are potentially significant tax savings available if R&D expenditure is identified and appropriate claims made to HM Revenue & Customs. In my experience, businesses are...

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East meets West as region’s links with China are celebrated at banquet for the Year of the Monkey

February 25, 2016
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East meets West as region’s links with China are celebrated at banquet for the Year of the Monkey

The West of England’s “wonderful” relationship with China has been celebrated at a Chinese New Year banquet attended by more than 200 business leaders and representatives of the region’s Chinese community. Firms from across the region were represented at the event in Bristol along with the city's mayor George Ferguson – who praised links...

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