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Swindon businesses to get the lowdown on Intellectual Property at breakfast event

February 23, 2016
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Swindon businesses to get the lowdown on Intellectual Property at breakfast event

A firm’s intellectual property (IP) – its trademarks, branding, designs etc – are vital to its success and must be registered as part of any business plan, Swindon companies will be told. At a free breakfast presentation on March 2, hosted at chartered accountants Banks BHG, the Intellectual Property Office’s Dave Hopkins, pictured, will...

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Latest fall in unemployment masks youth job crisis and skills shortage, warns Business West

February 19, 2016
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Latest fall in unemployment masks youth job crisis and skills shortage, warns Business West

Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has again called on the Government to do more to tackle youth joblessness and the skills crisis following another fall in unemployment. Figures released earlier this week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show unemployment in the South West is now the lowest in the country after...

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IoD starts hunt for area’s outstanding leaders in awards backed by Swindon Business News

February 16, 2016
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IoD starts hunt for area’s outstanding leaders in awards backed by Swindon Business News

Swindon Business News is once again backing one of the top business awards schemes recognising excellence and enterprise in the region’s boardrooms. The annual Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards showcase outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region. Over recent years the awards have become established...

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Science Week activities will put UTC Swindon students through their paces

February 16, 2016
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Science Week activities will put UTC Swindon students through their paces

Students at UTC Swindon, the town’s University Technical College, are to take part in hands-on challenges that test their problem solving, communication, teambuilding and leadership skills in celebration of National UTC Day and British Science Week. The year 10 and year 12 students will work together in activities on March 18 which exemplify how...

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Growth at the double for consultancy helping construction firms build their bid strategies

February 16, 2016
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Growth at the double for consultancy helping construction firms build their bid strategies

Consultancy Purpol Marketing, which helps small and medium-sized building firms and manufacturers develop bid strategies for major projects, is on course for its second consecutive year of double-digit growth. The Chippenham-based business was founded by experienced marketer Denise O’Leary, pictured, in March 2014 who identified a gap in the market for marketing director-level expertise...

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Vectura receives $2m payout as its innovative asthma treatment completes US clinical trial

February 11, 2016
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Vectura receives $2m payout as its innovative asthma treatment completes US clinical trial

An asthma treatment developed by Chippenham-based Vectura Group has earned another $2m (£1.38m) payment for the firm following publication of a clinical trial report in the US. Last month Vectura confirmed its VR315 treatment had completed a US clinical trial, sending its shares to a record high. The $2m has been triggered by completion...

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Swindon firms urged to enter contest to find the region’s happiest workplace

February 9, 2016
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Swindon firms urged to enter contest to find the region’s happiest workplace

The search starts today to find the South West’s happiest workplace – and staff working for Swindon’s forward-looking businesses are being encouraged to take part. The contest, launched last year in Bristol and Bath, proved so popular that organisers workplace and interior design consultancy Wylde Interior Architecture have extended it cover the entire region....

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Sale of specialist steel fabrication firm handled by Watershed’s Swindon office

February 8, 2016
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Sale of specialist steel fabrication firm handled by Watershed’s Swindon office

The Swindon office of corporate finance specialists Watersheds has arranged the management buy-in of an architectural and structural steel fabricators. Bristol-based Long Engineering, which specialises in bespoke architectural products for the construction industry, has been acquired by a group of businessmen from the city. Business owner Lance Harris bought it in 2004 through a...

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Rail industry forum will signal start of series of HSBC business events in Swindon this year

February 8, 2016
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Rail industry forum will signal start of series of HSBC business events in Swindon this year

HSBC is to host a series of six networking events in Swindon this year to give corporate customers a range of expert insights and guidance on how to grow their businesses. The breakfast forums will take place in two venues – accountants Banks BHG in Stratton and Bower & Bailey Solicitors in Regent Circus...

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Growth hub taps into expertise to change the face of business support

February 5, 2016
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Growth hub taps into expertise to change the face of business support

Swindon firms can get instant access to an extensive network of business knowledge and skills partners through a new growth hub launched by Business West. The region’s largest business group – and the organisation behind the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative – wants the portal to be the first port of call for businesses seeking...

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