Effective web content to drive sales will be the focus of a networking breakfast in Swindon next week. Chartered accountancy firm Banks BHG will host the free event at its Stratton offices, on November 4. The event will look at content – especially video content – and how it can be used to engage...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs attracted hundreds of start-ups, established firms and potential small business owners to the Colston Hall in Bristol for a packed programme of expert speakers and advice as well as a great opportunity for networking. All photos by Jon Craig JonCraig.co.uk
Now is the best time for three decades to launch a business, former City ‘superwoman’ Nicola Horlick told the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs (FFE). Ms Horlick, pictured – given her title by the media for juggling a high-powered career in finance with bringing up six children – was among the panel of speakers in...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has backed the findings of a highly critical report into apprenticeships by education watchdog Ofsted. The report accused the Government of devaluing the “apprenticeship brand” by creating them in ever greater numbers, while the chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw said there were too many poor...
Graduate apprentice engineer Iris Umiten, who works for Swindon-based HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction, has been named the South West’s most promising apprentice in a prestigious regional awards programme. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) South West Training Awards are presented to trainee civil engineers, apprentices and lifetime achievers in recognition of exceptional performance and dedication...
With just two days to go, the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs is shaping up to be one of the biggest business events in the West this year. Hundreds of business owners – men and women – will descend on the Colston Hall in Bristol this Thursday for the one-day entrepreneurial extravaganza. Tickets to the keynote...
Around 500 jobs are to be created by Honda at its Swindon plant ahead of it exporting its top-selling Civic 5-door model to the US next summer, the car giant revealed this morning. The jobs boost follows the announcement in March of a £200m upgrade of the plant to make it the global manufacturing...
The West of England’s small and medium-sized firms are leading the UK for job creation with more than two thirds planning to recruit more staff and SME manufacturers are committed to investing in their workforce over the next 12 months, according to two new surveys. The upbeat findings, from the latest HSBC Commercial Banking...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, welcomed recent figures showing the South West leading the fall in unemployment – but warned that more needs to be done to get young people into work. Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, which runs the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, also said the figures masked a...
SciSys, the Chippenham-based specialist IT firm, has ended a major contract which plunged it into the red last month and is now predicting a brighter future. Problems with the major fixed-price development project for an unnamed client pushed SciSys into a £1.1m half-year loss. In June millions of pounds were wiped off SciSys’ stock...
