Everybody running a business faces a ‘red star’ moment when they must decide one of two courses of action that could seal the fate of their company, adventurer and inspirational speaker Monty Halls told delegates at the Business Show Swindon. One path could lead to success – the other to regret and recrimination. But...
More than 800 people are making tracks to Swindon’s STEAM museum today to attend the fifth annual Swindon Business Show. The show, staged by Business West, has become the town’s premier business and networking event – and this year will be no exception, with top-rate advice, support and guidance for businesses from Swindon, Wiltshire...
The importance of a skilled workforce to the future of Swindon’s world-class advanced engineering industry was underlined at accountants Monahans’ latest manufacturing breakfast. With a focus on the town’s car industry, the event heard from BMW on how it is developing the engineers of tomorrow at its Swindon Mini plant by investing in apprenticeships....
Two Swindon firms are today celebrating gaining Queen’s Awards for Enterprise – the UK’s highest accolade for business success. Cheney Manor-based BG Automotive (BGA) and Terrapart, based in Broad Hinton, have received the coveted award for International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development. BGA, which was established in 2001, supplies thousands of auto engine parts...
Swindon Business News has teamed up again with executive search firm Moon Consulting to seek the opinions of business leaders across the South West and find out more about the diverse attitudes and leadership abilities of the region’s boardrooms. The South West Board Effectiveness Survey 2015 enables board directors and non-executives to give a candid...
Honda’s Swindon-built models have topped a poll of the UK’s most reliable used cars for an unprecedented ninth consecutive year. Independent research conducted by What Car? and Warranty Direct analysed 50,000 live Warranty Direct policies for cars between three and eight years old, taking account failure rates, age of car, mileage and cost of...
Anticipation is building ahead of the Business Show Swindon, which takes place this Thursday at the town’s STEAM museum. Organisers Business West are expecting a strong turn out by Swindon businesses – last year around 1,000 people attended – as the town’s economy gets back to growth. The show, now in its fifth year,...
Vectura, the Chippenham-based specialist pharma group, is to close one of its German production plants to cut costs. The site at Gemünden, in central Germany, was taken over by Vectura a year ago as part of its €130m (£108m) acquisition of specialist German pharmaceutical company Activaero. It makes ingredients used in the production of...
With just over a week to go to the Business Show Swindon, Business West can reveal the full line-up. Businesses attending the event next Thursday (April 23) will get the opportunity to hear from inspirational keynote speaker Monty Halls, find out how they can recruit and retain staff using social media, discover how they...
Swindon Council has been nationally recognised as the first in the UK to use an innovative planning measure to encourage more low carbon energy generation. The Local Development Orders (LDO), which will be discussed by the planning committee tomorrow, could eventually mean all Swindon’s housing will be powered by clean energy. Some 29 sites...
