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Jobs boost as West manufacturers ramp up production and investment

March 2, 2015
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Jobs boost as West manufacturers ramp up production and investment

Manufacturing companies across the West of England have increased output and investment over recent months, resulting in new jobs and a brighter outlook than most other regions of the UK. The upbeat picture emerged from a major survey published today which also showed the slump in the oil price has had little impact so...

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Business Showcase South West 2015 signs up Barclays as latest blue-chip sponsor

March 2, 2015
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Business Showcase South West 2015 signs up Barclays as latest blue-chip sponsor

Barclays has become the latest blue-chip company to sponsor Business Showcase South West 2015 – the region’s biggest business exhibition which returns for a second year in May. Barclays joins First Great Western and Enterprise Rent-a-car in sponsoring the event staged again at Bristol’s Colston Hall. Swindon businesses are being urged to make the...

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West businesses urged to look east and explore export opportunities in India

February 25, 2015
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West businesses urged to look east and explore export opportunities in India

The Indian market will be demystified and the commercial opportunities outlined at a seminar for West of England firms this week. Speaking at the event in Castle Combe, near Chippenham, on Thursday will be Siddharth Mukne, business adviser at the UK India Business Council, and Waseem Hussain, internationally renowned expert on doing business in...

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Industrial fan producer Torin-Sifan invests £2m in innovative Swindon production centre

February 23, 2015
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Industrial fan producer Torin-Sifan invests £2m in innovative Swindon production centre

Swindon’s reputation as a hub for manufacturing innovation has been given a boost by the launch of industrial fan producer Torin-Sifan’s new state-of-the-art production centre. The firm has invested more than £2m in the EC Manufacturing & Technology Centre, creating 25 jobs. It is set to become a centre of excellence for the production...

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UTC Swindon signs up Spirent Communications as latest business partner

February 23, 2015
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UTC Swindon signs up Spirent Communications as latest business partner

Test and measurement firm Spirent Communications has become the latest business partner of UTC Swindon, the town’s engineering-focused college. The Sussex firm has donated laptops and tablets to the college, which has 600 students aged 14 to 19, to help engineering education through project focused, team-based learning. As UTC partner, Spirent will help shape...

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‘We’re pro-business’ Ed Balls insists as he launches Labour’s business plan for the West of England

February 23, 2015
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‘We’re pro-business’ Ed Balls insists as he launches Labour’s business plan for the West of England

A future Labour government would support business in the West of England – not damage it – by creating a more prosperous Britain and investing in skills and new technologies, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said today. Launching the party’s business plan for the region, he dismissed suggestions that Labour was anti-business, insisting it was...

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Finance director at Alliance Pharma to step down after nearly eight years

February 22, 2015
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Finance director at Alliance Pharma to step down after nearly eight years

Alliance Pharma, the Chippenham-based speciality pharmaceutical company, has started the search for a new finance director following the announcement that Richard Wright, who has been in the role for nearly eight years, is to leave. Mr Wright, pictured, who will remain at the highly-acquisitive company until May 31, is to pursue other interests, the...

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Business West retains contract for region’s export advice and support service for further five years

February 20, 2015
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Business West retains contract for region’s export advice and support service for further five years

Business West, the organisation behind the Swindon Initiative, will continue to be responsible for helping firms across the West of England to export after being awarded the contract to run the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) services in the region for another five years. Business West, which has held the contract for the past...

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Business West welcomes another fall in unemployment – but calls on politicians to focus on full recovery

February 18, 2015
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Business West welcomes another fall in unemployment – but calls on politicians to focus on full recovery

Swindon firms are greeting positive economic news, such as the latest fall in unemployment, with “faint alarm bells rather than celebratory cheers”, according to the region’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs the Swindon Initiative, said politicians should now focus on the “significant hurdles” that remained to achieving a lasting recovery. Today’s figures...

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Made-in-Swindon models will steer Honda back to pole position as top UK car brand, says Glass’s guide

February 16, 2015
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Made-in-Swindon models will steer Honda back to pole position as top UK car brand, says Glass’s guide

Car giant Honda’s new range of Swindon-built models will make it one of this year’s top motoring brands as it puts years of troubles behind it. The verdict comes from Glass’s – the largest vehicle data provider in Europe and publisher of the industry-standard Glass’s Guide to Car Values. It says the “complete reinvention”...

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