Swindon’s two annual business events – Business West’s Business Show Swindon and the South West Expo – have merged to form one major event. The combined show – which will take place under the South West Business & Community Expo name – will be staged at the town’s STEAM museum on June 30 with...
Swindon’s go-ahead firms are being encouraged to follow in the tracks of skateboard distributor Shiner and show the benefits of creating a great workplace culture. Bristol-based Shiner collected the top prize in last year’s inaugural South West Happiest Workplace competition, attributing its success to being “laid back with no egos”. The third-generation family firm,...
A 44% increase in customers at Chippenham-based renewable energy company Good Energy helped push up its annual revenues by 12% to £64.3m. But pre-tax profits in the year to December 31 fell by 92% to just £128,000 due to the cost of servicing £54m worth of debt and a rise in administrative expenses. The...
More than twice as many West businesses want the UK to stay in the EU as leave, according to the hotly anticipated results of a major regional survey. Some 57% of business people said they will vote to remain part of the EU, compared to 26% who say they will back the leave campaign....
National business leaders welcomed a number of moves in this afternoon’s Budget, particularly those aimed at helping small firms. But there was concern over how the Chancellor will meet his deficit reduction target. The CBI called it a “stable Budget” for business facing global stormy waters. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said: “The Chancellor has listened...
Measures to help small firms in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget this week have been welcomed by Swindon’s business community and business advisors. The Budget held good news for local firms, according to Ian Larrard, pictured left, director of the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative. “With permanent savings in business rates, lower levels of capital gains...
Chancellor started speaking at 12:34 He opened by saying he will report on an economy growing faster than any other major economy and a deficit falling each year and on course for a budget surplus. Economy was strong because he did not support short-term fixes. But he warned world economy is weak. "In this...
Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget tomorrow is being overshadowed by the EU referendum, says Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative director Ian Larrard. But the contents of the famous red box will still be important for local firms. “This might be the quietest Budget in living memory. With the political headlines monopolised by the EU referendum, there’s...
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...
Climate change needs to be curbed and everyone has a part to play, leading authority on global warming Sir Crispin Tickell told networking group Rekindle at a recent meeting Some 50 businesses gathered at the group’s regular, monthly meeting in Cirencester to listen to Sir Crispin, who was among the first to identify the...
