The year-long celebrations to mark the 175th anniversary of Swindon as a railway town continued last week when law firm Thrings hosted the Autumn Hooty Party. The event, held in the Caerphilly Hall of Swindon’s STEAM Museum, was attended by members of the Swindon business community. Regional law firm Thrings, which has its head...
Swindon business leaders have called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to go all out to boost confidence ahead of Brexit as he prepares to deliver his first Autumn Statement tomorrow. With the economic climate expected to get decidedly chilly next year as the UK works towards leaving the EU, commentators are expecting the Chancellor, pictured, to boost...
Shares in West of England companies listed on the London Stock Exchange came under pressure today as markets reacted to the election of Donald Trump as US President. Many took their lead from the FTSE 100, which fell by 2% on opening as it followed stock market turbulence overnight across Asia as investors digested Mr Trump’s...
Swindon’s key industries will be protected after Brexit takes effect, MP Robert Buckland has told Swindon Business News - but he warned that everyone involved in the debate needed to ‘calm down’ to ensure an orderly exit from the European Union. Speaking at a ‘Business of Brexit’ breakfast at regional law firm Thrings’ Swindon...
Swindon-based customer contact company Carpeo has appointed Mike Minahan as its new chief executive to lead it through a period of projected growth and expansion into new sectors. Mike, pictured, joins from motoring services giant RAC, where he was sales and service director. Prior to that he spent seven years at professional services and...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs returns to the West of England next Friday for its fifth year, bringing together some of the UK’s most influential female entrepreneurs, business leaders and brightest start-ups to provide detailed insight for starting and scaling a business. The jam-packed programme at the At-Bristol science centre includes: Julie Deane, who...
Sara Tye, the award-winning Swindon entrepreneur, is to draw on her experiences of building and running her own businesses and helping clients establish themselves as leading brands when she speaks at a major conference next month. In her talk to the Women’s Business Club Maximise Conference & Awards, Sara, pictured – founder of Swindon-based redheadpr...
The president of the CBI has urged West business leaders to press for a ‘soft’ Brexit with full access to the European Single Market and to also counter the view that immigration is bad for the UK. Paul Drechsler CBE told the South West CBI annual dinner that he was “fed up” with business...
A new regional Prince’s Trust development committee has been set up by a group of leading business figures to help the organisation raise vital funds to support young people. The committee aims is to raise more than £1m during 2016-17 to go directly towards The Prince’s Trust in the region and help bring to...
Swindon design agency Jazzbones Creative has rebranded long-established Wiltshire Rural Housing Association as White Horse Housing following its acquisition of a property portfolio in Somerset. The Melksham-based association has managed village homes in Wiltshire for more than 30 years and is committed to providing affordable homes to people on low incomes. It approached a...
