Swindon design and marketing agency Cherry Designs has secured the contract to be the sole design agency for the Great Western Hospital’s recruitment team. The agency will design banners, flyers, advertisements and other forms of marketing material for the team. Cherry Designs managing director Richard Copestake said: “It is a real pat on the...
Swindon-based Infinite Group has been appointed by telecoms giant EE to supply field marketing to 530 of its retail stores, helping it cross-sell its Quad play offering. Quad play services bundle mobile, landline, broadband and TV from the same telecoms provider in return for a better customer deal. EE, the UK’s biggest mobile phone...
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...
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...
Confidence levels for firms in Swindon and Wiltshire have fallen on the back of lower sales, fewer new jobs and worsening cashflow, according to the results of Business West’s latest survey. The figures, released last week, were described as “tough reading” by Ian Larrard, director of the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative, part of Business...
Soaring Worldwide, the Cirencester-based strategic communications and PR agency, has been shortlisted for two national social media awards. It has been shortlisted for Best Social Media Campaign at the Meetings Industry Marketing Awards (MIMA) and Best Low Budget Campaign’ at the UK Social Media Communications Awards. Creative director Adam Baggs said: “Social media is...
Sustainability is firmly on the agenda for 80% of West of England boardrooms with nearly a third considering it one of their business’s top three priorities, according to an exclusive survey conducted by executive search firm Moon Consulting and Swindon Business News. Just 5% are not currently engaged in sustainability activities or do not...
Small business network Enterprise Nation has announced the final line-up for its major event next month aimed at helping female-founded businesses to grow. The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs (FFE) in Bristol will hear from successful women in their field to inspire and advise those setting up on their own or wanting to take an...
Swindon bookings agency Venues and Events has agreed its eighth joint venture as it continues to build a network of partnerships to offer a greater variety of services to clients. The addition of Zing, a London-based teambuilding and corporate event specialist, means it now has eight partners providing services spanning parties, virtual events and...
Small and medium-sized businesses from Swindon and Wiltshire are being encouraged to apply to a £4m fund that aims to help them develop new products and services and create jobs. The University of the West of England’s (UWE Bristol) Innovation4Growth (I4G) programme part funds research and development projects with grants of between £25,000 and...
