Swindon design and marketing agency Cherry Designs has expanded its team by appointing Gary Devenney as account manager. Gary’s arrival has allowed Cherry Designs managing director Richard Copestake to concentrate on project management, having spent the year since he founded the agency working with clients such as Cineworld and Swindon Karting. Cherry Designs’ expansion...
Only Connect, the West of England’s exclusive business and social networking company, stages its landmark 25th event on September 17 – and Swindon Business News has partnered with it to offer a massive 50% discount on ticket prices. The strictly black tie event will bring together 300-plus like-minded professionals in the glamorous surroundings of...
Specialist marketing group Jaywing’s Swindon contact centre has been appointed to handle UK customer services for car giant Toyota and its luxury Lexus brand. Under the three-year contract, a team of 10 multi-skilled individuals from the centre will act as the central hub for customer inquiries, as well as inbound and outbound marketing calls...
Swindon firms can help strengthen the town’s reputation as a leading centre for innovation by taking advantage of huge opportunities for funding and support on their doorstep, according to its two MPs. Robert Buckland and Justin Thomlinson met Innovate UK chief executive Ruth McKernan at the Government organisation’s North Star national HQ to hear...
VHO, the Swindon-based specialist telemarketing firm, is planning to move to larger offices after having more than doubled its staff numbers over the past six months. The firm, a business-to-business lead generation company specialising in technology and catering for the large number of technology-based businesses setting up in or relocating to the town, has...
Swindon digital agency Smarter Media has expanded its team with the appointment of marketing apprentice Edward White. Edward joins as the agency continues its impressive growth. It now looks after the digital and marketing interests of more than 100 local and national clients with services ranging from SEO, social media, web design and development...
First-time exporters from the Swindon area are being invited to explore opportunities in the fast-growing Central and Eastern Europe markets by taking part in a trade mission to Poland in October. The trip to Warsaw between October 6 and 8 is dedicated to building connections and learning on how to sell goods and services...
Infinite Group, the Swindon-based field marketing firm, has appointed Jean-Francois Cahorn as its new managing director to lead it into a new phase of growth. Jean-Francois, known as JF, pictured, joined the business eight years ago straight from university and has lead teams for a number of major clients including Philips, TomTom and Sony....
Two high-profile appointments have been made to the board of the Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the strategic organisation aiming to drive economic growth in the area. Corsham-based digital agency GG Media Resources commercial director George Gill and Simon Patten, Swindon-based director of secure enterprise services at BT, join three new members...
Commercial law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, is advising the trade association for bookshops in its legal battle against what it sees as market abuse by online retail giant Amazon. The EU’s Competition Directorate (DGC) has launched a competition law investigation into Amazon's e-book distribution arrangements. But the Bookseller's Association...
