Swindon-based PR and marketing consultancy Vox has appointed Ellie Caddick as an account executive and promoted Eleanor Collins to account director. Ellie recently graduated from Swansea University with a first-class degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. While at university she wrote for the South Wales Evening Post and Waterfront, the university’s newspaper where, as...
Swindon agency redheadPR has donated copies of Simon Mayo’s children’s books to schools taking part in the Swindon Youth Festival of Literature 2014. The novels Itch and Itch Rocks were given to the 11 schools as part of the agency’s sponsorship of the event and followed the Radio 2 presenter’s appearance at the festival...
Independent Swindon games developer Fayju has won a major innovation award for Amazing Frog? – a game which features the firm’s hometown as the backdrop to its character’s free-running exploits. Fayju, based above the Wyvern Theatre, won the Best Game category at last night’s Sparkies, the awards which showcase the West of England’s growing...
Swindon-based digital marketing agency toinfinity is to donate £10,000 worth of online support to children’s bereavement charity Winston’s Wish. The agency, which also has an office in Bristol, had appealed for charities to apply for the funding to support their cause and advance their online exposure. Having learnt more about Cheltenham-based Winston’s Wish’s work,...
Specialist learning and development consultancy RTS Group is celebrating 25 years in business – a quarter of a century in which the tools of its trade have progressed from flipcharts to online technology. The Chippenham-based group began life as a niche agency aimed at serving the training and development needs of the automotive industry....
Connect Group, the specialist Swindon-based distributor formerly called Smiths News, has extended its newspaper wholesaling contract with Guardian News and Media to February 2021. The £63m-per-year contract is equivalent to 7% of the national newspaper distribution market. As a result of the extension, Smiths News has now secured around £1.2bn of revenues per year through...
Swindon Business News has teamed up with the region’s biggest business exhibition, Business Showcase South West, as it prepares to return for a second year. Business Showcase South West 2015 (BSSW 2015) will build on the success of the inaugural event earlier this year which attracted nearly 2,000 attendees, exhibitors and big-name speakers including...
Swindon PR agency redheadPR has been appointed PR consultancy to the prestigious Garden Media Guild Awards for the second year running. The awards are a must-attend event for journalists, editors, photographers, influencers and celebrities in the gardening world. The appointment confirms redheadPR's prominent position in the gardening industry and recognises its media work for...
Using social media to promote charity fundraising and other issues faced by the region’s professional fundraisers and charity marketers will be examined at a major event next month. The second South West Charity Marketing Conference, organised by The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) South West region, will give the sector’s professionals the opportunity to...
Some of the Swindon area’s most innovative small firms are sharing hundreds of thousands of pounds of funding to create new jobs and help them reach their business potential. The money comes from the third tranche of the £750,000 Gateway for Growth programme, which has been co-ordinated by the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise...
