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It’s the best time in 30 years to launch a business, former City ‘superwoman’ tells entrepreneurs

October 26, 2015
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It’s the best time in 30 years to launch a business, former City ‘superwoman’ tells entrepreneurs

Now is the best time for three decades to launch a business, former City ‘superwoman’ Nicola Horlick told the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs (FFE). Ms Horlick, pictured – given her title by the media for juggling a high-powered career in finance with bringing up six children – was among the panel of speakers in...

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Join hundreds of business owners at the West of England’s biggest networking event

October 20, 2015
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Join hundreds of business owners at the West of England’s biggest networking event

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...

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Larger office accommodates growth at paraplanning firm Svensoni

October 19, 2015
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Larger office accommodates growth at paraplanning firm Svensoni

Svensoni, the Swindon-based paraplanning firm, is continuing to expand outside its home town by opening a larger office in Berkshire. The new Ascot office replaces a smaller base in nearby Camberley and will be able to accommodate Svensoni’s increasing volume of work and growing client list. Svensoni, which was launched in 2010 by CEO...

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Surveys show West SMEs powering ahead with job creation and staff development

October 16, 2015
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Surveys show West SMEs powering ahead with job creation and staff development

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...

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Swindon climbing centre gets off the ground with financial support from HSBC

October 12, 2015
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Swindon climbing centre gets off the ground with financial support from HSBC

Swindon’s first purpose-built climbing centre is due to open at the end this month after securing a funding package worth £225,000 from HSBC Commercial Banking. The state-of-the-art Rockstar Climbing Centre will launch nearly four months after the closure of the town’s only climbing wall at the Link Centre. That wall’s replacement with a trampoline...

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Pensions software in the spotlight at auto enrolment support event

October 12, 2015
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Pensions software in the spotlight at auto enrolment support event

Payroll professionals and business advisers involved in introducing sweeping workplace pension reforms can learn more about the software involved at a lunch in Swindon later this month. Swindon Friends of Automatic Enrolment, which meets at chartered accountants Banks BHG, will hear from SystemSync Solutions, a software company involved in auto enrolment implementation, at its...

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Regional development director widens reach of specialist lender

October 9, 2015
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Regional development director widens reach of specialist lender

Specialist lender Together, which provides growth finance to niche markets, has appointed a regional development director to help West of England businesses and entrepreneurs gain vital access to funding. Paul Chadney, pictured, has more than 27 years’ experience in the finance industry and will cover a region stretching from Hampshire to Cornwall. He previously...

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Welcome for Osborne’s rates reform – but assurances are needed over impact on business

October 5, 2015
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Welcome for Osborne’s rates reform – but assurances are needed over impact on business

Firms will want assurances that the business rates reform announced by the Chancellor today will not more higher taxes. That’s the view of Business West, the region’s largest business organisation representing 16,000 firms and which runs the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative. George Osborne made the surprise announcement at today’s Conservative Party conference that by...

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Skills shortages holding back region’s manufacturers, survey shows

October 5, 2015
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Skills shortages holding back region’s manufacturers, survey shows

More than a third of the South West’s small and medium-sized manufacturers are having their growth plans jeopardised by skills shortages, according to a new survey. The annual Manufacturing Survey by MHA – an association of independent regional accountancy firms – reveals that recruitment issues are acting as a “significant barrier” to expansion for...

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Global automotive training group taken over in management buyout

October 5, 2015
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Global automotive training group taken over in management buyout

The Swindon office of Watersheds, the corporate finance firm, has helped bosses at Chippenham-based specialist automotive training agency RTS acquire the business from its founder. RTS was launched by Richard Wells nearly 30 years and has since worked with many of the world’s leading car manufacturers, incuding Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Mazda and Nissan, to develop...

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