Some of Swindon and Wiltshire’s top public relations and communications professionals are in the running for this year’s hotly-contested 2013 CIPR South West PRide Awards. The awards, which this year celebrate their 10th anniversary, showcase the cream of the region’s public relations agencies, in-house teams, individuals and campaigns. They are widely regarded as the...
Young entrepreneurs are to benefit from a new support and advice service launched yesterday as a partnership between Virgin and Business West, the organisation that runs the Swindon Initiative. Virgin StartUp will offer financial support, mentoring and business advice to thousands of young people across the country who want to follow Virgin founder Sir...
Mobile banking apps built for Swindon-based Nationwide Building Society are in line for one of the computer industry’s top awards. The iPhone and Android mobile banking apps designed for Nationwide by Bath-based IT consultancy IPL have become the highest rated of all the major current account providers on the respective mobile app stores. They...
Two firms of chartered accountants from the Swindon area are to compete for the same accolade at the profession’s most sought after awards. Dennis & Turnbull, based in Badbury, and BHG based on the Shrivenham Hundred business park at Watchfield, are both shortlisted in the Independent Firm of the Year South West and Wales...
Superior, the fast-growing Wiltshire design, print and fulfilment group, has secured a £1m investment from its long-term bankers Barclays to support further expansion. The funding comes a year after Barclays supplied £2m to fund a purpose-built design studio and increase printing capacity at Superior’s Melksham headquarters. Superior, which has doubled its turnover to £15m...
Independent financial consultancy Jelf, which has offices in Wootton Bassett, has shrugged off what it admitted were “challenging” market conditions to enjoy a positive start to the second half of the year. As a result it expects its results for the year to September 30 to be in line with market expectations. The highly-acquisitive...
Nationwide chairman Geoffrey Howe has decided to retire from his position after its AGM in the summer of 2015, the Swindon-based building society announced today. Mr Howe, pictured, is well-known and respected in the City as the former chairman of Railtrack. He will have spent eight years as Nationwide's chairman and more than 10...
A popular series of free networking events is being re-launched this month by Swindon accountants Banks. The firm began running the events when it moved from Old Town to larger premises in Stratton in April last year. Since then hundreds of business people have attended the events with themes spanning property, finance, marketing and...
Manufacturing in Swindon has a bright future, according to leading figures in the town’s engineering industry who addressed a breakfast event which focused on the key sector. The seminar, staged by Swindon accountants Monahans in support of the town’s new University Technical College (UTC), heard from Raphaël Caillé, managing director of Swindon Engines, Dr...
Nationwide, the Swindon-based building society, has been voted as the best company to work for in the banking and finance sector for the second year running in a recent poll of graduate employees. Out of all the companies polled, Nationwide came 17th out of 100. The survey conducted by The Job Crowd, a leading...
