Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has called on the government to immediately commit to negotiate the best deal possible for British firms outside the EU following the referendum result. Failing to do that could risk jeopardising new investment from the many overseas firms that have chosen to base themselves in the region...
Business leaders from across the region were recognised at the Institute of Directors 2016 Director of the Year Awards. Simon Barbato, founder and CEO of Bath-based brand, digital and marketing agency was named South West Director of the Year. Other winners were: James Piper of Ecosurety in Bristol (Young Director), Brady George of Keynsham-based Almeda...
Civil engineering and waste management firm M J Church has strengthened its management team with a number of new appointments. Fiona Powell has joined the company, which operates from three sites in the Chippenham area, as business information systems and technology manager, Terry O’Callaghan as recruitment and training manager and Carol Heneghan as marketing...
Swindon-based IT and communications support firm Excalibur Communications has been named among the finalists in a unique competition to find the region’s happiest workplace. The fast-growing firm, which prides itself on giving its 60 staff an unbeatable working environment, will now line up against four other firms – three from Bristol and one from...
Bosses running West of England firms are almost three times more likely to vote in favour of remaining in the EU than leave – with the gap between the two views widening over the past three months. The latest snap survey by Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – of its members...
Commercial property specialist Colliers International’s South West industrial & logistics team has been expanded in response to rising demand for warehouses. Over the past six months the Bristol-based team has been involved in a number of major deals including representing German supermarket group Lidl in its purchase of 33 acres at Avonmouth for a...
Swindon-based regional construction group Beard has launched its own charitable foundation to support staff community initiatives and construction education projects. The Beard Charitable Foundation, which has been set up with a £250,000 donation from the Beard family, will be held and managed by Oxfordshire Community Foundation, a charitable organisation that connects donors with local...
Solar bonds issued by Swindon Council – the first of their kind in the UK – have sold out a month early, further establishing the town at the forefront of innovation in funding renewable energy projects. Swindon Community Solar Farm is the UK’s first solar farm funded jointly by a borough council with bonds...
Development of a major distribution park on the M4 near Chippenham has moved a step closer after national regeneration firm St Modwen bought the 79-acre greenfield site. The Chippenham Gateway scheme could accommodate 1m sq ft of warehouse space, subject to planning consent – making it one of the largest in the region and...
A mixed-use scheme on the outskirts of Swindon is now fully let for the first time following the arrival of local removals and storage company A Luckes & Son. The firm has taken the last available unit at Berkeley House on the South Marston Business Park. The large building was originally part of the...
