Swindon’s two annual business events – Business West’s Business Show Swindon and the South West Expo – have merged to form one major event. The combined show – which will take place under the South West Business & Community Expo name – will be staged at the town’s STEAM museum on June 30 with...
Three new private sector members have been appointed to the board of the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), filling roles vacated by three long-standing members who have recently stepped down. The new appointments, which were endorsed by the LEP board earlier this month, are Heylo Housing partnership director Vic O’Brien, Marc...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) is aiming to grow its South West machinery and business assets (MBA) division following Jason Hall’s appointment as the new head of the department. Jason, pictured, joined LSH after its buyout of the ES Group in March last year, and now takes up his role in the...
Regional property consultancy Alder King has expanded its valuation team by appointing Richard Clark as partner in its Swindon and Gloucester offices. Richard, pictured, was real estate director at BNP Paribas for two years before joining Alder King. He is a RICS registered valuer with more than 15 years’ professional experience, having previously also...
Swindon’s go-ahead firms are being encouraged to follow in the tracks of skateboard distributor Shiner and show the benefits of creating a great workplace culture. Bristol-based Shiner collected the top prize in last year’s inaugural South West Happiest Workplace competition, attributing its success to being “laid back with no egos”. The third-generation family firm,...
West of England property industry figures gave the thumbs up to many of the measures in the Budget but said they did not go far enough. Jeremy Richards, head of JLL’s regional office, said: “The investment of £14.5m in extending broadband coverage in the South West will be welcomed by businesses, and is particularly...
Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget included a number of important measures for the South West, including £3m to improve rail stations across the South West £16m Exceptional Regional Growth Fund (ERGF) payment to Dyson for battery research in Malmesbury £8m during 2016-17 to fill around 159,000 potholes across region £14.5m in grants to extend ultrafast...
Time is running out for anyone buying a second property to avoid increases in stamp duty, Swindon-based vetting service Tenant Screening is warning. Planned changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax on second homes and buy-to-let properties come into force on April 1, making it more expensive to invest in more than one property. Tenant...
The catering firm behind some of the UK’s most iconic venues has appointed Cirencester-based strategic communications agency Soaring Worldwide to handle its PR. Under the contract, which runs until next year, Soaring Worldwide is working alongside Searcys to focus on a PR strategy designed to drive commercial business across its venues such as The...
More than twice as many West businesses want the UK to stay in the EU as leave, according to the hotly anticipated results of a major regional survey. Some 57% of business people said they will vote to remain part of the EU, compared to 26% who say they will back the leave campaign....
