Swindon badly needs new commercial buildings to keep up with spiralling demand from occupiers linked to electrification of the Great Western railway and the wider economic recovery, according to property experts. The town’s commercial property market enjoyed a strong recovery in 2014 after several years in the doldrums – with both office and industrial...
A vital planning blueprint that will shape Swindon’s expansion over the next 11 years – and protect sensitive areas from unwelcome development – is set to be formally adopted by the council after passing an independent test. The Government’s Planning Inspectorate has ruled that the Local Plan is ‘sound’ and legally compliant. The plan...
Firms in the Swindon area are being urged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes showcasing excellence and enterprise in business. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2015 seek to recognise outstanding business people and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region. Award nominations are...
Winning a raft of new contracts helped supply chain group Wincanton steer a positive course over the past three months. The Chippenham-based group said in an update to the London Stock Exchange that it continued to trade in line with expectations following new business wins linked to the recovering construction sector and the extension...
National logistics group Howard Tenens, which has its largest base in Swindon, has won a major contract from STIHL GB to store and distribute its ride-on mowers to its dealer network. Howard Tenens, which owns more than 3m sq ft of warehouse space across the UK along with a national distribution network, secured the...
Royal Wootton Bassett-based sawmill Vastern Timber has promoted Tom Barnes from director to managing director as the family-owned firm adopts a more formal management structure ready for anticipated growth. Established in in 1904, Vastern Timber is owned and run by three members of the Barnes family – Peter, Jon and Tom – representing the...
Improving the connections between the north and south of Swindon town centre is among the projects the region’s leading business organisation Business West wants addressed by the next Government. It also wants to see an improvement in higher education opportunities in Wiltshire. Business West, which runs the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative, has launched its...
Funding for Swindon town centre’s much-needed new bus station has been promised by the Government as part of £11.5m of new funding revealed for Wiltshire. The investment was announced by Deputy Prime Mininster Nick Clegg, pictured, during a brief visit to the town – part of a whistle-stop tour of the West of England...
Express delivery group TNT is to create up to 250 jobs in Swindon in a new £15.5m ‘super-depot’ to be built in the shadow of the town’s giant B&Q warehouse. The 55,900 sq ft (5,200 sq m) building, pictured in an artist’s impression, will be the first of its kind for the global TNT...
National property advisory firm GVA has appointed Jo Davis to head its South West office. Jo, who also leads the firm’s planning team covering the South West and South Wales, becomes one of nine regional senior directors at GVA – the title given to those heading UK offices. In an industry where senior positions...
