Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has hailed an “historic” job-creating £129m boost to the economy of Swindon and Wiltshire. The Government-funded Growth Deal, which was previously announced in July, will help create up to 1,500 jobs, allow up to 2,000 homes to be built by 2021 and generate up to £70m in public and...
Swindon’s University Technical College (UTC) has been officially opened by the Duke of York, who made his second visit to the site in 10 months. His Royal Highness met students, directors, teachers, and business partners of UTC Swindon during his visit and unveiled a commemorative plaque to officially open the college. Also at the...
The parent company of Royal Wootton Bassett-based specialist logistics and installations firm Bishopsgate is looking for further growth after completing a £25m buyout. Bishopsgate is one of three subsidiaries of London-based logistics and removals group Ward Thomas Group, which was founded in 1985 and has annual revenues in excess of £20m. Ward secured a...
The new Chippenham Campus of Wiltshire College has reached a significant milestone with a traditional ‘topping-out’ ceremony of the £21m state-of-the-art building. The symbolic event, which dates back to ancient times, traditionally marks the end of the initial construction phase of a building’s frame – and in Chippenham Campus’s case it was conducted in...
International property agency DTZ has appointed Jo Williams as a director in its South West office where she joins its project & building consultancy team. Jo, pictured, joins from national firm Ridge and Partners, where she worked in all aspects of core building surveying. She brings 19 years’ experience with her, including a strong...
The annual search for the region’s best companies has started with the launch of accountants PwC’s widely-respected West of England Business of the Year Awards 2015. Now in their 27th year, the eagerly-contested awards are the most prestigious in the region by far – previous winners read like a who’s who of the West’s...
The Government’s commitment to “carefully examine” options to end the misery on a vital section of the A417 north of Swindon has been welcomed by the Initiative in Swindon & Wiltshire. But it warned that any solution to the problem was still at least six years away and vowed to fight hard to ensure...
Swindon’s Holiday Inn hotel has been bought by hotel chain Kew Green, which operates 40 Holiday Inns across the UK. The 99-room hotel on Marlborough Road close to Coate Water was put on the market in March by previous owners LRG Holdings as part of a package of 21 Holiday Inns across England with...
The Chancellor produced a balanced Autumn Statement that addressed business concerns around rates reform and finance, Swindon business leaders have said. Ian Larrard, director of the Initiative in Swindon & Wiltshire, part of Business West, described it as a “crowd-pleasing” set of proposals for business, particularly its pledge for a major review into the...
World-leading communications firm Spirent has opened its newest UK site in Swindon, taking space at Rombourne Serviced Offices’ Kingston House at Lydiard Fields. Crawley-based Spirent is a global pioneer in communication systems consultancy, testing, analysis and implementation – its lab tests are used to evaluate performance of the latest technologies. It is quoted on...
