M4 corridor commercial law firm Thrings, which has its largest office in Swindon, has appointed two solicitors to its fast-growing commercial property team as a result of continued organic growth and a series of new client wins. Associate Steve Schofield and solicitor Beth Nicholls will further strengthen Thrings’ commercial property and construction offering across...
Staff from Swindon construction firm Beard have raised £445 for the company’s chosen charity Prospect Hospice by dragon boat racing. The 20 members of staff and their families – from directors to the newest trainee – raised the money through sponsorship for their team in the Swindon Rotary Club annual Dragon Boat Race for...
Plans for an Aldi supermarket on the site of a disused Swindon office campus have been given the go-ahead. London-based Picton Capital won approval for the scheme at Westlea Campus from Swindon Borough Council’s planning committee. It is the latest in a string of redevelopment projects of outdated offices and factories around the town....
Swindon’s economy will get a boost from the £24.5bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station approved this week by the European Commission, according to experts. The controversial plant, on the Somerset coast near Bridgwater, will be Britain’s first new nuclear reactor for nearly 20 years and could create around 25,000 jobs across the region...
The second phase of Swindon’s Kimmerfields regeneration scheme has been launched with promise that it will bring “vitality and vibrancy” to the town centre by adding a new and much-needed commercial district capable. The £350m project, led by Muse Developments and backed by landowner Homes and Communities Agency, is transforming a prime 20-acre zone...
Pupils at Swindon’s Haydonleigh Primary School have given its £3m extension the thumbs-up after joining construction group Beard’s project manager Jamie Robertson for a final inspection. The new two-storey building, which has not yet been officially handed over, will provide an extra 140 places to increase the school’s capacity to 630 pupils. Pupil numbers...
One of Swindon town centre’s largest office buildings has come onto the market as the commercial property recovery continues. The Platform on Station Road, pictured, was previously insurance giant Zurich’s UK Life Centre. The 76,500 sq ft building is being marketed as a single unit by Swindon-based joint agents Smethurst Property Consultants and Whitmarsh...
Commercial property agent Daniel Smethurst has launched his own business, Smethurst Property Consultants, to focus on the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire region. Daniel, pictured, has more than 14 years’ commercial property experience in the region, having spent 11 years at Swindon firm Whitmarsh Lockhart, which he joined as a graduate surveyor, before becoming a...
Deborah Heenan, Swindon Borough Council’s development manager for Wichelstowe, is to become interim chief executive officer for economic regeneration company Forward Swindon. She will take up the role on November 3 and stay in the post until a permanent chief executive has been recruited. Ms Heenan brings specialist knowledge and skills in housing, development...
Swindon’s pioneering research centre to test the energy efficiency of new building materials has been officially opened by Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex. Acting in his role as Chancellor of the University of Bath, Prince Edward toured the ground-breaking research facility at the Building Research Park at Wroughton Airfield and met academics and...
