Two third-generation members of the Clifford family have been appointed directors of Blunsdon House, the family-owned four-star hotel on the outskirts of Swindon. Ben, 34, and Chris, 31, who have both grown up in an hotel environment, are grandsons of hotel founders Peter and Zan Clifford and sons of current directors John and Carrie. Chris, a Surrey University...
A major transformation of central Swindon, including re-building Fleming Way to end the town centre's ‘north-south divide’, was announced today. The work, part of a larger £350m town centre regeneration project, aims to extend the central area and make it more vibrant and easier for people to move between work, retail and social areas....
A former Swindon residential care home has been sold for conversion into flats. Windswept, a detached Victorian property in Belmont Crescent, Old Town, was bought by Leeds-based investors Kamara Management. Property consultants Alder King’s Swindon office secured the freehold sale of the home off a guide price of £575,000 on behalf of Avon &...
Specialist insurer Gallager Heath is to relocate its Swindon base in a move that has furthered strengthened the town centre’s office market. The firm, part of the Global insurance group Arthur J Gallagher, is to occupy the entire second floor of Station Square, the refurbished office block near Swindon railway station. It is currently...
Bath and England rugby legend Lewis Moody teamed up with Swindon construction company Beard at a turf-cutting ceremony to mark the firm starting work on a new state-of-the-art sports centre in Bath. The former flanker, who was part of England’s 2003 World Cup winning side and earned the nickname Mad Dog for the fearless...
Law firm Withy King is marking its 30th anniversary in Marlborough with a move to new premises in the heart of the market town. The firm will relocate from its offices just off the high street to Cross Keys House in The Parade – the last remaining ground-floor premises available to rent in central...
Beard, the Swindon-based specialist building business, has appointed Andrew Sparkes to its board as Swindon construction director. Andrew, pictured, who has been with the company since 2007, was previously construction manager for Swindon. In that role he was responsible for managing the firm’s major projects division in the region. Andrew started his career as...
A disused Swindon office campus – built during its 1980s ‘boom years’ and once home to some of the town’s most prestigious companies – could be torn down and replaced by an Aldi supermarket and up to 70 homes. Westlea Campus was one of Swindon’s showpiece schemes during the western expansion of the town...
The Duke of York visits Swindon this morning to see progress at the town’s university technology college (UTC) and gauge the views of business leaders as the economy starts to recover. The Duke kicks off his morning in the town with a meeting at Business West’s Park House office where he will hear from...
Office suites in Swindon town centre ranging from just over 1,000 sq ft to just under 13,000 sq ft are being offered by property agents Whitmarsh Lockhart. The firm is marketing the space in Minton Place, the four-storey office building close to the town’s railway station, where existing occupiers include Optical Express, Amey Consulting...
