Swindon-based brewery and pub chain Arkell’s has officially opened its new 10-bedroom boutique hotel accommodation at The Sun Inn, Coate Water. Arkell’s invested more than £500,000 in the development – part of an ongoing strategy to add accommodation to its pub estate. The brewery now has around 500 bedrooms across its estate of 100...
The campaign to promote Swindon as a prime location for advanced engineering businesses and expertise is stepped up a gear today when it exhibits at a major trade show. Forward Swindon, the council’s economic development company, is showcasing the town at the Advanced Engineering Show at the Birmingham NEC today and tomorrow. More than...
Pizza Hut Delivery has opened a takeaway outlet in Chippenham town centre following planning consent for a change of use in a building previously occupied by a restaurant and wine bar. The 1,081 sq ft unit on New Road has a 474 sq ft (44 sq m) bar and seating area at the front...
Swindon’s University Technology College reached a milestone today when principal Angela Barker-Dench pressed a button to launch the next phase of construction work on its £10m state-of-the-art building. Ms Barker-Dench started a demolition robot to clear the Bristol Street site in the heart of Swindon's Railway Village, allowing contractor BAM Construction to begin building...
Steve Fawke has been appointed general manager of Swindon’s Brunel retail centre after eight years working in a similar role at a smaller shopping mall in Reading. As manager of the Broad Street Mall he oversaw a £9m refurbishment which helped bring in new shops while a programme of promotions including Has Reading Got...
The Swindon head office of specialist distribution group Smiths News has been sold to a private equity real estate firm for just over £3m – a move reflecting the strong commercial property investment market in the town. The freehold of the two-storey, 27,733 sq ft office building on the Kembrey Park office park has...
Swindon-based social housing group GreenSquare has been named as one of the UK’s top 10 social landlords in a list compiled by leading industry magazine 24housing and the Housing Quality Network (HQN). 24Housing and the HQN launched a quest last month to find the UK’s top social housing landlords asking for nominations from housing...
Financial services firm Openwork has become the latest major occupier to relocate from Swindon town centre to an office park on its outskirts. Openwork’s move to a new building at Lydiard Fields, close to junction 16 of the M4, not only raises questions about the town centre’s position as a prime office location but...
Royal Wootton Bassett-based building & civil engineering contractor R J Leighfield & Sons has retained its a place on a regional construction framework agreement covering projects valued at £1m-plus. Leighfield secured the place as part of the four-company Builders Consortium South West (BCSW), which was formed in 2009. By maintaining its place in the...
A Grade II listed restaurant building in Fairford has come onto the market, offering a chance for new owners to develop a business on the edge of the Cotswolds. Originally called Leo’s, a family-run Italian, and more recently Allium, which offered a more fine dining experience, the restaurant has had just two operators since...
