A half-day training seminar next month will guide business owners through the complex legal area of poor performance and sickness absence. Staged by Paul Archer, pictured, of Paul Archer Training, the event on September 22 will help attendees appreciate their legal options while avoiding the pitfalls by focusing on practical steps to reduce absence...
Infinite Group, the Swindon-based field marketing firm, has appointed Jean-Francois Cahorn as its new managing director to lead it into a new phase of growth. Jean-Francois, known as JF, pictured, joined the business eight years ago straight from university and has lead teams for a number of major clients including Philips, TomTom and Sony....
Renewable electricity firm Good Energy has arranged an extra £8.5m in funding to continue its expansion. The Chippenham-based firm, which is based on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, will use the additional funding to develop more solar farms as well as growing its customer base. It has already drawn down £4m of the...
Fast-growing bicycle manufacturer and retailer Mango Bikes has attracted investment from two serial entrepreneurs to further strengthen the business. David Hanney and Toby Baxendale – previously chief executive and chairman of UK performance bike firm Planet X – have joined the board of South Cerney-based Mango as non-executive directors to help steer the business...
The small rise in unemployment in the South West announced this week demonstrates how fragile economic growth is in the region, Business West has warned. The region’s largest business organisation – which runs the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative – said “fundamental weaknesses” remained to be tackled, particularly the “dangerously high” level of youth unemployment....
Business West, the organisation that runs the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, has appointed experienced marketer and executive coach Janine Woodcock to its board as a non-executive director. Janine, pictured, has almost 20 years’ experience at board level with global marketing agencies, across a broad range of sectors. She is also a qualified digital marketer....
