Swindon construction firm Beard has started refurbishment work to transform Chippenham’s Grade II-listed Neeld Hall into a community and arts centre. Beard is working with Chippenham Town Council and Bristol-based Quattro Design Architects on the design-and-build project on the hall, which was built in 1850 as an extension to the Town Hall. The hall...
Chippenham residents and visitors to the town are being urged to support its privately owned shops as part of national Independent Retailer Month. Nearly half the retail units in the town are independently owned – reflecting a growing trend across the South West in particular for smaller, locally owned stores to set up and...
Wroughton Airfield Solar Park, which will be one of the UK’s largest solar farms when it starts generating next year, has been sold by a company owned by Swindon Council and the Science Museum in a multi-million pound deal. The 165-acre project on the former Second World War RAF airfield near Swindon has been...
Swindon specialist sales and marketing recruitment consultancy Ardour has taken on Laura Simmonds as an administrator with business and customer service responsibilities. Ardour, based at Kembrey Park, has a growing reputation for offering tailored recruitment services based on experience of sales and marketing best practice. Clients include Rentokil, AAP3 and Minuteman Press. Laura, pictured, who...
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A golf day organised by Swindon accountancy firm Banks BHG raised more than £1,000 for Inner Flame – its charity of the year – which delivers The Prince’s Trust Team Programme in Swindon to help young people into employment. More than 35 keen golfers from among Banks BHG clients, colleagues and associates took part...
