More than £2,500 has been raised for national charity Give a Kidney through an event organised by Swindon businesses. The East Meets West event was hosted by The Sales and Marketing Hub and Kam’s Motor Clinic at the town’s Punjabi Community Centre with support from Charanjit Dhalliwal backed by her employer Barclays Bank. Other...
Swindon construction firm Beard’s strong track record in working with local authorities, particularly on school projects, has earned it a place on Hampshire County Council’s Intermediate Construction Framework. The family-owned firm, which has defied the construction industry slowdown in recent years, could now be in line for major projects valued between £500,000 and £4m...
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Business West, the organisation behind the Swindon and Wiltshire Initiative, has called on all political parties contesting tomorrow’s General Election to focus on policies that promote growth in the light figures showing a slowdown over the past three months. It said the official GDP statistics published last week, which revealed first-quarter growth fell from...
Avon Rubber chief executive Peter Slabbert, who is credited with helping transform the Wiltshire business into a global manufacturing innovator, is to leave later this year. Confirmation of his resignation after 15 years at Avon – seven of them as chief executive – came as the group posted another strong set of financial results...
The next government’s top priority must be to invest in the country’s infrastructure, according to a survey of fast-growth entrepreneurial businesses across the South West. Some 31% taking part in the survey for accountants EY put road, rail and air links at the top of their wish lists followed by investment in improving broadband...
