More than 800 people are making tracks to Swindon’s STEAM museum today to attend the fifth annual Swindon Business Show. The show, staged by Business West, has become the town’s premier business and networking event – and this year will be no exception, with top-rate advice, support and guidance for businesses from Swindon, Wiltshire...
Each week Swindon Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? No Way Out – a great oldie starring Gene Hackman Book you read?...
The importance of a skilled workforce to the future of Swindon’s world-class advanced engineering industry was underlined at accountants Monahans’ latest manufacturing breakfast. With a focus on the town’s car industry, the event heard from BMW on how it is developing the engineers of tomorrow at its Swindon Mini plant by investing in apprenticeships....
Two Swindon firms are today celebrating gaining Queen’s Awards for Enterprise – the UK’s highest accolade for business success. Cheney Manor-based BG Automotive (BGA) and Terrapart, based in Broad Hinton, have received the coveted award for International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development. BGA, which was established in 2001, supplies thousands of auto engine parts...
Swindon Business News has teamed up again with executive search firm Moon Consulting to seek the opinions of business leaders across the South West and find out more about the diverse attitudes and leadership abilities of the region’s boardrooms. The South West Board Effectiveness Survey 2015 enables board directors and non-executives to give a candid...
Customer support group Jaywing’s Swindon base has won three new telemarketing clients – Neopost, Electrolux Professional and business mobility provider Alphabet. Jaywing will oversee and implement the firms’ B2B telemarketing activities, giving them qualified leads and setting appointments for their sales teams. Communications firm Neopost decided to move all its telemarketing activity to Jaywing...
