Honda’s Swindon-built models have topped a poll of the UK’s most reliable used cars for an unprecedented ninth consecutive year. Independent research conducted by What Car? and Warranty Direct analysed 50,000 live Warranty Direct policies for cars between three and eight years old, taking account failure rates, age of car, mileage and cost of...
Arkell’s brewer Alex Arkell has used his head for the Swindon brewery’s latest seasonal beer – naming it A Tinge of Ginge after his auburn hair. With his tongue firmly in his cheek, Alex decided to repay the gentle teasing he gets as a redhead and has developed a beer, appropriately, with a subtle...
Anticipation is building ahead of the Business Show Swindon, which takes place this Thursday at the town’s STEAM museum. Organisers Business West are expecting a strong turn out by Swindon businesses – last year around 1,000 people attended – as the town’s economy gets back to growth. The show, now in its fifth year,...
Swindon-based recruitment firm Field has created a new role to help it expand further afield. It has appointed experienced recruiter Kim Masterman, pictured, as recruitment consultant with a brief to build on Field’s growing client base Gloucestershire and the Bristol area. Kim, who was brought up in Wiltshire, moved to Bournemouth after college to...
A former antiques emporium described as an architectural gem but needing substantial renovation has been sold by liquidators more than a year after it went on the market. The Grade II listed property, in a prominent position in Lechlade’s conservation area, was previously run as an antiques centre by Riverside (Lechlade) Ltd, which was...
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