The giant solar energy park planned for the outskirts of Swindon at Wroughton is expected to start producing power this autumn after Communities Secretary Eric Pickles gave it the go-ahead. The 160,000 panels on the 165-acre site will generate 41MW – enough renewable electricity to power 12,000 homes when fully operational. It will be...
The Swindon-based UK Space Agency is to help foster new innovations in space-related technology by funding a programme to encourage more businesses into the sector. The agency, based at North Star, has joined forces with SETsquared – Europe’s top university business incubator programme – to back 40 businesses through its acclaimed entrepreneurship programme. This...
Courses staged by In-house Research and Training, the Royal Wootton Bassett-based customer service training firm, are now CPD (Continuing Professional Development) approved. CPD accreditation means the courses have been thoroughly vetted with a stamp of approval. In-house Research and Training, launched in 1998, helps businesses understand and solve their customer experience problems. The firm...
Swindon firms are being urged to act quickly to secure the last few exhibition stands at the ‘early bird’ rate for Business Showcase South West 2015, the region’s biggest business exhibition. The event, which is expected to attract 3,000 delegates, is being staged at Colston Hall in Bristol on May 14 and 15. Last...
Top sports psychologist and coach Dr Steve Bull, who worked with Team GB in three Olympic Games and the England cricket team for 17 years, is keynote speaker at an event to help Wiltshire businesses realise their expansion plans. The third in the Enterprise Series staged by The Enterprise Network, Swindon and Wiltshire, the...
Shares in Swindon-based content engineering group Stilo International have bounced back strongly after tumbling last week when it announced a 38% fall in profits. Stilo’s shares declined by more than 10% as it revealed its financial results for 2014, which showed earnings more than halved to £108,000 for the year. Pre-tax profits came in...
