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 Huw Jones, director of Proposito Financial Planning, which specialises in financial planning, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Paddington Book you read? The Bulletproof Diet by...
Swindon’s reputation as a hub for manufacturing innovation has been given a boost by the launch of industrial fan producer Torin-Sifan’s new state-of-the-art production centre. The firm has invested more than £2m in the EC Manufacturing & Technology Centre, creating 25 jobs. It is set to become a centre of excellence for the production...
One of the UK’s top human resources specialists will shed light on how to recruit and retain the best talent at a seminar in Swindon tomorrow. Richard Roberts, an expert in employee engagement, believes as few as 17% of the UK workforce actively engaged with their jobs – creating a huge headache for businesses....
Test and measurement firm Spirent Communications has become the latest business partner of UTC Swindon, the town’s engineering-focused college. The Sussex firm has donated laptops and tablets to the college, which has 600 students aged 14 to 19, to help engineering education through project focused, team-based learning. As UTC partner, Spirent will help shape...
A future Labour government would support business in the West of England – not damage it – by creating a more prosperous Britain and investing in skills and new technologies, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said today. Launching the party’s business plan for the region, he dismissed suggestions that Labour was anti-business, insisting it was...
Alliance Pharma, the Chippenham-based speciality pharmaceutical company, has started the search for a new finance director following the announcement that Richard Wright, who has been in the role for nearly eight years, is to leave. Mr Wright, pictured, who will remain at the highly-acquisitive company until May 31, is to pursue other interests, the...
