The annual search for the region’s best companies has started with the launch of accountants PwC’s widely-respected West of England Business of the Year Awards 2015. Now in their 27th year, the eagerly-contested awards are the most prestigious in the region by far – previous winners read like a who’s who of the West’s...
The Government’s commitment to “carefully examine” options to end the misery on a vital section of the A417 north of Swindon has been welcomed by the Initiative in Swindon & Wiltshire. But it warned that any solution to the problem was still at least six years away and vowed to fight hard to ensure...
Continued expansion at Swindon-based star retailer Oak Furniture Land has helped it climb up a widely-respected league table of the country’s 100 fastest-growing private businesses. The firm, which appeared in the annual Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table at number at 51 last year, has performed even better this year and claimed...
Nearly 50,000 jobs will be created in the UK automotive industry over the next two years as manufacturers bring production back to Britain, according to a major report published today. The upbeat Lloyds Bank report, Fuelling Growth, which surveyed manufacturers from across the automotive supply chain, found that 70% are looking to ‘on-shore’ some...
Swindon’s Holiday Inn hotel has been bought by hotel chain Kew Green, which operates 40 Holiday Inns across the UK. The 99-room hotel on Marlborough Road close to Coate Water was put on the market in March by previous owners LRG Holdings as part of a package of 21 Holiday Inns across England with...
Swindon-based Nationwide Building Society’s record on gender and race equality has earned it a top 10 placing in a major national report for the third year in a row. The Nationwide, Britain’s biggest building society, was also rated Platinum for its gender diversity work and Gold for race diversity in the lists of private...
