James Phipps, CEO of Swindon-based IT and communications support firm Excalibur Communications, is to step down from the board of Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (SWLEP). James, pictured, has completed his first term of service with the SWLEP board, having joined in January 2013. He has decided not to commit to a...
Swindon-based Nationwide building society has appointed Ann Brown as HR director. Ann, pictured, was previously UK senior vice president for HR at Capgemini, the global consulting, technology and outsourcing firm. With more than 30 years’ experience in HR, Ann has held HR director and group HR director positions across a range of sectors and...
The spotlight will be turned on crowd funding next week when expert Anthony Lovell de Souza talks to Swindon networking group Business Village. Crowd funding is an emerging online concept, which anyone can use to raise money for a project or idea. In the last four years, more than 170 crowd funding websites have sprung...
Stands for The Business Showcase South West – the major business event which celebrates the best of the region’s innovation, creativity and enterprise – are now on sale and pre-registration for delegates has also gone live. Following the huge success of the inaugural event in April this year, The Business Showcase South West returns...
Swindon-based PR and marketing consultancy Vox has appointed Ellie Caddick as an account executive and promoted Eleanor Collins to account director. Ellie recently graduated from Swansea University with a first-class degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. While at university she wrote for the South Wales Evening Post and Waterfront, the university’s newspaper where, as...
Chancellor George Osborne has been asked to play Santa in next week’s Autumn Statement and give Swindon firms three early Christmas presents – action on business rates, infrastructure and apprenticeships. The wish-list comes from Business West, the organisation that runs the Initiative in Swindon & Wiltshire. It wants to see the Chancellor, pictured, build...
