Swindon businesses will be encouraged to save money and support charity by reusing and recycling at a presentation next week from Scrapstore, one of the town’s leading environmental projects. Scrapstore, a registered charity, was set up in 1985 to offers clean, quality, low-cost resources for reuse in creative and educational play. Scrapstore project manager...
A team from Swindon accountancy firm Banks is going down to the woods this Saturday to take part in a sponsored walk for charity. The team will undertake an 11-mile hike in Savernake Forest to raise money for TWIGS, the Swindon-based charity supporting people with mental health problems, with a focus on a community...
UTC Swindon, the university technical college opening this September, has received microcontroller boards worth £4,500 from Intel, the US tech giant with a major base in the town. The 90 Galileo boards will be used by students to learn about advanced computing technology and microchip design – a key sector for the future of...
John Davies, senior corporate partner based in the Swindon office of M4 corridor law firm Thrings, has been named Client Partner of the Year by The Lawyer, the UK’s leading legal journal. The prestigious accolade, presented at last night’s Lawyer Awards in London, recognises Davies’ contribution to the 57-year relationship between Thrings and Brinkworth-based...
Swindon public relations firm redheadPR’s founder Sara Tye has been appointed to the UTC marketing steering group which provides national support to the Baker Dearing Educational Trust, the charity promoting university technical colleges (UTCs). Sara, pictured, a highly-respected figure in PR and among the top 500 international operators in the industry, brings 30 years’...
A Victorian villa-style building in Old Town, most recently used as a residential care home but with scope for conversion, has gone onto the market . The four-storey Croft Road property has 11 bedrooms, three reception rooms, kitchen and cellar, with a garden, garage and car parking. Agent Alder King, said it has many...
