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Launch event will give parents information on Swindon’s UTC
The team behind Swindon’s new University Technical College (UTC) is inviting parents and young people to come along to its launch event and first open evening tomorrow evening. The information and...
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Swindon law firm Thrings plays key part in saving popular Bath music venue
Expert advice from lawyers at Thrings, the M4 corridor legal firm with its largest office in Swindon, has helped save an iconic Bath pub. The Bell Inn, a popular live music venue on the city’s...
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Monday July 15 INTERIMS Access Intelligence, Amino Technologies, Frenkel Topping Group, SThree FINALS Ilika EGMS Commercial International Bank (Egypt) SAE GDR (Reg S) AGMS GB Group TRADING...
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Workshop to support Swindon & Wilts manufacturers
Manufacturing in Swindon and Wiltshire will come under the spotlight at a Business West workshop this Wednesday. The free event, at Swindon College, North Star Avenue, will look at the needs of a...
View ArticleMonahans helps celebrate 50 partnership with Swindon’s midweek cricket league
The Swindon Midweek Cricket League, created for businesses in the Swindon area to compete against each other in after-work matches, has celebrated 50 years of competitive cricket. Players past and...
View ArticleBakery rises to the challenge with new jobs and products
Marshfield Bakery is celebrating a 155% increase in turnover and has launched 13 new products after developing an innovation strategy to capitalise on opportunities to enter new markets. The firm,...
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Search starts to find Swindon & Wilts’ most innovative businesses
Swindon & Wiltshire Business News has launched the first awards dedicated solely to showcasing and rewarding innovation in the area. The awards, to be held in November, will champion the...
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Jobless rate falls but long-term and youth unemployment remain high
The South West’s jobs market is the best performing in the country, new figures have revealed. Unemployment fell by 11,000 to 156,000 between March and May in the region, giving it the UK’s lowest...
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Monday July 22 INTERIMS Dialight, Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (DI) FINALS Filtronic AGMS Ensor Holdings, European Convergence Development Co, Quintain Estates & Development, Ventus 2 VCT, Ventus...
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Excalibur’s speedway visit for project that gets young people’s lives back on...
Swindon Speedway title sponsors Excalibur Communications has hosted a group of young people from Swindon youth project BIOS at Blunsdon Stadium to reward them for their positive progress. The six...
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Economic growth strengthens in second quarter
The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the second quarter of this year, boosted by consumer and business spending, preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics showed this morning. While...
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£5.8m armoured vehicle programme contract secured by SciSys
Specialist West software group SciSys has won a £5.78m contract with defence giant Lockheed Martin UK to work on its programme to upgrade and improve the British Army’s Warrior armoured fighting...
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Upbeat second quarter economic figures welcomed by Business West
Business West, the region’s leading business organisation, has welcomed yesterday official economic growth figures, saying they reflect the picture among local businesses. But it warned that business...
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Monday July 29 INTERIMS Fidessa Group, Hammerson, InterContinental Hotels Group, Intertek Group, JKX Oil & Gas, Keller Group, Senior, Vernalis, XP Power Ltd. (DI) AGMS Albion Venture Capital...
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Dorothy House chosen by Bath Building Society as its charity of the year
Dorothy House hospice care, which covers North and West Wiltshire, has been selected by Bath Building Society as its charity of the year. The association will last until the end of 2014. As part of...
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Monday August 05 INTERIMS Powerflute Oyj (DI) Q3 GW Pharmaceuticals AGMS SerVision UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Official Reserves (09:30) PMI Services (09:30) Tuesday August 06 INTERIMS AL Noor Hospitals...
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Swindon accountants Banks’ bake-off raises charity funds
Hit TV show The Great British Bake Off has inspired staff at Swindon accountancy firm Banks to make and sell their own cakes, helping towards the firm’s £2,000-plus charity fundraising haul. The firm...
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Business West hails positive trade figures but says Govt must act to help...
The big fall in Britain’s trade gap announced today has been welcomed by Business West – but it said more needed to be done to rebalance the economy towards exports. Figures from the Government’s...
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Monday August 12 INTERIMS BATM Advanced Communications Ltd., Grupo Clarin SA GDR (Reg S), OJSC Novolipetsk Steel GDS (Reg S), SVG Capital Q2 Grupo Clarin SA GDR (Reg S), OJSC Novolipetsk Steel GDS...
View ArticleNew director appointed to Business West board
Business West, which runs the Swindon Initiative, has appointed Sarah Pullen, managing director of Local World (Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset), to its board. Business West managing...
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