Pubs, cafes, bars, restaurants, snack bars, and ice-cream parlours that want to serve customers on the pavement outside their premises when lockdown restrictions ease will not be asked to pay to apply for a licence.
A suite of offices in a character building in the centre of Corsham has come to the market with commercial property agent Kilpatrick & Co.
A Swindon-based manufacturer of high-end electronics has been acquired by BAE Systems, in a deal worth around £20 million.
It was billed as the budget to save jobs and businesses. Yesterday (Wednesday) chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak announced an extension to many of the short-term, emergency measures he unveiled in March 2020. Furlough was extended until September, and business rate and VAT holidays were also given a longer lease of life.
Specialist recruitment company Outsource UK has completed a management buyout.
Swindon will be helped to bounce back from the pandemic with a £19.5 million economic regeneration grant.
Protective packaging company GWP has been acquired by Glasgow-based Macfarlane Group for just over £15 million.