Consumer confusion is in part to blame for the UK's worst year for new car registrations since 2013, a Swindon motor dealer says.
Dominic Threlfall of Hyundai and Suzuki dealership Pebley Beach says the 'demonisation' of diesel cars and the confusion about hybrids and electric vehicles has left new car buyers unsure about their next purchase.
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Construction firm Beard has published a book marking 125 years of the family-run firm.
Penned by deputy chairman Alan Beard, the book – 125 Years of Construction 1892–2017: A Family Story – traces the history of the Swindon-based firm through five generations of the Beard family, beginning with the somewhat wayward George Henry Beard.
With video fast becoming an essential marketing tool, one Swindon digital content specialist has created a two-day course to help business owners get their video blogging in the can.
Pam Jones of Eight Interactive, which creates video and digital content for businesses, has devised the VIP – Video Implementation Programme. The VIP has been created in response to seeing many video blogs (or vlogs) that Pam believes would be better left on the cutting room floor.
Tickets have gone on sale for 'Tomorrow', Swindon’s brand new festival of science and engineering.
Along with tickets for free entry to the main festival, tickets for shows, panels and talks – exploring the technology of the future, from transport to Virtual Reality – have been released.
Antiques dealers Jon White and Steve Bucknell are appealing for information about the creator of a water colour picture who they believe may have been a famous suffragette.
The picture, Champery 1885, recently bought locally is currently on display at Old Bank Antiques in Royal Wootton Bassett.
A Swindon aggregates firm delayed the start of its working year to allow employees to participate in a morning of health and safety training sessions.
It's the fifth year in a row that Hills Quarry Products has delayed opening its sites for health and safety training as part of its ongoing Safer for All campaign.