Eye-catching retail premises changes hands

on 17 October 2019.

A shop and offices with a striking Union Flag mural is changing from a recruitment agency to an estate agents.

The mural was painted to celebrate the Queen's diamond jubilee in 2012 as part of a street party thrown by businesses in Swindon's Commercial Road.

119 Commercial Road has been vacated

Sports therapist fighting fit on fifth anniversary

on 16 October 2019.

A sports therapist who opened a clinic on Bumpers Farm in 2014 is celebrating five years of growth – and has signed a further five-year lease on her premises.

Over the past half-decade, the Active Potential Therapy team has grown, and supported many elite athletes including Paralympian Stephanie Milward, England

Expert opinion: Who's the boss - could you run a business with your life partner? Five tips for survival

on 16 October 2019.

After 27 years of marriage and 17 of those working together running our business inspired2learn, we are both still smiling (mostly). Many of our friends and colleagues have said they can imagine nothing worse than working with their life partner.

Here are our five top tips for a happy husband

New group in pipeline to support manufacturers

on 15 October 2019.

A new manufacturing cluster group is to be established by the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative at Business West, bringing together businesses in the sector to tackle shared challenges around skills, infrastructure and more.

The establishment of the group was revealed at the Wiltshire Business & Economy meeting from Business West,

Firm to produce carbon-neutral packaging after £5.5m investment

on 16 October 2019.

A manufacturer of corrugated cardboard material – part-owned by local packaging manufacturer GWP Group – has invested £5.5m in the creation of a sustainable energy generation facility fuelled by organic waste.

The investment in CorrBoard Bioenergy (CB Bio) will facilitate the production of carbon-neutral corrugated material for use

New faces at family department of law firm

on 15 October 2019.

Law firm Forrester Sylvester Mackett has promoted Ruth Jackson to head its family law department, following the retirement of Nigel Godsiffe. The firm has also appointed Lucy Buttle to the department.

Ruth is a partner at FSM Solicitors, having worked at the firm for the past two years, and has relocated

Tax and audit firm warns of governance 'ticking timebomb' at board level

on 15 October 2019.

An overwhelming 96 percent of company board members expect to see an increase in the number of criminal prosecutions of those senior executives and organisations implicated for poor risk management, according to a new survey from Swindon-based tax and audit firm RSM.

The survey, of more than 200 UK middle