| Dick Lovett BMW scoops supplier award from Arval |
| Dick Lovett BMW has won the Best in Class for Vehicle Purchase partner award from Arval, one of the UK’s leading business car specialists, for their performance in the fourth quarter of 2007. |
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| University launches two-year law degree |
| Students at the University of Gloucestershire can now get to the bar quicker thanks to a new “fast-track” law degree starting in September. |
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Stride Treglown to assist with town redevelopment |
Swindon Borough Council has recently approved plans to restore the Old Town Hall and Locarno buildings in the heart of Old Town and developer Bach Homes has called in Stride Treglown to assist with the project. |
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| Honda Trading expands at Kembrey Park |
| Highcross has let 11,500 sq ft at its Kembrey Park development in Swindon, to Honda Trading Europe Ltd. |
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| Carsem Europe a leading provider of turnkey packaging and test services to the semiconductor industry has taken a 2,366 sq ft office unit at Coped Hall Business Park, Wootton Bassett, through agents Loveday & Loveday, acting on behalf of Crampton Leighfield. |
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| Former BBC chief to speak at business show |
| Greg Dyke, the former director general of the BBC, will be speaking at Ideal Business Show Thames Valley at Newbury Racecourse later this month. |
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| New chief executive appointed at Hills |
| Wiltshire’s oldest and most successful family business, Hills Group, has appointed a new group chief executive and group chairman. |
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| Rise in profits at WH Smith |
| WH Smith has reported an 8 per cent rise in half-year profits despite a fall in sales, as it continues to refocus on selling books rather than DVDs and CDs. |
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Local company secures orders from Google |
| Global company Google has placed an order with Corsham-based Linpac Environmental to supply its new Israeli offices with the Linpac Split Envirobin. |
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| Smiths Gore launches new Marlborough office |
| Leading rural real estate advisers Smiths Gore has announced the opening of a new office located in Marlborough from 17 March. The office will be led by Jason Lewis formerly of Humberts. |
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| Wadworth Brewery triumphs in top industry award |
| Wadworth Brewery has been crowned Pub Company of the Year for its managed estate in a top pub industry awards ceremony. The Wiltshire based company fought off stiff competition from five other finalists to win the prestigious Publican Award in the category Managed Pub Company of the Year (20-99 outlets). |
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| Greenways Business Park in Chippenham has attracted Knightstone (Arcadia) Housing Association and Mango Business Solutions who have let the remaining offices on this prestigious development. Knightstone have moved from the town centre to Unit 3 comprising 4,860 sq ft of DDA compliant offices. The open plan fully refurbished space and landscaped park gardens with mature trees are key benefits. |
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| Nationwide disappointed at budget announcement |
| Nationwide Building Society comments on the Budget delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Read more... |
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| Launch of £80m South West Regional Infrastructure Fund |
| An £80m fund to pump-prime major infrastructure projects in the South West was declared “open for business” recently by the South West of England Regional Development Agency (RDA). |
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| Rapid Racking wins industry award |
| Cirencester-based Rapid Racking which specialises in the supply of storage, racking and shelving systems has won a major award for its sophisticated mail order business achievements. At the annual ECMOD catalogue awards presentation, held at the Natural History Museum in London, Rapid Racking scooped the award for Best Business to Business mail order organisation in the Warehouse, Materials Handling, Packaging category for business performance in 2007. |
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| South West council tax rise biggest in England |
| Council Tax bills in the South West will rise by 4.5 per cent this year, the highest increase in England, new figures released recently revealed. The increase takes the average bill in the region to £1,413, making it the second most expensive region nationally, the survey from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) shows. |
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