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APPOINTED

New recruit for Varn
Suzy McKeever has joined
Bradford on Avon-based
Varn Media as digital projects
and operations manager.
Suzy has been appointed in the company’s
bid for further growth as a UK supplier of
online marketing solutions and website
development.
Suzy’s aim is to create and manage
new organisational systems for workflow
and efficient client management. With an
impressive background in a similar role at
the BBC the aim is to make fundamental
changes in workflow that will mean
the organisational structure will remain
effective as the company grows in size and
increases its portfolio.
Suzy said: “It's an exciting time to
join Varn. The company has a growing

reputation as the local agency that delivers
digital marketing solutions and with new
clients signing up regularly, I have been
drafted in to make sure the transition to a
larger company is a seamless process and
that the team has a firm grasp of the new
clients and daily tasks.”
Varn manages SEO and website
development for a wide range of local and
national companies including, Paper Bag
Co, Soakology and Rygor. Varn is always
on the look out for new talent in the
region, so if you are curious about new
opportunities visit:
www.varn.co.uk/about-us/vacancies

SMARTech appoints
new ops director
SMARTech energy, the award winning,
Corsham based energy management
company which specialises in helping
businesses reduce their energy
consumption, have appointed a new
operations director to help deliver the next
stage of the company’s growth. Simon
Williams brings a wealth of experience to
SMARTech energy. A chartered director
and fellow of the Institute of Directors,
Simon was previously group operations
director of a national retailing company, a
divisional director of a FTSE 250 property
development and management company
and most recently managing director of
a Wiltshire based agency supporting the
growth of local businesses.
Simon joins SMARTech energy at an
exciting time. Since its formation in 2014,
SMARTech energy have secured a number
of regional and national awards under
the leadership of founder Stuart Pearce
and are working with a growing number

of businesses across
Wiltshire and the
surrounding counties to
develop and implement
strategies to reduce
consumption, typically achieving savings
of 30 to 50%. SMARTech energy’s current
projects include working with Wiltshire
Council on an energy management
strategy to reduce both their carbon
output and energy consumption. The
most recent project being the installation
of a SMART evaporative cooling system
delivering a 77.8% saving at Devizes
Leisure Centre.
Commenting on his appointment,
Simon said: “I am delighted to join
SMARTech energy and to start working
with Stuart to evolve our strategy to help
businesses across the region to develop
a cost effective route to reducing their
energy consumption, carbon footprint and
to become a more sustainable business."

Inspire appoints head of
network development
To aid the growth of the Inspire network, Henrietta
Brown has been appointed in this newly created role.
Henrietta said: “I’m delighted to be joining
Inspire at this exciting time as we launch
the scale up programme for Swindon and
Wiltshire. This role is a fantastic opportunity
for me to put together my experience and
skills as a business owner, together with
my account management and network
experience to lead this initiative. It brings
together a truly inspirational group of
businesses- we have over 50 joining our
Inspire Elite network already which links
them with each other to share knowledge
and experience as well as to benefit from

private and publicly funded initiatives
as they grow their businesses. Wiltshire
has a great talent and some exceptional
business leaders. I am looking forward to
learning from them as well as seeing them
succeed."
Henrietta started her career in estate
agency and financial services with national
group, Countrywide, before moving on
to an account manager role at Natwest,
looking after some of their key accounts.
This led her to pursue a career in lending
and to a national accounts role with the

commercial lending division within the
Bank of Ireland Group. In 2002 she decided
to start her own financial services business
which grew rapidly until she sold it in 2008
to take a career break and start a family- a
very different enterprise. During this period
to keep her out of mischief, she took a
non-executive role with a new start service
company providing independent financial
advisers with access to the products they
needed to meet their client’s requirements
for protection and investment needs.

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