The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 29: Feb/March 2017 | Page 3

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR CONTENTS

Welcome to the February / March edition of The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire .

I hope your 2017 ’ s off to a good start , both personally and professionally . As a team , we ’ ve had a very busy January and feel that business optimism in Swindon & Wiltshire is at a high .

Our business is continuing to grow and develop and I ’ m delighted to welcome ten new clients since the beginning of January and the retention of fifteen existing clients . It ’ s great to support local SMEs and watch them grow alongside us . Customer satisfaction and delivering results is at the heart of everything we do and it ’ s great to be building such strong , long-term relationships with the business community .

2017 is set to be an exciting year for us in many ways . We ’ re looking forward to celebrating four years of serving the Swindon & Wiltshire community this September and one year serving Bath & Somerset .

We ’ ll be taking part in lots of events this year including the South West Expo at STEAM , Swindon on June 29 .

If you ’ re hosting an event , charity fundraiser or are celebrating a special business birthday this year please get in touch and we ’ ll look to support you .

Happy reading .

4 BUSINESS NEWS

A round-up of the latest business news

10 APPOINTED

Recent appointments made by companies in Wiltshire

12 PERSONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

TBE experts provide top tips and advice for getting ahead in business

16 FINANCE

We find out what ’ s going on in the world of finance

17 LEGAL

Legal news and advice to help your business

18 NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK 2017

TBE features editor Fiona Scott celebrates apprenticeships in Wiltshire

20 CREATIVE THINKING

Tain Brae tells us how to be creative with your social media

21 TECHNOLOGY ojo solutions looks at creating value through apps

26 SPOTLIGHT ON CHIPPENHAM

We look at Chippenham ’ s changing high street and how it ’ s developed in the last year .

28 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

Carter Jonas ’ Alison Williams reviews the current state of the Wiltshire industrial marketplace

30 REVVED UP

Geoff Maxted reviews the Mercedes-Benz E-Class

31 IN PROFILE

Founder of 4Networking , Brad Burton

34 CONNECT

Networking events happening in Wiltshire

Anita Jaynes

Editor : Anita Jaynes E : anita @ tbeswindonandwilts . co . uk T : 01793 847966

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