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CONTENTS THE TEAM Editor & founder Anita Jaynes [email protected] 01793 847966 14 32 35 Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership 2019 – A year in review The Techies Swindon & Wiltshire’s Tech Awards open for entries In Profile James Fry, Blue Frontier Editorial support Nick Batten [email protected] Ben Carey [email protected] Special Features Fiona Scott [email protected] Motoring Contributor Geoff Maxted www.drivewrite.co.uk Design Juicy Designs www.juicy-designs.co.uk Artwork Studio Creative Services www.studio-cs.co.uk Printed by Acorn Press www.acornpress.co.uk On the cover Image by Barbara Leatham www.barbaraleatham.co.uk Advertising Sales Sian Swift Business Development Manager [email protected] T: 07710 566 145 REGULARS 04 Business News 08 Appointed 10 Finance 28 Creative Thinking KEY STATISTICS Readership: 15,000 Our audience: 33 Be a winner in 2020 48 South West Business Growth Summit 2020 PEOPLE 42 10 Minutes with… Roshni Patel 44 Meet Milsted Langdon’s Ian Lloyd & Dan Kenyon 16 13 Business Review of the Year Local business leaders tell us their highlights of 2019 and plans for 2020 The Business Exchange South West Charity Conference 2020 Connecting business with the third sector We have new advertising packages and multiple ways that businesses can engage with us in 2020. Please get in touch to receive our new media pack and to find out more. We’ve got so much to look forward to in 2020, from our second South West Charity Conference in February (read page 13) to the Techies Awards in May (see page 32). We can’t wait to build on our 2019 efforts and make The Business Exchange even better. Thank you to all of our advertisers, readers and contributors for your continued support – we wouldn’t be here without you. Wishing you a very happy Christmas and a prosperous 2020. 36 Technology 46 Positive Business 50 Connect Follow us on Social @TBESW The Business Exchange South West tbeswindonandwilts businessexchangesw ©The Business Exchange South West Limited 2019. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that adverts and articles appear correctly, The Business Exchange South West Limited cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by the contents of this publication. The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of its publisher or editor. All rights reserved. This publication is copyrighted and no part of this publication may be used or reproduced without the written permission of The Business Exchange South West Limited. FEATURES EDITOR’S NOTE Welcome to our last magazine of 2019. In this special issue we celebrate this year’s successes and look at local business sentiment as we head into a new year and a new decade. 2019 has been a busy time for The Business Exchange, we’ve spent the year enhancing our offering in print, online, digitally and through our breakfast networking meetings, special events and awards. We truly believe The Business Exchange is more than just a publishing company, we’ve built a community of followers with a shared goal – to make our local economy great. Anita Jaynes E: [email protected] T: 01793 847966 56% business owner/ director level 44% partner, manager or senior executive More news at: www.tbeswindonandwilts.co.uk and www.tbebathandsomerset.co.uk THE BUSINESS EXCHANGE 2019 3