EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY
IT ’ S OUR BIRTHDAY !
by Fiona Scott
The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire celebrates its eight anniversary this edition and that has got to be worth celebrating .
As the second year comes around when businesses of all sizes have had to cope with economic challenges not faced for more than a generation – the chance to even have a little ‘ pat on the back ’ is most welcome . We would encourage you all to do the same . Every milestone now is worth a cheer and can inspire others to keep on going .
To remind you here are just a few things which happened during 2013 :
It was confirmed a skeleton found under a Leicester car park was that of English king Richard III . |
Pope Benedict XV1 resigned due to poor health . He was the first pope to do this in almost 600 years . |
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The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge had their first child , George . |
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England won the Ashes from Australia for the third time in a row . |
Andy Murray won Wimbledon . |
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The observation deck on The Shard opened . |
Margaret Thatcher & Nelson Mandela passed away . |
Swindon Town football club was put up for sale – again . |
Editor Anita Jaynes said , “ It ’ s hard to believe this September we ’ re celebrating eight years of The Business Exchange in Swindon & Wiltshire and five years of The Business Exchange in Bath & Somerset .
So much has happened ( especially in the last year and a half ) and I ’ m pleased to say despite the recent challenges we ’ re still going strong , and our offering is continuing to grow and develop .
“ We ’ re now Bath AND Swindon and Wiltshire ’ s ONLY B2B publisher offering coverage in print and online and connecting people through networking events and awards .”
The Business Exchange really has evolved in the last eight years . It began with the Swindon and Wiltshire magazine and website , then the Bath website and in 2016 published the first quarterly Bath & Somerset magazine .
Two years later along came the Techies ( our tech awards for Swindon and Wiltshire ) and in 2019 we launched our first South West Charity Conference which grew to a Conference and Expo in 2020 with over 500 attendees .
Anita added , “ I think the reason we ’ ve survived and thrived when so many publishers are folding is we truly care about our community , connecting people and seeing businesses grow as a result of working with us .
“ This business will never make me a millionaire , yet it brings me so much happiness working with such fantastic people , all with the same goal , to
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