CONTENTS
THE TEAM
Editor & Founder Anita Jaynes anita @ tbesw . co . uk 01793 847966
Editorial Support Ben Carey & Nick Batten press @ tbesw . co . uk
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On the cover Original artwork by Judy Guillery to celebrate ten years of The Business Exchange .
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KEY STATISTICS
Readership : 15,000 Our audience :
56 % business owner / director level 44 % partner , manager or senior executive
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Meet Our Cover Star Judy Guillery : the face behind the art
REGULARS
04 Business News 16 SWLEP News 46 People 53 Revved Up 60 Property 61 Legal 63 Creative Thinking
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EDITOR ’ S NOTE
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Welcome to this special 10th anniversary edition of The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire .
Our theme is ‘ Defining a Decade : 2013- 2023 ’ and throughout this bumper issue we look at the people , the businesses , the culture , the events and the key developments which have shaped the last ten years since The Business Exchange launched in September 2013 .
From the start I set out to create a business magazine with community at its heart , a vehicle to share news , connect people and help build meaningful and long-lasting relationships . I ’ m not about quick wins and I think the TBE community of followers has the same ethos . It ’ s all about the long game and creating a truly supportive community around us . I think this is echoed in the
Celebrating the talented team behind TBE
FEATURES
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54 Going Green
68 Paw-some support for the big dog art trail
70 Tizzy Trails app launch
The Techies Awards 2023 : Have you submitted your entry yet ?
content contained in these pages and I thank everyone who ’ s shared , with such honesty , their business journey over the last ten years .
To make this issue extra special I commissioned local artist Judy Guillery to create a unique front cover which encapsulates everything that we do . Over the last decade The Business Exchange has extended its reach , launching into Bath and Somerset , hosting regular networking events , launching The Techies ( Swindon and Wiltshire ’ s tech awards ) and starting The Business Exchange Charity Conference & Expo .
You may notice that to mark this business milestone we have refreshed The Business Exchange brand . For a number of years , we have been affectionately known as TBE by many of our readers and we have now embraced this fully . I ’ m excited to uncover this new grown-up look , as I think it really
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Defining a Decade : 2013-2023
PEOPLE
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15 John Davies : Is it me ? 30 Henry Madders 10 years on
The Breakfast Exchange launches in Wiltshire
shows where we are headed and how we ’ re punching above our weight for an independent , regional publisher .
Thank you to everyone who ' s supported me on this journey so far . Here ' s to the next decade and everything that might bring !
Anita Jaynes E : anita @ tbesw . co . uk T : 01793 847 966
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