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THE TEAM
Editor & Founder Anita Jaynes anita @ tbesw. co. uk
Editorial Support Ben Carey & Nick Batten press @ tbesw. co. uk
Special Features Fiona Scott fiona @ fionascott. co. uk
Design Juicy Designs www. juicy-designs. co. uk
Artwork Studio Creative Services www. studio-cs. co. uk
Printed by ESP Colour www. espcolour. co. uk
On the cover Property entrepreneur, Arthur Dallimer, pictured by Neil Moore Photographic.
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House of Lords event showcases Swindon’ s investment potential
REGULARS
04 Business News
08 Finance
11 People
15 Technology
18 Property
26 Creative Thinking
33 Business Support
40 Positive Business
46 Connect
EDITOR’ S NOTE
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Swindon & Wiltshire’ s Most Inspiring Women 2025 – As voted by you
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FEATURES
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13 AI in Swindon & Wiltshire- A friend or a foe?
36 A2Z Guide to Business in Swindon & Wiltshire
Get set for the TBE Awards 2025 – Celebrating business success
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Regenerating Swindon – Transformative projects set to reshape the town
PEOPLE
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44 Meet Hitendra Patel who’ s speaking at Leadership Dialogues this summer
In Profile, Arthur Dallimer( cover story)
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KEY STATISTICS
Readership: 15,000 Our audience: 56 % business owner / director level 44 % partner, manager or senior executive
Spring is a time of reawakening, rejuvenation and renewal and the pages of this magazine are packed with exciting news stories that demonstrate how our region is blossoming.
From investment in education with the launch of the new Wiltshire Business School( page 4), to Swindon being showcased to potential investors, businesses and the Government at the House of Lords( page 5).
On pages 16-17 there’ s our regeneration round-up looking at Swindon’ s evolving landscape and the transformative projects set to shape the town’ s future.
The word on everyone’ s lips at the moment is AI. On page 13, Features Editor, Fiona Scott talks to local businesses about how they’ re approaching it, with some jumping straight in and using it day-to-day, and others proceeding with caution. Whatever way you approach it, there’ s no escaping the fact it’ s going to be part of the future.
This edition’ s cover story and In Profile feature focusses on Arthur Dallimer. At just 29 years old he’ s built an impressive reputation in property development and has big plans to revitalise his hometown of Swindon. Turn to page 25 to read about his plans.
With so many growth stories in this magazine from mergers to acquisitions, business milestones and product launches, there’ s a lot to celebrate. If your business is growing, developing great people, launching innovative products or flying the flag for the South West, you should enter the 2025 TBE Awards. Opening for entries on Tuesday 1st April, the competition is celebrating business
More news at: www. tbebathandsomerset. co. uk and www. tbeswindonandwilts. co. uk
excellence across Swindon & Wiltshire and Bath & Somerset. I can’ t wait to read your entries! Find out more on page 24.
At TBE we have lots of events coming up this year, from the 7th TBE South West Charity Conference & Expo in June, to the TBE Show in September and our regular business networking breakfasts and TBE VIP events. I’ d love to see you. Come along, make new connections and grow your business!
Anita Jaynes, Founder E: anita @ tbesw. co. uk T: 01793 847 966
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