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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 Caen Hill Locks, Devizes, by Barbara Leatham Photography
Advertising Sales Email: press @ tbesw. co. uk Call: 01793 847966
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Celebrating Swindon & Wiltshire’ s Best Places to Work 2025
REGULARS
04 Business News
16 People
21 Finance
27 Property
34 Creative Thinking
35 Technology
38 Business Support
40 Positive Business
42 Connect
EDITOR’ S NOTE
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Three Wiltshire businesses receive King’ s Award for International Trade
FEATURES
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10 Spotlight on Wiltshire’ s Tourist Economy
The competition is on! Enter the TBE Awards 2025
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Beating the‘ Summer Slump’
PEOPLE
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39 John Davies, Is it me?
Location, Location, Location, Meet Wiltshire’ s answer to Kirstie & Phil
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KEY STATISTICS
Readership: 15,000 Our audience: 56 % business owner / director level 44 % partner, manager or senior executive
Welcome to this special Summer edition of TBE Swindon & Wiltshire celebrating our region’ s recent successes, including the businesses listed in The Sunday Times, Best Places to Work list 2025, Wiltshire firms who were recognised in this year’ s King’ s Awards for International Trade, and the news that Wiltshire finally has its own Local Visitor Economy Partnership.
Despite business conditions continuing to be tough, there is lots of positive news in our community and TBE is proud to be the vehicle to showcase it, being our area’ s only business-to-business magazine in print and online. We are here to support our area’ s economy by showcasing successes, discussing what’ s impacting growth and sharing ways to improve.
During the summer months we often see
a dip in productivity. In this issue( pages 12- 13) we talk to local experts on how you can find ways to beat the‘ summer slump’ and get set for a positive Q4.
If you would like to end 2025 on a high and are looking for ways to gain recognition for your organisation, why not enter our TBE Awards? The competition is now open for entries with something for everyone, from the Flying the Flag for the South West Award, to the Rising Star Award and the Dream Team Award. Turn to page 24 to get award winning tips from our judges and find out how the awards can benefit your business.
This edition’ s property pages are packed with news on how our area is leading the market, with work beginning on the UK’ s largest-ever speculative logistics facility in Swindon, to how trends from the US are
More news at: www. tbebathandsomerset. co. uk and www. tbeswindonandwilts. co. uk
transforming our local residential property market- turn to pages 27-31.
If you’ re looking to meet new connections and showcase your business, go to the Connect page for ways to get yourself out there in the coming months. I hope to see you at a TBE Big Breakfast, the Great British Expo in Swindon or at TBE Show. Have a great summer.
Have a great summer.
Anita Jaynes, Founder E: anita @ tbesw. co. uk T: 01793 847 966
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