The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire June 2014 Edition | Page 6

BUSINESS NEWS

From doctors to design with
no appointment necessary

BUSINESS SHOW SWINDON
IS A STEAMING SUCCESS

Husband and wife team Lesley and David Wood
celebrated moving their business ‘The Front Room’
into Gable House, High Street, Malmesbury last month.
The premises used to be occupied by the towns doctors
surgery, so is a well known property in the town.

Almost 1000 attendees and exhibitors attended the fourth
Business Show Swindon at STEAM on 15 May. The event was
organised by Business West and sponsored by Excalibur.

The business aptly named ‘The Front
Room’, started out in David’s home as a
graphic design company. The business has
gone from strength to strength and since
Lesley joined two years ago, the range
of services for businesses of all sizes has
been expanding rapidly too. The Front
Room offers mobile friendly websites,
logos, brochures, social media and email
marketing and sales campaigns to help
businesses grow.
Lesley commented, “We’re thrilled with
our new premises and being part of the
vibrant commercial hub which is the lower
end of the High St. There’s a wealth of
interesting and successful businesses run
by visionary entrepreneurs in and around
Malmesbury and we’ve been lucky to
create partnerships with many of them,
providing skilled sales, marketing and
design support at a fraction of city
agency prices”.

The show featured a keynote speech from
Rob Law of Magmatic Ltd, the company
behind the much-loved children’s brand
Trunki. A packed audience heard an
inspiring speech from a passionate,
engaging and creative entrepreneur. Rob
shared his truly remarkable journey to
success; how he has grown Trunki to a
global brand and his top tips for bringing
manufacturing back to the UK.
There was over 90 exhibitors from a wide
range of sectors including Pebley Beach, Total
Guide To, SEQOL and The Business Exchange
Swindon & Wiltshire.
The Business Show provided excellent
networking opportunities for local businesses
with the ever popular speed networking
sessions and LinkedIn Lounge.
Ian Larrard, Director of Swindon and
Wiltshire Initiative, Business West said:
“Business is about connecting people; people
buy people. At Business West we deliver
hundreds of networking events throughout
the year and with the most popular being
speed networking, it’s a great opportunity for

a room of people to meet with each other, in
a fast, furious and fun environment.”
James Phipps, CEO of Excalibur said:
“The Business Show was a great success and
provided an opportunity to meet businesses
from across the region. Once again the show
was a great platform for Excalibur to share
insights and advice on technologies that will
revolutionise how companies do business.
We are proud of our association with the
Business Show an