Business
An offaly good way to learn about meat
Meat-lovers will be facing the chop at a course on how to cook pork at a Marlborough butchers this month. And to prove it’s no flash in the pan, carnivores are also being offered lessons in cooking lamb, beef, game … Continue reading
Not losing your job can be stressful too!
Being made redundant, or even the fear of losing one’s job, can lead to stress, anxiety or depression. But what about the colleagues left behind after a company has made cuts to its workforce? According to psychotherapist and counsellor Geoff … Continue reading
Co-operating is the key to growing the co-op economy
Co-operatives doing business with other co-operatives is one of three key ways in which the sector’s contribution to the economy can be ambitiously and dramatically increased, a conference in Wiltshire heard this week. At the annual Future Co-operatives conference on … Continue reading
Co-op activists to launch ambitious growth campaign
Co-operative activists will be launching an ambitious challenge when they meet for their annual conference in Wroughton, near Swindon, this weekend. The Future Co-operatives conference will be looking at ways of growing the co-operative economy from two to 20 percent … Continue reading
Co-operative Futures welcomes Co-operatives Bill
Prime minister David Cameron today (Thursday) announced a new Co-operatives Bill, which will make it easier for people to set up and manage co-operative businesses. The announcement was welcomed by Co-operative Futures, the Gloucester-based business development consultancy which helps people … Continue reading
Book publication is a dream come true – literally
The publication of her first book is a dream-come-true for business guru Lynne Copp – literally. And the book – the idea for which came to the author in a dream – scooped Lynne a national award… even before it … Continue reading
Frustrated bosses Say No to Banks
Frustrated bosses who say their businesses are being held back by the reluctance of financial institutions to lend them money are being urged to Say No To Banks. The audacious Say No To Banks campaign evokes the spirit of this … Continue reading
Susanna’s beautiful business idea
A former manager is sitting pretty after launching her own beauty therapy company, with business support from Swindon-based outplacement specialist Connect. After leaving her desk job in the financial sector this summer, Susanna Mansukhani has gone back to her roots … Continue reading
Past experience is the key to a winning CV – study
Employers examine a job applicant’s previous experience before looking at any other part of their CV, according to new research conducted by Swindon-based outplacement specialist Connect. The study reveals how recruiters evaluate resumes – skipping past the personal profile section … Continue reading
Fantastic Mr Fox joins economic partnership
On the outskirts of Chippenham is a glass-fronted building where some of the country’s youngest CEOs rub shoulders. Seventeen and 18 year olds chair board meetings, win contracts and pore over business strategies. But this isn’t a cutting edge tech … Continue reading