Interview with Ben Goffe. Sleeping Beauty is set to cast its spell over Swindon this Christmas. And back at the Wyvern Theatre for a second-year running is the brilliant Ben Goffe, who’ll be playing Muddles. We caught up with Ben to chat about his return to the stage this festive season.
PR podcast hits milestone of 5,000 downloads and 100 episodes. Getting in front of national journalists, the power of influencers and using stories to build a brand have all featured in a PR podcast which has hit 5,000 downloads.
Pursuit Agency Launches Podcast. Rob Curtis, founder of Swindon-based digital marketing firm The Pursuit Agency, has launched his new podcast, Marketing Unzipped.
The team at Wiltshire-based financial advisers Dave Southby Financial Planning have adopted an ambitious 2025 fundraising plan to for four local charities.
Last year (2024) the team raised £5,800 for the Kelly Foundation. That charity supports adults in despair in the Swindon area. They then went on to win the Positive Business Award at the TBE Awards in late 2024. Now they’re going all out to support four charities during this year by raising up to £8,000.
Media consultant Lauren Roberts is marking a year since she changed careers and joined her stepmother at Swindon-based Scott Media.
Lauren, who began working with media expert Fiona Scott on a part-time basis, helping to manage an ever-increasing workload in the business, has already expanded her hours.
PR consultant Fiona Scott has reached the finals of the UK Top Business Advisers Awards.
Fiona was picked from hundreds of advisers in the PR industry and across other important business sectors from around the UK. Her selection came for the outstanding work she does with helping SMEs and entrepreneurs use the power of the media to promote and grow their businesses.
Young Performers Inspire at IWD. TICKETS are still available to watch young performers from across Swindon take to the stage. It’s a special performance to mark International Women’s Day 2024.
The 70th Anniversary tour of The Mousetrap, the longest running play in the world, continues to enthrall audiences throughout the UK and Ireland.
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR WINS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE SWINDON COMMUNITY. Fi Da Silva Adams, founder of Swindon and Wiltshire’s leading performing arts company for children and young people, Revolution Performing Arts, has won an award for Outstanding Contribution to the Community.
At Black Nova we’re specialists in using Wordpress, a CMS – a content management system. It’s used by 43 per cent of all websites on the internet. Some people may be sniffy about ‘Wordpress’. But it’s sheer size, compatibility and flexibility means it’s the fastest growing CMS in the world. Around 500 new websites get created daily with a growth of around 12 per cent a year since 2011.
Creative Agency Gels with Visual PR and sign up to their talk show style broadcasts. Visual PR has signed up leading branding, web design and marketing company GEL Studios. They’re due to start broadcasting for the agency this month.
While I’m keen not to make this Swindon in 50 Drinks blog series too beer heavy, I couldn’t not cover this Volya Ukrainian inspired beer.
