Business

WORK is well underway on the long-awaited new £4million medical centre in Wellesbourne. The centre will be three times bigger than the village’s existing…

THE Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has been named among the country’s Top 100 Not-for-Profit organisations to work for. The charity was 75th on the Sunday…

A PROJECT consortium that was set up by Stratford-based Transport Design International Ltd (TDI) has been given £2.75million by the Department for Transport…

UNEMPLOYMENT in Warwickshire has risen slightly, despite strong business confidence heading into 2018. There was a small rise across the county in the…

BUSINESSES are starting the new year in buoyant mood, according to a major survey. The Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce conducted its final…

ASTON Martin sold 5,117 of its luxury sports cars in 2017 — a nine-year high. The company, which has its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, said demand…

RAIL passengers are being asked to help shape the future of services to and from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Shakespeare Line Promotion Group (SLPG) is running…

BROOM Swim School has been recognised at the prestigious Swim England National Awards. The school, which is run by mother and daughter, Sally and Alice…

LAW firm Lodders, which has offices in Stratford-upon-Avon, Cheltenham, Birmingham and Henley-in-Arden, has appointed Paul Mourton as its new managing…

THE increasing pressure on Stratford’s transport infrastructure was the main focus of a meeting between MP Nadhim Zahawi and local businesses. Twenty…

BUSINESS leaders have welcomed news that unemployment figures took a healthy tumble in the run-up to Christmas in Warwickshire. The number of claimants…

NURSERY and baby products company, The Green Sheep Group, has been named in the top ten of the Sunday Times Fast Track Ones to Watch list. It marks the…

BRIDGE Street, Stratford, will once again host the town’s Christmas Market after the district council reversed its decision to locate the market on Waterside. This…

THE chairman of the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) has been given an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration by…

THEY say you can never have too many pairs of socks, but that isn’t entirely true for a Stratford-upon-Avon company which wants to give away 1,800 pairs…

COFFEE giant Costa has applied for permission to build a new drive-thru café restaurant in Stratford-upon-Avon. The company has earmarked land at the…

AN Alcester-based software company has been recognised with a major award. Vectric, which moved to Precision House on Arden Road in the town in 2016,…

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON has a key role to play in the on-going revival of the West Midlands economy. That’s the message from the region’s first directly elected…

THE Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce has strengthened its senior team. Martyne Manning has been appointed policy manager, Chris Nagle as…

WILDMOOR Spa in Stratford-upon-Avon has been sold to the company that is owned by former Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne. The club opened on the A46…