Sue Thomas
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Carter Jonas celebrates 100 years in Oxford with a special evening at the Ashmolean Museum
Carter Jonas has marked 100 years of the firm’s presence in Oxford with a special evening at the Ashmolean Museum to celebrate this significant milestone. The event, on Thursday, 19 September, brought together over 150 clients, colleagues, and partners to commemorate the firm’s long-standing history in Oxford. The Ashmolean Museum, a renowned cultural institution with…
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Oxford United’s new stadium scoops OxPropFest Deal Of The Year award
Oxford United’s proposed new stadium project has been recognised at another industry awards ceremony by winning the Deal of the Year category at the OxPropFest Awards.
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Bicester Motion & TeamSport unveils new ultimate indoor e-karting centre plans
The proposed two-level track will be built inside Bicester Motion’s Hangar 137, a 31,000 sq ft (2,880 sq m), Grade 2 Listed building with access from Skimmingdish Lane.
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Oxford-based ProspectSoft partners with Oxford Brookes to help Supply Chain SMEs boost growth
Working with researchers at the business school as part of a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP), their findings have helped create ProspectSoft’s Growth Engine, which highlights opportunities to increase sales from new and existing customers.
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Green light for Bicester Motion and Skyports’ first UK vertiport testbed for electric air taxi industry
The vertiport, positioned adjacent to Bicester Motion’s existing general aviation grass runways, will continue the airfield’s long history of aerospace innovation and will include a compact passenger terminal to test ground infrastructure and flight operations.
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New sustainability role at Grundon as Toni Robinson appointed Board
Oxfordshire-based Grundon Waste Management has appointed Toni Robinson as its first Risk & Sustainability Director, as Stephen Roscoe retires from his role as Compliance Director after a 35-year career with Grundon.
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Founder and Executive Chairman of Unipart announces retirement after 50 years of service
John will retire from his day-to-day responsibilities and step down as a Board member on 31 August 2024 while continuing to support the business until the end of November 2024. He will remain Unipart’s largest individual shareholder.
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The Oxford Trust submits plans for new Aspen Building in Headington
The Oxford Trust has submitted plans to Oxford City Council for its new Aspen Building to be built at the Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, Oxford, to provide additional laboratory and office grow-on space for science and tech start-ups.
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Top Gear revs engines at Catesby Tunnel vehicle testing facility near Banbury
Recently, the Catesby Tunnel vehicle testing facility near Banbury has been used to put several vehicles through their paces by the BBC’s incredibly popular show Top Gear.
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Samsung acquires Oxford University spinout Oxford Semantic Technologies
Oxford Science Enterprises has announced that its Deep Tech portfolio company, Oxford Semantic Technologies, has signed an agreement to be acquired by Samsung Electronics.
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Oxfordshire developer starts next phase of all-electric homes at Graven Hill
The new homes will include air source heat pump technology (ASHP) rather than gas boilers, coupled with an underfloor heating system and a Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery (MVHR) system, which reduces the heating and cooling demands of the house while circulating warm, fresh, filtered air within it.
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Oxfordshire business leaders comment on the new Labour government
Oxfordshire business leaders have called on Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour administration to “capitalise on growth opportunities” and move “at the speed, necessary”, with a Labour government majority now confirmed.
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Planning consent for sustainable life sciences building secured at ARC Oxford
Carter Jonas has secured planning permission on behalf of Advanced Research Clusters (ARC) to create a modern and highly energy-efficient life sciences building called ‘Ascent’ at ARC Oxford campus in Cowley.
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Wildlife charity to hold election hustings for Didcot and Wantage
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is holding election hustings for voters in Didcot and Wantage to hear from candidates vying to win seats in their local constituency at the upcoming general election.
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Liberal Democrats candidate for Banbury Liz Adams sets out her priorities
Liberal Democrats candidate for Banbury Liz Adams is campaigning for action to tackle the cost of living crisis, the NHS crisis and the sewage scandal.
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Dalcour Maclaren to open a second Bicester office this month, creating 50 new jobs in the area
Dalcour Maclaren, a professional services consultancy to the utilities and infrastructure industry, will open its new office this month and create 50 new jobs in the Bicester area.