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OxLEP secures £107m Local Growth Fund investment to transform local communities
Since 2014, OxLEP has secured £107.5 million of investment to support multiple projects to benefit local people and businesses through the Government’s Local Growth Fund.
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Green light for Bicester Motion’s new £50m Innovation Quarter
Detailed designs for seven new, prestigious HQ buildings at Bicester Motion’s new Innovation Quarter have been given the green light by Cherwell District Council.
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MEPC appoints Barnwood Limited to build £40m Nebula scheme at Milton Park
MEPC has appointed construction firm Barnwood Limited to build its £40m, 80,000 sq ft Nebula scheme at Milton Park, comprising seven new research and development units on the eastern edge of the park.
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Oxford Half Marathon is set to return to the city this Sunday
Thousands of runners are expected to take to the streets of Oxford for this year’s Oxford Half Marathon, which is set to return on Sunday, 15 October 2023.
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Unipart launches new SAP consultancy steeped in supply chain experience
Unipart has launched Unipart Signite, a new SAP consultancy and implementation service combining supply chain expertise with 20 years of building and running SAP systems for some of the largest organisations.
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Green light for three new laboratory and office buildings at Oxford North
The three new, prestigious laboratory and office buildings will be built as phase 2 of Oxford North, the new £700m life sciences innovation district.
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First phase of Didcot Valley Park site granted planning permission
The first phase of 172 homes at Valley Park, a major new development between Harwell and Didcot, has been unanimously approved by local councillors.
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EDX Medical completes acquisition of Oxford-based Hutano Diagnostics
EDX Medical has completed the acquisition of Oxford-based Hutano Diagnostics and established a Point-of-Care Innovation team to expand and accelerate the range of Hutano Diagnostics’ new tests and their integration with EDX smartphone expertise.
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Machine Discovery secures £4.5m funding to deliver AI tools for semiconductor design
Machine Discovery, an Oxford-based software company that uses machine learning technology to accelerate compute-intensive optimisation and simulation tasks, has secured £4.5m funding.
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Fusion technology company Oxford Sigma relocates HQ to Oxford Centre for Innovation
Oxford Sigma has relocated its HQ to The Oxford Trust’s Oxford Centre for Innovation to accelerate fusion materials technology commercialisation to help tackle climate change and resolve energy security.
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MP Anneliese Dodds visits Oxford Railway Station’s £65m transformation
Anneliese Dodds, Member of Parliament for Oxford East, recently visited to witness first-hand the transformative work being undertaken by Kier at Oxford Railway Station.
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Vistry Group staff take to the stands to climb the height of Everest for charity
Employees from Vistry Group climbed the height of the world’s highest mountain in Reading FC’s Select Car Leasing Stadium to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
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Oxford North creates 448 new construction jobs and eight apprenticeships
Since building works started in August 2021, Oxford North, the new innovation district in Oxford, has created 448 new construction jobs, and eight apprentices have been employed through the project’s construction partners.
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The landmark Odeon Cinema building in Banbury Cross is up for sale
The Odeon Cinema in the centre of Banbury in Oxfordshire is up for sale with a price tag above £2 million. White Commercial is offering the property for sale as an investment and considers that the site has future development potential.
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UK’s first full-size electric autonomous bus takes to the road at Milton Park
The UK’s first fully electric, full-size single-decker autonomous bus service has started operating between Didcot Parkway train station and Milton Park.
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Harwell-based SpaceTech business Open Cosmos raises $50m funding from impact investors
Open Cosmos – the leading space tech business making satellites that gather data to solve pressing global challenges – has raised $50m in Series B funding from three leading impact investors, ETF Partners, Trill Impact and A&G.