Sue Thomas
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Oxbotica rebrands as Oxa as company scales globally
Oxbotica, the autonomous vehicle software developer, has announced the company has changed its name to Oxa, effective immediately, as the business prepares to scale in North America and Europe.
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Oxford North appoints Contemporary Art Society Consultancy to deliver its public arts programme
CAS Consultancy will manage a high-profile public art programme built into Oxford North’s delivery and work with development partners Thomas White Oxford, Cadillac Fairview, Stanhope and The Hill Group, and leading cultural organisations within Oxford.
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Milton Park opens its doors to local students from St Birinus Boys’ School
Volunteers at Milton Park, a leading science, business and technology community in Oxfordshire, were joined by students from St Birinus Boys’ School last week as part of its ‘Explore Milton Park’ school engagement programme.
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Oxford named the UK’s highest-performing city in PwC’s annual Good Growth for Cities Index
Economic measures, such as income, employment rates and life expectancy, helped the city maintain first place, while other South East cities also ranked highly.
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Gardner Leader law firm announces six new promotions
Regional law firm Gardner Leader has announced its latest round of promotions with two new partners, Lucy Savage and Marie Verney, and four new Senior Associates.
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Planning Consent for Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre (MITC) at Harwell Campus
Carter Jonas has secured planning consent for the Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre (MITC) – a new vaccine research and manufacturing facility at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
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Brainomix expands its UK head office into new facilities in in Botley Oxford
The Oxford-based company has relocated to the landmark Seacourt Tower in Botley, upgrading its office space to accommodate its growing team of AI specialists.
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Oxford Computer Consultants (OCC) acquired by Healthcare IT specialist System C
Oxford Computer Consultants (OCC), an Oxford-based IT business that specialises in integrated contracts and finance solutions for social care within local government has been acquired by Healthcare IT specialist System C.
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Unipart announces its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2022
Unipart has announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2022, with turnover increasing to £917.3m and underlying Group profit before interest and tax of £12.2m
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Unipart’s Chairman calls for a clear picture of UK industrial strategy
The Government needs to give UK companies a clear picture of Britain’s industrial strategy to compete in global markets to build investor confidence, according to Unipart Chairman John Neill in an interview with the BBC today.
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HydRegen raises £2.6m in its latest investment round led by Clean Growth Fund
HydRegen, an Oxford-based biotechnology company enabling sustainable chemical manufacturing, has secured a £2.6m investment as part of its latest fundraising, led by Clean Growth Fund, a commercially run clean technologies venture capital fund.
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UPDATED: Homesense opens its first store in Oxford
The first Homesense store (a sister brand to TK Maxx) in Oxford opened at Templars Shopping Park in Cowley, Oxford, on Thursday, 20 April.
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Green light for Bicester’s Axis J9 five-unit extension
Albion Land has been given the green light to deliver an additional five logistics and industrial buildings at the Axis J9 distribution and manufacturing park in Bicester.
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Oxfordshire-based Owen Mumford wins distinction in Red Dot Award
Owen Mumford has been awarded a distinction in the prestigious Red Dot Award for innovative product design for its Aidaptus single-use auto-injector launched in 2021.
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First look at planned Tokamak Energy fusion power plant
Tokamak Energy, based at Milton Park, has released the first images of its planned commercial fusion power plant with the capacity to generate enough electricity to power 50,000 homes when completed in the 2030s.
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Plans submitted for 179 new homes at first housing phase at Valley Park, Didcot
Valley Park is a consortium-led site on land to the west of Great Western Park, which was granted outline planning permission for 4,254 dwellings and other supporting infrastructure in February 2022.