Sue Thomas
Latest news and stories
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Sustainable underwear brand Y.O.U Underwear wins Business Boost Initiative
Small business insurance provider, Simply Business, designed the competition to support businesses in the face of significant economic challenges – including rapidly rising inflation, the cost of living crisis and supply chain issues.
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Consultation open on draft housing, homelessness and rough sleeping strategy
It sets out the council’s intentions to provide more affordable and low-carbon homes, improve conditions for renters in all tenures and do more to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping.
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Love Your Liver roadshow spreads liver health awareness at Milton Park
The British Liver Trust has hosted a Love Your Liver roadshow event at Milton Park providing free testing, information and advice from health professionals regarding liver health.
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Regional solicitors Spratt Endicott celebrates Legal 500 rankings success
The 2023 edition of The Legal 500, the UK’s leading guide to the best law firms and lawyers, awarded Spratt Endicott Debt Recovery practice with the highest Top Tier for another year.
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Electric MINI production to be shifted from the UK to China
The brand’s German owner BMW said it is planning to halt production of the electric cars at its Oxford factory next year, despite the city’s status as the historic home of the MINI.
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Oxford researchers receive £122m funding to improve health & care for NHS patients
The funding, over the next five years, was awarded to Oxford’s two National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centres (BRC).
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Founder of Oxford-based underwear business wins sustainability award
The awards are part of the ‘Plan it with Purpose’ initiative run by small business support platform Enterprise Nation in partnership with Aviva and TSB Bank.
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Gusto Italian to open its new restaurant in Oxford later this year
The new 10,000 sq ft restaurant and bar will open in the historic Mitre Hotel building on Oxford High Street before Christmas, with an expansive downstairs dining room, an upstairs private dining room and a cosy cocktail bar.
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Work is progressing on Oxford’s Broad Street transformation
The plans include sitting areas with planters and is being delivered as one of the County Council’s priorities to provide green spaces in busy urban areas.
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Work underway in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell to connect homes and businesses to ultrafast broadband
Gigaclea is expanding its commercial build for residents in the village as part of plans to take its full-fibre network to underserved market towns and communities in south Oxfordshire.
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Government announces new £50m cyber academy in Shrivenham
The new Defence Cyber Academy will develop sovereign and international courses and support the UK’s endeavours in developing the national cyber profession – launching in 2022.
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County Council adopts updated approach to highway maintenance & asset management
The update approach will lead to a greater focus on improvements to footways, cycleways and facilities that better allow people to share the available space.
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Tribunal orders management company to refund £84k rent in unlicensed HMO
While the tribunal accepted that the failure to obtain a licence was “by omission rather than deliberate”, it found that the cluster flats needed one and were, therefore, in breach of Oxford’s additional HMO licensing scheme.
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Updated proposals for Oxpens go on show to the public
The proposals for more homes, jobs, riverside public space and hotel will go on show at Oxford Town Hall as developers take the next step towards submitting a planning application.
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Test Match Special Live heads to Oxford for a special Ashes celebration
Cricket fans are in for a real treat as the legendary Test Match Special show hits the road for an all-new live UK theatre tour – including an unmissable date in Oxford on 06 April 2023.
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Tributes to Queen from civic leaders across Oxfordshire
Civic leaders across Oxfordshire have paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died peacefully at Balmoral just hours after medics had publicised concern for her health.