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Retail real estate resilience along M40 amid COVID-19 disruption
It follows White Commercial’s success in handling a spate of retail shop openings along the northern sector of the M40, despite disrupted trading conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Local accountancy firm selects two businesses to share £10,000 support prize
Traditional and artisan bakery Pobi Bakery and 3D printing and prototyping service Printpool Additive Manufacturing will receive a range of expert support and cash investment.
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The brand new homebake Neapolitan pizzas by Dodo Pub Co.
Looking for a perfect way to enjoy authentic wood-fired pizzas at home? Well, look no further. Get stuck into Dodo Pub Co. ‘nearly cooked’ homebake pizza that you can finish off in your oven at home.
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Global infusion technology leader launches UK operation in Oxford
The UK operations will improve its support of the Sapphire infusion pump customers, which include NHS Trusts, private hospitals and homecare providers.
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Evotec expands again at Milton Park
Evotec’s latest expansion at 95 Park Drive, which totals 43,141 sq ft across three floors, is in addition to the 16,823 sq ft at 90 Park Drive it took in September 2020.
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Banbury’s former main Post Office building ‘Signed For’ redevelopment
White Commercial’s first retail transaction for 2021 has been the sale of the former main Post Office Building in Banbury.
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Schools in England will not be able to reopen before March
Schools in England will not be able to open after the half-term break next month, but they could begin to return from 08 March. A final decision would depend on meeting vaccination targets and schools would get two weeks’ notice.
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Rosalind Franklin Institute at Harwell Campus reaches key construction milestone
The £40m Hub building has reached practical completion, with the construction company Mace handing legal ownership to UK Research and Innovation.
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Up to 1 in 36 people infected with COVID-19 in England
Initial findings from one of the country’s largest studies into COVID-19 infections in England shows infections increased by 50% from early December, with an average of 1 in 63 people infected nationally. The prevalence was highest in London, with 1 in 36 people infected.
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Planning permission granted for Oxford University’s Life and Mind Building
Designed by internationally renowned architect practice NBBJ, the building will house the Departments of Experimental Psychology and Biology, including Plant Sciences and Zoology.
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Transformation of Boswells building into luxury hotel gets go-ahead
Oxford’s iconic Boswells store building is on course to become a new 4-star luxury hotel as developers receive planning permission.
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PM Boris Johnson opens new Oxford Biomedica’s Oxbox manufacturing facility
The new 84,000 sq ft manufacturing facility based in Oxford was originally built to service the company’s growing demand for lentiviral vectors.
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Every adult in the UK to be offered coronavirus vaccine by September
The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the UK was making “good progress” in ensuring every adult was offered a vaccine by September and “if it can be done more swiftly, that’s a bonus”
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Plans for secure cycle parking in east Oxford announced
Residents of the Iffley and St Mary’s areas in Oxford are set to benefit from several secure cycle storage facilities to allow them to keep their bikes safer from theft.
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Autoglass opens new centre in Oxford
The modular centre, located within the Oxford United Football Club car park, offers windscreen repair and replacements, advanced safety system recalibrations, and replacement wiper blades.
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New electric scooter hire scheme for Oxford to be launched with Voi
Residents in the Headington area of Oxford will soon be able to rent an e-scooter as part of a trial to allow residents to both travel in a socially distanced manner and cut carbon emissions.