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Latest news and stories
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Oxfordshire planning consultancy Edgars promotes five planners
This is part of its continued growth strategy focused on delivering inspiring futures and places for its clients while nurturing and training its talent.
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Blenheim Palace launch free shuttle service with Oxford Bus Company
It forms part of a major drive by Blenheim Palace to provide sustainable transport solutions as part of its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2027.
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Adactus launches customer service software for independent hospitality and small business
The Thame based technology specialist has adapted and developed its tried and tested software for smaller businesses, launching a range of easy-to-use products on a fixed monthly fee.
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New business fund set to launch to support ambitious Cherwell-based businesses
The new scheme – the Cherwell Business Adaptation Fund – will be delivered by the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) Business team on behalf of the council.
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Lothbury’s plans for Oxford’s Clarendon Centre approved by City Council
Opened in 1984 as a shopping centre in central Oxford, the Clarendon Centre is undergoing a change of use to develop an academic and living hub.
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12,500 people attend Oxford’s 2022 May Morning celebrations
The estimate from Oxford City Council used drone footage to work out how many people attended the traditional celebration of the coming of Spring.
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Road closures in place as thousands expected to attend May Morning 2022
The City Council is working with partners to prepare the city for thousands of people to attend May Morning 2022 for the first time in-person since 2019.
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Private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September
The selective licensing scheme means that all private rented homes will need a licence to help ensure they are safe, well maintained and well managed.
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The Story Museum to present interactive comic creators exhibition
The exhibition is presented in partnership with Oxford-based The Phoenix and Rebellion, two of England’s biggest comic book publishers, and Beano by Scotland’s biggest comic book publisher DC Thompson.
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Councils to let wildflowers bloom during No Mow May
The two councils already designate wildflower meadows, which they only cut two to three times a year, but this year, they will trial leaving several additional areas of land uncut for No May Mow.
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Thomas White Oxford appoints Victoria Collett as Development Director
Victoria has joined Thomas White Oxford from Legal & General Capital, where she headed development for its Suburban Build to Rent business.
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Have your say on a new technology park development in Didcot Garden Town
Hill Farm in Appleford and near Didcot is the site of a proposed Local Development Order (LDO) which local planning authorities use to set out the overall design of a site.
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The Didcot Powerhouse Fund announces grant recipients for 2022
In its first year of grant giving, the fund has made grants totalling £95,508 to 17 organisations with amounts ranging from £400 to £13,000.
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Work starts to transform Carriage Works, Swindon into sustainability research facility
Ingleton Wood, an Oxford-based property and construction consultancy, has been appointed to provide mechanical and electrical (M&E) services for the project.
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More than 90 per cent of children offered first choice primary school places for 2022/23
In total, 91.49 per cent (6,459) of applicants have been awarded their first choice for starting infant or primary school in Oxfordshire.
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Team led by Hawkins\Brown wins Begbroke Innovation District design competition
The judges were impressed by the winning team’s design flair, collaborative approach, creative integration of different uses, and sensitive consideration of the needs of local communities and those who will visit the site.