Business & Economy
Follow Business & Economy in Oxford and just beyond, from company news and major appointments to investment, innovation and wider economic developments.
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Sense raises £12.3m for instrument-free molecular diagnostics
Oxford-based Sense Biodetection raises £12.3m to progress its pioneering instrument-free, point-of-care molecular diagnostic tests product.
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Call for Olympics-style delivery body for Oxford-Cambridge Arc development
Property chiefs are calling for the creation of an Olympics-style body to deliver the homes and infrastructure needed to create the Oxford-Cambridge Arc
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Unipart Logistics wins five year Selco supply chain contract
Unipart Logistics has won a five-year contract with Selco Builders Warehouse to run their end-to-end supply chain in the UK.
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£3.1bn offer to acquire Oxfordshire HQ cybersecurity specialist Sophos
Thoma Bravo a leading US-based private equity firm has made a £3.1bn offer to acquire Oxfordshire HQ cybersecurity specialist Sophos.
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Penningtons Manches Cooper advises IRIS on acquisition of Innervision
Penningtons Manches Cooper advises IRIS Software Group, the UK’s largest privately held software company, on its acquisition of Innervision, a global provider of lease accounting software.
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Oxford PharmaGenesis receives Queen’s Award for international trade
Independent HealthScience consultancy Oxford PharmaGenesis receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Outstanding Achievement in International Trade.
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Oxford Biomedica announces interim results to 30 June 2019
Oxford Biomedica announces interim results to 30 June 2019 with revenues of £32.1m and operating EBITDA loss and operating loss of £1.4m and £6.1m respectively.
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Penningtons Manches Cooper advises OQEMA on its acquisition of Rocara
Penningtons Manches Cooper in Oxford advises OQEMA, a Global Chemical Manufacturing & Distribution Company, on its acquisition of Irish-based Rocara.
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Penningtons Manches Cooper advises Oxford-based AgTech start-up
Penningtons Manches Cooper advises Oxford-based AgTech start-up MoA Technology on its £6.3m Series A funding round for crop protection discovery platforms.
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Unipart wins Jaguar Land Rover packing services contract extension
Unipart Logistics has signed a new contract with Jaguar Land Rover to retain packing services for a further four years.
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Unipart Logistics rolls out new temperature controlled trailer fleet
Unipart Logistics has introduced a new fleet of temperature managed trailers for dedicated use within the NHS Supply Chain, as part of its logistics contract.
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The University of Oxford BioEscalator is officially open
The BioEscalator is an innovation centre for high-potential, early-stage medical science companies; a hub for entrepreneurial biosciences. It is co-located alongside the University’s world-class medical research at Old Road Campus in Headington. The BioEscalator is designed such that early-stage businesses can rent just one bench in the Innovation Lab or a small lab of their…
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Oxford Metrics announces interim results to 31 March 2019
Oxford Metrics announces interim results for six months ended 31 March 2019 with Group Revenue up 12.6% to £16.1m and profit before tax up 16.1% to £1.7m
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Oxford Biomedica receives £53.5m strategic investment
Oxford Biomedica receives £53.5m strategic investment from Novo Holdings in return for 6.56m new ordinary shares, 10.1% of the outstanding shares after the capital increase.
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Oxford Biomedica announces preliminary results to 31 Dec 2018
Oxford Biomedica announces preliminary results to 31 December 2018 with revenue up to £66.8 million and profit before tax of £5m compared to a loss in 2017.
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Oxford Biomedica announces new digital framework initiative
Oxford Biomedica announces new digital framework initiative to streamline medicine production with £2m grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.