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UK’s first full-size electric autonomous bus takes to the road at Milton Park
The UK’s first fully electric, full-size single-decker autonomous bus service has started operating between Didcot Parkway train station and Milton Park.
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Harwell-based SpaceTech business Open Cosmos raises $50m funding from impact investors
Open Cosmos – the leading space tech business making satellites that gather data to solve pressing global challenges – has raised $50m in Series B funding from three leading impact investors, ETF Partners, Trill Impact and A&G.
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Simply Business has launched its annual £25,000 Business Boost grant competition
Simply Business has launched its annual Business Boost grant competition, which will award a £25,000 cash prize to give a UK small businesses a helping hand in the face of economic challenges – including the cost of living, energy bill increases, inflation and supply challenges.
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Hedges announces latest round of hires including a Head of Summertown Office
Hedges has announced its latest round of new hires comprising family law specialists Alexandra Baggallay and Ian Davies, and Head of Summertown Office, Daniel Boyle.
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Oxford GPs lead nationwide launch of AI-driven assessment technology for COPD
Oxford GPs have led the nationwide launch of AI-driven assessment technology for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an incurable medical condition affecting over 1.2 million people in the UK, using the N-Tidal device.
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Learning Pool launches new office in Bicester in response to mass growth
Following the closure of Learning Pool’s office in Combe, West Oxfordshire (which it inherited through the acquisition of HT2 Labs in 2019) last September, the learning technologies company has opened its doors to its newest office in Bicester.
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The Oxford Trust appoints new Director of Innovation and Operations
Nicki Campling joins The Oxford Trust as Director of Innovation and Operations for the Trust’s two innovation centres: the Oxford Centre for Innovation in the city centre and the Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington
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MP Victoria Prentis visits Banbury to inspect the new Openreach ultrafast build
The Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP visited Openreach engineers in Banbury to witness first-hand the innovative engineering techniques being used to deliver ultrafast Full Fibre broadband across her constituency.
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Planning Consent for new office building at Harwell Campus
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has secured planning consent on behalf of Harwell Science and Innovation Campus for a new 53,000 sq ft office building.
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‘Outstanding’ Oxfordshire care home Cleeve Lodge sold to a new operator
Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has completed the freehold sale of Cleeve Lodge residential home in Goring-on-Thames to a new operator
