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Soho Farmhouse gets permission for 20 new bedroom huts
It will transform the site of a former camping field and football pitch into new bedrooms, adding to it’s collection of cabins, farm buildings, gym, restaurants and walled garden cottages.
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Design competition launched for £1bn innovation district at Begbroke
The winning design team will set the bold ambition and design intent for a project that will transform the area around the university’s Begbroke Science Park to the north of Oxford.
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New beginning for The Good Food Guide with 2022 edition in the works
The Good Food Guide has been acquired by hospitality membership network CODE Hospitality and will be given “a new lease of life” by the new owners.
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Redevelopment of East Oxford Community Centre set for approval
The council’s scrutiny committee will be reviewing the request to make sure the council has a strong plan to deliver benefit to the community for the investment.
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Johnson Matthey to exit battery materials business
The company has been looking to commercialise its range of high nickel cathode materials and has been exploring strategic partnerships for the battery division it set up in 2012.
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Construction underway at Oxford University’s Life and Mind Building
The building represents the largest building project ever undertaken on behalf of the university and will be its biggest teaching and research facility.
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Nine businesses take space in The Oxford Trust’s innovation centres
The early-stage science and technology start-up businesses have taken space, as Oxford continues to see strong demand from businesses needing R&D labs, technical workspace and flexible office space.
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Oxford’s Linacre College to change its name after £155m donation
The college, named after 15th-century scholar Thomas Linacre, will be renamed Thao college in honour of its benefactor and Vietnam’s richest woman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao.
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Gigaclear connects its first customers in Haddenham
The broadband provider started expanding its network on a commercial basis to Haddenham and Thame in June to connect underserved market towns in the county.
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Have your say on the emerging Oxpens development masterplan
The feedback from this November consultation will assist the refinement of the masterplan for Oxpens, ahead of a planning application being made in the new year.
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Barton Park School children unveil display of hand-made poppies
A delightful collection of poppies crafted from recycled plastic bottles by 45 students from the school is on display at Hill’s popular Oxford development, Mosaics.
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Local organisations expand at Southmead Industrial Estate in Didcot
Sofea, Endeavour Engineering and Oxford Lasers have all moved to larger premises on the development with deals being completed by commercial property specialists VSL.
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New data reveals 30% of new cars bought in Oxford are electric
The latest UK electric car sales data for October 2021 shows that 30% of new cars bought in Oxford are electric, up from 16% just a year ago.
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Oxford to mark Remembrance Sunday 2021 on 14 November
This year’s Remembrance Sunday Service at the War Memorial in St Giles’ on Sunday, 14 November 2021 is especially significant as it marks the centenary of the Royal British Legion.
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‘The Room With The View’ at Old Bank Hotel recognised in industry awards
Room 1 – aptly known as ‘The Room With The View’ – at the Old Bank Hotel, was awarded The Good Hotel Guide’s ‘Editor’s Choice’ 2022 award in its ‘rooms with a view’ category.
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Bampton Classical Opera announces Young Singers’ Competition 2021 finalists
Six singers have been chosen for the final after an exciting first round of the fifth Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition 2021 in London on 30 & 31 October.