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Another hi-tech firm sets up new home at Grove Business Park
PhosphonicS will move into 8,594 sq ft at the Quadrangle development on Grove Business Park to set up their new office and R&D laboratory facility.
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Funding confirmed for community-owned solar park in Oxfordshire
Ray Valley Solar near Arncott, Bicester – the UK’s largest community-owned solar park – will generate electricity for 6,000 homes through ground-mounted panels.
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Walton Street in Oxford City Centre has reopened
This follows the end of an experimental traffic order and the removal of the roadblock, and a recommendation by council officers approved at a meeting on 29 April.
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Oxford City Council Leader announces 2021/22 Cabinet
Councillor Brown was re-elected as Leader of the Council, with Councillor Ed Turner elected as the Statutory Deputy Leader and Councillor Tom Hayes elected into the other Deputy Leader role.
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Milton Park unveils plans for the Bee House flexible co-working building
The refurbishment of 140 Eastern Avenue will create one of Oxfordshire’s newest and largest flexible co-working building with a capacity for 550 people.
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Winners revealed in Oxfordshire libraries’ 2021 short story competition
A darkly comedic satire on the themes of greed and ego and an atmospheric, cinematic horror story have been chosen as the winners of xfordshire libraries’ 2021 short story competition.
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Live organ recitals return to Merton College
Thursday Organ Recital Series resumes at Merton College for live in-person audiences. The recitals take place in the Chapel at 1.15pm each Thursday during term-time.
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First Light Fusion installs UK’s biggest two-stage hyper-velocity gas gun
Weighing 25,000kg, the new 38mm gun fires a 100g projectile, which can reach a maximum velocity of 6.5km/s or 14,500mph – 20 times the speed of sound.
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CoStar Awards Quarterly Deals Winners names VSL as top performer in Q1 2020
VSL won the top industrial leasing award for two transactions completed in Bicester, both of which were in the top five transactions in the South East region.
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Magdalen College seeks partner for The Oxford Science Park development
Its 14.75 acres of development land has the capacity for 420,000 sq ft to support the growth of existing occupiers and enable new companies to join the thriving campus.
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Stanley Court commercial development in Witney now fully let or sold
The 34 industrial/warehouse units on Richard Jones Road are now either under offer, let or sold by joint agents VSL and Carter Jonas acting for developer Glenmore.
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Johnson Matthey opens Milton Park Battery Technology Centre
This is a further strategic development in the commercialisation of eLNO® battery technology, its portfolio of leading nickel rich advanced cathode materials.
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Rare coachbuilt beauties set to star at Auto Royale
Auto Royale, Britain’s newest elite Concours d’Elegance taking place at Waddesdon in July unveils its top 10 coach-built rarities from international collections.
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Arrival and Uber to collaborate on electric car for ride-hailing industry
The Arrival Car will be designed to be an affordable, purpose-built electric vehicle for ride-hailing and will be designed in partnership with Uber drivers.
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Harwell-based AVS to build infrastructure for Virgin Orbit space launches
The Transportable Ground Operating System (TGOS) to support Virgin Orbit’s launch activities from Spaceport Cornwall is a significant step in the journey to bring space launch to Britain.
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Oxford’s Vaccitech completes IPO on Nasdaq and raises $110.5m
The Oxford-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that co-invented a COVID-19 vaccine is a spin-out from Oxford University’s Jenner Institute.