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Rosalind Franklin Institute at Harwell Campus reaches key construction milestone
The £40m Hub building has reached practical completion, with the construction company Mace handing legal ownership to UK Research and Innovation.
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Up to 1 in 36 people infected with COVID-19 in England
Initial findings from one of the country’s largest studies into COVID-19 infections in England shows infections increased by 50% from early December, with an average of 1 in 63 people infected nationally. The prevalence was highest in London, with 1 in 36 people infected.
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Planning permission granted for Oxford University’s Life and Mind Building
Designed by internationally renowned architect practice NBBJ, the building will house the Departments of Experimental Psychology and Biology, including Plant Sciences and Zoology.
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Transformation of Boswells building into luxury hotel gets go-ahead
Oxford’s iconic Boswells store building is on course to become a new 4-star luxury hotel as developers receive planning permission.
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PM Boris Johnson opens new Oxford Biomedica’s Oxbox manufacturing facility
The new 84,000 sq ft manufacturing facility based in Oxford was originally built to service the company’s growing demand for lentiviral vectors.
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Every adult in the UK to be offered coronavirus vaccine by September
The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the UK was making “good progress” in ensuring every adult was offered a vaccine by September and “if it can be done more swiftly, that’s a bonus”
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Plans for secure cycle parking in east Oxford announced
Residents of the Iffley and St Mary’s areas in Oxford are set to benefit from several secure cycle storage facilities to allow them to keep their bikes safer from theft.
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Autoglass opens new centre in Oxford
The modular centre, located within the Oxford United Football Club car park, offers windscreen repair and replacements, advanced safety system recalibrations, and replacement wiper blades.
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New electric scooter hire scheme for Oxford to be launched with Voi
Residents in the Headington area of Oxford will soon be able to rent an e-scooter as part of a trial to allow residents to both travel in a socially distanced manner and cut carbon emissions.
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Cowley residents to learn decision on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Residents in Oxford’s Temple Cowley, Church Cowley and Florence Park areas will soon learn of progress made to make residential roads in their areas safer for cycling and walking.
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UK Space Agency CEO Graham Turnock to step down
Graham Turnock, Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency, has announced he will leave his role in 2021 following a 4-year term leading the Agency.
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Kärcher reconfirms support for Team BRIT
Karcher, the global cleaning equipment manufacturer with UK base in Banbury, has confirmed its support of all-disabled Team BRIT, for the third consecutive year.
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Immunocore closes $75m Series C private financing round
Led by an existing investor, the funding follows positive Phase 3 trial interim analysis data for tebentafusp in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma.
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Oxford’s uni students set to study online under new national lockdown
The majority of students at both universities have been asked not to return to Oxford, except for those studying specific courses relating to medicine, health, education and social work.
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Enara Bio enters strategic collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim
The strategic collaboration and licensing agreement will research and develop novel targeted cancer immunotherapies, leveraging Enara Bio’s Dark Antigen™ discovery platform.
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Banbury-based company goes virtual to offer engineering apprenticeships
Tools manufacturer Norbar Torque Tools Ltd is hosting a series of virtual careers evenings in February for young people looking to start a career in engineering and manufacturing.