Local news: Witney
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Oxfordshire-based charity Yellow Submarine opens Life-Changing Bakery
Yellow Submarine, an award-winning Oxfordshire charity, has launched its new Life-Changing Bakery to provide vital work experience and life skills for adults with learning disabilities.
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Buttercross Theatre unveils Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play
Buttercross Theatre Productions brings a new theatrical experience to Witney this September with Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play. Staged at the Corn Exchange, the production revives Alfred Hitchcock’s early classics, The Lodger, Sabotage, and The 39 Steps, with 1940s-style radio storytelling, live sound effects, and period costumes.
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Tungsten Park fully let as Oxford Flow signs a ten-year lease
Oxford Flow, a precision engineering firm specialising in valves for the industrial and energy sectors, has taken the final unit at Tungsten Park in Witney, Oxfordshire. The company signed a ten-year lease for Unit 10, spanning 23,695 sq ft, with landlord NFU Mutual.
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Popular country pub The Lamb Inn sold to industry veterans
Specialist property adviser Christie & Co has announced the sale of The Lamb Inn, a historic 18th-century pub in Crawley, Oxfordshire, to The Cotswold Hospitality Group. Previously owned by award-winning operators Sebastian and Lana Snow, the pub is renowned for its charm and reputation.
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Witney Rugby Club players receive support from Gigaclear’s Rural Sports Fund
Witney Rugby Club players has received funsing for vital training equipment through the £100k Gigaclear Rural Sports Club Fund, supported by England cricket legend Darren Gough. The fund aids rural sports teams within Gigaclear’s broadband network.
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Residents’ feedback shapes council plans for future of Witney High Street
A report on its recent public consultation has been published, and the council is now using the learning from participants to improve the designs.
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Local buyers snap up freehold unit in Stonesfield to reopen as a salon
The freehold unit, formerly ‘Salon Copenhagen’, has been vacant since April 2023 and the new buyers plan to reopen it as a Hair Salon, offering hair, nail, and beauty services after a full refurbishment.
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Owen Mumford’s near-term and net-zero targets approved by the SBTi
The medical device manufacturer has also committed to set long-term emissions reduction targets with the SBTi in line with reaching net zero by 2045 – five years ahead of the UK’s net-zero target.
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Cokethorpe School welcomes 100 guests for its inaugural business community event
The Cokethorpe Business Breakfast on Friday, 10 May, saw 100 representatives of local businesses welcomed to the school its first business community event, launching the Cokethorpe Business Directory.
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Electric car club pilot scheme extended until September 2024
The trial features electric vehicles (EVs), which can be hired on an hourly or daily basis from district and city council-owned car parks in Bicester, Banbury, Kidlington, Eynsham, Henley, Wallingford, Abingdon, Witney and Oxford.
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Bicester-based EZ-Charge reveals its most popular public EV charging sites in Oxfordshire
The data is taken from 250 chargers across the 20 sites of Park & Charge Oxfordshire, the largest public network in the county, operated by EZ-Charge and delivered in collaboration with Oxfordshire County Council and four district councils.
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Witney-based Ingleton Wood has doubled workforce just one year after office move
Witney-based property and construction consultancy Ingleton Wood has more than doubled its workforce due to strong business demand after celebrating the first anniversary of moving into larger premises.