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Advanced Oxford launches updated Low Carbon and Environment Business Directory
Advanced Oxford has updated its Low Carbon and Environment Business Directory, which now lists 276 innovation-focused companies operating across 18 sectors in Oxfordshire. The directory brings together innovation-based businesses working in the low carbon and...
Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor Vision Targets Top-10 Global Innovation Cluster
A new strategic vision for the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor has been launched, setting out a shared ambition supported by industry, academia, national government and local government to establish the region as one of the world's leading innovation ecosystems....
Bicester Motion masterplan: 10-year investment plan unveiled
Bicester Motion, the 444-acre future mobility estate in Oxfordshire, has unveiled plans to enable substantial investment in its estate over the next 10 years, enhancing its masterplan vision to foster a connected, dynamic and sustainable community for automotive and...
Oxfordshire life sciences Parliament showcase highlights global innovation
Businesses, partners and parliamentarians came together alongside Oxfordshire County Council and Advanced Oxford to celebrate the county's life sciences sector at a high-profile event in Parliament on 18 May. The event, hosted by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford,...
Bee House Milton Park marks fourth anniversary as a hub for growing businesses
Milton Park's Bee House has marked its fourth anniversary on 20 May 2026, on World Bee Day, celebrating four years of helping ambitious businesses start, scale and grow within one of the UK's leading innovation communities. Since opening in 2022, the Bee House has...
Two New Start-Ups Join the Wood Centre for Innovation
Start-up companies Densix and Pure Capture Innovations have joined The Oxford Trust's Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, bringing the total number of innovative companies based at the centre to ten. The two new arrivals join eight other innovative biotech and...
Oxford Science Enterprises Annual Report 2025: A Landmark Year for Oxford’s Innovation Ecosystem
Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE) has published its Oxford Science Enterprises Annual Report 2025, marking a defining year in the organisation's decade-long mission to find, fund, and build world-changing companies from Oxford's world-class science. The report sets out...
Matt Francis Oxford Trust: new chief executive officer appointed
The Oxford Trust has appointed Matt Francis as its next chief executive officer. Matt will succeed Steve Burgess and join the Trust on 1st September, formally taking up the role on 25th September 2026. Matt will lead The Oxford Trust into its next phase of growth and...
Formula 1 Aerodynamics Specialist Sabe Takes HQ at Bicester Motion
Formula 1 and high-performance aerodynamics specialist Sabe has relocated its headquarters to Bicester Motion, the 444-acre future mobility estate in Oxfordshire. Sabe has taken space in Building 92, The Parachute Store, a distinctive heritage building positioned at...
Latest research
Advanced Oxford responds to MPs’ call for radical overhaul of UK investment system
The Business and Trade Committee has published a landmark report calling for sweeping reforms to Britain's investment institutions, ... read more
2026 plans and activities
Advanced Oxford is currently working on the following issues: (i) Advanced Oxford is contributing to the Oxford Growth Commission. ... read more
Accelerating the UK-Wide Benefits of Ox-Cam
The Growing Together Alliance (GTA) has published its first data report, Accelerating the UK-Wide Benefits of Ox-Cam, supported by the ... read more
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