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Oxfordshire Shines: 9 of the UK’s Fastest-Growing Hardware Companies
The Sunday Times recently unveiled its list of the 100 fastest-growing tech companies in Britain, and we're thrilled to see Oxfordshire prominently represented. Out of the top 50 hardware companies, 9 hail from our region, marking the second-highest concentration...
Brill Power Launches World’s First Battery Management as a Service Offering
Brill Power has launched the world’s first Battery Management as a Service (BMaaS) offering to maximise the performance of battery systems. BMaaS links Brill Power’s Battery Intelligence Platform under a unified interface, presenting transformative results over the...
Sunderland Self-Driving Bus Project Welcomes Oxa as Autonomy Partner
The Sunderland Advanced Mobility Shuttle (SAMS) project had announced Oxa as the new autonomy provider for its groundbreaking autonomous transport initiative, running during the first quarter of 2025. Oxa will play a crucial role in bringing the project to life,...
Simplified ten-day planning to power greener growth at Milton Park
Milton Park is set to support thousands of new jobs sustainably. The news follows the adoption of a refreshed Local Development Order, which focuses on green travel. The LDO, which has now been adopted by the Vale of White Horse District Council, will enable the...
Autonomous Vehicle Project at Heathrow: DHL Teams Up with Oxa
DHL Supply Chain has completed its first deployment of an autonomous vehicle in live airport traffic at Heathrow, safely completing 1300km of autonomous driving in 14 days. The project builds on DHL’s Strategic Partnership with Heathrow, through which the business has...
Welcoming New Board Members to Advanced Oxford
We are delighted to welcome Annelise Vuidepot and Stuart Wilkinson to the Advanced Oxford board. Advanced Oxford has made some changes to the Board this year, reflecting the growth of the organisation. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Annelise Vuidepot and Dr....
Savills joins Advanced Oxford
Advanced Oxford is delighted to welcome Savills as a new member of the science and technology focused business leadership organisation. Savills will be contributing to our work in supporting the development of Oxfordshire’s innovation ecosystem. Savills joins at a...
Saïd Business School MBA Internship Evening
If you have a business challenge that could benefit from a MBAs strategic insight, join Saïd Business School on Monday 3rd March at 5.30pm for their Internships Evening. Here you and your colleagues can pitch to the MBAs, with a brief overview of the business, why you...
Green light for The Oxford Trust’s Aspen Building to boost start-up laboratory space in Headington
Plans for The Oxford Trust’s Aspen Building, to be built at the Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, have been resolved to be approved by Oxford City Council’s planning committee to provide science and tech companies with additional start-up and grow-on...
Latest research
Oxford Spinouts Lead Europe, New Royal Academy of Engineering Report Finds
The Royal Academy of Engineering has published the sixth edition of its annual Spotlight on Spinouts report, providing a comprehensive ... read more
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
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