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Aspen Building Oxford Trust reaches topping out milestone in Headington
The Oxford Trust, the charity dedicated to encouraging the pursuit of science through innovation and STEM education, has officially topped out its new Aspen Building at the Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, Oxford, to mark reaching the structure’s highest...
Member Spotlight: Polar Technology
Polar Technology is an engineering and manufacturing business operating at the leading edge of composite and metallic technology. Based at Horizon Technology Park in Eynsham, Polar delivers high-value, technology-led solutions across advanced composite materials,...
Shining a spotlight on Verso Biosense
Advanced Oxford is pleased to highlight the pioneering work of Verso Biosense, the med tech company based at Milton Park that is developing in utero sensing technology with the potential to transform understanding of women’s health worldwide. Addressing one of...
Member spotlight: Harwell Campus
Harwell Campus sit at the point where research meets making. Harwell is home to cutting-edge scientific instruments, institutes, businesses and expert teams working across Oxfordshire to turn research into real-world impact. With a heritage rooted in advanced...
Access to Finance Conference 2026
Oxfordshire Greentech, the business network building a world-leading climate tech ecosystem, invites you to their annual Access to Finance 2026 Conference on 12th March, an event that has been successfully running for the last 6 years. Sign up here. This year, the...
Growing Together Alliance business update at House of Commons reception
Business leaders, local authority chiefs, Mayors and MPs gathered at a reception in the House of Commons on Thursday 22 January to hear the latest updates from the Growing Together Alliance. The reception brought together senior voices from across the UK to discuss...
Benedicts joins CBRE as joint agents for Milton Park
Milton Park, the UK’s largest single ownership innovation community, has appointed Benedicts to join CBRE as joint leasing agents for the 2.8 million sq ft Park. Milton Park welcomed over 40 new occupiers in 2025 and is now home to more than 280 innovative companies....
Launch of the BioEscalator Annual Review – 2024/25
People and partnerships driving better patient health The BioEscalator is the University of Oxford’s thriving incubator for fast-growing biomedical companies. In 2024/25 it worked with people and organisations across the local and global innovation ecosystem and it’s...
Orbit Discovery joins Mission Street and BGO’s Inventa innovation district in Oxford’s West End
Advanced Oxford welcomes the news that Orbit Discovery, a leading biotech company spun out of the University of Oxford, has committed to new space within Inventa, the purpose built innovation district delivered by Mission Street and BGO in Oxford’s West End. The move...
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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