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The Didcot Powerhouse Fund – 2023 Grants
In its second year, the fund has been able to make grants totalling £80,000 to 18 organisations, ranging from £400 to £10,000. Launched in November 2021 by local people to raise funds to support the local community, The Didcot Powerhouse Fund has already made a...
Camera tech firm Living Optics snaps up Milton Park HQ
Living Optics – a University of Oxford spinout developing hyperspectral cameras which capture information undetectable to the human eye – has established its new headquarters at Milton Park, Oxfordshire. The new headquarters will see its team of 30 employees occupy...
Green light for Oxford North’s Red Hall expansion
The expansion will provide greater amenity, meeting, co-working and workspace Plans to enhance and expand the Red Hall which will be built at the heart of Oxford North, the new innovation district, have been resolved to be approved by Oxford City Council at their...
New partnerships aim to tackle inequalities in specific conditions
The NHS and local communities are working together to identify and address healthcare inequalities by improving access to new health technologies and medicines. Over £4 million has been made available to support NHS England’s Innovation for Healthcare Inequalities...
Growing talent in the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector
Thames Valley Chamber Of Commerce is hosting a round table at Harwell Campus as part of Local Skills Improvement Plan development Tuesday 18th April 23, 9:30am - 12pm at the Satellite Applications. The Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) is a Department for Education...
Milton Park companies secure over 7% of UK’s life sciences investment
New research, commissioned by Milton Park, reveals that £2.14bn of equity investment was generated across 272 companies located at the science, technology and business community over the past decade. The findings uncovered by high-growth insights firm Beauhurst, show...
Moderna to locate at Harwell
Biotechnology company Moderna has selected Harwell as the location for its Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre. The Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre development will encompass a research, development and manufacturing facility, providing the UK public...
Quantum Dice unveils world’s fastest PCIe Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG)
Quantum Dice has launched the latest addition to its Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) product line-up: VERTEX. The PCIe QRNG, which is the world's fastest with a 2.66 Gbps rate of post-processed random numbers, was unveiled for the first time this week in...
Best Foot Forward in Business Start-Up & Growth hosted by Oxford Brookes
A new series of events are due to take place at Oxford Brookes are designed to empower entrepreneurs, startups, and small business owners to learn, network, and grow their businesses. Part 1 - Governance & Finance A guide to governance, cap tables and funding....
Latest research
Changes to Venturefest Oxford and end of annual event
A new era for Venturefest Oxford as the regional innovation ecosystem matures, with the end of the annual event and closure of ... read more
The role of universities in driving overseas investment into UK Research & Development
Universities play an important role in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the UK, but this report from the Higher Education ... read more
OxLEP skills support for employers 2022/23
Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has responsibility at the regional level (county of Oxfordshire) for skills policy ... read more
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