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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...
Oxford Growth Commission publishes interim report on unlocking innovation-led growth
Advanced Oxford welcomes the publication of the Oxford Growth Commission Interim Report, released today by Government. The report sets out the scale of opportunity for Oxfordshire’s innovation-led economy, alongside the actions required to deliver sustainable and...
New skills report sets out roadmap to support 403,000 high skill jobs across the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor
Advanced Oxford welcomes the publication of a major new report that sets out the workforce, training and talent strategies required to unlock the full economic potential of the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor. The report, Building on the Blueprint – Skills for the...
Parliament Reception: Oxfordshire Innovation Showcase – Advanced Manufacturing
"We're creating magnets that contain plasma at 100 million degrees – ten times hotter than the sun. But we can't get reliable power supply to run them 24/7." This disconnect between world-leading innovation and basic infrastructure constraints defined November's...
Grove Business Park celebrates construction milestone as Olly Glover MP tours Phase One
Advanced Oxford welcomes progress at Grove Business Park, where construction of Phase One has reached a significant milestone. The completion of the building shells for Logica 1 and Logica 2 marks an important step toward delivering new high quality, space for science...
Salience Labs to pioneer photonic switches for AI data centres at Milton Park
Advanced Oxford welcomes the news that Salience Labs has joined Milton Park, bringing its pioneering work in photonic switching technology to one of the UK’s most established science and technology communities. This development strengthens Oxfordshire’s position as a...
East West Rail publishes You Said, We Did – Autumn Update
East West Railway Company (EWR Co.) held a reception in Parliament this week to coincide with the launch of its report You Said, We Did – Autumn Update. The reception was attended by Advanced Oxford’s MD, Sarah Haywood, and other members of the Oxford to Cambridge...
New Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre opens at Harwell
The government has announced a major boost for the UK’s life sciences sector as the new Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre officially opens in Oxfordshire. The facility sits on the Harwell Campus and marks a significant step forward for vaccine development,...
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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