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Green firms at flower show
8:20am Thursday 9th July 2009
TWO Oxfordshire companies specialising in green buidings, have combined to exhibit at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
Mini milestone
8:20am Thursday 9th July 2009
This was a “happy story”, as Oxford East MP Andrew Smith remarked, after the 1.5 millionth new Mini — a Clubman destined for a British buyer — rolled off BWM’s Cowley production line to the applause of assembled media, politicians, company bosses, and a handful of apprentices.
New business park
3:34pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
THE Mayor of Bicester, James Porter, is to open the first new business park to be built in Bicester in over a decade.
Ideas for future
3:32pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
THREE ideas from Oxford University have been chosen as potential breakthroughs for the 21sst century.
Gene therapy boost
3:31pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
GENE therapy company Oxford Biomedica was boosted by a ruling by US drug regulators that it can continue to develop its cancer vaccine TroVax.
End of era for posties
9:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009
POSTAL workers gathered to mark the end of an era as the Cowley mail centre closed its doors for good.
Can science solve our problems?
8:50am Thursday 2nd July 2009
Whatever happens to the Oxfordshire economy during the next few years — and predictions on that depend largely on whether or not you believe the Government’s pledge to ring-fence public spending on education (on which the county is more dependent than most) — one thing is certain: private enterprise in the field of green technology is flourishing.
New bridge over medieval wall
8:50am Thursday 2nd July 2009
A BRIDGE over Oxford's medieval city wall will be created in a £17m expansion of Pembroke College, Oxford, approved by councillors.
Toy entrepreneur defies recession
8:40am Thursday 25th June 2009
TACKLING the recession is child’s play, according to David Fynn, who will open Toys UK in Didcot on Tuesday.
Sorting office to close
8:40am Thursday 25th June 2009
THE Oxford Mail Centre will close at the weekend, ending a history of sorting post in Oxford that dates back more than 350 years.
Formula One row settled
4:39pm Wednesday 24th June 2009
THE row which threatened to split Formula One racing in two has been resolved, bringing a clear future for the three Oxfordshire teams competing next season.
Nielsen celebrates Olympics win
3:46pm Wednesday 24th June 2009
OLYMPIC rower James Cracknell visited Oxford media firm Nielsen to congratulate the company on becoming market research provider to the 2012 games.
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