Oxfordshire business news, local share prices and information from the Oxford Mail.

House prices rose 1.6% in 2009

9:00am Thursday 4th February 2010

HOUSE prices in Oxfordshire rose by 1.6 per cent in 2009, according to figures from the Government’s Land Registry.

Young Enterprise fair

9:00am Thursday 4th February 2010

MORE than 100 teenagers gathered in Cowley to give shoppers a glimpse of the entrepreneurs of the future.

Early advertisements for the National Lottery, brainchild of prime minister John Major in 1994, featured a finger in the sky pointing to a single individual in a crowd with the slogan: “It could be you.”

VW dealerships change hands

12:58pm Thursday 28th January 2010

TWO Volkswagen dealerships in Oxford have been sold — after just a few weeks in the hands of a new owner.

Torex pair charged with fraud

10:54am Wednesday 27th January 2010

Two businessmen have been charged with offences in connection with the collapse of Witney-based Torex Retail, which went into administration in June 2007.

Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies agree merger

5:14pm Tuesday 26th January 2010

Members of the Yorkshire Building Society have voted in favour of a merger with the Chelsea Building Society.

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Kids' clothing store back in administration

10:55am Monday 25th January 2010

Childrens clothing store Adams has been taken into administration for the third time in three years.

Helping Haiti

8:40am Thursday 21st January 2010

When the worst humanitarian disaster in 200 years struck the poorest nation in the western hemisphere on Tuesday last week, Paul Sherlock of Oxfam was the man in charge of mobilising help — fast.

Flights to Edinburgh

8:40am Thursday 21st January 2010

Daily flights to Edinburgh from Oxford Airport are to start on Monday, March 1, with a new operator called Varsity Express. Jets will leave Oxford Monday to Friday at 8am, arriving in Edinburgh at 9.30am. Return flights leave Edinburgh at 5pm. The launch rate is £49 one-way, including taxes.