AN INNOVATION centre launched in the spring is already expanding.

Bicester Innovation Centre, in Telford Road, offers flexible office space to new companies, with a shared receptionist.

It already has 12 companies, and the demand has led the owners, Oxford Innovation, to open more space.

Centre manager Dianne Winstone said: "Our first tenant in phase one, First Line Support, will be the first new tenant in phase two.

"They're doing so well that they need to move to bigger premises."

Jane Pitt and Carl Pettman, of First Line Support, who are James Bond fans, started the company in room 007.

The new phase, which will provide a further 15 serviced offices ranging from 180 to 400 sq ft, will open on Friday, November 1.