Bus operators hit significant sustainability milestone
Oxfordshire’s leading bus operators have produced 1 million kilowatt hours of green electricity from solar panel arrays at their depots.
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Transport & Travel Digest #1
In the first of our Transport & Travel Digests we look at all things locomotive, from EVs to holidays. Featuring stories from Oxford Bus Company, Toyota, Your E-Car and many more.
A look into the future for your data protection: The new...
The Databasix team takes a proactive approach to supporting our clients and to make ‘good’ even better… that’s the premise for our Spring Catalogue 2022!
‘Great resignation’ stifling the Thames Valley’s mid-market
With job vacancies in the UK reaching a record high, new research from Grant Thornton UK LLP finds that the ‘greatresignation’ is severely impacting the mid-market. Of the mid-sized businesses in the Thames Valley surveyed for the firm’s latest Business Outlook Tracker*, over two thirds (70%) are experiencing unusually high attrition rates – with more […]
Toyota supports humanitarian efforts to help Ukraine emergency situation
Toyota has started to provide humanitarian assistance to those who are suffering. This includes direct assistance to Toyota’s Ukrainian employees and their families and to Ukrainian refugees, as well as corporate donations up to approximately 2.5 million euros.
10 Top Reasons to Support Locally Owned Businesses
Topics such as climate change, Brexit, the global pandemic and even war now offer real challenges to businesses and heighten the need for us to reconsider our buying choices. One choice you can make that will provide measurable value is buying from a local company. See more of the real reasons why supporting your local […]
The Airline offers Ukrainian refugees free travel to Oxford from Heathrow...
Oxford Bus Company is to let Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK free travel on its Airline service.
Ben Fleetwood’s EV Market March Update
“Did you hear the one about the cargo ship carrying 4,000 luxury vehicles sinking in the Atlantic?”
Filing vs Gadgets – Battle of the Sexes
When you walk into our office, you will be immediately greeted by 5 friendly female faces in our open plan archival digitisation suite. We could say we employ females in the archiving role for their accuracy and attention to detail but that would be stereotyping…
Bus manager Clarisse Garcia celebrates International Women’s Day 2022
Oxford Bus Company Retail Manager Clarisse Garcia has spoken of her pride in working in the bus industry, as part of the International Women’s Day 2022 celebrations.
First Oxbridge spin-out takes new R&D lab space at The Oxford...
Helio Display Materials, the first joint Oxford and Cambridge university spin-out, has taken 3,266 sq ft (303 sq m) of R&D laboratory and office space at The Oxford Trust’s Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington.
Toyota launches cross-Channel rail freight service to cut emissions from its...
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has started transporting new cars by cross-Channel freight train services between its Valenciennes vehicle logistics hub in northern France and the major UK rail depot at Toton, in Nottinghamshire. This is the first phase of its pan-European plan to move a larger number of vehicles by rail freight in line with its ambition to decarbonise its logistics operations.
Bus operators encourage people to get back on services after Government...
Oxfordshire’s leading bus operators today welcomed the news of extended government funding that will help the industry continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
DPD welcomes Britain’s first Zero Emission Zone pilot
Leading delivery company DPD has welcomed Britain’s first Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) pilot, launched in Oxford, saying it will bring long term benefits to the city, it’s residents and the wider environment.