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Commercial cleaning company, Ecocleen, has relocated its Head Office from Henley to Howbery Business Park, Wallingford. The environmentally-friendly cleaning operation which employs a workforce of 1100 through its network of franchisees built up over 25 years, operates right across the UK, providing commercial cleaning for businesses, schools, nurseries and medical facilities.
In March 2016 the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), led then by Lord Adonis, called for ways “to maximize the potential of the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford corridor (CAMCOX) as a single, knowledge intensive cluster that competes on the global stage.”
A friendship that began at an Oxford school when two 12 year olds, Gavin Jones and Sean Smith, embarked on a car washing service, has grown to see the duo become successful business partners and founders of Planet IT, a multimillion pound company that celebrates its 15th anniversary this year with an office move from Harwell Innovation Centre to premises at Milton Park in addition to beating 2,500 competitors to be crowned the Sophos Partner of the Year 2018.
Howbery Business Park has installed electric vehicle charging points which use the Polar network of over 6,500 charge points nationwide.
HR Wallingford’s Chief Technical Director of Flood Risk, Ben Gouldby, has been appointed Visiting Professor in Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton.
Howbery Business Park has installed electric vehicle charging points which use the Polar network of over 6,500 charge points nationwide.
A consultancy at the forefront of developing innovative people management practices and new ways of working has taken office space at Witney Business & Innovation Centre (Witney BIC).
B4 meets Simon Newton, Commercial Director of Darke & Taylor.
B4 meets Richard Venables MRICS from VSL & Partners.
Last summer, we ran a feature on Wallers Estate agents. A rebrand, new staff and having just moved into their new branch on Banbury Road in Summertown, Wallers were beginning on a really exciting chapter in their development. A lot of big steps have been made in the 9 months since then and Wallers as a business, as a brand and as a major player in the Oxford property market hasn’t looked like even thinking of slowing down.
Towards the end of last year we highlighted the mixed nature of Oxfordshire’s housing market; overall annual house price growth contrasted with a decline in transaction volumes. Whilst this trend has continued into the first few months of this year, not helped perhaps by an unseasonably cold March, the onset of spring has already started to provide an added momentum that the region’s market needs.
Whilst latest trends and industry buzzwords come and go, it looks as though agile working is one trend that’s definitely here to stay.
Envision and Simply Planning have opened a new shared regional office at Howbery Business Park to support project delivery across Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley region.
New study by Carter Jonas and Revo aims to identify solutions for fixing the UK’s town centres
An Oxford University spin-out has successfully raised funding to fuel its expansion at Cherwell Innovation Centre, near Bicester, as it looks to use its nanotechnology to enhance the treatment of thousands of people living with cancer.