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2017 has proved to be a dichotomy for our local housing market. Although Oxfordshire has shown overall annual house price growth, we have undoubtedly been hit by declining transaction volumes following the two rounds of reform made to the calculation of stamp duty, implemented first in November 2014 and then in April 2016.
If their locations are not precisely known, unexploded wartime ordnance in the sea can present an obvious hazard to renewable energy projects, such as during the laying of cables to bring offshore wind energy to shore.
A national competition held by Oxford Innovation to mark the company’s 30th anniversary, has seen science and technology businesses from across Oxfordshire scoop the top three prizes.
The Louvre Abu Dhabi, which opened its doors on 8 November 2017, has been described as floating on the waters of the Gulf. This effect, part of the architectural vision of its award-winning architect, Jean Nouvel, is created by having water levels lying close to the line of sight.
Empowering charity, Victoria’s Promise, has teamed up with Bracknell Enterprise & Innovation Hub (The Hub) to help companies boost employee health and defences this winter with the launch of its first “Living Well Workshop” taking place from 10.30am, 29 November 2017 at The Hub.
Coaching, mentoring and facilitation specialists, Scrum and Kanban Ltd, the new kids on the block in the Innovation Centre at Howbery Business Park, have produced a new book to help demystify a popular project management approach.
Howbery Business Park which covers a 70 acres site, including mature landscaped parkland close to Wallingford, has just finished fixing the labels on to the jars of Howbery Honey produced by its own on-site bees.
Richard Rosser caught up with Kevin McCloud, the man behind TV’s Grand Designs and the Grand Designs Live exhibition which took place in October, to pick his brain on what “design” (exterior or interior) can mean for you and your home, and share his thoughts on the current housing market in Oxfordshire.
As we push through the final quarter of the year it is heartening to be able to report strong trading activity with a particular focus on the knowledge/science based sector Whilst general confidence sometimes seems fragile, mostly related to continuing political uncertainty, Oxfordshire’s commercial fortunes appear strong, based on our take-up data and a wide range of views expressed at two recent forums hosted by Carter Jonas.
Leading provider of integrated security and safety systems, i2 Security, has moved its headquarters from Kent to Witney Business & Innovation Centre, in West Oxfordshire, as it looks to grow the business and recruit first-class engineers and sales personnel.
A national competition held by Oxford Innovation to mark the company’s 30th anniversary, has seen science and technology businesses from across Oxfordshire scoop the top three prizes.
The UK’s leading operator of innovation centres, Oxford Innovation, announces Jo Willett as its new Managing Director in the same month as celebrating the company’s 30th anniversary.
The Thames Tideway Tunnel project, London’s new ‘super sewer’, which will upgrade the city’s 19th century sewerage system for today’s eight million plus inhabitants, requires excavation on an enormous scale.
Engineering and environmental hydraulics company, HR Wallingford, based at Howbery Business Park, has been awarded a £12m contract to supply a deep water Wave Generation System to equip a Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Basin which is being created by the Shanghai Ship and Shipping Research Institute (SSSRI) on an island off the east coast of China to test ship design.
