Technology

What are the biggest threats to your business?

DatabasixThu 28th Jan 202114 min

As the world limps on and businesses in the UK contend with the challenges of another period of lockdown, B4 members representing the Business Services, IT & Communications Hub marked Data Protection Day on Thursday 28th January 2021 by discussing what the major threats were to their businesses. With thanks to Darren Aston (Aston & James), Neill Lawson-Smith (CIS Ltd), Paul Ballinger (STL Communications), Salim Benadel (Storm Internet) and Kellie Peters (Databasix).

Solicitors, Technology | Oxfordshire

Tech in the year ahead

Blake Morgan LLPFri 8th Jan 20217 min

Predicting the future of technology is hard enough in a normal year. Where the pace of development and innovation continues unabated, seemingly limited only by our human imagination. Although in the world of Artificial Intelligence, that barrier may soon be broken as we hear about AI capable of writing new Beetles tracks. I’m not sure how I feel about that…

Technology

Introducing Astroscale

B4 NewsdeskWed 23rd Dec 20201 min

Join B4 in learning about Astroscale, a fascinating and innovative business addressing the issue of space debris and supporting the sustainable utilisation of space.

Education, Tech, IT & Comms, Technology | Oxfordshire

Orcro Launches OpenChain Certification

Moorcrofts LLPTue 15th Dec 20205 min

Orcro Limited becomes the UK’s first accredited provider of ISO/IEC 5230:2020 compliance certifications.

Business Services, Tech, IT & Comms, Technology | Oxfordshire

Business Services & Tech Day

B4Mon 14th Dec 20201 min

It’s Business Services & Tech Day at B4. So we’re highlighting some recent and not so recent articles and press releases posted by B4 members over the past year or so.

IT Services, Tech, IT & Comms, Technology, Telecoms | Oxfordshire

Social IS Business

DatabasixMon 14th Dec 20205 min

At the beginning of 2020 Databasix hosted a webinar wherein we discussed the data protection challenges for the year ahead. At no point during the preparation or delivery of the webinar did I talk about working through a global pandemic.

Education, Recruitment, Technology, Training | Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire-based Apprentice picks up two Engineering Trust Awards

Owen MumfordThu 3rd Dec 20203 min

Two prestigious Engineering Trust training awards have been won by an apprentice at Oxfordshire-based Owen Mumford, a global industry leader in advanced medical device design and manufacturing.

Panel Lifter manufacture at the new Coventry facility

Manufacturing, Technology | Oxfordshire

Unipart builds new Panel Lifter technology in Coventry

UnipartThu 26th Nov 20204 min

Unipart Rail and Unipart Manufacturing Group have successfully built their first McCulloch Rail Panel Lifter at a new production facility in Coventry, bringing cutting-edge rail industry technology to the city.

Technology | Oxfordshire

Penningtons Manches Cooper advises AI spin out on Series A investment

Penningtons Manches CooperMon 23rd Nov 20202 min

The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised Mind Foundry, an Oxford-based artificial intelligence company, on its Series A investment. The funding round, which closed at over £10 million, was led by Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance (ANDI) of the MS&AD Insurance Group and brings Mind Foundry’s total funds raised to date to more than […]

Business Parks, Technology

Interview with Angus Horner of Harwell Science & Innovation Campus

B4 NewsdeskThu 12th Nov 20201 min

We were joined by Angus Horner, Director of Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in South Oxfordshire. Harwell is home to organisations, institutions and businesses shaping the world of today and tomorrow, a campus where world-class people work in world-class facilities to solve global challenges. Angus is focused on providing real estate, marketing, collaboration, networking and […]