Heathrow and Lord David Blunkett have published the ‘Heathrow Local Recovery Plan’, in partnership with key local stakeholders. The plan sets out a clear agenda for the recovery of Heathrow’s local economies after new research warned COVID-19 could result in 16,000 fewer jobs around the...
The Sunday Times annual league table recognises the fastest growing technology companies in the UK, identifying annual sales rise over three years, recent sales intake and staff. Five of the top 50 companies featured are based in Oxfordshire and make up half of the companies...
Atos, a French-headquartered, global leader in digital transformation, has signed a four-year contract worth £5 million with the University of Oxford to develop a new artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer. This will be the largest AI-focused supercomputer in the UK, enabling UK academics and industry to drive...
In what was a challenging year for the wider property market, UK Industrial & Logistics was remarkably resilient in 2019. Supported by positive fundamentals and structural change, the sector is well-placed to weather the storm posed by the COVID-19 pandemic relatively well and remain the...
James Cowper Kreston (JCK) is ranked one of the largest accounting and business advisory networks in the world. They work alongside the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce (TVCC) to deliver inward investment into the Thames Valley and have interests in India and South East Asia. This...
The South East office market is both resilient and adaptable to accelerated change in demand, according to Lambert Smith Hampton’s (LSH) 2020 South East Office Report. Just as momentum was building in the wake of last December’s decisive election result, drastic measures to contain a global...
To help businesses keep abreast of all the latest inward investment and regional news stories, the Chamber has created a new, dedicated Thames Valley Inward Investment LinkedIn Page. Through this platform, the Chamber is keen to share positive news of investments, as well as relevant...
Inward investment services partner to the Chamber, James Cowper Kreston (JCK) recently welcomed Alex Peal and Sue Staunton into their roles as Joint Managing Partners. A Thames Valley based company, and a proven alternative to the larger accountancy firms, JCK provides advice to more than 100...
Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has produced a presentation that explores the many ways in which Oxfordshire’s life sciences sector is responding to the pandemic. The response from the county’s life sciences sector to COVID-19 has been immediate – a mass-mobilisation which is witnessing ground-breaking research...
Oxfordshire, one of the leading life sciences and healthcare clusters in Europe, is home to numerous national assets and leading companies from within the sector. Learn more about one of Europe’s most- successful Life Sciences clusters with a track record in establishing and attracting world-leading life...