The University of Buckingham School of Computing’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Hub has been officially opened by Lord Clement Jones. The launch celebrates Phase 1 of the £3.2m investment in Computing at Buckingham – a joint university and Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (BLEP) venture. The BLEP...
After the trauma of 2020, activity is now showing clear signs of recovery in the South East office market. On the heels of a marked improvement in the first quarter of 2021, Q2 take-up is expected to rise to within 10% of trend level, boasting...
The remarkable response of the UK’s world class life sciences sector to COVID-19 – in which organisations within the Thames Valley have played a crucial role - will be used as a blueprint to accelerate the delivery of life-changing innovations to patients, as part of the...
A new national rocket test facility has been opened in Buckinghamshire. Based at the Westcott Space Cluster and within the Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Zone, the new centre will allow UK companies and academics to test state-of-the-art propulsion engines used to move small satellites in space. It...
The Department for International Trade (DIT) has published the national inward investment results 2020 to 2021. Despite the economic global slowdown due to the pandemic, the UK remains one of the most attractive places in the world to invest in with 1,538 foreign direct investment (FDI)...
The South East’s attractiveness as an investment destination proved resilient amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with the region seeing a decline in projects in line with the overall UK and European markets and recording the fourth highest number of projects out of all parts of the...
The UK has consistently attracted considerable overseas investment and has a long and successful history of trade with the rest of the world. In light of this, PwC is pleased to share the new edition of our “Doing business and investing in the UK'' guide, providing...
For the fourth consecutive year Oxford and Reading have been ranked as the top performing UK cities on PwC’s Good Growth for Cities 2020 report. This year’s Good Growth for Cities 2020 report, published January 2021, looks into the economic impact of coronavirus on local and regional...
The importance of digital technology, health and wellbeing investment has grown amid the pandemic, providing a boost in attractiveness for the South East as a destination for foreign direct investors, according to the recently published EY UK Attractiveness Survey report. The report found that these...
A new multi-million pound, 1,200m2 Innovation Centre has opened in Buckinghamshire based in the Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Zone. The Westcott Innovation Centre is partly funded by the Local Growth Fund and Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Zone through the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and managed by Satellite...