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...
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Canadian company General Fusion (GF), have announced an agreement under which General Fusion will build and operate its Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP) at UKAEA’s Culham Campus, Oxfordshire. The FDP will demonstrate GF’s proprietary Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) technology, paving the...
To celebrate 20 years of the MINI Plant Oxford, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited the home of the brand at MINI Plant Oxford, to meet the people involved with integrating the manufacturing of the MINI Electric into their standard production line. The Oxford...
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...
Following £32m funding from the UK Space Agency, space tech companies Astroscale, Celestia UK, and SatixFy Space Systems joined OneWeb through the European Space Agency’s Sunrise Programme to create a demonstration satellite, set to launch in 2022. The beam hopping satellite, also named ‘Joey-Sat’, will allow...
Shinfield Studios’ proposal for a new four stage temporary film studio and associated workshops at the Thames Valley Science Park (TVSP) has been approved by Wokingham Borough Council on 24th March 2021. The University of Reading (UoR) has entered into an agreement with affiliates of Commonwealth...
We’re pleased to share DIT’s announcement and call for commercial partners to submit an application for the expanded UK Investment Support Directory. This is a great opportunity to promote in region expertise to investors across the globe and help drive investment into the Thames Valley. The...
Construction has begun on the state-of-the-art research and development facility and laboratory facility. The development includes the major refurbishment of an entire wing of the three-story AkzoNobel Building on Wexham Road in Slough and construction of two new research and development buildings – a warehouse...
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...