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...
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...
Despite the past year being challenging for the industrial market, there has been a record take-up in the Thames Valley’s industrial market according to Lambert Smith Hampton’s (LSH) 2021 Industrial and Logistics Report. LSH’s report highlighted the growing demand of the Thames Valley with a strong...
The region’s strengths in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Centres, Cyber Security and Medical Technology and Fintech are highlighted in the DIT’s most recently published national sector propositions: Artificial Intelligence – outlines the UK’s position as a global leader in this sector, describing it as the ‘powerhouse...
Mobile network operator Three UK has announced its move to a 117,000 sq. ft headquarters building in Green Park, which will combine both of its Thames Valley offices into one central office, based in Reading. The move aims to embed a more hybrid approach to working...
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), based at Harwell Campus, has invested in GlobalTrust, a data analytics company, which supports public policy and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies. GlobalTrust, began its UK operation at the end of 2020, taking office space at the Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire – further...
A new engineering hub and test facility, backed by government funding and the European Space Agency contract, is set to be built at Harwell Campus, based in Oxfordshire. The new facility will provide a space for UK researchers and businesses to experiment and will focus on...
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...
The UK-Canada have launched the worlds first Quantum Technologies Competition. Run jointly by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), there are 8 named winning projects that will lead the collaboration between academia, industry and the...