Supporting and developing the county’s significant creative sector, the industry has been given a major boost by Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (BTVLEP), who have announced £4 million in new funding for three initiatives. Aligned with the four Grand Challenges of the Government’s modern Industrial...
Universal Electric Corporation (UEC) of Pittsburgh, industry leader in systems solutions for power distribution and management for the data centre, retail, healthcare, higher education and industrial markets, has expanded its UK operations during 2017/18. The company, which has increased its headcount and moved into a...
Korean company G-SMATT Europe produces an innovative digital media façade product. Launched in 2013 and with an annual turnover of more than $125m, the firm chose the UK as the location for its European HQ and first European office. The Department for International Trade, Oxfordshire LEP...
The University of Oxford spin-out, Oxsight, uses the latest smart glasses to improve sight for blind and partially sighted people. OxSight’s aim is to develop sight enhancing technologies to improve the quality of life for blind and partially sighted people around the world, affected by...
Alnylam, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the leading corporate exponent of RNAi therapeutics (RNA interference), which makes it possible to “silence” disease-causing genes. It has a broad range of drug candidates in clinical trials for rare inherited diseases and for more...
A Life Sciences Roundtable, organised by the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce, was recently hosted at leading life sciences company Bayer’s stunning offices in Green Park, Reading. A cross-section of representatives from life sciences businesses and academia from across the Thames Valley, including SMEs and...
Established in 1952, Kosei Pharmaceutical Co Ltd is celebrating 65 years as a pharmaceutical wholesaler in Japan. In 2011, UKTI (now DIT), provided some initial support to expand Kosei's global operations through their first overseas investment. Since then, the DIT and Thames Valley Chamber of...
Buckinghamshire based Mediplus specialises in researching, developing and manufacturing innovative medical devices to meet the needs of patients and clinicians worldwide. It is one of the industry’s leading firms located within the UK’s ‘Golden Triangle’ in the heart of the Thames Valley - one of the...
This strategy, published 1st November, explains the Government’s approach to tackling and managing cyber threats in our country. Built on three core pillars: defend, deter and develop, underpinned by £1.9 billion of transformational investment, the National Cyber Security Strategy (2016 to 2021) sets out how...
Kayser Italia, a privately owned independent aerospace system engineering company, initially established operations in 1986. Since its launch the company has participated in more than 50 space missions and 80 payloads - all of which have been completed with full scientific, technical, economic and programmatic...