OrganOx has announced a £4.6m investment from BGF which will fund the commercial expansion of its first product, the metra, in the US, building upon commercial traction in Europe, Canada and Australia. OrganOx metra is the world’s first fully automated system for keeping a human donor...
Reading has topped the list of ‘entrepreneurial spearheads’ in The Great British Enterprise report published by Atos. The report marks the launch of Atos’ new ‘Digital Society’ campaign, which discusses themes including, innovation, skills, sustainability and how technology can be the driving force for positive...
Magdalen College, Oxford, has gained approval for a 168,000 sqft office and laboratory complex at the Oxford Science Park. Plot 16 plans will feature a central raised plaza with wider landscaping and accessibility enhancements. Construction is due to start in Autumn 2020, backed by the Oxford...
The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table ranks Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years. It is compiled by Fast Track and published in The Sunday Times each December, with an awards event the following May,...
Rural businesses across the UK are set to benefit from a guaranteed £35 million in government funding in order to create new jobs, boost tourism and unlock growth in rural areas. This figure could be increased to £50 million if there are enough high-quality applications. The...
For the third year in a row, Oxford and Reading have ranked as the top performing UK cities on PwC’s Good Growth for Cities 2019 index. The annual Good Growth for Cities 2019 index sets out to show there is more to life, work and general...
Sense Biodetection, a diagnostics company which operates from both Cambridge and Oxford, has raised £12.3 million to develop a new range of tests, with the main focus being to target infectious diseases like flu. The money raised will be added to a £1.8 million grant received...
The UK Government is committing £220 million for the conceptual design of a fusion power station, the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), which will move the UK towards zero carbon, safe and abundant commercial fusion electricity. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial...
The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have been unveiled for 2020, with data collected and considered from 1,400 institutions worldwide. The rankings are described as the only international league table to assess universities for all their activities including, teaching, research, citations, international outlook and...
A £67 million grant from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has been agreed for the UK’s first dedicated Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC) located at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire and headed up by Dr Duchars. The grant will allow the VMIC to provide facilities and subject...