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...
Slough Urban Renewal are partnering with Muse Developments as part of a £650 million redevelopment in the heart of Slough. Slough Borough Council bought the former Thames Valley University land as part of regeneration plans for the town. Both companies will deliver the North West Quadrant,...
Global telecoms giant, Virgin Media has moved its UK Head Office to Green Park in Reading, taking all 120,000 sqft at 500 Brook Drive. Holding up to 1,500 staff, the new headquarters contains extended breakout areas, meeting rooms, a staff restaurant and coffee shop. High sustainability...
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...
Local tech companies and institutes including Softcat, Gamma, Westcoast and the Rosalind Franklin Institute have collaborated with the Education Business Partnership (EBP) to create a new initiative called Hi-Tech Horizons. The programme aims to reach and directly engage with 50,000 secondary and college students over...
MEPC have confirmed that the 138,000 sqft speculative development scheme at its high-tech business estate, Silverstone Park, will be increased to 258,000 sqft due to market demand. The increase in development will enable an extra 13 industrial units, workshops and R&D facilities. The premise will be...
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...