A second Life Sciences Sector Deal between Government and the life sciences industry, with input from digital, medical and biological technology companies, diagnostics experts and pharmaceutical companies, has been published. The sector deal has been co-authored by the University of Oxford’s Regius Professor of Medicine,...
Left to right: Mrs Laura Lion (Mayoress, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead), Councillor Paul Lion (Mayor, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead), Gordon Naylor (President, Seqirus), Gareth Ralphs (Partnership Manager, South East, DIT), Ken Lim (Senior Vice President, Seqirus) New premises acquired for...
Thales and its university partners have given a rare glimpse into the future of technology with its first academic showcase at Reading, displaying new concepts in space propulsion, cyber security, autonomous vehicles, applications of machine learning techniques and advanced materials for new generations of submarine...
Thames Valley Science Park, owned by the University of Reading and set to become one of the largest dedicated science parks in the region and, indeed, in the South East, has now been officially opened. Following years of planning and development, the Science Park's flagship ‘Gateway'...
The UK has created 35% of all unicorns from Europe and Israel (60 out of 169), according to research prepared for Tech Nation and the Government's Digital Economy Council. In addition to analysing the number of unicorns, the report also looks at other factors that contribute to...
THE CURVE, SLOUGH Slough has been named the best place to work in the UK for the second year running. The Berkshire town in the Thames Valley retained its top spot on the list based on its ease of finding a job, relatively high average salaries in comparison...
The Oracle, Reading Oxford and Reading top growth league for third year running Swindon joins high-ranking city list for the first time as a Top-10 ‘improver’ Cities in the South East mainly score above the UK average For the third year running, the two highest performing UK cities on PwC's Good...
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has announced that marketing authorisation has been granted by the European Commission for the pioneering drug patisiran, which follows approval from the US Food and Drugs Administration in August 2018. Devised for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis in adults with Stage 1...
Thames Valley-based specialist technology law firm Boyes Turner have released a new report on business agility, which explores how companies can establish and maintain agility and avoid the many pitfalls. "Tech be nimble, tech be quick, tech don't forget the legal bit: Building agile businesses in...
Oxford University has claimed the top spot in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019, with Oxford first among the 1258 universities assessed worldwide, including 98 from the United Kingdom. The Times Higher rankings are described as the only international league table which assesses universities for...