With more than 40 years’ experience, PORCELANOSA Group is one of the most prestigious ceramics manufacturers in the world, offering kitchen and bathroom furniture in over 970 stores across 150 countries. Throughout, consumers can see ongoing developments in the innovation and design of all its...
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...
Last year we reported on 'a growing phenomenon’ of investment projects linking the East Coast of the United States and Berkshire. This year we can report on these continued links with additional, new, investment and expansions from foreign-owned companies with their global HQs based along...
Westcott Venture Park is to become the first business park in the UK to be carbon-negative, following the approval of plans for the UK’s first unsubsidised on-site solar photovoltaic power plant, which will make the existing solar park seven times bigger. The largest business park in Buckinghamshire, the...
The Thames Valley, a truly unique, truly global destination, has delivered another set of impressive inward investment results during the 2017/18 financial year. High volume and investment value has ensured it retains its status as the number one region, outside of London, for securing foreign...
The Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford (CaMkOx) Knowledge Corridor is of vital economic importance in the UK. It is home to two universities widely recognised as world leaders in key areas of research and innovation, including Oxford University, consistently ranked in the global top four, and a cluster of science...
Work has officially begun on the £19.3 million Silverstone Experience Centre, a visitor attraction expected to attract over 500,000 visitors a year when completed in 2019. The Silverstone Experience will use the heritage of British motorsport to encourage high-performance engineers of the future, by working...
The growing strength of the Australia-UK investment relationship has been highlighted in a joint report between the two countries, called “Strong Ties, Growing Stronger”. The report shows the significance of investment between the two nations, which totalled $815 billion AUD from 2010-2017, and trade, which...
Plans for a new north-west runway at Heathrow Airport have been approved in the House of Commons after voting went in favour of the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) on the 25th June. Building work for the third runway could now begin as early as...