Construction of the UK’s new Vaccines Centre has begun ahead of schedule. The highly specialist facility will house the Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) that will provide the UK’s first bespoke strategic vaccine development and manufacturing capability. The rapidly accelerated programme will aim to see...
Companies in the Thames Valley region were once again included in the 2020 Queen’s Award. This highlights the region’s prominent position as it continues to lead the UK in innovation, sustainable development and international trade. The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is an awards programme for British...
ByBox, previously based at Oxford Science Park and a specialist in smart locker technology and field service solutions, has taken the seventh floor at The Future Works in Slough. The company will join Clarendon at the offices, which is in the first phase of a £200...
Reading based Rutherford Health plc has started coronavirus antibody testing for its staff and patients. Tests are being carried out in Rutherford Centres across the UK including Newport, Bedlington, Northumberland and Liverpool, before being processed at a laboratory in Middlesex. Data is being provided to...
Exscientia, a University of Dundee spinoff, now based in the Oxford Science Park, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to develop new medicines has teamed up with the UK national science facility to screen more than 15,000 drugs for their effectiveness in treating COVID-19. The company explained...
One of the world’s largest property groups and asset managers, Brookfield Asset Management, has acquired the private sector half shareholding in the Harwell Campus joint venture which manages and develops the campus. The acquisition, which comes at a critical time for the UK economy and property...
The report provides an evidence base for Berkshire's economy to help all those involved in supporting local businesses to understand the structure and nature of the local economy, which firms are powering it - or have the potential to do so, and how the local...
A collaboration between the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group clinical teams will enrol heath volunteers between the ages of 18 and 55, who pass screening, to be the first people to test the new vaccine. Researchers are working as quickly as possible...
Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advance Research (OSCAR) have developed a rapid testing technology for COVID-19. The team have been working to improve test capabilities as the virus spreads internationally. The new test gives results in...
Oxford has been listed as one of the top 20 European investment tech cities, just after Helsinki and Dublin, with £200 million raised in 2019. The report also mentions that the South East hosts seven digital tech unicorns, of which two are based in the...