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Up to 400 property professionals will pack into Ascot Racecourse in May for the second Thames Valley Property Awards – following the success of the 2014 TVPA


Award categories


Development of the Year – sponsored by Hicks Baker


Commercial Property Consultancy of the Year – sponsored by SEGRO


Housebuilder of the Year – sponsored by Pitmans LLP


Industrial & Logistics Property Consultancy – sponsored by Jansons


Real Estate Executive – sponsored by Jelf


Town of the Year – sponsored by Barton Willmore


Property Law Firm of the Year – sponsored by Vail Williams


Commercial Property Deal of the Year – sponsored by Haslams


Rising Star Property Firm – sponsored by Romans Group


Business Park of the Year – sponsored by Peter Brett Associates


Workplace Environment – sponsored by Optima Contracting


Outstanding Contribution – sponsored by McKay Securities


Last year’s TVPA was the biggest awards night for property in the region outside London.


This year’s dinner has been set for May 14 – just one week after the General Election – and nominations will close very soon – so it’s vital that you get your entries in now.


Nominations


Companies and individuals can nominate themselves or another for a single category or multiple categories.


The qualifying period is January to December 2014.


Companies, developments etc must be within the Thames Valley area.


Special Guest


Gyles Brandreth, TV entertainer, radio personality and raconteur, will be our special presenter.


Tables Tables of 10 are priced at £1,500 plus VAT. This includes drinks reception, three-course dinner and half a bottle of house wine per person.


Charity


The dinner will raise funds for Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice, which will be TVPA’s official charity for a second year. In 2014 we raised £5,487 for the charity.


Details: www.thamesvalleypropertyawards.co.uk VSL confirms year’s largest office and laboratory deal


Leading commercial property agents VSL & Partners has confirmed that the largest office and laboratory transaction in Oxfordshire has completed at Windrush Court in Cowley.


The former Astellas building, comprising approximately 71,000 sq ft of office and laboratory accommodation, has been acquired by Oxford Biomedica plc, an Oxford University spin-out company.


Oxford Biomedica was founded in 1995 by Professor Alan Kingsman from the University of Oxford’s department of biochemistry and has since developed into one of the leading gene and immune therapy companies.


The acquisition consolidates the business geographically, being close to its nearby manufacturing facilities, and will provide the company not just with a new corporate headquarters but also with the opportunity to expand its existing R&D and manufacturing


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facilities with extensive new high- grade laboratory facilities.


Andrew Lockhart, director at VSL & Partners, said: ”Windrush Court is a good fit for Oxford Biomedica and an excellent outcome


for Oxford. It enables the city to retain a home-grown successful R&D company, which will continue to be a world leader in its field and reap the benefits of additional employment as well as a significant investment in Oxford.”


THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – MARCH 2015 Sponsors:


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