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www.businessmag.co.uk Tech-People extends its area
Tech-People, the Maidenhead-based construction, maintenance and engineering recruitment company, has opened a new office in Swansea.
The new opening is headed by Russ Cleverley who comes to the company with over a decade of recruitment experience in the M&E and HVAC areas. The office will concentrate on the North West, South West and Wales regions and will handle both permanent and contract vacancies ...
Seacourt wins third Queen’s Award for sustainable development
Seacourt has won the Queen’s Award for sustainable development for the third time, in recognition of its ground-breaking LightTouch print technology, the world’s first waterless LED printing process, and for its innovative approach to sustainability. This is the third time in less than a decade that the Oxford company, which will mark its 70th anniversary this year, has received the accolade ...
ConnectTVT to launch second showcase for digital technology
In June ConnectTVT brings back its series of innovative events, Festival of Digital Disruption (FoDD). Building on last year’s success, the festival week will comprise a series of exciting and collaborative events celebrating excellence in all things digital across Reading ...
Can happiness boost productivity? asks Office Principles seminar
Leading office design company Office Principles is calling on UK employers to make their people happier at work and see a resulting boost in productivity.
‘Happy people get more done.’ That was the rallying cry to business leaders attending the recent Office Principles seminar at Green Park in Reading, where workplace strategists Bertie van Wyk and Hannah Nardini backed up the claim with data and findings from their own work as well as analysis from Office Principles studies ...
Wye Partnership merges with Wynyard Wright and Ellis
Wye Partnership has merged with Wynyard Wright and Ellis to form the group now known as The Wye Partnership, which incorporates the Wye Residential and Wye Country brands. The new company has offices in High Wycombe, Hazelmere, Prestwood, Great Missenden and Naphill ...
Citizenship applications rise in light of a possible Brexit
Migrate UK, the Abingdon-based law firm specialising solely in immigration law for organisations and individuals, has seen a five-fold surge in British citizenship enquiries since the Government called for the referendum on whether to remain in the EU ...
MINI Plant celebrates 15 years of MINIs
The BMW Group acquired the MINI Plant in 1994, and since it relaunched the brand in 2001 with the debut of the new MINI Hatch, more than 2.5 million MINIs have been produced in Oxford, with the three-million milestone expected to be hit later this year. 80% of the cars made at the plant are exported to more than 110 countries around the world ...
AEW acquires two properties
AEW South East Office Fund has acquired two properties in Theale from Theale Estates for an undisclosed amount ...
UK benefits from freelancers’ £109b contribution
According to new research published by IPSE, the association of independent professionals, the contribution to the UK economy by its 1.91 million self-employed freelancers (a rise of 36% since 2008) soared to £109 billion in 2015 ...
Area Sq and MESH refurbish Vodafone’s offices
Area Sq and MESH have completed the refurbishment of Vodafone’s offices on the ground and first floor of Waterside House in Bracknell. This is the latest in a series of projects that support Vodafone’s ‘Better Ways of Working’ initiative, which pioneers a flexible working ethos ...
Flurry of lettings at The Oxford Science Park’s innovation centre
Five companies have expanded and a new organisation has joined The Oxford Science Park’s Magdalen Centre, the innovation building located at the centre of the Park, and divided into office and laboratory suites of flexible sizes and lease terms.
Since the start of 2016, the science and technology expansions and new lettings have totalled an additional 21 people across 2,550 sq ft. The companies that have expanded are: Blue Earth Diagnostics, a privately-held diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialisation of molecular imaging technologies; Corriculo, a specialist and comprehensive IT recruitment services company; devolo UK, the leading German powerline manufacturer which has expanded into the smart home market with the launch of Home Control which can adjust light settings, monitor temperatures and provide automated
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security alerts; OrganOx, which has developed a groundbreaking technology to help with the transplantation of organs; and OxSonics that is developing novel approaches to the treatment of cancer and chronic low back pain.
Precision Medicine Catapult, an organisation established to make the UK the best place in the world for developing and implementing precision medicine, has joined the Park.
Rory Maw, bursar, Magdalen College, said: “We warmly welcome Precision Medicine Catapult and wish them many years of success, and also offer our congratulations to Blue Earth, Corriculo, Devolo, OrganOx and OxSonics which are clearly thriving.“
The Magdalen Centre totals 65,000 sq ft of net lettable office and lab space and is currently 91% let with 6,300 sq ft remaining.
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www.oxfordsp.com THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – MAY 2016
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