 | Diversity 'good for business' | | 11:17am Thu 5 Jun 08 | | A FAMILY-run Oxfordshire building firm features in a ground-breaking report showing how a diverse workforce leads to higher productivity. |
| Jobs boost for Wantage | | 10:10am Wednesday 4th June 2008 | | A new do-it-yourself store has opened in Wantage creating 23 jobs. |
| Champagne thank-you | | 3:01pm Thursday 29th May 2008 | | Customers received a thank-you, a glass of bubbly and a slice of cake at Abingdon's Mostly Books bookshop at a party to celebrate the shop winning a national award. |
| No right to buy | | 10:22am Friday 23rd May 2008 | | Inhabitants of houses built for workers in Wolvercote have been told they have no right to buy their freeholds because their landlord is a charity: Oxford University. Oxford University Press (OUP) built the 43 houses and flats in Webb's Close, and 74 in Jordan Hill, in the 1950s and 1960s for workers at its old Wolvercote Paper Mill, where paper had been produced for about 300 years - and where the university is now planning a new £40m housing development. |
| Cotswolds rejects Costa | | 10:21am Friday 23rd May 2008 | | A COFFEE giant's attempt to break into the traditional territory of a Cotswold town's high street has ended in failure. |
| Jobless total rises again | | 11:11am Wednesday 14th May 2008 | | The number of people out of work and claiming Jobseekers Allowance in the county has gone up for the fifth month in a row. |
| Teen whizzkids set for final showdown | | 10:53am Monday 12th May 2008 | | Scores of teenage entrepreneurs from across the county are preparing to do battle after winning through to the finals of a prestigious business competition. |
| Awards finalists announced | | 2:59pm Thursday 8th May 2008 | | The top companies and business leaders in the county have been shortlisted in the Oxfordshire Business Awards 2008. |
| Tycoons slip down rich list | | 11:22am Thursday 1st May 2008 | | TWO Oxfordshire billionaires feature among the biggest risers and fallers in this year's list of Britain's richest people. |
| Hope on muscular dystrophy | | 4:48pm Tuesday 29th April 2008 | | A POTENTIAL treatment for the fatal genetic disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy is to be tested by an Oxfordshire biotech company. |
| Firm 'frees up' top tunes | | 11:31am Monday 28th April 2008 | | A firm which allows music fans to listen to tracks over the Internet for free, has signed a deal with a recording giant. |
 | Victim of fraud | | 12:32pm Thu 24 Apr 08 | | A cyber-fraudster in France this week cheated a Burford businessman out of nearly £10,000 - despite his having signed up to a fraud protection scheme recommended to him by his bank. Thames Valley Police say they cannot help him, since the fraudster was in France when the theft was committed. |
 | Innovation helps police | | 12:30pm Thu 24 Apr 08 | | A COMPANY which started in the founder's garage is now supplying video recorders to all the UK's police forces. |
| Blood kit spears export drive | | 12:28pm Thursday 24th April 2008 | | A BLOOD-sampling device to help diabetics, and a global export drive, helped Oxfordshire company Owen Mumford to win two Queen's Awards. |
 | Adviser honoured by Queen | | 12:26pm Thu 24 Apr 08 | | BUSINESSES from across Oxfordshire have been recognised as among the best in the world after scooping top enterprise awards.o
Businessman-turned-adviser John Jennens, 82, and companies Owen Mumford and Ovation Systems have all won prestigious Queen's Awards
Mr Jennens, who retired from corporate life in 1985 after suffering a heart attack, is still working as a volunteer business adviser. |
| Clothes shop to close | | 11:39am Thursday 17th April 2008 | | THE Ethel Austin discount clothing store in Cowley is to close within three weeks, with the loss of about ten jobs. |
 | Biomedica board in major shake-up | | 11:43am Tue 15 Apr 08 | | The board of a pioneering biotech firm is undergoing a major shake-up with its co-founder retiring from her senior role. |
| Acne drug under the spotlight | | 10:28am Tuesday 15th April 2008 | | Scientists at an Oxfordshire biotech firm have made a breakthrough in the treatment of acne. |
| RM wins £53m contract | | 12:25pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | OXFORDSHIRE schools IT company RM has won a £53m contract with the London borough of Newham. |
 | College honours top architect | | 10:23am Fri 11 Apr 08 | | A prominent architect has been honoured by one of Oxford University's most distinguished colleges. |
| Uncertainty over toy jobs | | 2:09pm Thursday 10th April 2008 | | OXFORDSHIRE-based toy seller Toyzone has been sold just days after going into receivership - but headquarters staff are still uncertain about their future. |
| Nuclear takeover | | 2:07pm Thursday 10th April 2008 | | NUCLEAR safety firm RM Consultants has been taken over by French energy giant Areva for an undisclosed sum. |
 | Wychwood brewery sold | | 2:06pm Thu 10 Apr 08 | | THE former owner of the Wychwood Brewery in Witney says it has a rosy future following its sale to Midlands pub and brewing group Marston's. |
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