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Recyclable waste set to be stored after price crash

11:27am Thursday 20th November 2008

Councils in Oxfordshire are being allowed to store more recyclable waste at contractors’ depots after prices crashed.

Biomedica upbeat after job cuts

11:08am Thursday 20th November 2008

A DOZEN jobs have gone at struggling biotech company Oxford Biomedica, which earlier this year saw its shares crash after a hiccup with a trial of its key cancer drug TroVax.

Dubbed the City of Screaming Tyres in the early 1990s, Oxford has moved down the road towards a more rational approach to cars and car ownership during the past 15 years — with some ideas having been found good, others less good; all controversial.

45 jobs go at Oxfam

11:00am Thursday 20th November 2008

UP to 45 jobs are being axed by Oxfam with the majority expected to go at the Oxford head office.

Fury at rent increase

10:49am Thursday 20th November 2008

TRADERS in Summertown say their future is under threat after their rents almost doubled.

Kuwaitis plough millions into Prodrive

4:13pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

A Kuwaiti investment firm has taken a major stake in high performance car company Prodrive.

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Top award for green queen

9:36am Tuesday 18th November 2008

Ethical entrepreneur Claire Watt-Smith has been named as one of the top young business people in the country.

New enterprise centre set for Chipping Norton

3:19pm Monday 17th November 2008

Bids are being invited to build a brand new enterprise centre in Chipping Norton.

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Buoyant Gladstone rallies shareholders

10:32am Friday 14th November 2008

A software firm at the centre of a hostile takeover bid has posted a healthy boost in its fortunes.

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Jobless numbers rise

11:18am Thursday 13th November 2008

THE number of people out of work and claiming Jobseekers Allowance in Oxfordshire has risen by 33 per cent over the past year, according to figures released this week by National Statistics.