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Sweet taste of success

8:50am Thursday 4th March 2010

A SPOONFUL of sugar helps the medicine go down, but a new Oxford company is hoping to make vitamins and drugs more palatable by using vegetable fibres instead.

Brookes 'is good for Oxfordshire'

Janet Beer of Oxford Brookes University

8:40am Thursday 4th March 2010

Cuts are coming, regardless of who wins the election, but Oxford and Oxfordshire will continue to benefit economically from the activities of Oxford Brookes University, according to its vice-chancellor.

Champagne launch for flights

2:52pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

CHAMPAGNE corks popped as the first daily scheduled flight from London Oxford Airport headed for Edinburgh.

Oxford Innovation seals takeover deal

4:19pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010

A company which specialises in running innovation centres is set for nationwide expansion after a major takeover deal.

Use less, says gas firm

Villagers in Tackley are in line for a £100,000 prize

11:04am Thursday 25th February 2010

Here is a conundrum which must long have puzzled many. Why would a public company, which exists with the avowed intent of making money for its shareholders, encourage its customers to use less of its product?

Apprentice's 'James Bond' role

Si Beazley

8:50am Thursday 25th February 2010

THE first engineering apprentice at the Diamond project at Harwell says it is his dream job — “like something out of a James Bond movie”.

Patient group 'disappointed' at movie

8:50am Thursday 25th February 2010

PATIENTS suffering from a rare disease will be in Oxford today for a special preview of a Hollywood movie featuring the race for a cure.

Helveta on track for new growth

10:21am Wednesday 24th February 2010

A firm which specialises in timber tracking devices has undergone major expansion prompting a move to larger premises.

Good use for LSD

Amanda Feilding at Beckley Park  Picture: Francesco Guidicini

9:53am Wednesday 24th February 2010

An Oxfordshire charity with an impressive roll-call of scientific advisers is pressing for the drug LSD to be used more for medicinal purposes.

Profits slide for Morgan Sindall

4:25pm Tuesday 23rd February 2010

Building firm Morgan Sindall has seen its fortunes slashed by 28 per cent in the last year, latest figures have revealed.









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