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Competition probe over £47m cinema deal

9:30am Thursday 2nd May 2013

CINEWORLD is facing a potential full competition investigation over its £47m takeover of art house cinema chain Picturehouse, which has a branch in Jericho.

Bus company opens new travel shop

Oxford East MP Andrew Smith cuts the ribbon held by Philip Kirk, left, and Andrew Morison, from OBC, at the bus company’s new travel shop

7:00am Thursday 2nd May 2013

OXFORD Bus Company has opened a new city centre shop to cope with booming demand for its travelcard, the Key.

£221m takeover move for West Oxfordshire waste contractor

2:10pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

RECYCLING firm May Gurney, which collects waste for West Oxfordshire District Council, has accepted a takeover bid from construction company Kier.

House prices fall

1:07pm Monday 29th April 2013

House prices in Oxfordshire fell by 0.8 per cent last month, latest official statistics have revealed.

Restaurant plan on menu for listed shopping gallery

1:00pm Monday 29th April 2013

A Grade-II listed shopping gallery in Wantage could be closed off, with a new restaurant or shop opening up in what is now a walkway.

Union plans protest over pub costs

11:49am Monday 29th April 2013

THE plight of a Witney pub landlord who is facing eviction will be highlighted by a union demonstration.

Volunteer adviser John Vernon wins top enterprise award

John Vernon

11:00am Thursday 25th April 2013

AN UNPAID adviser who has spent the last 20 years helping fledgling Oxfordshire entrepreneurs has won a top business accolade.

Take a peek at Bicester town revamp

Matt Maisey of Bowmen and Kirkland construction, nearest, looks down from the roof of the development on to Manorsfield Road with Andrew Horton, Vue Oxford general manager and cinema spokesman Oli Bowen

9:30am Thursday 25th April 2013

THESE pictures show the first glimpses behind the scenes of Bicester’s £70m town centre redevelopment.

‘Heroic firefighters saved businesses’ on Lys Mill Industrial Estate

Vincent Schofield of Rectory Stone outside the damaged building; inset, the burnt-out car mechanic’s workshop

9:30am Thursday 25th April 2013

FIREFIGHTERS who risked their lives battling a huge blaze were hailed as heroes yesterday by the owners of businesses they saved.

Post Office set to invite shops to bid to take over services in Witney

Witney Labour Party’s Duncan Enright, front, and Laura Price gather signatures on their petition outside the post office

5:10pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

THE Post Office is set to formally invite shops in Witney to provide a new town centre home for postal services by the end of the month.

New cafe serving up plenty of opportunity

From left, Rose Rokhim, 36, Jacki Flower 32, Emma Hellyer, 21, Caroline Weston, 32, Toby Staveley, 35, Sean Parsloe, 21, Anthony Langdon 23, and Darren Doncaster, 18, at the cafe

9:30am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

INTERN Emma Hellyer is like any other young person who wants to work.

Bicester town centre 'needs free parking'

1:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

BUSINESS leaders say free parking must be provided in Bicester to protect taxpayers’ investment in the £70m town centre redevelopment.

Second bid for Abingdon Road Travelodge rejected for lack of parking

An image of the hotel Travelodge wants to build

11:50am Friday 19th April 2013

A BUDGET hotel chain’s bid to build at the bottom of Abingdon Road in Oxford has been thrown out for the second time.

Breakfast back on the menu for former cafe owner

Mick Harris with Anne Devlin, manager of the Westgate Hotel where he is now serving breakfasts

1:30pm Thursday 18th April 2013

A CAFE owner has stepped back into the kitchen opposite his old Oxford premises after becoming bored in retirement.

History man aims to make profit from past

Kevin Thomson

1:20pm Thursday 18th April 2013

FOR the past 3,000 years, some of the biggest characters in history have left their mark in Abingdon.

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