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Business support services – partnership over perseverance!
2:09pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
I didn’t really know where to begin when it came to looking for a Solicitor or an Accountant and I certainly didn’t understand Commercial Insurance.
Cycle shop 'dream'
9:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010
CYCLE businessman Stuart Meanwell is poised to realise a 20-year-old dream of opening a large bike shop in the historic heart of Oxford.
Sunny outlook for solar
8:20am Thursday 2nd September 2010
If something sounds too good to be true . . . well, you know the rest. The aphorism springs to mind when you hear about those kind people offering to provide and install solar panels — providing us with free electricity — for no money at all.
Good Book Guide relaunched
8:20am Thursday 2nd September 2010
BOOK lovers' magazine The Good Book Guide is to close its Chalgrove office. It went into receivership at the end of July, but has been bought by Blackpool entrepreneur Graham Holmes.
Fired Earth makes loss
11:56am Wednesday 1st September 2010
THE parent company of Oxfordshire-based Fired Earth has ordered a review after the tile and kitchenware division lost £2m.
Steaming ahead
9:10am Thursday 26th August 2010
William Crossley talks to Chris Rayner, Network Rail's western route director
Gene therapy firm seeks partners
2:03pm Wednesday 25th August 2010
GENE THERAPY company Oxford BioMedica is seeking partners to develop two of its potential treatments after half-year losses rose to £3.6m.
Preserving United's archives
2:05pm Wednesday 25th August 2010
RECORDS of Oxford United’s roller- coaster past are being wrapped in polythene to preserve them for posterity.
Is your great business idea ROBUST?
1:40pm Wednesday 25th August 2010
Oxford based entrepreneur and businessman Brendon Cross takes a weekly look at some of the challenges facing businesses...
So, you wanna to start your own business…?
12:00pm Friday 20th August 2010
More than 500,000 people start their own business every year in the UK and this number is set to increase as more and more people face uncertainty over their futures.
A helping hand
10:30am Thursday 19th August 2010
Growing businesses and those that have been downsizing in the recession both need one thing — decent administrative support. Small firms often cannot afford a full-time role but need back-up as and when required, while a shrinking company may decide to cut back on secretarial staff.
Focusing on the future
8:00am Thursday 19th August 2010
The poor old young. Never before have jobless figures for the six million people in the UK between 18 and 24 been so high — at 17.5 per cent. And never before has the scrabble to find something to do, and avoid the NEET (Not in Economic, Education, or Training) label been so frantic.
Uncertainty as RM axes jobs
8:00am Thursday 19th August 2010
Educational software company RM has declined to reveal how many jobs have been lost as a result of the Government scrapping its Building Schools for the Future programme.
Unwiring our future
8:00am Thursday 19th August 2010
Noel Hurley, chief operating officer of Toumaz, explains how his company’s wireless monitoring system plays a key role in the treatment of chronic disease
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