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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

Hadley Barrett

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

Chris Rayner of Network Rail

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.

Focusing on the future

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.

Rok upbeat despite losses

10:48am Wednesday 18th August 2010

Bosses at the Oxfordshire branch of building services firm Rok are optimistic despite the company seeing its fortunes slide.






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