Romantic treats and flipping good pancakes…
Lockdown life is pretty boring, we know. But in the coming week there are lots of excuses for a celebration… and they all involve food!
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Culham Innovation Centre celebrates 20th anniversary
Today marks 20 years since Oxford Innovation first opened the doors of Culham Innovation Centre, which has supported over 200 businesses on their journey of growth including Reaction Engines, OXIS Energy, Tokamak Energy and Kaspersky.
Blenheim Palace Carries Out Emergency Roof Repairs as Part of...
A team of conservation contractors is carrying out emergency repair work to fix leaking leadwork on the roof of Blenheim Palace with a grant from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
Oxford Brookes Business School: Silent Mindfulness Online Day Retreat
This online day retreat is based on research on mindfulness and silence conducted by © Jeff Waistell of Oxford Brookes Business School.
Blenheim February Update
We’re still bringing you the best of the Blenheim Estate so you can stay home and stay connected. Your February Update features stories from the Estate, plus inspiration and activities from our friends and partners. With brighter days upon us the estate is starting to show signs of new growth, with snowdrops lining the ground and Spring babies on the way.
Replacing a Leader
You won’t have missed the news last week that Jeff Bezos is preparing to stand aside as chief executive of Amazon. The move will come into effect in the third quarter of 2021 when he will hand over the reins to Andy Jassy, who heads up Amazon’s cloud computing arm. So how do you prepare? Are you thinking of standing down as leader for a slower pace of life or are you preparing yourself to lead? What does a business need to do to prepare for such a change to ensure the wheels keep turning, or is it a great opportunity to make fundamental changes?
Abingdon & Witney College win national award for carers support
Abingdon & Witney College have a won a prestigious industry award for its work in delivering a specialist course provision and support programme for those caring for others in Oxfordshire.
ODS and Oxfordshire County Council awarded joint innovation grant to develop...
ODS, Oxford’s Local Authority Trading Company (LATCO), has won a grant to collaborate with Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) to develop an innovative and cost-effective device that could be a real game-changer in allowing households without off-street parking to charge Electric Vehicles (EVs) at home.
Replacing a Leader
Are you thinking of standing down as leader for a slower pace of life or are you preparing yourself to lead? What does a business need to do to prepare for such a change to ensure the wheels keep turning, or is it a great opportunity to make fundamental changes?
Replacing a Leader
Are you thinking of standing down as leader for a slower pace of life or are you preparing yourself to lead? What does a business need to do to prepare for such a change to ensure the wheels keep turning, or is it a great opportunity to make fundamental changes?
Scan Reveals Record Ratio for Blenheim Estate’s Sheep Flock
Blenheim Estate’s flock of sheep are expecting a record ratio of lambs this year according to the latest ultrasound pregnancy scans.
The Disney Way
Holidays should be fun and relaxing, but one holiday spot has turned into a real-world business school for two leading Oxfordshire businessmen.
The Disney Way
Frank Nigriello’s loyalty and long service towards his employer, Unipart, is possibly matched only by his undoubted admiration and genuine fascination for all things Disney. So when Stephen Spencer made a passing reference to Disney as possibly his optimum case study when it comes to his area of expertise, customer experience, it didn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that these two could be TV gold….and so it proved.
The Disney Way
Holidays should be fun and relaxing, but one holiday spot has turned into a real-world business school for two leading Oxfordshire businessmen.
Trusting the Model
“A number of years ago, as the recently-appointed Commercial Director for the National Trust for Scotland, I attended a landmark tourism conference featuring speakers from some of the world’s most revered attractions and institutions. One speaker, Jo Pike, made a great impression on me.