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Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s latest grants round, opened last week in response to lockdown 3, has been overwhelmed with applications from local charities, indicating a great continued frontline need. The charity and its donors are therefore appealing for the public to give in support of this response.
I’ve been helping Rebecca organise her money following the death of her father, who had also been one of our clients.
Moorcroft’s Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Andrew Katz has been named on OpenUK’s Inaugural New Year’s Honours List for his contribution to Open Hardware.
Having wandered relatively blind into the world of webinars early in lockdown, B4 quickly got to grips with delivering regular content from members on a daily basis, culminating with BIO2020 which saw 102 live webinars delivered over three days.
In December 2020, the Cabinet Office announced that unconscious bias training is being phased out of the civil service on the grounds that there is no proof that it changes behaviour and that it may in fact cause a negative response. This comes after a group of MPs previously refused to undergo training on the grounds that it was ‘pandering to the woke agenda’ and it shows the depth of resistance within government to this type of training. But are they right?
I grew up feeling like a bit of an outsider. I have carried that with me throughout life, and always tried to think about who isn’t here, or who we aren’t talking about or including. That can be a challenging question, but I think it’s an important one for all organisations and people to think about.
Unipart Logistics has won a five-year contract extension with Pro:Direct Sport in the US.
Moorcrofts’ corporate team has advised Skillweb.co.uk Ltd. (Skillweb), a leading UK based software development and solutions company, on the sale of its “Houndit” business to Escher Software Services UK Limited (part of Hanover Investors private equity group).
B4 Leader Interviews with Alison Haill of Oxford Professional Consulting. Interview 3: Jarl Severn, Managing Director , Owen Mumford.
B4 Leader Interviews with Alison Haill of Oxford Professional Consulting. Interview 2: Brendan Hattam, Centre Director, Landsec.
B4 Leader Interviews with Alison Haill of Oxford Professional Consulting. Interview 1: Frank Nigriello, Director of Corporate Affairs, Unipart.
B4 Leader Interviews with Alison Haill of Oxford Professional Consulting. Interview 4: Sarah Foster, Managing Partner, Freeths
The enforced restrictions of the last year have brought about seismic changes in the way we work. In working from home, many have discovered that they can still be efficient and get the job done. Beyond the initial enjoyment of being surrounded by home comforts and not having to commute, our separation from the mothership has also brought into sharp focus what we miss about life in the office and how those thoughts will potentially help shape the future of office design. Here are some areas which are likely to receive increased attention.
Dirty Vegan and friends have come together this Veganuary with delicious plant-based comfort food, in DIY kit form to kick the new year of with some much needed
comfort and joy.
National property consultancy Carter Jonas, acting on behalf of a private client, has completed the sale of Willow Court, one mile west of Oxford city centre, to Custodian REIT for £7.86 million.