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Oxfordshire
Where it all began. B4 started in Oxfordshire in 2006 and has continued to grow and expand to other areas.
Bus operators hit significant sustainability milestone
Oxfordshire’s leading bus operators have produced 1 million kilowatt hours of green electricity from solar panel arrays at their depots.
City of Oxford College hosts a cooking masterclass by Parsonage Grill’s...
Earlier this week, City of Oxford College hosted a poultry masterclass for the Professional Culinary Arts Level 2 students at the city-centre campus, led by Allan McLaughlin, Head Chef at five-star restaurant, Parsonage Grill.
CBRE Announces Acquisition of VSL, Leading Oxfordshire Property Agency
Based in Oxford, UK, VSL is a market-leading commercial property consultancy that provides a comprehensive range of services to landlords and occupiers in the Oxfordshire area.
Carbon Monsters – 7th April, 10am-1pm
Oxfordshire businesses, join us online and find practical solutions to support your first steps towards Net Zero and tackle your ‘Carbon Monster’ – 10am-1pm, 7 April 2022.
Programme announced for 2022 Creative Industries Festival
Oxford Brookes has announced the programme for the second International Creative Industries Festival, which takes place online from 21 March. The theme for this year’s Festival is ‘Creative industries for a better society’.
Tree-Planting and Yoga on Offer to Staff as Part of Wellbeing...
Staff at Blenheim are being invited to plant a tree and join free weekly yoga classes as part of a campaign to create a healthy workplace environment.
Financial accounting expert Pinkesh Patel promoted to Partner at Grant Thornton
Leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has bolstered its Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team by appointing Pinkesh Patel to Partner. Based in the Thames Valley, Pinkesh helps lead Grant Thornton’s 40-strong national FAAS team, which provides expert financial reporting and accounting advice as well as on-demand resource solutions to firms that […]
Business Beyond Profit; the only path to a successful business
Look around the B4 National network and you will see more and more companies shifting the ways in which they operate to consider all stakeholders as well as shareholders. Why is this happening and how can any business evolve, not only to embrace the opportunities this opens, but making it far more robust and successful?
Save the Date: An Evening with South Central Institute of Technology...
Join us on Thursday 7th April 2022 to hear from our Anchor Partners at the South Central Institute of Technology about working in the tech sector and how employers across the Thames Valley region can support young people into digital careers and secure future talent.
A look into the future for your data protection: The new...
The Databasix team takes a proactive approach to supporting our clients and to make ‘good’ even better… that’s the premise for our Spring Catalogue 2022!
Oxford Brookes celebrates Global MBA ranking
The Oxford Brookes Global MBA programme has been ranked 15th in the world in this year’s QS Online MBA Rankings, and moves up one place to 4th in the UK.
‘Great resignation’ stifling the Thames Valley’s mid-market
With job vacancies in the UK reaching a record high, new research from Grant Thornton UK LLP finds that the ‘greatresignation’ is severely impacting the mid-market. Of the mid-sized businesses in the Thames Valley surveyed for the firm’s latest Business Outlook Tracker*, over two thirds (70%) are experiencing unusually high attrition rates – with more […]
Thomas White Oxford agrees joint venture with Cadillac Fairview and Stanhope...
Thomas White Oxford Ltd, the development company of St John’s College, has agreed a 50:50 joint venture partnership with Canadian-based Cadillac Fairview, the real estate arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, with developer Stanhope PLC, to deliver Oxford North, Oxford, UK, the £700 million new global innovation district.
How Important is Blogging for SEO?
If you’re new to SEO, you will know it can certainly be overwhelming. You’ve got on-page SEO, off-page SEO and technical SEO to think about, all of which require specialists in the field to optimise.