Biotech start-up, Samsara Therapeutics, is the first company to take new laboratory space at
The Oxford Trust’s Wood Centre for Innovation. The Trust, a local charity encouraging the pursuit of science and enterprise, is developing life science laboratories at its Wood Centre for Innovation to increase capacity for the local ecosystem.
The £0.5 million development will deliver laboratory facilities to answer the significant demand that has been seen in the last year from science and tech start-ups and SMEs for lab space in Oxford’s Global Health and Life Sciences District, one of the UK’s leading technology clusters delivering lifesaving developments such as the COVID-19 vaccine. The Trust has received £0.1 million in funding towards the project via the Government’s Local Growth Fund, secured by the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP).
Funding is in place for a new half million-pound life sciences centre in the city, creating 100 jobs. The Oxford Trust – a city charity which encourages the pursuit of science and enterprise – plans to install life science laboratory facilities at its Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington. £100,000 in funding towards the project comes from the Government’s Local Growth Fund, via the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP). Plans for the new lab follow a leap in demand from science and tech start-ups and small businesses for lab space in Oxford’s global health and life sciences district, which is one of the UK’s leading technology clusters delivering lifesaving developments such as the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Paths will also be widened in the aim of creating a safer environment to cycle and walk. The proposals for the scheme result from an active travel investment from the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP). Yvonne Constance, the county council’s cabinet member for the environment, said: “This is great news for Witney. The funding from OxLEP recognises the ambition of our active travel plans and enables us to build on our existing commitment to accelerate our bold plans for transforming how people travel and how communities are connected.
Oxfordshire county councillor Yvonne Constance. Picture: Jon Lewis “As the Witney area grows, it is vital that this growth is made sustainably so we minimise emissions and car journeys and help the growth be geared to connected and healthy, active communities.
BICESTER residents are being urged to give feedback on a major new cycle scheme to help make the town a safer place to ride and walk, cutting vehicle journeys and creating cleaner air. Proposals for the Bicester Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan will be made possible thanks to the government s active travel fund as well as an investment by the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP), with a focus on increasing cycle journeys. Under the plan, it is hoped people will be able to walk or cycle from the south and west of Bicester into the town centre, via Kings End and Causeway.