Oxfordshire Business First – The BIG Gig
The Big Gig is an Oxfordshire Business First initiative run by Paul Essery (i-products) and Frank Nigriello (Unipart). The Big Gig provides a unique model for businesses to interact, learn about each other and even more – help each other grow with expert advice and ideas.
Google Digital Garage
Google Digital Garage – Advice and support on getting more from digital advertising and analytics
Head to Head: Wendy Tindsley, Innovation Director for Oxford Innovation
We sit down with Innovation Director, Wendy Tindsley to find out a bit more about her and how she is looking forward to helping businesses across Oxfordshire and at WCFI. What is your background and what did you do before this role? Having started out with a scientific PhD, I […]
No Agenda Networking for STEM Businesses
Join local businesses, groups and the team at the Wood Centre for Innovation (WCFI) for the very first event in this new networking series.
Business Models workshop
Business Models workshop – This talk and panel discussion will explore what business models do and don’t work and what you should think about when designing your model.
Head to Head: Alexander Varmuza from Sportside
Based at the Wood Centre for Innovation (WCFI), Sportside is developing the go-to app and website for sports. We went head-to-head with CEO and Founder, Alexander (Xan) Varmuza. Want to find someone to go running with while away on a business trip? Or to play a game of squash? Looking […]
Head to Head: Ultromics
We sit down with Ross Upton and Paul Leeson from Ultromics, one of WCFI’s new tenants, to find out a bit more about them and what Ultromics is up to. In your own words briefly explain what your business does Ultromics develops echo-based diagnostic support tools for cardiovascular disease, the […]
Keys handed over to new innovation centre tipped to boost Oxford’s science and tech ecosystem
The keys have been handed over to an innovation centre geared up to “propel” Oxfordshire’s early-stage science, technology and digital health start-ups to success. The stunning Wood Centre for Innovation (WCFI) is located in 18 acres of woodland at Stansfeld Park in Headington Quarry. The new centre provides 25,000 sq […]
Beard Oxford hand over Stansfeld Park keys to The Oxford Trust
It might have been a wet, blustery winter’s day but for the Trust the sun was shining on Tuesday as Kenneth Hale from Beard Oxford handed the keys to our Stansfeld Park development to John Boyle, Chair of the Trust, and CEO Steve Burgess. The Trust took the leasehold on […]