Tue, 7th Feb 2012

Banbury Business

Mini boosts apprenticeships

10:39am Tuesday 7th February 2012

The Cowley Mini plant is boosting its apprentice intake by more than 50 per cent this year.

RM slumps into the red

3:50pm Monday 6th February 2012

Bosses at troubled schools technology supplier RM Education revealed the firm has slumpd into the red over the past year.

Mini sales fall slightly

9:36am Monday 6th February 2012

UK sales of the Cowley-built Mini dipped slightly in January, latest figures have revealed.

Exports help firms ride out recession

2:00pm Friday 3rd February 2012

MORE and more Oxfordshire firms are looking to ride out the economic crisis by boosting their exports.

Market wants to tweet younger customers

7:00am Friday 27th January 2012

Oxford’s Covered Market in 1959

OXFORD’S iconic 18th century Covered Market will turn to 21st century social networking sites to drum up trade.

Booked into John Lewis model

11:08am Thursday 26th January 2012

Booked into John Lewis model

Prescient indeed was Toby Blackwell. Faced with a continuing loss at the book-selling business founded by his grandfather and determined to keep the “family name over the door”, he moved the goalposts.

Top award for Mini

9:26am Tuesday 24th January 2012

The Mini has picked up a top award for the tenth consecutive year.

Music mixing masters 'best of British'

2:30pm Thursday 19th January 2012

MP Nicola Blackwood with Solid State Logic managing director Antony David with a Duality mixing console

A MUSIC technology firm has launched a recruitment drive after one of its products was nominated as an example of British manufacturing at its best.

County bosses upbeat despite the gloom

8:00am Thursday 19th January 2012

Ken Knowland

Business leaders across the county remain upbeat about current trading and future prospects, despite the ongoing economic crisis.

Past Times closes county stores

3:59pm Wednesday 11th January 2012

The Oxfordshire branches of Witney-based retro-themed gift retailer Past Times have closed with the loss of about 30 jobs.

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