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Welsh Government teams up with Oxford Innovation to boost Growth of Life Sciences Firms in Wales

Release date: 26th January, 2012

High Potential Starts programme will support start-up and early stage companies Oxford Innovation has been appointed by the Welsh Government to deliver a new programme that will assist start-up and early stage life sciences firms with high growth potential to grow more rapidly over the next three years.

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Business growth sparks award win

Release date: 21st December, 2011

Since being made redundant, electrician Tony Sampson has launched two, rapidly expanding businesses and last month (November 2011) cemented his success by winning the Hub Best New Business Award.

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Internationally respected Leader in PHP Web Development comes to Cornwall

Release date: 16th December, 2011

Sebastian Bergmann, a global leader in high end web development, visited Cornwall recently to share his expert knowledge. Sebastian is the pioneer of PHP unit, the de-facto international quality standard for testing web based applications and dynamic web site development in the software language PHP.

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Business Coaching For Growth

Release date: 15th December, 2011

We are delighted to announce that Oxford Innovation will be part of the team delivering the UK Government Business Coaching for Growth programme – here is an extract from today’s BIS’s Enterprise Directorate publication - Business Improvement Programme Newsletter.

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Top South West Business Insiders Named - 42 Under 42

Release date: 27th July, 2011

Nine Cornish businesses are named on this years South West Business Insiders '42 Business People Under the Age of 42'

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Sproggie wins Ignite Business Plan Competition 2011

Release date: 9th May, 2011

Sproggie an innovative baby feeding product business has been crowned winner of the Ignite Business Plan Competition 2011 and scoops a prestigious prize package worth over £100,000.

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Ignite Finalists Announced!

Release date: 26th April, 2011

10 Cornish businesses have been shortlisted for the Ignite Business Plan Competition 2011.

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Businesses treated to Bangers & Splash!

Release date: 11th April, 2011

On the 30th March 2011 more than 130 business people attended our Bangers & Splash event at Tregenna Castle in St Ives to hear marketing, branding and entrepreneurial advice and insights from two leading experts.

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Final Countdown to Ignite

Release date: 1st March, 2011

Last call for submissions for Ignite, Cornwall's Business Plan Competition which closes for entries on 31st March 2011.

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Cornwall uniquely placed to benefit from low carbon revolution, says Minister

Release date: 8th February, 2011

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Formula 1 comes to Cornwall as part of major conference agenda.

Release date: 13th January, 2011

The conference, called Innovation, Enterprise and the Low Carbon Economy, has been organised by Oxford Innovation, which provides business support and mentoring to high growth businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly through its Grow Cornwall programme, which is funded by ERDF Convergence Programme and the South West RDA (Regional Development Agency).

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Ignite Winter Training Camps announced!

Release date: 13th January, 2011

The Winter Training Camps are organised and delivered by Oxford Innovation and the Grow Cornwall team to help individuals develop their business plan ahead of entering the competition.

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Ignite 2011 Launched!

Release date: 16th December, 2010

Cornwall’s biggest Business Plan Competition, Ignite, which took place for the first time last year, has launched for 2011. Its organisers, Oxford Innovation, are calling for Cornish businesses to enter the unique competition, which has a prize value of more than £100,000.

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Schoolcomms shortlisted for national award

Release date: 7th December, 2010

Schoolcomms, a Cornwall based business which has received support from Oxford Innovation’s Grow Cornwall Programme, has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

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Wellworth's manager shares insights with Cornwall's business women

Release date: 27th October, 2010

Claire Robertson, famed for her raising of Wellworth’s from the ashes of Woolworth’s Dorchester store, shared her story at a recent meeting with eight business women from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly held at Redruth’s Penventon Park Hotel.

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Young entrepreneur defies medical experts to build a successful business

Release date: 15th October, 2010

Dan Male, an inspirational young entrepreneur from Cornwall who has received support from Oxford Innovation’s Grow Cornwall programme, is proving that running your own business can be rewarding in more ways than one.

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Signs of growth and recovery amongst Cornwall's businesses

Release date: 9th July, 2010

There is a sense of recovery and signs of real growth amongst Cornwall’s businesses. Oxford Innovation’s Grow Cornwall team, working with many of the region’s businesses with potential for high growth, can report that a number of the businesses that it is working with are experiencing above average growth despite the continuing recession.

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Success reflected in "Finance through the looking glass"

Release date: 1st June, 2010

46 companies have reaped the benefit of attending the first in a series of Roadshows launched recently by Oxford Innovation. ‘Finance through the looking glass’ - sought to unravel the mysteries of finance for small and medium sized companies in Cornwall.

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Ignite 2010 sparks success for Rokka Play!

Release date: 29th April, 2010

Rokka Play is an exciting start-up company and is the brain child of Vanessa Harris and Samantha Spake. It designs and develops multifunctional educational wooden toys for children. Their mission is to address the needs of imaginative play which is at the very heart of childhood, putting creativity back into play.

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