Fiona Smart

Fiona Smart

Powerhouse Shares Community Ambition for 2032

The Didcot Powerhouse Fund is excited to announce the 14 successful charities that together will receive a further £100,000 in 2025 Powerhouse grants. This brings the total of funds distributed over the last three years by Powerhouse to £383,000, with…

Didcot students inspired to raise aspirations

Students at Aureus School have had the chance to learn more about themselves and their aspirations for the future thanks to a special visit. The Year 9 group hosted Humanutopia, which provides motivational and empowering sessions for students, and they…

Didcot Students Showcase Talent

A fantastic showcase for talented students at a Didcot school saw a packed auditorium at the town’s Cornerstone Arts Centre on Friday 21st March. Dance, drama and music students at Aureus School put in hours of hard work and rehearsals…

Tetra Tech extends 30-year Milton Park occupancy 

Three decades, one location – global consultancy strengthens Oxfordshire presence  Milton Park has revealed Tetra Tech, a global consultancy and engineering firm, has relocated one of its primary UK client hubs into a 9,500 sq. ft space on 101 Park…

OCC Link Road Consultation

Oxfordshire County Council is consulting on proposals to deliver the northern section of a new link road, which will connect onto the existing A4130 Didcot Northern Perimeter Road / Abingdon Road / Ladygrove priority junction. Known as the Didcot NPR3,…

Olly Glover MP launches MEPC’s £40m Nebula development 

Following a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Olly Glover, MP for Didcot and Wantage, MEPC has officially opened Nebula, a £40 million sustainable R&D development at Milton Park, Oxfordshire. The opening event coincided with an announcement from MEPC that Harley-Davidson would become…

TreQ takes a quantum leap with move to Milton Park

Start-up to manufacture quantum computers in Oxfordshire TreQ, a US-based quantum computing start-up, has announced it has moved to a new production facility in Milton Park, the UK’s largest single ownership innovation community. The move follows the company being oversubscribed in a $5 million seed funding round. TreQ…

Shellfish on the menu at Didcot school

Tasty shellfish dishes were on the menu at a Didcot school which received a delivery of mussels so pupils could work with food fresh from the sea. Aureus School is involved with the Fish Heroes scheme, which aims to give…

Leading nuclear firm Nuvia relocates to Milton Park

Nuvia’s relocation will deliver career opportunities in clean energy Nuvia, a global leader in nuclear engineering, decommissioning and health physics, has relocated its Oxfordshire operations to a new office at Milton Park, the UK’s largest single-ownership innovation community. With over 2800…

New fleet of buses to improve commutes across Oxfordshire

Following the renewed partnership between Milton Park and Thames Travel, a fleet of thirteen new Milton Park-branded double decker buses have replaced single deckers on Oxfordshire’s roads, increasing the capacity of services to the UK’s largest single ownership innovation community…

New Lidl coming to Didcot

Toby Oliver from the The Oxford Mail recently reported that a new Lidl supermarket will be coming to Didcot and will be located on the Abingdon Rd. This will bring additional jobs to the area, and will provide residents and…

A new chapter for Hachette following Milton Park expansion

Leading publishing group doubles its presence and shares Christmas bestseller prediction The UK’s second largest book publishing group, Hachette UK, has announced a significant expansion of its Milton Park facilities in a move which is expected to create up to 50 local…