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Relocation, relocation
4:12pm Thursday 20th November 2008
Brothers Kevin and Jason Freeman have both travelled around the globe pursuing separate corporate careers. But somehow, they have both ended up back in Oxfordshire, near where they were born. Now their mission is to help companies through one of the trickiest tasks ever faced by a business — relocation.
Solid business
4:15pm Thursday 20th November 2008
Working in a high-tech industry requires a high level of innovation and the ability to almost re-invent your technology as time progresses.
Slates with authentic touch
4:20pm Thursday 20th November 2008
At first glance, it is just the sort of business you might expect tucked away in a small valley just south of Witney. But while Cardinal Cast Slates produces authentic looking Cotswold-style roof tiles, they are actually manufactured on site by founder Richard Parsons.
Getting the khaki right
3:47pm Thursday 20th November 2008
Forget for a moment the big boys in publishing. Forget, too, the burgeoning cottage industry of desktop publishers that seems to be flourishing in Oxfordshire, and focus instead on a business between the two which happens to be celebrating its 40th birthday this year — and seems to be a winner, thanks to an army of fiercely loyal readers.
Nurturing naturally
3:36pm Thursday 20th November 2008
The charity sector is not always known for its slick business sense, so meeting Annette Mountford, co-founder and chief executive of Family Links, and her business director Gina Hocking is eye-opening.
Boring but profitable
3:39pm Thursday 20th November 2008
My wife and I managed a short break in Majorca last month, a welcome respite from stock market uncertainty and white-knuckle volatility.
Way to safety
3:14pm Thursday 20th November 2008
Health and safety experts, don’t you love them? Well, I do. Particularly the ones who know about smoke and fire. Indeed, I felt very much at home the other day when I visited the offices of GBC (Speciality Chemicals), appropriately housed in the Old Fire Station, Charlbury.
Game, set and match
3:15pm Thursday 20th November 2008
Forget the popular image of the computer gamer — a young, spotty teenage boy playing at home in his back bedroom. He (and it usually is a he) has grown up.
Space-age coffee machine
3:16pm Thursday 20th November 2008
For the United States, the period after the Second World War was extraordinary for the explosion of consumerism as the country looked to rebuild quickly.
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Treasure Island: The Theatre Royal, Haymarket
I was set to interview Keith Allen in the run-up to Treasure Island, but he cancelled. I mention this non-event because, Allen not being someone I naturally associate with children’s entertainment, my central question was going to be: “Who’s the target audience?” The poster gave little away. Was it even to be a kids’ show? Would it be dark and/or adult? And how would he be playing Long John Silver? Straight-up murderous or loveable rogue? Having seen the show, I still don’t have my answer. What’s more, I’m not sure the production team has it, either.
My Mother Said That I Never Should: Pegasus Theatre
Charlotte Keatley’s gentle, nostalgic and also vaguely feminist drama My Mother Said I Never Should was the latest production by the ever-reliable Oxford Theatre Guild.
Michael McIntyre: New Theatre, Oxford
One of Sunday’s newspapers reported that Michael McIntyre was on the point of signing a six-figure deal with the BBC and looked in line to succeed to Jonathan Ross’s Saturday night TV slot.
Online guide to Aussie wine
Being someone who works from home I’d have to admit that my tendency to be easily-distracted is not always conducive to being productive.
Deering comes of age for U's
November 18 2008 . . . Oxford United fans may come to remember that date as the day Sam Deering came of age.
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