Author Archives: Iain Nicholson

Paintings of Wantage and Grove landmarks by some of the district’s youngest artists have gone on display, as part of a new public art and performance initiative. Ten paintings by children aged two to four have gone up in the … Continue reading →

Representatives of fifty businesses and organisations talked careers and job opportunities to Oxfordshire students at the 2014 OCL ‘Have a Go’ Careers Fest. Two thousand students aged 14-18 from 18 Oxfordshire schools attended the two day event, hosted by MINI … Continue reading →

A new community space for Wantage has opened following the refurbishment of an empty shop on the town’s Mill Street. Called ‘The Mix’, it’s being run by the non-profit cooperative group, Sustainable Wantage, and is available for local groups and … Continue reading →

The first two businesses to use Wantage’s Flashop pop-up shop are back in town, for a longer stint. Baby & children’s boutique, Cotswold Kids, and independent ladies footwear specialist, Valentina’s Shoe Box, have taken on the adjoining unit – 18 … Continue reading →

Oxfordshire web design and development specialists OXLink are helping boost business for one of Oxford’s most visible companies in one of the city’s key industry sectors. They’ve just finished a major rebuild of the Guide Friday City Sightseeing Oxford website … Continue reading →

The number of shop units that are currently lying vacant in the Vale of White Horse district has reached a five year low. A snapshot survey, which is carried out on an annual basis in the Vale’s market towns, took … Continue reading →

Wantage will soon have a town centre community space in a refurbished shop unit – and local groups are being invited to put forward ideas about how it could be used.

Wantage has played host to town centre specialists from across the region and beyond. The national charity Action for Market Towns chose Wantage for the latest in its series of Town Team Initiative workshops, which focus on practical strategies for … Continue reading →

Wantage’s pop up shop, Flashop, has re-opened with 12 more businesses set to make use of the space at 18A Mill Street

A new stamp card option is now available to shoppers with a Wantage & Grove Loyalty Card – http://www.wantageandgroveloyalty.co.uk/– as part of a focus on rewarding regular customers. Ten additional businesses have joined the scheme in the last month.