The Vacant Shops Academy

Wantage’s town team will showcase what’s in store at 25 local shops with a stall on the town’s Saturday Market for national Independents’ Day on July 4^th. They’ll challenge shoppers to match the items with the name of the shop in Wantage or Grove they come from in a prize draw competition, with £25 vouchers to spend at local indies for two winners. Continue reading →

The creative and artistic talents of students at Wantage’s King Alfred’s Academy were on display in town centre shops as part of a new art trail initiative. Wantage town team and the school’s Creative Arts and Design Department worked together on the project, which saw student art displayed in 11 shops during the local Oxfordshire Artweeks (16-25 May). Continue reading →

Young Oxfordshire Apprentices have signed up to play a leading role in a new initiative to encourage others to follow them into an Apprenticeship. Continue reading →

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill store is extending its stay in Banbury High Street, thanks to a new deal with its landlords brokered by Banbury’s Town Team. Continue reading →

Banbury’s Town Team is working with arts and entertainment specialists, Planet Neptune, to develop the Banbury presents… programme of arts, entertainment and culture, featuring all kinds of different types of performance, exhibition and arts events and activities. Continue reading →

The Oxfordshire Apprenticeships team have been taking their message out to the county’s businesses, notching up 22 different networking event visits inside the first two months of the year! Continue reading →

Renewable energy installation, streetwear, art as a way to raise awareness of challenging illnesses, a prize-winning street food idea and a ladies fashion retailer are among the businesses ventures that’ll be taking a step onto the High Street at HWBIDCo’s Enterprise HQ this Spring. Continue reading →

Wantage is to strengthen its links with local science centres and technology businesses by launching the popular Café Scientifique concept in a town centre café. Café Sci is a national initiative which has had local events in Didcot and Wallingford for a number of years. It involves a speaker delivering a science, engineering or technology-based talk followed by discussion with the audience in a café or similar venue. Continue reading →

Two young entrepreneurs are the first to take up the challenge of operating their business on the High Street as part of HWBIDCo’s Enterprise HQ. The new Enterprise HQ space, created in Church Street, has been set up as a high profile commercial space to encourage new or start-up businesses to consider the benefits of trading in High Wycombe town centre. Continue reading →

A popular Banbury vinyl records business is back in the town centre, five years since it left. Thanks to an initiative by the Banbury town team, Record Savings (AKA Pink Pig) has taken on a unit in Church Lane to sell its mix of vinyl, cds, posters and gifts. Continue reading →