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Did you know that OxLEP, Oxfordshire’s local enterprise partnership, is there for your business and you in many different ways?

How do you ensure a safe and smooth return to office working and what are your legal obligations and rights? This was the topic for the first virtual Mingle at Milton yesterday where Milton Park’s estate team were joined by legal and health experts to offer advice and tips.

You may remember that we launched a competition to celebrate National Bike Week for the chance to nominate someone you felt deserved to receive a free ebike?

Bright Horizons, Milton Park’s day nursery and preschool at 106 Park Drive, has a new HeartSine samaritan® defibrillator thanks to their busy fundraising efforts and generous donations, including one from a company on the Park, bringing the total raised to £900.

Are you considering different options to get to and from work at Milton Park?

We are so thrilled to share that our sister business park, Wellington Place in Leeds, has kindly offered to open up their virtual Friday workplace choir to everyone in Milton Park and also our other sister business park, Silverstone Park.

Our sustainable travel team is supporting researchers from the University of West of England (UWE) to look at how people based at Milton Park are accessing work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Homes England, the government’s housing accelerator, is inviting feedback on their new proposal to create a high-quality residential-led development at Didcot Gateway, located opposite Didcot Parkway train station. The Didcot Gateway proposal includes up to 265 new homes and opportunities for new offices, a café and some retail space. The development will create a high-quality … Continued

Oxfordshire County Council is currently consulting on measures to help people to stay safe while walking and cycling and is in line with the Department of Transport’s current active travel initiative to promote cycling and walking during the COVID-19 recovery phase.To provide your views on their proposals to facilitate walking and cycling, please visit the … Continued

We received so much brilliant feedback from our community in our Return to Work survey with questions and concerns such as: “how will I be able to social distance”, “how will buildings be kept clean” and “what are my legal rights”?

Cafe Metro, based in the Park Centre (underneath the canopy), is running a summer promotion for its online ordering service. 

If you’re missing your weekly boot camp sessions, Johnny Stokes who runs JWS Fitness & Wellbeing, is bringing them to you, virtually!

We are excited to announce that our meeting rooms at the Innovation Centre at 99 Park Drive are reopening on Thursday 16th July with COVID-19 measures in place.

During lockdown, an exciting refurbishment project has been completed at 25 Western Avenue, conveniently located close to Milton Park’s main entrance with amenities close by. Offices and core areas have recently been refurbished to a high standard, while the building benefits from its own car parking and shower facilities.  The first floor west wing and … Continued

Three years ago, Immunocore, based at 92 Park Drive, founded a Toastmasters club which is a global, non-profit educational organisation that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs in a supportive and positive environment.

Have you entered the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020 which this year will be an interactive virtual event and hosted by television presenter Vernon Kay?

Did you know that Oxfordshire’s Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) provides business support as the Growth Hub for Oxfordshire?

Are you looking to put in place safeguarding measures for your staff? Do you know of staff or anyone who would like to be tested to find out if they have COVID-19, or have had it in the past?

You may have noticed that the brand new footpath and cycleway route, running the entire north-south length at Milton Park, is now open!

Ten new science and technology companies have joined MEPC‘s Milton Park, one of the leading business communities in Europe, with five new leases agreed during lockdown and five agreed previously, totalling 45,448 sq ft (4,222 sq m).

Have you ever wondered which soap is the slippiest? Or how much air does it take to pop a banana? Or what’s the best material for Batman’s parachute?

The Milton Park team has recently received a number of enquiries from parents and guardians of those children who attend Bright Horizon‘s nursery at Milton Park about when the nursery will reopen.

With a reported surge in the number of people learning a new language during lockdown and many people’s summer travel plans sadly disrupted, could now be your time to brush up on, or learn, a new language virtually?

A big thank you to everyone who took part in our ‘Return to Work’ at Milton Park survey which ran from the 13th May to 22nd May 2020.

Nominations and entries are now open for the OBN Awards 2020.