SentientSports has appointed Professor Nick Jennings to its senior leadership team. The Southampton firm uses AI to help professional sports teams and organisations enhance their decision-making both on and off the pitch. As vice-chancellor and president of Loughborough University, Professor Jennings will help SentientSports apply AI and machine learning to automatically identify and... Source ..read more

Ochre Bio, a pioneer in chronic liver disease medicine development, has begun a multi-year collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim. Together, the firms will work to discover and develop novel regenerative treatments for chronic liver diseases (CLDs), including late-stage metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) cirrhosis. Based at Oxford Science Park, Ochre Bio brings to... Source ..read more

London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has enlisted the help of property consultancy Carter Jonas as it prepares a planning application for a new Berkshire-based herbarium building. The new facility would be built at Thames Valley Science Park (TVSP) in Shinfield, just south of Reading, and is intended to maintain and protect Kew’s collection of more than seven million dried plant specimens for... Source ..read more

Activate Learning Education Trust (ALET) has appointed Rachel Cave as chief education officer for the coming academic year. Rachel will be responsible for the quality of education across the trust, which comprises four university technical colleges – UTC Oxfordshire, Swindon, Heathrow and Reading – as well as two comprehensives, The Bicester School and Theale Green School. As Deputy CEO... Source ..read more

A specialist supplier to F1, automotive and aerospace sectors based in High Wycombe has purchased its first Bruderer press at the MACH 2024 manufacturing exhibition. Alan Spargo, which celebrates 50 years in business in 2025, bought the 40-tonne machine to provide its customers with the option to test tooling solutions at high speed before they go into production. Source ..read more

Innovaction Global is set to host its first ever innovation roadshow this summer. The firm, which advises companies on securing governmental grants to help with the costs of innovation, will be providing free workshops at five stops across the South. They’re open to businesses at any stage of R&D and technology development which regard innovation as their commercial future. Source ..read more

Reaction Engines has achieved a significant milestone in Project FRESSON, the Oxford firm’s collaboration with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions to achieve zero-carbon flight. Successful vibration and shock tests have now proven that the company’s radiator meets the requirements to operate safely, paving the way for further ground and flight testing. This marks a ‘significant stride’... Source ..read more

Keysource, which designs, builds, operates and maintains data centres and mission-critical infrastructure, has acquired 2bm Limited. Based in Nottinghamshire, 2bm has more than 20 years of experience in data centre design and build projects. The business will continue to operate under its existing brand name as part of the Keysource Group, with Mark King, MD of 2bm... Source ..read more

West Sussex workplace solutions firm Focus Group has acquired Midland Telecom in Birmingham. The deal follows a recent investment from Hg, through which Focus Group became a unicorn – a private company valued at more than USD$1 billion. Launched in 1987, Midland Telecom delivers cloud-based products from the likes of Microsoft, Mitel, 3CX and BT. Focus Group says the acquisition... Source ..read more

Westcon-Comstor is meeting 100 per cent of its electricity needs through renewable sources across its UK sites. The transition has seen Westcon-Comstor move to powering its sites in Bracknell, Cirencester and Swindon purely by renewable electricity. It comes as part of a wider company goal whereby the distributor, which operates in more than 70 countries, aims to move to 100 per cent... Source ..read more