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£67m investment in innovation centres

Innovation

Chancellor George Osborne has announced £30m of Government funding as part of a total investment of £67m in four innovation centres across Oxfordshire.

Two Oxford University innovation centres will benefit from the investment aiming to ensure that even more business ideas make the transition from the laboratory to the global marketplace and that high-tech start-ups can grow and develop into larger companies.

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