News : Oxfordshire

Autofarm celebrates 40 years of Purely Porsche in 2013

4/17/2013 6:00 AM EST - Propel Technology Ltd

Collage of Porsche models created to celebrate 40 years of racing, servicing, restoring and selling Porsches
BICESTER – In the same year that the Porsche 911 celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, independent Porsche specialist Autofarm has reached its own landmark of 40 years of trading. The Oxfordshire-based firm is planning a number of special activities during the year to celebrate the achievement starting...

Propel Technology has been shortlisted for CIPR’s Excellence Awards 2013. The company’s Director, Claire Dumbreck, says: ““Being shortlisted alone is well-earned recognition for our team.”

Oxfordshire PR company shortlisted for CIPR Excellence Awards 2013

4/8/2013 8:09 AM EST - Propel Technology Ltd

Banbury-based specialist PR and marketing agency, Propel Technology, has been shortlisted in this year’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards, the public relations professions’ most prestigious annual awards scheme.

Propel Technology is one of just six agencies shortlisted in the Outstanding Small Consultancy of the Year category. Seven hundred entries were received in total across 29...

Media Release: FW Motorsport Starts Debut Season With Fifth At Brands

3/31/2013 2:32 PM EST - Hazel PR

Brands Hatch, Kent – Sunday 31 March, 2013; FW Motorsport, the new sportscar team founded by Fergus Walkinshaw, underlined its Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup potential with a fifth place finish in round three of the series opening race weekend at Brands Hatch, Kent, on Easter Sunday.
The fledgling team battled with extremely cold conditions and snow flurries throughout its debut race weekend at the premier Kent...

Media Release: FW Motorsport Makes Race Debut At Brands Hatch

3/22/2013 10:11 AM EST - Hazel PR

Oxford, UK – Friday 22 March, 2013; New Oxfordshire sportscar team, FW Motorsport is preparing to make its race debut at Brands Hatch on 30-31 March, with Team Principal and seasoned Ginetta racer Fergus Walkinshaw leading the outfit’s maiden Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup campaign.
FW Motorsport may be the newest team in the Ginetta GT Supercup paddock, but the four-strong outfit led by Team Manager Mark...

Media Release: FW Motorsport Impresses On First Wheels Down Test

3/5/2013 6:01 PM EST - Hazel PR

Silverstone, Northamptonshire – Tuesday 5 March 2013; FW Motorsport completed a highly successful first team outing at Silverstone on Tuesday 5 March, with Team Principal and lead driver Fergus Walkinshaw setting an impressive pace in the team’s debut wheels down Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup test.
Ginetta’s official Media Day presented the ideal opportunity for the new Chipping Norton-based outfit to shakedown...

Mott MacDonald awarded Phase Two HS2 package

2/20/2013 10:26 AM EST - Mott MacDonald

Mott MacDonald has been appointed to provide engineering services for the Birmingham to Leeds route for Phase Two of HS2. The work will include developing the initial concept engineering designs for the scheme consultation which will begin later this year.

The Lot 1 contract has been awarded to March 2015 under the Phase Two Professional Services Framework. It will also include work to refine the route proposals...

Plasma sprayed ceramics enable the use of composites in high temperature environ...

2/4/2013 7:11 AM EST - Propel Technology Ltd

Road car debut for Zircotec’s composites coating that enabled F1 teams to exploit the blown diffuser
OXFORD – The ceramic based material that originally allowed F1 teams to exploit the ‘blown diffuser’ aerodynamic advantage has made its road car debut on Aston Martin’s One-77. Developed by Oxfordshire-based Zircotec, the ThermoHold® for composites material is applied to both the car’s diffuser and underbonnet...

Lighting the way to bright hangars and low bills at RAF Benson

2/1/2013 5:33 AM EST - Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Maintenance staff at a frontline RAF helicopter base are enjoying a better working environment, thanks to new lighting that not only brightens their working day but also saves energy and money.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has worked with its regional industry partner PriDE to improve lighting in hangars at RAF Benson, in Oxfordshire, as part of DIO’s three-year investment initiative, known as the...

New composite coating & flexible ceramic based heatshield combine highly reflect...

1/10/2013 5:41 AM EST - Propel Technology Ltd

ThermoHold® GOLD (for composites) and its sister product ZircoFlex® GOLD heatshield material provide protection from both conductive and radiant heat sources thanks to Oxfordshire firm developing a method to apply real gold to its ceramic products.
OXFORD – Engineers who previously had to rely on multiple products to protect composites and heat-sensitive parts from different forms of heat damage can now specify...

Media Release: Fergus Photo Finish At Brands Hatch

10/20/2012 2:17 PM EST - Hazel PR

Brands Hatch, Kent – Saturday, October 20, 2012; Fergus Walkinshaw delivered another thrilling Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup performance in the first of three final series rounds at Brands Hatch on Saturday afternoon. In a nail-biting photo finish with Century Motorsport teammate Max Coates, the Chipping Norton ace finished just 0.020 seconds adrift of the fifth place he held for much of the 10-lap battle, after a...

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