By Andrew Ffrench @OxMailAndyF Business reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425
Andrew Garland and Matt Williams OX100 is a business accelerator programme launched this week with the aim of growing the Oxfordshire economy by £10m. The Oxford-based initiative is designed to support up to 100 SMEs, entrepreneurs and business owners who want to bounce back from Covid-19 and grow. Founded by Matt Williams, MD of Oxford digital accountancy practice Cypher and Andrew Garland an Oxfordshire business coach, OX100 has bold ambitions. Mr Williams said: “Our mission is to help support local economic development by accelerating business growth through a culture of innovation, resilience and transformation.
Olympic Agenda 2020 drives progress and change 12/11/20
Eighty-five per cent of the recommendations of Olympic Agenda 2020, the reform programme of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), have been achieved. This was the conclusion reached in the consultative meeting of the IOC Executive Board (EB) this week. Olympic Agenda 2020 has resulted in profound change and progress across the entire Olympic Movement, and has laid solid foundations for the future.
Adopted by the IOC Session at its meeting in Monaco in December 2014, Olympic Agenda 2020 is a set of 40 detailed recommendations whose overarching goal was to safeguard the Olympic values and strengthen the role of sport in society. Identified and collated through a collaborative and consultative process involving Olympic Movement stakeholders and outside experts, they were driven by a recognition that the world was evolving rapidly and that the Olympic Movement had the opportunity to be an agent of change. The motto underpi