Sunday, 24 April 2011

Lord Wolfson: Link Oxford and Cambridge with motorway to create UK 'Silicon Valley' | Mail Online

Lord Wolfson: Link Oxford and Cambridge with motorway to create UK 'Silicon Valley' | Mail Online

A Tory peer has called for a motorway to be built between Oxford and Cambridge in a bid to create the UK's own Silicon Valley.
Lord Wolfson, chief executive of Next, said that providing a better transport link between the two universities would create a hub to boost the national economy.
With most research in pharmaceuticals and IT carried out at Oxbridge, he claimed that the new road via Milton Keynes and Bedford - dubbed the 'Brain Belt' - would attract moneymaking companies.
Lord Wolfson told the annual conference at the British Chamber of Commerce that his plan would release pressure on London house prices and bring in wealth from the over-crowded capital.

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