More than 300 jobs in Oxfordshire safeguarded following investment by supply chain fund

Funds received from a £245m supply chain fund set up by the UK government in order to boost British manufacturing have managed to salvage more than 300 jobs in the Oxfordshire region, a news report in the local business media has recently revealed.

The winners from the supply chain fund included Bicester-based Clearview Traffic Group and Crown Packaging, based in Didcot and Wantage.

Clearview makes intelligent solar powered road studs which offer ten times greater visibility of the road ahead than traditional ‘cat’s eyes’. Managing to successfully bid for a £4m grant from the Government, Clearview Traffic is relocating manufacture of the product from overseas to Britain as part of a £6m project to streamline its supply chain, strengthen intellectual property and boost overseas sales.

Working in partnership with two other British businesses, Zeta Specialist Lighting and AEV, the project will lead to 49 jobs being re-shored and 37 existing UK jobs being safeguarded.

Crown Packaging, on the other hand, will be the recipient of a grant of £1.9m as part of a £3.8m project it is leading with partners in West Yorkshire and Carlisle. This project will develop a new and innovative metal can manufacturing process, creating up to 32 permanent jobs and safeguarding 267 jobs.

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