Cabinet Minister Penny Mordaunt visited Tokamak’s Milton Park base, when she took a tour of Oxford’s Science Vale enterprise zone earlier this month. The company, which uses advanced technology to make ‘green’ electricity, employs nine people but intends to recruit 11 more during the next two years.
David Kingham, the company’s founder, said: “The minister was interested in what we are doing, and she was impressed that there is so much going on here with new technologies. The thing about the enterprise zone is that it has this really interesting and unique mixture of world-class technology and facilities.”
During her visit, Ms Mordaunt said that the Science Vale enterprise zone is “a success story that will create 16,000 jobs over the next 15 years”. It is one of 24 enterprise zones launched by the Government in 2012, as part of its efforts to boost science and technology in the UK.