The UK arm of Harley-Davidson and LiveWire has a new eco-friendly home in Oxfordshire. The American bike maker has moved to an 8523sq.ft ‘workspace hub’, with offices and workshops, in the Nebula R&D development in Milton Park, south of Oxford. Harley-Davidson is the first business to move into Nebula, located just off the A34, and staff from Harley were present at the grand opening last month. Local MP Olly Glover was there to cut the ribbon on the new £40m development and posed with Harley staff for local press pictures.
Glover, who is the MP for Didcot and Wantage, said: “It was a pleasure to be invited to open the impressive Nebula building. I welcome Harley-Davidson as the first occupier and look forward to meeting the other research and development businesses who are lucky enough to join them at Nebula on Milton Park. The building not only looks fantastic, but the low carbon materials and highest possible energy efficiency rating is an excellent example of sustainable construction techniques.”
Philip Campbell, commercial director at Nebula owner MEPC Milton Park, said: “The launch of Nebula is not just a milestone for Milton Park, it’s a real flag in the ground for the Oxford to Cambridge corridor. The arrival of a world-renowned occupier such as Harley-Davidson dovetails into the ambitions for Nebula to become a driving force for cutting-edge developments which support green technologies.”