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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New high-end bakery opening in Oxford in time for summer
A new high-end bakery will be opening in Oxford city centre in time for the summer. KNEAD Bakery, a growing bakery brand with three other stores in a neighbouring county, will be opening its first Oxfordshire store in High Street, Oxford this June. The award-winning bakery will be taking over the former site of women's clothing brand Hobbs at 115 High Street. READ MORE: Train delays between Bicester and Thame due to 'obstruction' Serving up sweet treats like brownies, blondies and flapjacks, top notch coffee from Extract Coffee Roasters in Bristol will also be on offer. To sample their award winning eats, customers can try their signature sausage rolls, Great Taste awarded pecan and maple danish and almond croissants, and Taste of the West awarded sea salt and rosemary foccaccia. Stay connected to the heart of Oxford for less! 🚨 Our flash sale is ON: get trusted local news for just £5 for 5 months or 40 per cent off an annual subscription. Don't miss out — subscribe now! 🗞️👇 — Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) April 29, 2025 KNEAD was founded by "The Baker Boys" John Hawes and Kris Briggs over their shared passion for baking and principles of tradition, quality and seasonality. CGI image of the new KNEAD Bakery coming to Oxford in June (Image: KNEAD Bakery) The duo brought their experience from working together at a two-Michelin star hotel to the successful venture, which has three sites in Gloucestershire. Since opening in 2020, KNEAD has also begun to offer KNEAD on wheels, a mobile bakery bringing lunch foods and sweet treats to workplaces and villages across the business's original county. READ MORE: Burberry which has Bicester Village store is cutting jobs Its first site in Oxfordshire, KNEAD Oxford will also offer home delivery via KNEAD by post, available on its website. The company has hinted at further expansions in high streets across the South West and beyond. KNEAD Oxford will be open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm, and Sundays 8am to 5pm, opening in June this year.
Associated Press
19-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
AMTSO Publishes First-Ever Guidelines for VPN Testing
VPN Performance Testing Guidelines tailored to enhance fair privacy and security assessments SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 19, 2025 / AMTSO, the cybersecurity industry's testing standard community, today announced the release of the first in a series of VPN Testing Guidelines, focusing on performance assessment. This publication marks a major step forward in providing standardized methodologies for evaluating VPN services. The new guidelines, developed by AMTSO's VPN working group which includes VPN vendors and testers, offer comprehensive testing recommendations to ensure fair and effective assessments of VPN performance, security, and reliability. As VPNs have long become an essential tool for online privacy and security, evaluating their effectiveness has become increasingly important. AMTSO's VPN Performance Testing Guidelines cover key aspects such as: Launch on-boot and auto-connection testing - ensuring VPNs activate automatically to protect users from the moment their device starts. Internet kill switch tests - verifying that no data leaks occur if a VPN connection drops unexpectedly. Leak prevention controls - assessing whether VPNs effectively block DNS, IP, and WebRTC leaks. Split tunnel testing - checking whether users can exclude specific applications from VPN encryption without unintentional leaks. Speed and latency tests - evaluating the impact of VPN services on internet performance under different network conditions. Website accessibility and resource consumption - measuring how well VPNs maintain access to websites and optimize device resources. 'This first release is an important milestone in our mission to provide testing guidance in the world of privacy and security,' said John Hawes, COO of AMTSO. 'By setting clear benchmarks, we enable fair comparisons and help users make informed choices when selecting a VPN provider.' AMTSO invites independent testers and VPN vendors to adopt these guidelines in their assessments and join the ongoing efforts to refine VPN testing methodologies. Moving forward, the AMTSO VPN Working Group will expand its focus to include malware testing within VPN environments and additional security feature evaluations. The guidelines were created by AMTSO's VPN Working Group, with contributors including AV-Test, SE Labs and Nord Security.
