OxLEP

Annual Event 2021

Join us for our live, online annual event on 7 December as we reflect on another unprecedented year not only for OxLEP, but the Oxfordshire economy too.

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Our impact with business

Since the start of the pandemic, we have directly supported over 2,600 Oxfordshire businesses and provided over 12,000 hours of tailored support.

Discover our impact

COP26

During COP26, we were delighted to host our own official UK presidency event, highlighting the major capabilities within Oxfordshire's world-class innovation ecosystem.

Find out more on our official COP26 event

Last year's hosts opening the 2021 Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards

#OAAwards2022

As of Thursday 18 November, the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2022 are officially open for entries! Find out more, nominate an apprenticeship star or enter today.

Take part in the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2022

Peer networks programme

Following our 2020/21 programme, a new, OxLEP Business peer networks programme has been launched, helping your business to overcome COVID-19 challenges.

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The Keys to Your Future

There’s a huge range of sectors and career pathways available to graduates here in Oxfordshire. Our film in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University and the University of Oxford explains why Oxfordshire is a fantastic place to start your career.

Watch now

EP:50

Oxfordshire has established itself as the home of carbon-reducing energy innovation. Our EP:50 project aims to find our most-innovative sustainable projects.

Find out more on EP:50

UK transition

Following the UK's departure from the EU, find out what support is available for your business.

Access UK transition support

The Oxfordshire Investment Plan

The Oxfordshire Investment Plan translates the ideas and aspiration of our Local Industrial Strategy into a coherent programme of delivery over an initial 10-year period, up until 2030, worth £4.3billion.

Review the Oxfordshire Investment Plan

A new base for OxLEP

We have established a new operational support hub at Harwell Campus, home to the largest space cluster in Western Europe.

Find out more on our move

Driving economic growth

Our vision for Oxfordshire is for it to have a: 'vibrant, sustainable, inclusive, world-leading economy – driven by innovation, enterprise and research excellence'.

Helped secure around

£1bn

worth of funding for Oxfordshire, leveraging new opportunities that will benefit the county’s businesses and communities for many years to come.

Helping to create favourable economic conditions leading to

65,000

new jobs being created in Oxfordshire between 2011 and 2019.

Overseeing a major

£3.1bn

growth programme for Oxfordshire, one of the most-innovative and forward-thinking economies in the world.

Getting Building Fund

The Getting Building Fund aims to help kick-start the UK's economic recovery from Coronavirus, including in Oxfordshire, where we secured £8.4million-worth of investment for the county.

Local Growth Fund

Via Local Growth Funds 1, 2 and 3 we have secured £142.56m to support dynamic economic growth in Oxfordshire.

City Deal

City Deal ensures we are able to support the county's economy through a £55.5m programme, creating 18,000 jobs.

European funding

We have secured several allocations of European funding, supporting a variety of key economic areas in Oxfordshire - from rural development to small business growth.