Culture and Visitor Economy sub-group
The Culture and Visitor Economy Sub-Group (CVESG) is charged with developing a strategic and coordinated approach to activities that will support, strengthen, future proof, and grow the culture and arts, creative industries, and visitor economy in Oxfordshire.
Key activities will be the delivery by March 2024 of the £1.64 million funded Visitor Economy Renaissance Programme (VERP); continued promotion and support for arts and culture and the creative industries by way of hosting events such as the Oxfordshire Creative Industries Showcase; champion and support ambitions to provide a new multi-purpose conference facility in Oxfordshire; and support and further encourage the career pipeline for these sectors.
Find out more on both programmes:
Find out more on Oxfordshire Creative Industries Showcase
Find out more on the Visitor Economy Renaissance Programme
Chair: John Hoy – Hoy Consultancy
Other sub-group members:
Nigel Tipple: OxLEP
Helen Ryan-Wallis: OxLEP
Miranda Markham: Bicester Village
- John Newbigin: PEC International Advisory Council on the creative economy and the London Mayor’s Ambassador for the creative economy
- Vanessa Le Francois: Lefrancois Consultancy (representing arts and culture)
- Ruth Taylor: Artswork
- Dr Victoria McGuinness: University of Oxford
- Paula Redway: Oxford City Council
Peter Lugosi: Oxford Brookes University
- Suzanne de la Rosa: University of Oxford
- Hayley Beer-Gammage: Experience Oxfordshire
- Chris Jackson: West Oxfordshire District Council, Cotswolds Tourism
- Cllr Neil Fawcett: Oxfordshire County Council
