Publications

At OxLEP, we champion Oxfordshire’s economic potential, acting as a catalyst and convenor to drive growth.

To help you further understand our role, we have created a number of publications across key areas of our work. Please download any of our publications to support your understanding of OxLEP.

All publications are downloadable in PDF format.

Pictured: OxLEP chief executive Nigel Tipple at the launch of the Oxfordshire Local Industrial Strategy, September 2019.

OxLEP - At The Vanguard of UK Recovery

OxLEP - At The Vanguard of UK Recovery. Download this prospectus and see the impact we continue to have as Local Enterprise Partnership, creating a dynamic and engaging approach to economic development.

Download: OxLEP - At The Vanguard of UK Recovery

The Oxfordshire Local Industrial Strategy

Oxfordshire has an ambition to become a top-three global innovation ecosystem by 2040. Find out how together we will reach this aim.

Download: The Oxfordshire Local Industrial Strategy

Oxfordshire Energy Strategy

The Oxfordshire Energy Strategy sets out an ambitious framework to enable the county to be at the forefront of energy innovation to foster clean growth.

Download: The Oxfordshire Energy Strategy overview

The Oxfordshire Investment Plan

Oxfordshire is making a major contribution to ‘building back’ better and levelling-up our national economy. We are making a difference to local communities and the UK, and we have the appetite and leadership to do more.

Download: The Oxfordshire Investment Plan

Oxfordshire Internationalisation Plan to 2025

Oxfordshire is at the heart of collaborative efforts that are driving forward innovation globally. Find out more about our plans to support investment into the county till 2025.

Download: Oxfordshire Internationalisation Plan to 2025

Please take a look at our range of publications, helping you to understand the role and impact we make as the Local Enterprise Partnership for Oxfordshire.

Strategic Economic Plan:

Independent Economic Review (IER) and Strategic Economic Plan 2023 Evidence Base

In January 2023, OxLEP commissioned SQW – working with Oxford Brookes Business School and glass.ai – to prepare a refreshed Strategic Economic Plan for Oxfordshire.

To support its development an Independent Economic Review (IER) for Oxfordshire was also launched. Most economic strategies are founded on baseline evidence, but OxLEP and the consultancy team considered that a richer and broader approach was also needed which involved extensive consultation and engagement, as well as a fresh look at data.

Early on, a scoping exercise identified four critical issues for the county, each of which potentially has transformational and long-term implications:

How do we enable progression within Oxfordshire and achieve more inclusive economic growth?
How do we advance net zero and sustainability in shaping future economic growth?
How do we secure the future of the ‘foundational economy’ within Oxfordshire?
Recognising Oxfordshire’s world class strengths, how do we accelerate innovation and diffusion – both within Oxfordshire and across the UK?

These questions were configured into ‘deep dives’ – a focus for gathering data and insights – and they have played a key role in shaping the process of the IER.

The IER and Evidence Base has subsequently involved:

A call for evidence – which generated submissions from stakeholders across Oxfordshire and was structured to map onto the deep dives.
Six workshops, which were held in Spring 2023. These were well-attended and the early workshops focused specifically on key areas of evidence in relation to each of the deep dives.
Bilateral discussions, focusing especially on the four deep dives.
A broader review of key evidence and literature, in part structured by the deep dives, but also in relation to more general trends and drivers.

This process has led to various outputs (below), all of which have informed the emerging 2023 Strategic Economic Plan which will be launched in 2024.

0 Overview of the Independent Economic Review and the evidence base underpinning the SEP 1 Call for evidence report

2 Socio-economic baseline 3 Economic projections 4 Deep Dive Report: Progression & Inclusive Growth

5 Deep Dive Report: Net Zero and Sustainability 6 Deep Dive Report: Oxfordshire's Foundational Economy

7 Deep Dive Report: Innovation and Diffusion 8 glass.ai: Method Note and Supporting Information

9 Exploring Scenarios: Workshop Report

10 Strategy and Action Plan: Workshop Report 11 List of organisations consulted during development of evidence base

Business plans:

Archived plans:

Download our business plan, 2019 to 2021 Download our business plan, 2019 to 2021: ANNEXE 1

Download our business plan, 2016 to 2019 Download our business plan, 2016 to 2019: ANNEXE 1

Audited annual accounts:

Current audited accounts:

Download our audited accounts: 2021/2022

Archived audited accounts:

Download our audited accounts: 2020/2021

Download our audited accounts: 2019/2020

Download our audited accounts: 2018/2019 Download our audited accounts: 2017/2018

Download our audited accounts: 2016/2017 Download our audited accounts: 2015/2016

Annual reports and impact reports:

Current annual report:

Review our 2021/2022 activity

Archived annual reports:

Review our 2020/2021 activity Review our 2020/2021 impact report

Review our 2019/2020 activity Download our annual report: 2018/2019

Download our annual report: 2017/2018 Download our annual report: 2016/2017

Download our annual report: 2015/2016 Download our progress report: 2011 to 2015

We commissioned a data review and report on the skills, employment and enterprise of Oxfordshire’s ethnic minority communities in order to inform the Local Skills Report and Plan. You can download the full report, a summary of key findings and bitesize version below.

Download the full skills, employment and enterprise of Oxfordshire’s Ethnic Minority Communities Report

Download a summary of key findings from the report

Download a bite-size version of the report

The 2021 Local Skills Report and Plan and Annexes are also available to download below:

Download our 2021 Local Skills Report and Plan

Download our 2021 Local Skills Report and Plan Annex A and B