Introduction

South East Business Innovation & Growth provides support which is designed to have a tangible and positive impact on companies in the South East of England which have the potential to innovate and grow. The Oxfordshire Innovation & Growth Team is staffed by experienced business professionals, who operate locally and across the region.

Working with a range of partners across Oxfordshire and beyond, our role is to support businesses at every stage of their growth path through advice, coaching, mentoring, networking and making intelligent connections.

Whatever your sector or stage, start-up or high growth, and area of innovation, the Innovation & Growth Team provides a flexible, tailored approach to help you commercialise your innovations and grow your business, both in the UK and internationally.

A Message from the Team

To help you grow your business, the Oxfordshire Innovation & Growth team provides:

• Bespoke support to meet the specific needs of your company’s development and commercialisation plans. 
• A team with wide ranging commercial experience and practical knowledge of business.  Our Portfolio Directors have either worked in senior positions in businesses, large and small, or have direct access to knowledge transfer from universities and research centres.
• In-depth knowledge of sources of finance, from government grants to angel investors and venture capital.
• Networks, including the Clean & Green network, new and emerging sector-based clusters, peer mentoring groups and events, to share experiences and encourage collaboration.
• Newsletters with the latest updates of business news in and around Oxfordshire.

The overall objective is to build a vibrant, supportive and collaborative Community of Innovation, involving innovative, high-growth companies of all sizes and from all sectors across Oxfordshire.

For examples of what we have done for other companies, please visit our case studies page and if you would like to come and visit us, directions to our office are available here.

We look forward to working with you in the near future.

The Oxfordshire Innovation and Growth Team

Organisations and Companies we work with

There are a wide range of local, regional, national and international organisations and companies that we work with to provide support for innovative, high growth companies across Oxfordshire and beyond.

These are:

• Partners and sponsors – organisations that provide us with people and resources
• Service providers – location-based services (industrial and science parks, incubation and innovation centres) and professional services (legal, financial etc)
• 3rd Party Specialists - Independent business professionals, consultants, coaches and mentors
  

Social Networking

We are seeking to interact with people in many ways, using social networking tools to allow people to interact with us and with others who are part of the IGT. To facilitate this we have set up accounts on several social networking tools, which have been listed below.

Please come and visit us in these locations, see who we are, and join in the conversation; we look forward to hearing from you.