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We are grateful for the support of our partners and sponsors who assist us in a variety of ways to help our clients. As well as providing access to useful information and resources, they also help us to make the right contacts and connections for our clients.
The Innovation & Growth Team also benefits from the help of several location-based and professional service providers and experienced independent business professionals who provide vital links to industry, corporations and financial contacts.
As well as supporting the IGT, Science Oxford supports the development of Oxfordshire’s innovation ecosystem by working with schools, families and the public. This makes Science Oxford uniquely positioned to provide innovative joined up solutions to the challenges facing Oxfordshire’s high-tech economy.
Business Link is a free business advice and support service, available online and through local advisers. You can access local advice and support online, by phone and face-to-face from regional Business Link operators across England. These services are funded by Regional Development Agencies, and supported by government departments, agencies and local authorities.
Goodman specialises in owning, developing and managing industrial property and business space. Goodman is providing the Oxfordshire Innovation and Growth Team with offices at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.
Isis Enterprise offers consulting advice in technology transfer and innovation management to clients from the public and private sectors, in the UK and internationally. Technology transfer includes the management of intellectual property and its transfer from university or corporate research to commercialisation. Innovation management includes processes designed to convert early stage ideas into real products and services.
LeaderShape is committed to the partnership because of the belief that developing leaders to a greater level of competence is a key to the success of the IGT and developing Oxfordshire to become a world-class economy. The founders of LeaderShape have been involved in providing related services to the SEEDA region for over 10 years.
NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts whose mission to make the UK more innovative. It invests in early-stage companies, informs and shapes policy, and delivers practical programmes that inspire others to solve the big challenges of the future.
Oxford Brookes University has been committed to establishing the IGT partnership from the outset and believes that the closer working relationships between the partners and the growth companies will be of benefit to all parties to drive growth for the county.
• Coordination of local government services to support economic development in Oxfordshire. • Guidance on how the OXIGT’splans fit with local priorities • Linking the OXIGT to OCC’s policy makers and planners to inform and influence policy which impacts on Oxfordshire’s innovation ecosystem e.g. planning and transport • Connecting Venturefest Oxford into the OXIGT
The OEP has been driving economic development and sustainable growth across Oxfordshire since its inception in 1998. Its Business Support Task Group provides resources for local businesses, including access to mentors, appropriate training programmes, and lobbying on their behalf.
Oxford Innovation (OI) has over fifteen years of experience of helping high growth start ups and early stage companies prosper. Oxford Innovation has been involved in the management of Enterprise Hubs in the South East of England, the Innovation Advisory Service South East which supported over 1,000 companies - from high growth start ups to larger high growth companies across the region.
An executive non-departmental public body established by the Government in 2007 and sponsored by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Its role is to stimulate technology-enabled innovation in the areas which offer the greatest scope for boosting UK growth and productivity.