Entries open for Oxfordshire Business Awards

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January 21, 2025

The Oxfordshire Business Awards recognise, reward, promote and celebrate the excellence of the country’s businesses & it’s time to enter

The Oxfordshire Business Awards are back for 2025 and encourage businesses across the county to get involved in the celebration.

Since the Awards began in 1994 they have had a positive impact on the county’s business community and individuals as well as helping to promote excellence. The OXBA continues to shine a spotlight on the incredible feats of hundreds of Oxfordshire businesses from startups to innovative game-changers right through to charity and community heroes.

Businesses have until March 17th to enter with the winners being crowned at a glittering awards dinner on Thursday, 12th June at John Henry Brookes Building at Oxford Brookes University.

OXBA categories for 2025 are:

• Business Person of the Year
• Young Business Person of the Year
• Innovation Award
• Property Developer of the Year
• Charity & Community Award
• Employer of the Year Award
• Emerging Tech Business Award
• New Business Award
• SME of the Year Award
• Large Business Award
• Business of the Year Award

The Awards welcome back many of the sponsors from 2024 as well as a few new names. For a second year, The Oxford Trust continues to sponsor the Emerging Tech Business Award in partnership with Oxford Innovation Space, Barclays Eagle Labs and IMed Consultancy.

Right Here Creative has been involved with the OXBA for a couple of years and are the Awards Video Content sponsor.

The OXBA sponsors committee has also been joined by Sandy’s Piano Bar – sponsor of the Awards Launch Celebration event which was held on January 16th.

2024 sponsors making a very welcome return are Cherry Picked Residential, Greatest Hits Radio, Hays, James Cowper Kreston, Mathews Comfort, Oxfordshire LEP, Oxford Science Park, RWK Goodman and That Event Company.

OXBA co chairs Heather Wood and Simon Bassett welcomed the 2024 sponsors back and those joining for the first time in 2025 as the OXBA approaches its 30th anniversary.

Heather said: “Your ongoing support and enthusiasm plays such a vital role in making these Awards truly special. A heartfelt thank you to each of you, not just for your financial contribution, but also for the time, energy and ideas you bring to the awards.”

“The Awards would not be possible without the dedication, hard work and financial support of the sponsors, who are driven by their desire to support and showcase the best of Oxfordshire business,” Simon added.

“We are blessed in our county by the excellence and diversity of our businesses and I would encourage as many of those businesses to consider entering these prestigious Awards.”

To find out more & for full details of the awards visit Oxfordshire Business Awards


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