It gives me enormous pleasure to welcome you all to the 2023 Oxfordshire Business Awards Dinner. It is a real pleasure to have been invited by Oxford Brookes to host the 27th OXBA Dinner here at the JHB Building and what a fantastic venue it is.

After a three-year absence we were so pleased to have been back last year and to have been a sell-out event! This year, we are again a full house and we thank the team here at Oxford Brookes for your support of the Oxfordshire Business Awards. The OXBA Dinner is one of the highlights of the Oxfordshire business calendar.

On behalf of the Sponsors, can I wish all of our finalists a successful evening and I hope that as in past years this allows your business to go from strength to strength.

An evening like this cannot take place without a huge amount of effort from many people over many months. The first meeting in the planning cycle for this event takes place a little more than a week after the previous year’s event. So may I, on your behalf, thank everyone involved in the planning and organising of this event. Particular thanks to Jane Reeve for all of your hard work in bringing this event together.

On the subject of organisation this event would not take place without the contribution financially and not forgetting the time commitment from Sponsors.

I hope you all have an enjoyable evening!

Paul Lowe
Chairman
Oxfordshire Business Awards 2023