Visitor Economy survey - help us to capture visitor data

In collaboration with Tourism South East Research, we are inviting visitors to South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse to participate in a survey centred around our local visitor economy.

We're asking our local businesses to help us to capture visitor data to allow us to gain a better understanding of the sector, identifying the challenges faced by businesses and uncovering exciting opportunities for the future. The findings from this research will help us to shape support for the tourism sector.

There are three ways that businesses can help with our study:

• Display our promo poster in any high-traffic areas, or areas with longer dwell times, including cafes and restaurants
  
• Print out hard-copy questionnaires and encourage completion
  
• Share Tourism South East's social media posts
  

Find out more on the Tourism South East website.

Selling to the councils - register for the
South East Business Portal

The councils buy goods and services from a variety of contractors, ranging from someone who is self-employed to national organisations. To provide cost-effective services for our residents, the councils often operate a joint procurement process, and therefore award joint contracts.

Opportunities to supply your services or goods to the councils are often available, either direct or as a sub-contractor.

If you are interested in selling to the councils, you will need to register on the South East Business Portal. Please note that contracts for both councils can be located under 'South Oxfordshire District Council'.

A list of contracts shortly up for renewal can be found on the South Oxfordshire District Council website.

Further information can be found on our dedicated webpage.

BIPC startup huddle networking event

Come and network with startup founders and entrepreneurs in the Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC), designed to help one entrepreneur at a time, while strengthening the local Oxford ecosystem.

Thursday 21 September   |   6pm - 8pm

Entrepreneurs will be able to discover solutions to the challenges they face through purposeful engagement with a broad array of voices from the Oxfordshire community.

There will be presentations from Oxfordshire based startups, followed by a Q&A session and time for networking. There will also be an opportunity to explore all of the facilities and resources available at BIPC Oxfordshire.

Register for your free place via Eventbrite.