Entries are flooding in for this year’s awards with numbers well up on last year.

At the time of going to press, there were 170 entries from more than 100 companies and organisations across the Oxfordshire business scene.

Tickets for the gala dinner on June 18 at the Four Pillars Hotel, Sandford, are also in demand and in limited numbers.

Meanwhile, Oxford Innovation has become the latest sponsor to join the awards.

The organisation, which runs a newtwork of 13 innovation centres across Oxfordshire and beyond supporting hundreds of companies, will sponsor the dinner.

Paul Lowe, chairman of the awards committee, said: “I am delighted to welcome Oxford Innovation back into the fold as one of the sponsors of the Oxfordshire Business Awards.

“Oxford Innovation was, for many years, a sponsor of the awards and it is great to have them back on board."

• For further information about the awards and dinner please visit the website www.oxfordshirebusinessawards.co.uk