Places & Spaces
Whether you are interested in a hot desk, or a whole office block, there are places and spaces to support you preferred way of working.
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Tech hubs where your startup can flourish
Looking for lab space? Take a look at these shared spaces in Oxford.
Oxford Case Studies: Common Ground
Eclectic, sustainable and quirky, Common Ground – a shared workspace and café – is a bright addition to Jericho.
The How and why of where to work
Work from home? Co-working spaces? There are a few options, depending on how far along the startup journey you are.
Entrepreneurship @ Oxford
Our handy map shows you how to navigate the Oxford entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Startup Tips: Why Oxford is a good place for startups
Oxford students and alumni talk about why Oxford is a great place to start a business
Innovation Districts
How can the concept of innovation districts be applied to Oxford? Creating caffeine fuelled spaces to think.
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Oxfurnished
Oxfurnished is a platform to revolutionise and provide environmentally-friendly furniture options for short-term use.
Oxford Centre for Teaching and Learning
The Centre for Teaching and Learning provides voluntary courses for university and college staff at the University of Oxford.
Agile Lab – Begbroke Science Park
A shared workspace comprising an equipped laboratory with bookable bench space and equipment, and adjoining office space.
Head-to-head with Low Carbon Hub
The Oxford Trust went head-to-head with Barbara Hammond, CEO of The Low Carbon Hub – a small social enterprise with big aims, now based at WCFI in Headington. They are working on the ground-breaking Project LEO, an ambitious and innovative smart grid trial.
The Office Providers
The Office Providers are a global office and workspace search service for renting or letting.
Witney Business and Innovation Centre
If you’re looking to accelerate your business growth, Witney Business & Innovation Centre provides the ideal environment to do just that.
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
TORCH provides a range of training and development opportunities for early career researchers in Humanities.
Tech hubs where your start-up can flourish
Workspace is about more than a desk: it’s about access to the right equipment, services, and facilities.
Julia Mallaby, Co-Founder & CEO of Bimble
Julia Mallaby is the co-founder & CEO of Bimble, a digital platform for listing the places you love.
The Wheelhouse Oxford
Co-working office space purpose-built for creative entrepreneurs, social innovators, freelancers and anyone in between.
Pure Offices
Work spaces located within the Oxford Business Park, Oxford’s premier business location.
Head-to-head with Rupert Wilkinson at Oxford Product Design
The Oxford Trust went head-to-head with Rupert Wilkinson, MD of Oxford Product Design – based at OCFI, they are only product design consultancy working out of central Oxford. Their mantra is “making things better by making better things”.
Creative Destruction Lab
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a seed-stage programme for massively scalable, science-based companies.
The How and Why of Where to Work
Do you prefer working from home, in the peace and quiet, with your favourite cup of tea? Or perhaps being in a busy, open space ...
Oxford Science Park
Offices, lab space, virtual offices and meeting space to start-up and growing companies.
Space Store Ltd
Space Store is an experiential retail store and café which aims to bring space to everyone, everywhere, every day.
Placi Espejo, Head of Business Development at Oxford Technology Park
Placi Espejo is the Head of Business Development at Oxford Technology Park, one of the newest Science and Technology hubs in the county
Innovation Districts: Creating Caffeine Fuelled Spaces to Think
So how can the concept of innovation districts be applied to Oxford?
The Hill
A healthcare ideas lab, situated at the heart of Oxford’s medical, academic, digital and entrepreneurial communities.
Oxford Innospace
Leave your spare room behind and join us in our thriving co-working space for entrepreneurs, startups and freelancers.
European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC)
Cash incentive, access to facilities, and business development for space entrepreneurs.
Aneeta Madhavan, Co-founder of Talking Cranes
Aneeta Madhavan is the co-founder of Talking Cranes, a Diversity & Inclusion start up working with companies to develop, advance and retain talent from diverse backgrounds and experiences,
Urbanoid
Providing high quality serviced office working space for small businesses and organisations.
Ethical Property
Office area set up specifically to support small, start up charities, social enterprises & local businesses.
Support ‘hubs’ will boost Oxfordshire’s growing social enterprise sector
eScalate, the newest programme from OxLEP Business, is creating 6 ‘hubs’ to nurture social entrepreneurship across the county.
Culham Science Centre
Creating a powerhouse of high technology innovation and enterprise in South Oxfordshire.
Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI)
A preferred partner of the University of Oxford to provide capital to, and develop science spin-out companies.
OUI Startup Incubator
The Startup Incubator helps entrepreneur-driven ventures that are not University spinouts.
Stephen Ringler, Founder & CEO of Space Store
Stephen Ringler, Founder of Space Store, an experiential retail store and café which aims to bring space to everyone, everywhere, every day.
Common Ground Workspace & Cafe
Common Ground is a vibrant social enterprise café & workspace/social space, that also supports student mental health
Hexagon Business Centres
A unique business hub in central Witney providing serviced offices, meeting rooms, virtual office services and business support to businesses of all sizes.
Olivia Durand and Paula Larsson, Co-founders of Uncomfortable Oxford
Olivia Durand and Paula Larsson are co-founders of Uncomfortable Oxford, a social enterprise that runs 'uncomfortable' history tours, workshops and events.
The Workstation
Offering flexible room to grow through a variety of managed office services and business centres located in 6 prime locations, in Abingdon.
The Oxford Foundry
A new entrepreneurial centre for the University of Oxford, supporting students to become more entrepreneurial people.
1a Newtec Place
Flexible office space in East Oxford. You’ll find other like-minded, small businesses here, run by people who appreciate the benefits of working in a friendly, productive office environment.
Begbroke Centre for Innovation
Begbroke Science Park is unique - the only science park in Oxfordshire wholly owned and managed by Oxford University.
Eagle Labs at The Wood Centre For Innovation
A flagship for early stage science and technology companies aimed at supporting spinout scientists, university graduates and entrepreneurs.
Perch @ Eco Business Centre
A mixture of offices and coworking space. The perfect place for people who live and work sustainably
Watlington Business Centre
A low-cost alternative to renting an office, our co-working charges are straightforward with one monthly invoice.
WCFI
"Set in 15 acres of beautiful woodland, our state-of-the-art office, meeting and conference facilities create an inspiring business environment."
Head-to-head with Katie Bedborough of Oxford VR
A company to watch, OCFI-based Oxford VR has just raised £10m Series A funding. The Oxford Trust went head-to-head with Katie Bedborough, their COO, to find out more about how their VR technology is being used in mental health treatments.
Makespace Oxford
Makespace Oxford is a new and affordable working and making space for individuals and organisations in North Oxford.
University of Oxford Entrepreneurship Support
Organisations and student groups providing opportunities to explore entrepreneurship in the University.
OCFI
We offer start-up and grow-on companies in the science and technology sector flexible and affordable office and co-working space, meeting rooms and business support right in the heart of Oxford.
Oxford Hub
A centre for social action that’s open to everyone, and that takes a collaborative approach to solving some of today’s most pressing issues.
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