Key players - major employers
Whilst Oxford City Council does not produce a local business  directory, the list below indicates the major employers in Oxford. There is also  a list of other key businesses, and other key partners supporting business development in Oxford.

A list of all the companies and organisations in Oxford employing over 100  workers is also  available.

Details of businesses that have  recently announced that they are moving to Oxford are  also available.

Oxfordshire Virtual  Business Centre
Oxfordshire County  Council, in association with Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce, produces a  Commercial and Industrial directory for Oxfordshire. This information is also  available through itsVirtual Business Centre.
Tel: 01865 815103
e-mail  VBC!

Oxford's major employers

BMW  (UK) Manufacturing Ltd
Manufacturers  of the new Mini  One, Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S

Unipart Group of Companies
One of Europe's leading independent logistics, automotive parts and  accessories companies. UGC includes Unipart International, Unipart  DCM, Partco  Group, and Unipart Advanced Learning  Systems.

University of Oxford
Higher  education institution whose colleges provide undergraduate, postgraduate and  doctoral education and a range of business and  research support services.

Oxford Brookes  University
Higher education  institution providing undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral education and  provides specialist research and consultancy support to  businesses and promotes and supports entrepeneurship.
Newsquest (Oxfordshire) Ltd
Local newspaper publisher of the Oxford Mail, Oxford Times and Oxford  Star, and on-line publisher of thisisoxfordshire.com.

Oxford Bus Company
Operator of  local Oxford bus services, including the local Park & Ride service, and  Oxford Express route to and from London, Heathrow and Gatwick.

Oxford University  Press
A department of the University  of Oxford, OUP furthers the University's objective of excellence in research,  scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.

Oxford College  of Further Education
Provides  corporate training and development for businesses as well as education and  training for over 14,000 students.

Post  Office
The sub-region's main sorting  and delivery office.

Oxford  Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust
Oxford's  main provider of healthcare, including healthcare research, teaching and  training. In Oxford its hospitals include the John Radcliffe Hospital, the  Churchill Hospital and the Radcliffe Infirmary

Oxfordshire  County Council
Local authority for  Oxfordshire, including the Local Education Authority.

Details of other key  businesses are also available