THE shortlist of finalists has been drawn up for the Oxfordshire Business Awards.

More than 160 companies and individuals entered the competition, one of the highest levels seen in recent years.

Paul Lowe, chairman of the judging committee, said: “This has been a remarkable year - the standard of entries has been phenomenal."

Full details of the shortlisted companies can be seen on p43 of In Business magazine published with The Oxford Times today.

. In the Sustainability Award category the shortlisted companies are The Phone Co-Op, Chipping Norton; Fired Earth, Adderbury and STL Communications, Witney. The Big Bang, Oxford is not included as incorrectly stated.