Landscaped grounds at Culham Science Centre are being marketed as the perfect setting for corporate gatherings, conferences and events.

The centre, recently named as the venue for Oxfordshire's enterprise festival Venturefest 2001, is working with Sovereign Catering to provide catering and conference facilities.

The site's 250-seater auditorium and six smaller meeting rooms, plus state-of-the-art video conferencing facilities, are now being offered to business users either together or separately. Accommodation can also be arranged.

Peter Green, managing director of Sovereign Catering Services, said: "In our assessment of catering requirements for the Culham Science Centre it was clear that more productive use could be made of their impressive facilities.

"We are working with Culham Science Centre to put together a range of attractive conference packages."

Sovereign also runs a staff restaurant, a deli bar, coffee shop and retail and sandwich shop at Culham.