Computer firm Software 2000, of Oxford Science Park and plastics manufacturer Sherman Treaters have been short-listed in the Exporter of the Year Awards 2000.

Software 2000 is in the individual sales export category and Sherman Treaters is in the corporate exporter of the year.

Winners will be announced at a gala dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on November 27. Keynote speeches will be made by the Leader of the House of Commons Margaret Beckett and Shadow Trade Secretary David Heathcoat-Amory.