Posts Tagged ‘creative industries’

Our coworking space at Old Broadcasting House has been tipped as one of the top ten coworking spaces in the UK!

Old Broadcasting House coworking space has been recently featured on the national online magazine, Creative Boom, aiming to celebrate, inspire and support the creative industries throughout the UK and the rest of the world! Here is what they had to say about coworking at Old Broadcasting House:

Old Broadcasting House, Leeds

Old Broadcasting House is located in the heart of Leeds and houses top spec computers, the latest software applications, meeting areas and group working ones, all in a stunning creative space. It is home to a community of independent, freelance and nomadic workers - digital entrepreneurs, creatives, technologists, artists, designers, marketers, writers and programmers, all of whom share our core values of collaboration, openness, community and sustainability.

To keep reading, click through to the article available at 10 of the Best Co-Working Spaces in the UK.

Adobe Creative Suite 5 launched live online! The world watched as Adobe showcased the most cutting edge software package for the creative industries. You can follow the latest developments on Twitter at #cs5 and if you missed the launch, watch the video at www.cs5launch.adobe.com.

Screen Yorkshire has a tender opportunity to deliver a digital marketing campaign for the cross region project NorthernNet. The tender deadline is open now, with a closing date of noon on Friday 22nd January 2010.

The outline of the objectives for the campaign are:

- To raise awareness of the NorthernNet brand across the North of England within the digital and creative industries and related media channels

- Devise and buy a web media campaign to market and raise awareness of the NorthernNet brand across the creative and digital industry as a whole

- Devise and buy a web media campaign to market and raise awareness of the NorthernNet brand with key digital and creative sectors e.g. animation, music etc.

- Generate excitement and engagement in the opportunities available from the NorthernNet innovations and collaborations project within the creative and digital industries

- Promote the use of the media access bureaus (physical access to the NorthernNet system in venues across the North) and the role  NorthernNet infrastructure plays in delivering competitive advantage to key sector SMEs

For further details of the opportunity, you can find out more on the Screen Yorkshire website by clicking here.

If you’re working in the creative or digital industries, Old Broadcasting House will be opening it’s doors for you to come hang out, chat, demo or just network with others… usually around 25-30 people each month… sometimes more.

Tea, coffee and cakes are available from about 10am until 12pm. You are more than welcome to stay and chat as long as you like! This is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people within the creative, digital industries and network in a relaxed and friendly environment. Feel free to come along, Open Coffee is held on the first Tuesday of every month.

On Thursday 26th November, Leeds College of Art will be hosting Creative Networks with international creative industries business advisor, trainer and consultant, David Parrish.

Author of the acclaimed book, ‘T-Shirts and Suits‘, David has directly helped hundreds of creative, cultural and digital enterprises, to become even more successful through his own particular approach to integrating creativity and business. A hugely entertaining speaker, this event will be of interest to anyone working within or across the creative, cultural and digital industry sectors of Yorkshire. (more…)

How do artists contribute to Innovation?

Creative Networks boasts itself as the largest and most well attended professional network in Yorkshire for the Creative, Digital and Cultural Industry sectors. On Thursday 29th October, this month’s Creative Network will turn it’s attention to the “worth” of artists and the wider creative community. (more…)

Creative Boom is a new online magazine and forum for the UK™s creative industries, dreamt up by Katy Cowan, the founder and director of creative PR agency Boomerang PR.  The magazine has already obtained a substantial following, both on the website itself and on Twitter, and provides a fantastic opportunity for creatives to meet and greet, share ideas and find out about everything that™s happening, from events to news and new projects to feature profiles. (more…)