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Summaries of local and national support, funding, events and networking.

1:1 Social Media Support with Catch Design

Bespoke, one-to-one support for small businesses looking to improve their social media and digital marketing skills.

Create South East

Are you a creative business in Essex, Kent or Sussex with an ambition to grow?

Creative Leicestershire

Creative Leicestershire provides a directory of support organisations, networking opportunities, a monthly newsletter, and training and events for arts, media and creative businesses.

Southwark Pioneers Fund Accelerator

Have you got big growth plans and want to find new funding opportunities? Scaling a business is hard but when you have the right support around you, you can take your business to the next level.

Creative Scotland

Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen, and creative industries in Scotland.

Creative Arts Business Network

The Creative Arts Business Network aims to support the creative sector in the Scottish Borders, with a focus on assisting creative micro-businesses.

Digital Creative

Are you in the digital and creative sector or just looking to innovate through digital technologies?

Folkestone & Hythe District Council

A summary of what information, guidance and support is offered to businesses by the local council.

Creative Growth Finance Debt Fund

Offer loans to creative companies that are looking to grow.

Innovation Pipeline - Media Cymru

A series of targeted funding rounds and training opportunities focused on the media sector, for creative businesses and individuals in Wales.

Launch-It Creative Tech Accelerator

A accelerator programme for entrepreneurs, based in Essex, who has a business idea in tech or digital.

Create Growth Programmes

High-growth SME businesses in creative sector industries can access between £10,000 - £30,000 for innovation projects that will lead to growth and help them reach their full potential.  

Generator

Are you in or looking to start a business in the creative industries of music, film, photography, digital media and design?

Arts and Culture East Devon (ACED)

A network for creatives in Devon providing details of funding opportunities and arts project initiatives.

UK Code of Practice on Transparency in Music Streaming

A voluntary code of best practice for how music is streamed in the UK.

DG Unlimited

Dumfries and Galloway Unlimited is a membership organisation for the creative sector.

National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations

The fund aims to support organisations who seek funding to undertake creative activity such as a specific project or production, a programme of creative work, or a period of research and development.

FEAST cultural grants Cornwall

A range of grant funds for arts and culture projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

British Phonographic Industry Limited - (BPI)

The BPI represents the UK’s recorded music industry.

Reward-based crowdfunding platforms

Reward-based crowdfunding is for individuals to donate to a project or business with the expectation of receiving a non-financial reward in return. Platforms are available to and raise funds.

Ideas Factory NUA (Norwich University of Arts)

An incubation office space for creative and digital businesses in Norwich.

Association of Play Industries

Support for businesses in the indoor/outdoor play equipment sector.

ISRCs (International Standard Recording Codes)

The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) system is the international system for the identification of recorded music and music videos.

PPL Momentum Music Fund

Offers grants for artists/bands to break through to the next level of their careers.

Actionable information, tools and resources

Tools & Resources

How to be sustainable when planning and producing video content

Events & Learning

WATCH: Social media advertising

Tools & Resources

Understanding social media analytics

Tools & Resources

The beginners guide to social media marketing for business

Tools & Resources

Tools to make social media management easy

Tools & Resources

How to use social media to promote your business

Events & Learning

WATCH: How to use LinkedIn to grow your business and personal brand

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Tools & Resources

9 easy ways to improve your business website

Tools & Resources

BUNDLE: Social entrepreneurship

Tools & Resources

Disability discrimination law in the workplace

Tools & Resources

Your essential digital glossary

Events & Learning

WATCH: Understanding digital PR

Events & Learning

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Events & Learning

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Tools & Resources

How to use a trending topic to attract the media

Tools & Resources

How to create a social media content calendar

Tools & Resources

Top tips to boost your social media engagement

Inspiration

Inspiration

Industry-leaders come together to support women in media

Inspiration

Midland's most creative minds come together to turbo charge screen industry

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Media production business remakes iconic film scene

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Creative Nature goes back on Dragons backing

Inspiration

Creating an effective video campaign on social media

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Using creative and unusual props for great presentations

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Maximising the value of video interviewing for market research projects

Inspiration

Quick tips for creating an effective video campaign on social media

Inspiration

Dragonfly Trust helps cancer patients get creative

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Boost wellbeing with a creative approach to rewards

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Clubhouse – the audio only social media app making a lot of noise

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Creative marketing agency secures trio of projects

Inspiration

Quick tips using social media for small businesses

Inspiration

Top tips using social media for small businesses

Inspiration

How to use social media effectively for your business

Inspiration

Evoke Creative innovates with contactless technology

Inspiration

Investment set to tackle global comedy demand

Inspiration

Design entrepreneur launches own business

Inspiration

Bootcamp pilot for TV creatives

Inspiration

META Games Industry Index showcases best in British gaming

Inspiration

Can social media and SEO boost visibility together?

Inspiration

UMi appoints PR partner to help ‘make it easier’ for businesses

Inspiration

DABS helps Clare write her own story

Inspiration

Mythbusting when starting a business

Events and webinars

Events & Learning

WATCH: Social media advertising

Events & Learning

WATCH: How to use LinkedIn to grow your business and personal brand

Events & Learning

WATCH: How to position your PR effectively

Events & Learning

WATCH: How to get started with advertising on Facebook and Instagram

Events & Learning

WATCH: Advanced Facebook advertising that works

Events & Learning

WATCH: Understanding digital PR

Events & Learning

WATCH: Marketing - friend or enemy?

Events & Learning

WATCH: How to get started with video marketing

Events & Learning

WATCH: The ultimate digital content toolkit

Events & Learning

WATCH: Leveraging your digital presence in the new normal

Events & Learning

WATCH: How to unlock your LinkedIn potential

Events & Learning

WATCH: Understanding client psychology

Events & Learning

WATCH: How video recruitment makes businesses more human

Events & Learning

WATCH: Barriers facing women in business

Events & Learning

WATCH: Why you can’t grow as fast as you wish

Events & Learning

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Finance & Funding

WATCH: How to structure your grant application

Events & Learning

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Events & Learning

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Events & Learning

WATCH: How to get journalists to write your story

Events & Learning

WATCH: How AI and machine learning can improve your business

Events & Learning

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Finance & Funding

UMi Makes it Easy... to get your business grant ready

Events & Learning

WATCH: Managing behavioural change when starting and scaling a business