London Community Foundation (formally known as the Capital Community Foundation) is starting the new year right and helping businesses that classify themselves as a social enterprise to get some quality to training. From time to time, LCF runs training sessions for both applicants and grantees. All details of upcoming training sessions are posted here. You [...]
Start Up Britain’s brand principles From the StartUp Britain Website: StartUp Britain is a new campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, launched on 28th March 2011. Designed to celebrate, inspire and accelerate enterprise in the UK, it has the full backing of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and HM Government. This is a response from the [...]
From all of us at Creative Futures we are wishing you the very best for you and your business in 2012. We be posting more articles and resources to help your business grow. In addition, we will highlight some of the business we have helped through the Creative Futures programme [...]
Are you a fast growing Social Enterprise or SME? NEW grant funding of £1,000 is now available … Dear All, I wanted to share an opportunity for fast growing Social Enterprises or SMEs through a Leadership and Management Grant of £1,000 which is available to help you work with marketing experts and transform your business. Over the past year Earlyarts has [...]
Meet New Media Knowledge NMK is a knowledge hub managed by the Westminster Business School. Created in 1999 by the University of Westminster, the NMK hub specialises in diffusion of knowledge on digital and social media topics. It has an active community of around 7,000 professionals, mainly in the creative industries. The NMK website (http://www.nmk.co.uk/) publishes [...]
Meet Portobello Business Centre Portobello Business Centre provides an array of services for start-up and existing businesses in London. This award winning business development agency – described as ‘the best in London’ – is well-known for its range of courses, free access to key business tools, sound advice and consultancy, offered to those wishing to [...]
Meet MusicTank MusicTank is a business development network for the UK music industry – an independent body owned and operated by University of Westminster, set up to inform and guide the future shape of the music business through engagement with industry, change and innovation. Its content-rich website contains a wealth of industry information and resources, [...]
Meet Portobello Film Festival PFF is one of the UK’s leading film festivals. It exists to provide a platform for new work, mostly in the digital medium. Entry is free. In 2009 Portobello Film Festival screened 700 new films to over 10,000 people. In 2010 celebrated Portobello Film Festival celebrated it’s 15th anniversary. The London [...]
Meet Julie’s Bicycle: Julie’s Bicycle is a not-for-profit company helping a variety of music and theatre businesses cut greenhouse gas emissions, developed by passionate industry members looking towards a low carbon creative future. The Julie’s Bicycle ‘Industry Green Framework’ is helping companies from across the creative industries reduce their carbon emissions; the ‘IG mark’ is [...]
