July 15th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog
The Benefits of being green, Premises Studios takes home the honour of the first Julie’s Bicycle Business Award. The solar-powered, Hackney-based Premises Studios was the recipient of the inaugural Julie’s Bicycle Green Business Award, presented at the Music Week Awards at the Roundhouse, London in May 2011. Tony Wadsworth, Chair of Julie’s Bicycle, presented the award [...]
July 7th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog
We at Creative Futures highly encourage the sharing of best practice, business models, business advices, words of wisdom and stories of failures amongst the Creative Futures Network. All members are welcome to send submissions to CreativeFuturesUK@gmail.com In the spirit of sharing we recently came across the Padraig McCaul, a painter in Ireland, and his blog [...]
June 9th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog, CF Partnership, events
New Publications *JULIE’S BICYCLE GREEN RIDER (THEATRE)* Julie’s Bicycle has developed a green rider for use by commercial and subsidised touring theatre companies to stimulate dialogue between visiting managers and venues about best practice in reducing environmental impacts. *HOW GREEN IS MY PROMO?* New research conducted by Julie’s Bicycle, on behalf of AIM and BPI, [...]
June 8th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog, showcase
Fit for Work Service is a free service that is for employees and employers to improve health and wellbeing in the workplace in the 3 boroughs: Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Fulham & Hammersmith. It is one of 11 sites across the UK testing new ways of supporting people with health problems to go back [...]
June 8th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog
Our dear friend Maxine Horn was kind enough to share her article with us about the importance of creative business understanding the intellectual property and how to use it to protect their work. Creative Barcode welcome the CBI’s support of Creative Industries in context of the UP IP Review – see link to article in [...]
May 27th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog
Are blogs the future for arts coverage? It’s a good question to find out the answer check out this article written by Kate Feld, a editor and blogger of Manchizzle, featured on the Creative Times website.
May 23rd, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog
Ladies at 11 is a networking company for women who are serious about growing their business. We are a dynamic group of business women who meet on a monthly basis to exchange business and to grow our businesses. When you experience good service or buy a good product you tell your friends and spread the [...]
May 20th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog, CF Partnership
The Evolution of the Record Label: industry report published by MusicTank, at the University of Westminster The new report from MusicTank, University of Westminster, examines the state of the UK music industry Written by BPI Chairman and former Chairman & CEO, EMI Music UK & Ireland – Tony Wadsworth, with Dr. Eamonn Forde, Digital Editor Music [...]
May 6th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog
Here are some links to some websites specially geared to business within the Creative and Cultural Industries. Their primary goals are to help develop the skills and knowledge needed to help make the UK a creative and cultural industries hub. Check out: Creative Cultural Skills: the Sector Skills Council for the creative and cultural industries. [...]
April 10th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog
Check out this video that talks directly to businesses about what it takes to survive during uncertain times. The video illustrates the findings from IBM’s 2010 CEO Study. The study surveyed business leaders to find out what factors are most important in leading a company through this uncertainty to profitability. Complexity can be scary, the [...]
