November 28th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog
Just came across this really great collection of tools and resources provided by Creative Choices, an initiative created by Creative & Cultural Skills to help creative business thrive and develop careers. Check out this listing of useful tools: http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/tools-resources
November 7th, 2011 | by zoba | published in blog, showcase
I recently came across a great video archive of last year’s The Media Festival – Arts that took place in September at the Roundhouse. Over the course of 3 days there was 70 speakers. Many of the videos are available on the Roundhouse site and on The Media Festival site. There videos are of particular [...]
June 22nd, 2011 | by zoba | published in opportunities
The Big Venture Challenge is launched, a competition to find 25 of the nation’s most ambitious social entrepreneurs and give them the chance to fast-track their ventures to the next level. The initiative, run by UnLtd and supported by the Big Lottery Fund and the Millennium Awards Trust, offers more than £1.2m of capital investment [...]
June 8th, 2011 | by zoba | published in CF Partnership, events
Here at Creative Futures we believe that cloud computing is a relevant and useful tool that can and should be utilized by creative SMEs. Our Creative Futures programme partner New Media Knowledge (NMK) of the University of Westminster recently posted a blog entry by Dominic Jones who sites the value that cloud computing can have [...]
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 events, other events
Join us for the first quarterly meeting of the Startup Funding Club on Thursday 9th June at 4:30 pm at Brewin Dolphin’s offices at 12 Smithfield Street, London. If you missed our launch event then this will be the ideal opportunity to learn more about becoming a member of this exclusive investment club for Internet and technology [...]
April 10th, 2011 | by zoba | published in events, other events
For the past couple of years the term “cloud computing” has been circulating. While it’s a term most people will think is associated with mega corporations there is the very real possibility that cloud computing could be the next best tool for SMEs. To learn more attend the 3rd Annual Cloud Computing World Forum. Taking place on [...]
March 24th, 2011 | by zoba | published in profiles
We were fortunate to catch up with Maria Constantinescu, Founder of Slick Flick. Slick Flick is a story photo platform. Times are particularly interesting for Maria as she is about to launch the Slick Flick App a mobile/tablet device application. This app is designed to help writers/filmmakers, businesses, entrepreneurs etc. help promote and distribute their work [...]
March 3rd, 2011 | by zoba | published in events, other events
The ‘Innovate 20/20’ workshops have been designed to help delegates dare to be different and to strive to implement change. The workshops are challenging, interactive and fun. Participants will develop creative skills that they can put into immediate effect. They will learn by trying different techniques on real business problems and will generate radical ideas [...]
