Picture gallery: Creative Cumbria meet up with Energy Coast businesses
Last updated at 09:06, Friday, 29 June 2012
Cumbria’s creative and energy companies joined together for a networking event in Carlisle this week.
Creative and digital R&D company FreerangeArtists Ltd hosted the meet-up which brought together Creatives and Britains Energy Coast Business Cluster.
The evening event, held in Freerange Workspace, Carlyles Court, marked the beginning of a new Creative and Digital business cluster for BECBC, a privately funded members organization that provides networking, business, and knowledge sharing opportunities.
Phil Jardine is the Business Development Director for the Cluster said: “We’ve got a number of thriving specialist sector groups already and it is good to have this new connection and boost for the creative sector.
“We’ve a range of website, design, marketing and other creative industry member companies already and it is a thriving sector in and around Cumbria so we look forward to seeing new partnerships and, of course, new business coming out of the refreshed group.”
Creative Cumbria has been gathering together creatives from around the county at a number of previous informal events. The aims of Creative Cumbria are to raise the profile of the creative sector in Cumbria. to encourage collaboration between the creative companies in Cumbria and to to encourage the emerging creative talent (students and young people) to stay in Cumbria rather than leaving to ply their trade elsewhere.
Hannah Stewart of FreerangeArtists says : “Cumbria is home to some outstanding companies and very talented individuals, social media and emails are great but there’s nothing like meeting people face to face to build relationships."
First published at 23:51, Thursday, 28 June 2012
Published by http://www.in-cumbria.com
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