Business Support
Supporting businesses is one of our key strategic priorities. If you are a Yorkshire-based screen media business we:
· can invest in your business to help it grow. Our Business Investment Fund exists to create sustainable jobs and wealth in the region and can provide funding for projects including marketing, research or training.
**Please note, all current Business Investment Funds have been fully committed up until the end of the financial year on 31st March 2010. We are therefore unable to accept new applications to the fund before 1st April 2010.
· run a series of events to support your business such as Meet the Commissioner
· can offer information and advice on how to access training and development opportunities. We can also help with finding the right training courses to suit your needs.
· can offer advice and contacts, bringing companies together to work jointly on cross-platform projects.
For further information about any of these opportunities, please contact the relevant specialist below:
If you work in the broadcast sector or for skills/training queries contact kim@screenyorkshire.co.uk / 0113 236 8246
If you work in the Games Industry, contact jamie@screenyorkshire.co.uk / 0113 236 8239
If you work in the interactive media sector, please contact Robin Cramp, Sector Development Officer for Interactive Media on robin@screenyorkshire.co.uk / 0113 236 8232
For other business support click here.
Yorkshire Games Facts
Yorkshire and Humber is home to four of the World's Top 100 best
performing studios (Source: Develop 100, 2007)
• 35 Yorkshire and Humber companies are involved with the global games industry
• Nearly 10% of the UK's development workforce are employed in Yorkshire and Humber
• Yorkshire and Humber produces 3% of the UK's output in terms of games across multiple platforms
• Half of the region's universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate studies in video game development.
