Stephen Barker

CEO Creative Quarter Company

Made in Coventry

Trent Poly 1985-9

Lenton Business Centre

Severn Trent Water

Nottingham Express Transit

Nottingham City Council

The Midlands Engine

Boater

The Creative Quarter Company

The Creative Quarter Company encourages the growth of Nottingham’s creative economy and promotes the Nottingham City Council Creative Quarter as a first- choice location for creative businesses, and a great place to live, learn, work and invest

An environment that attracts and supports creative and digital businesses to start-up, to grow, and to create jobs

Nottingham Trent University

Creative Quarter Company Board Members

Toby Reid Barbara Craig Wolfgang Buttress BioCity Matthews Chettle Artist NTU NTU Confetti

To be confirmed Mark Barry Hayman Cherry NCC Chivers Hayman Creative Underwood Boots Renewal Trust What we do

Economic Development

Place-making

Business support

Sneinton Market

Events

Advocacy

Small Team CQ Forward

New Business Plan

Refining our Purpose

Updated Focus

Engaging Bigger Businesses

Recognising the Assets

Celebrating Success UK Creative Industries 2015-2017 Jobs in UK Creative Economy and Industries 2015-2017 UK Creative Industries Exports 2014-2016 Economic Development and Place-making

We support Nottingham’s creative and digital businesses WHEREVER they are

To grow and create jobs Economic Development and Place-making

In the CQ

we support ALL

We support Nottingham’s creative and digital businesses WHEREVER they are

businesses

To grow and create jobs Productivity & Growth

£££ £££

£££ Business Support

More focus now Scale-Up

Focus to date Start-Up

Via The Big House project the Creative Quarter has provided support to 750 SMEs and Entrepreneurs More. More Creative. Even More Digital

Future Past

Creative Digital Graduate Retention & Talent Attraction

Leeds

Manchester

Nottingham

London Graduate Retention & Talent Attraction

Leeds

Manchester

Nottingham

London Graduate Retention & Talent Attraction

Leeds

Manchester

Nottingham

London Partnership

D2N2

Growth Hub Marketing NG Creative Quarter

Big House Partners

Midlands Engine Creative Quarter : Place Making Geography Market

Hockley Motorpoint Arena

Bus depots

BioCity

BBC Sneinton Market Street Art Unlock the Pit – Skate Nottingham Live

Modern urban living in and amongst refurbished lace factories and warehouses

On-trend independent retailers and many bars, restaurants, cafés, galleries, arts cinema and theatres

A buzz in the daytime and a rhythm at night

Metronome Live

Surface Surface Gallery – The Shop – Cobden Chambers – Nottingham Contemporary Gallery Live

Montana

Independent Retail – Ideas on Paper – Debbie Bryan – Montana - Mimm Live

Neon Raptor – Blend – Fox & Grapes – Friday Night Street Food Club Live

Hockley Hustle Hockley Hustle - Pride - Dot to Dot - Beat The Streets Learn

Nottingham Trent University, the UK’s University of the Year, has a Creative Quarter campus where Confetti is expanding fast and Metronome is open

Nottingham College is investing £58m in a new skills hub

Thousands of students of all ages acquiring the skills needed for creative jobs and careers of the future in the Creative Quarter

Nottingham College Adams Building Learn

NTU CQ Campus, Confetti – Metronome – Nottingham College – The Big House Work

Easy-access offices and workshops. Co-working and incubator spaces

A community of like-minded individuals, suppliers and customers

We support entrepreneurs and creative businesses before they start trading, to start trading, and to grow

The Creative Quarter is the perfect environment for businesses to flourish

THiNK NG Work

BioCity, Antenna, Broadway Media Centre, Sneinton Market Avenues Invest

Investment and business location in Nottingham support the growth of our creative economy

More incubator and shared workspaces are opening. We want more grade A offices too

The Creative Quarter offers the right skills, the right location and the best opportunities in the East Midland's fastest growing city. It’s a great place to invest

Lower Parliament Street Invest

Sneinton Market Square – Sneinton Market – Avenues D & E Invest

Lower Parliament Street - Fruit Market at Sneinton Market – Boots Island Questions?

CEO : Stephen Barker

0115 7100 107 [email protected] www.creativequarter.com

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