Announcing the latest West Midlands Create Growth Programme cohort!

 

9 July 2025

We’re excited to introduce the next set of businesses taking part in the West Midlands Create Growth Programme.

Last month the cohorts came together for the first time for a workshop at the Midlands Arts Centre, an appropriately inspiring environment to kick-start this year’s Create Growth Programme.

The day opened with an introduction to the programme, Creative UK, and partners West Midlands Combined Authority and Create Central.

This was followed by an engaging panel discussion with three alumni from last year’s programme (Pamela Aculey of Just Like Me Books & MIXD Reality, Sarah Green of Borro, and Michael Ford of Threewise Entertainment), chaired by Tara Attfield-Tomes (East Village PR, The 51% Club, and Lifted). The panellists spoke about their experience of the programme and their journeys as founders, sharing some great nuggets of wisdom for the new cohorts.

The day rounded up with a session on Values for Founders, led by Tamara Gal-On, which encouraged the cohorts to think about how their values can shape and inform their business decisions and lead to more fulfilling and sustainable practices.

The workshop encouraged introspection and ambition for the future, and there was a great sense of empowerment in the room as the businesses embark on a six-month programme of workshops and mentoring to prepare for growth and investment.


Meet the businesses on the 2025-26 West Midlands Create Growth Programme

WMCGP Stage One

  • Acts of Random Caring CIC

  • AMORYR Management

  • Atticus Creative & Cultural Consultancy

  • Big Bear Music (Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival)

  • Bluechilli

  • Broke & Beautiful UK

  • Creative Pie Films Ltd

  • Deekshaa CIC

  • Digital – D

  • Friction Arts Ltd

  • G.A.P Entertainment CIC

  • Girl Grind UK

  • Jheez Limited

  • Keneish Dance

  • Live to Your Living Room

  • Open Lens Productions

  • Press Record Films

  • Reinvtd CIC

  • Springboard Pictures

  • Storyboard Studio

  • Tunes x Tables Ltd

  • Vicarious Productions


WMCGP Stage Two

  • Art at the Heart CIC

  • Craftspace

  • Curious Pencil

  • DAD Studio

  • Eighty3 Design Ltd

  • Eloquent Dance

  • FourPlus Immersive

  • Glued

  • Maona Art

  • Rock Films

  • RoguePlay Theatre

  • Rural Media

  • Stryx Gallery

  • The Connect

  • Totem Learning

  • Tribera Ltd

  • Valcato Entertainment

  • Wolverhampton Arts Centre


All image credits: Emilie Cotterill

 
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