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