West Midlands Create Growth Programme businesses announced
15 April 2024
Introducing the stage two cohort for the West Midlands Create Growth Programme!
The group will now embark on a nine-month programme of initiatives to help them clarify their vision, gain sector specific knowledge, obtain tools for making the business sustainable, meet like-minded peers and receive tailored mentoring to prepare for investment.
The West Midlands Create Growth Programme is funded by the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and delivered by Creative UK in partnership with West Midlands Combined Authority and Create Central.
Who’s on the stage two cohort of the West Midlands Create Growth Programme…
Art.Quarter, strategically located in Birmingham’s Digbeth, is an innovative hub that revitalises the traditional high street with a unique blend of retail, hospitality, and a pioneering first-floor incubator and training centre.
Bored Wreckers Inc make board games that push the boundaries.
Borro aims to make both parenting, and saving the planet, easier by renting baby and kids’ clothes.
A social Enterprise that writes children’s educational picture books. We aim to counter gender stereotypes in the workplace whilst also raising awareness on what various professions entail.
Centrala champions the inclusion and well-being of Central and Eastern European (CEE) migrant communities in England through arts and culture.
Brand new podcast and video podcast production company.
Ghost Dog Films is a video game and film company based in Shropshire, creating original IP, narrative digital products for a worldwide audience.
A creative studio and video production house creating high-impact films with big production values to build and promote purpose-driven brands and organisations.
A content creation and creative advertising company based in Coventry, specialising in shaping ideas to communicate, provoke, think, and reach the modern audience with storytelling at its heart.
Indigo Ltd is a specialist consultancy working in the arts, heritage and cultural sectors across the UK and Ireland.
A Warwickshire-based stage, screen and immersive production company generating original content and exhilarating experiences at the intersection of live and recorded media with emerging technologies.
We Move People. At Mercurial Dance we believe that dance has the power to change lives, and that if more people danced, for pleasure, and discovered their movement voices they (and the world) will be a happier, healthier place.
Momiji, a brand conceived in 2005, has left an indelible mark on the global market, having sold well over a million friendship dolls worldwide.
We produce transmedia superstories, stitching narratives that ignite fandoms where stories can be experienced beyond the screen, embracing the 360 approach.
Advidity is a platform dedicated to helping creatives break into the advertising & media industry through freelance work.
A social enterprise that works to close the disability employment gap. We provide disabled and neurodivergent professionals with a variety of free support services including e-learning, events, and resources.
A games studio of almost 80 passionate individuals who love games and want to make emotive experiences that players love!
A podcast agency specialising in factual narrative podcasts.
An award-winning video production, animation production and live-streaming company.
Surfing Light Beams create immersive experiences and interactive playable adventures that reveal imaginative worlds and magical adventures.
An animation studio based in the West Midlands with 15 years experience making educational and engaging animations for companies and viewers around the globe.
An award-winning Independent Production Company based in Birmingham.
The Game Dev Group proudly serves as the nexus of the legendary Silicon Spa game dev community.
A UK based independent production company, developing and producing global scripted content for TV, Film and on-demand across a growing multi-billion worldwide Kids & Family market.
An award winning animation company, specialising in stop motion animation moulding tradition, craft and innovation, that brings all things in-animate to life.
