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Cultural Compact

“City Culture Compacts – a strategic partnership to co-design and deliver a vision for culture in the city” Arts Council Cultural Cities Enquiry – Jan 2019 A new piece of work for the West of England Combined Authority, helping to … Continue reading

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Sao Paulo

Você sabia que as indústrias criativas no Reino Unido geram em torno de 92 bilhões de libras por ano? Mark Leaver, adviser do UK para Creative Industries, esteve no Brasil na semana passada e nos contou um pouco mais sobre … Continue reading

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Control – SF / LA

A belated blog after a West Coast trip which had demonstrated all the contradictions of a digital / tech industry which cannot play the “outsider” any longer – reading a recent New Statesman (“The Tech Utopia”) on a plane helped … Continue reading

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Munich

To Munich to host a CEO Dinner organized by Vertical Media, part of a regular series which brings together a very senior gathering of German digital media CEO’s and a variety of European (and US) investors. There was a lot … Continue reading

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Connecting Digital Start Ups – Berlin

55 companies from the UK and Germany gathered at the British Embassy in Berlin last week for the Connecting Digital Start Ups event. A partnership between CIKTN, UKTI Germany, the UK Science Innovation Network and Berlin industry network Medianet, the … Continue reading

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Creative Sector opportunities in Taiwan

I spent yesterday with Amanda Lin, the Senior Commercial Officer for the British Trade & Cultural Office in Taiwan. Her remit includes the creative industries, so whilst introducing her to some UK businesses we discussed the opportunities for creative companies … Continue reading

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The global Mobile App economy / Mobile Clicks 2010

Two very interesting documents were published this week, both highlighting the exponential growth and significant commercial opportunities for the global mobile app economy. And reinforcing that impression Vodafone launched Mobile Clicks 2010, looking to invest €150,000 into mobile internet start … Continue reading

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