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  • Art Connections

    Art Connections is a new project - initiated and managed by Chrysalis Arts - to develop and support creative businesses in the visual arts, crafts and public art sectors across North Yorkshire. Art Connections supplies a range of specialist training, mentoring, advice, information and marketing services and publishes a bi-monthly e-newsletter containing information from a wide range of visual art sources.

    www.art-connections.org.uk

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  • Business Link Yorkshire

    Provides support and practical advice to businesses in the area. Advice includes topics such as available grants and funding, health and safety, IT, marketing, business growth, buying and selling a business and much more.

    www.businesslinkyorkshire.co.uk

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  • CIDA - Cultural Industries Development Agency

    CIDA provides support to individuals and businesses working, or looking to work, in the creative sector. Clients range from artists, musicians and photographers to fast growing companies involved in every type of creative, cultural or digital activity imaginable.

    www.cida.co.uk

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  • Creative Portal

    A Business Directory for Cultural Industry issues provided by CIDA. Provides information such as Discussion forum, training programs, latest industry news etc.

    www.creativeportal.org.uk

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  • Creative York

    Creative York is one of three technology clusters supported by Science City York. The Creative York network represents over 90 organisations together employing over 1000 people in creative technology and associated areas within the arts and heritage sectors. Bringing individuals and organisations together, the network assists in supply chain development and encourages a climate of entrepreneurship and collaboration. Membership is free.

    www.scy.co.uk/creative-network

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  • Digital Yorkshire

    This is the Creative & Digital Industries Cluster for Yorkshire and the Humber. It is dedicated to ensuring the Yorkshire and Humber region becomes a globally recognised centre of digital industries. The cluster is comprised of a cross section of industries, including electronics/e-learning/music, visual & performing arts/media & new media/design/print & printed packaging.

    www.digitalyorkshire.org.uk

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  • Federation of Small Businesses

    The FSB is the largest organisation representing small & medium sized enterprises in the UK. Formed in 1974, it now has over 200,000 members across 33 regions and 230 branches.

    www.fsb.org.uk

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  • Print Yorkshire

    Print Yorkshire aims to ensure that the Print and Printed Packaging Sector in Yorkshire and the Humber maintains its position as a major national player. Through practical advice and support on training and development, grants and business networking, as well as marketing and communications, Print Yorkshire will increase regional collaboration, better develop supply chains, increase productivity and innovation with the application of new techniques and create greater regional strength in the printing industry.

    www.printyorkshire.com

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  • The University of York - Creative Industries

    The University of York has a reputation to rival Oxford and Cambridge. It is consistently ranked in the top ten universities for both teaching and research quality, with 18 out of 23 departments being judged as world class by the UK government's Research Assessments Exercise. With new expansions including a Theatre, Film and Television Centre, the University's contribution to the Creative Industries is going from strength to strength.

    The Creative Industries sector is constantly strengthened and topped-up by a large number of graduates from the University of York, across a range of departments:

    Department of Archaeology www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/
    Department of Computer Science www.cs.york.ac.uk/public.php
    Department of Music http://music.york.ac.uk/
    Music research Centre http://music.york.ac.uk/mrc/
    Department of Theatre, Film and Television www.york.ac.uk/depts/tft/

    www.york.ac.uk/

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  • York College

    The college provides a wide selection of courses catering for the 16 to 19 age group, those in Higher and Further Education and International Students. The college also offers a commercial division, providing high-quality training programmes for individuals in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Higher Education courses include, a foundation course in Creative Industries and others such as media, art, design, fashion and graphic design.

    www.yorkcollege.ac.uk

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  • York St John University

    York St John University has some 6,000 students from the UK and overseas, it offers education and training opportunities at foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and post-experience level in the arts, health and life sciences, business, management, education and theology. The University's Business Development Centre has expertise in Theatre, Film & TV, Music, Art & Design, and offers a wide range of services to help develop and grow businesses.

    www.yorksj.ac.uk

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  • Business Support York and North Yorkshire

    Business Support York and North Yorkshire is committed to providing high quality business advice and support to ensure anyone thinking of starting in business, or already running a small business, has the opportunity to survive and flourish at the level of their personal aspirations and abilities.

    www.ybac.co.uk

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