Creative Industries
ACME
has more than a decade of experience supporting the growth and sustainability
of creative businesses based in the region. Established in 1997, ACME was
one of the first creative industries sector development agencies in the UK.
ACME works with the Creative Industries on Merseyside to develop the sector as
a prosperous, vibrant and confident sector, brimming with creative people, businesses
and ideas and building upon international recognition for innovation, talent,
quality and enterprise.
ACME aims to achieve sustainability for new, existing and growing enterprises
in the sector. It sees its mission as helping to secure this vision and grow
sustainable employment in the sector through capacity building, partnership,
enterprise and market development. At the centre of this support is dialogue
with the creative sector.
ACME has lead responsibility for policy and strategy. On behalf of the North
West Development Agency and Government Office North West, ACME develops and implements
best practice projects designed to stimulate and accelerate growth in the sector.
Recent activity includes:
- The Kin Creative Network. Developed with industry to link up Liverpool and Merseyside's creative professionals. Features include online portfolios to showcase work, a member directory of more than 1600 creative professionals, access to contract opportunities, new contacts and sector news. Member specialisms include fashion, design, photography, craft, music, dance, the arts and more.
- Liverpool Sound City. An international showcase and conference event for the region’s music and related industries, with local and national partners and sponsors.
- Design Show Liverpool. An annual platform for the region’s design sector, developed in partnership with Design Initiative and ELDS.
- Development of a Creative Industries Trust. A research initiative to ensure the local creative sector establishes ownership of specific premises as part of the regeneration of the Baltic Triangle area. Working in partnership with Liverpool Vision.
- Evaluation Services. An independent evaluation service, bringing together teams of experienced creative practitioners to deliver the evaluations as well as provision of training to practitioners and organisations.
- Futures Network. Liverpool’s first professional platform for advertising, design and communications professionals, developed with design initiative.
Design Businesses
Liverpool Design Initiative, Unit 101, The Tea Factory, Wood Street
Liverpool.
Phone 709 1566 or email elaine@designinit.org.uk
Business in the Arts:North West
Business in the Arts:North West exists to bring business skills and experience to arts organisations big and small in ways that are beneficial both to the business assisting and the organisation assisted. BIANW offer free advice, provide practical ways for businesses to support the arts, provide management development opportunities for business managers and professionals and provide opportunities for continuing professional development for people leading or working in arts organisations.
Business in the Arts:North West, Room 305 Queens Dock Business Centre, Norfolk Street, Liverpool L1 OBG
Tel: 0151 709 8780
Fax: 0151 707 0758
E-mail: all@bianw.demon.co.uk
Documents & Links
The Capital, 39 Old Hall Street, Liverpool L3 9PP
Telephone: +44(0)151
600 2900
Email: info@liverpoolvision.co.uk