Posts Tagged ‘ creative industries ’

World Trade Centre Hull : Doing Business in South Africa

October 2, 2012
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World Trade Centre Hull & Humber in association with UK Trade and Investment would like to invite you to attend our free “Doing Business in South Africa” seminar on Wednesday, 24th October from 10.30am -12.30pm. South Africa is a sophisticated and promising market, offering a combination of a well-developed economic infrastructure with a vibrant emerging market economy and is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies, with significant opportunities for UK companies across a range of sectors. The industrial centre of Africa, the country has abundant natural resources which has helped to generate the largest and best developed economy on the African continent. With a well developed banking system, good infrastructure, a business culture that is similar to that of the UK, and with major capital injections to upgrade this further, it is the gateway to other African markets. South Africa has a longstanding history with the UK and the UK is in South Africa’s ‘Premier League’ of trading partners, with an annual bilateral relationship over £9.6bn, in two-way trade in goods and services, which is set to double following challenging targets set by ministers. Speakers: Graham Percival – Deputy Director, UKTI Yorkshire & Humber will be talking about the economic…

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Screen Yorkshire Announce £15m Content Fund

February 6, 2012
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A new £15 million fund to invest in creative content in film, TV, games and the digital sector within Yorkshire and Humber has been announced by Screen Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Content Fund has secured £7,500,000 of investment from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which will be further matched by private sector investors on a project-by-project basis. The Yorkshire Content Fund is managed by Screen Yorkshire and will invest in Yorkshire-based companies as well as being used to attract productions looking to locate within the region. Investments will be made on the same commercial terms as the matching private investor’s, and the intention is that investment returns will produce a legacy fund to support content development and production in Yorkshire for many years to come. The fund is launched on the back of a number of successful projects which previously received Screen Yorkshire investment including Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur and Ben Wheatley’s Kill List, from Sheffield’s Warp X and Andrea Arnold’s new version of Wuthering Heights. Sally Joynson, Chief Executive of Screen Yorkshire, said: “The Screen Yorkshire Content Fund marks a new era for the region’s creative businesses and for Screen Yorkshire as an organisation. These are difficult times and access…

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