Host of Yorkshire companies named in Creative England’s Top 50 list
A string of the region’s businesses have featured in Creative England’s top 50 best ‘up and coming disruptors and innovators’.
This year’s CE50 includes ten companies from across Yorkshire and the Humber – more than any other region – including games, technology, digital media and film businesses in Leeds, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Hull and Pontefract.
Leeds has over 3000 creative businesses, with 17,365 people employed in the industry, according to Nesta’s Creative Nation report.
In Sheffield, the creative industries contribute £248.12m to the local economy, and 7230 people are employed in the creative industries.
Huddersfield has 895 creative business and it is estimated that the creative industries contribute £73.82mto the local economy.
Hull has 7,008 digital tech jobs and a digital GVA of £402m according to the Tech Nation report 2018.
The companies that made the top 50 are:
Leeds
Fierce Kaiju.
Laser Dog
Newsubstance
Sheffield
Tyke films
Slanted Theory
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Huddersfield
Ocean Spark
Hull
Chatta
Happy Goon
Pontefract
Production Park
Caroline Norbury, CEO of Creative England, comments: ” The people and businesses featured in this year’s CE50 are at the very forefront of creativity. Through their work – be it games, film or TV productions, interactive platforms or immersive experiences – they produce the original ideas, the entertaining content and the innovations which make this country truly world-leading in the creative industries.
“According to the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS), the UK creative sector contributes £92 billion to the UK economy, yet despite the fact that the creative industries are growing more rapidly than other sectors in nine out of every 10 locations in the UK, they still struggle to get finance.
“Creative England exists to fill the access to finance gap and continues to provide a combination of tailored investment and support to help creative businesses develop new business models, deliver products and services and take risks on innovation.”
