In Brief: ZOO Digital; Bluebird Vehicles; Yorkshire Sculpture Park

ZOO Digital has reported positive trading momentum following a period of investment and restructuring.

At its annual general meeting this week, chairman of the Sheffield-based provider of workflow management software and services for creative media production,  Roger Jeynes, said: “We are pleased to report that positive trading momentum following a period of investment and restructuring, as reported at the time of our preliminary results in August, has continued into the first half of the year, and we remain profitable at the EBITDA level.

“Good progress is being made against our strategic goals, which include diversifying our customer base and bringing new products and services to market. In particular, ZOOsubs, our proprietary Cloud-based subtitle production and management system has received endorsement from a number of new customers. At the time of our preliminary results we announced that we expected to formalise our engagement with a third major film studio. We are pleased to report that this has materialised and ZOOsubs has now been selected by three of the six major film studios.  This early success underlies our belief that this is an area of potential significant growth for the company.

“We continue to grow recurring revenues from our workflow management platform, ZOOcore, not only in relation to our ZOOsubs proposition where it is a key component, but also from a range of new customers in the creative industries. We believe that the diversified range of products and services we have developed provide us with exciting new opportunities which are already bearing fruit. While we remain alert to wider economic uncertainties, we are confident for the year ahead.”
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VEHICLE designer and manufacturer, Bluebird Vehicles, is set to grow its Scarborough-based operation with exports to Australia.

Earlier this week Bluebird exhibited one of its minibus models  at the Australian Coach and Bus Show in Sydney and now, the firm said this is an ideal place for it to export to.

Bluebird’s managing director, Rob Miller, said he feels confident that the business will significantly boost production at the Scarborough factory as a result of export sales.

He said: “I have been overwhelmed by the response here in Sydney. I am thrilled that a Yorkshire company can make such an impact so far from home. This is great news for Bluebird and great news for Scarborough.”

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YORKSHIRE Sculpture Park (YSP), considered to be one of the world’s leading open-air galleries, is inviting businesses to align themselves with the park through a Corporate Partnerships scheme.

The new partnership opportunities allow businesses of all sizes to take advantage of award-winning conferencing and hospitality facilities, beautiful landscape, great art and the opportunity to reach the 350,000 visitors who come to YSP every year.

YSP development manager, Andrew McCarthy, said: “We look forward to sharing the diverse range of benefits that being associated with YSP brings and forging new relationships with local businesses, and with those from further afield.”