Our Amazing Sponsors
We are pleased and proud to be working with the following sponsors of the Nottingham Creative Business Awards:
| Title Sponsor | Confetti Media Group |
Over the past 15 years the Confetti Media Group has grown into a collection of dynamic, creative businesses working across education, film and post production, interior design and industry development. Our enterprising approach has produced pioneering work, setting new standards in creative expression and learning.
The group comprises:
Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies has evolved to become the place to study. Our expert lecturers, industry connections, professional technology and unique environment have helped thousands of students from all backgrounds, take the first steps towards a career in the Creative Industries.
Spool is one of the leading production and post production houses in this part of the UK working on a range of award winning projects with clients such as Universal Pictures, BBC, Warp Films, Disney, UKFC, Film 4 and Shane Meadows.
Interior and furniture design; technology and curriculum: Constellations creates bespoke educational environments throughout the UK, proven to increase engagement and academic success.
Opening late summer, Antenna is a new approach to creative working with state of the art offices, unparalleled facilities, business support services and a member’s restaurant and bar. Antenna is industry supporting industry.
Confetti Media Group is proud to be the title sponsor of the 2009 Creative Business Awards.
| Graphics & Advertising | St Tropez |
Self-tanning and Skin Perfecting brand St Tropez are proud to be a sponsoring the Graphics & Advertising award at Nottingham’s 2009 Creative Business Awards.
St Tropez started in 1995, when a local businesswoman took on the UK and European distribution rights after importing the little known products from LA.
As the market-leading self-tan brand, St Tropez, with its salon-professional heritage, cult celebrity following and iconic reputation, has become THE brand name synonymous with self-tanning. But not being a company to rest on its laurels, St Tropez is constantly seeking to evolve and provide followers with the best possible self-tanning experience. Today they are recognised as the number one self-tanning product in the UK and are working towards becoming a global leader in this market.
Sponsoring this award gives St Tropez the opportunity to celebrate their location in Nottingham and support another up and coming business.
| Architecture, Urban & Interior Design | Greater Nottingham Partnership |
Working together for the prosperity of Greater Nottingham.
Greater Nottingham Partnership (GNP) is the regeneration partnership for the Greater Nottingham area.
GNP co-ordinates and funds Inward investment, skills development and regeneration activity on behalf of the East Midlands Development Agency (emda). GNP is a public, private and voluntary sector partnership that supports excellence in our local economy.
GNP is pleased to support the Architecture, Urban & Interior Design award.
| Digital Media | South Nottingham College |
South Nottingham College is a General Further Education College primarily serving the needs of the Greater Nottingham Conurbation. The College offers a wide range of vocational training from the age of 14 upwards and bespoke training to employers and employees.
We have a long-standing excellent reputation for our work within the Creative Industries sector; the teaching and learning experience has been highly commended and this is evidenced by the quality and standard of the work that students produce – which regularly wins national accolades.
The College is one of the top 20 performing Colleges nationally and provides a wide range of full-time and part-time opportunities within the Creative Industries field including; Digital Interactive Media, Games Design; Art; Design; Photography; Media Production; Music Technology; Fashion & Textiles.
| Performing Arts | New College Nottingham |
New College Nottingham (ncn) is a large, multi-campus urban college serving the needs of the community of Greater Nottingham.
The College offers a wide variety of full and part-time academic and vocational training for adults and young people at all levels, from pre-entry to HE, and flexible training for employers.
The size and diversity of ncn provides an interesting mix of students from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and ages, who benefit from ncnÕs excellent relationships with local universities and extensive links with local employers.
The ncn School of Performing Arts & Music's range of specialist facilities includes theatres, dance studios, state-of the-art recording studios and rehearsal rooms. We offer education and training for 14-16 year olds with the Creative & Media Diploma, full-time post 16 courses, higher education (Foundation Degrees, BA Honours) - and lots more!
We are part of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills, offering apprenticeships and training in back and off-stage technical skills, working in partnership with local and national practitioners.
| Writing and Publishing | Arts Council |
Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic enterprises that enrich people’s lives.
As the national development agency for the arts, it supports a wide range of artistic endeavours which include theatre, music, literature, dance, photography, digital art, carnival and crafts.
Great art inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves, and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2008 and 2011, we will invest £1.3 billion of public money from government and a further £0.3 billion from the National Lottery to create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country.
As part of its development work, Arts Council England strives to increase opportunities for the creation and dissemination of literature. It encourages writers and publishers to regard their work as being an integral part of the creative industries, producing excellent literature for the widest possible audience. It recognises and celebrates the impact that literature can, and does, have on people of all ages, all backgrounds and all religious and political persuasions.
| Visual Arts | One Nottingham |
One Nottingham is a Partnership that pulls together all partner organisations in the city from the large – the police, Primary Care Trust, the City Council – to the small – community and voluntary groups and businesses.
We support a range of ground-breaking initiatives to help improve the lives of city residents including projects to create employment, improve educational attainment and help local people of all ages into local jobs.
One Nottingham is delighted to recognise the important contribution of local creative businesses to the development of our vision for the city by supporting this year's Creative Business Awards.
| Product Design | Nottingham City Council |
Nottingham City Council is proud to support creativity in the city by sponsoring the Product Design award at this year’s Nottingham Creative Business Awards.
Nottingham oozes creative businesses, facilities and attractions and is a vibrant and youthful place embracing creativity and originality. We believe that the strength of our city is based upon the growth in innovation and creativity and in positioning ourselves as one of the market leaders in this field.
Nottingham City Council strives to ensure that Nottingham is one of the most ambitious and innovative international cities and we are committed to helping creative businesses develop and succeed.
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
| Fashion and Textiles | Nottingham Trent University |
Nottingham Trent University School of Art and Design has long been a significant contributor to creativity in the city. The University is actively involved in a broad range of events and organisations including Broadway, Nottingham Creative network, Centre for Contemporary Art Nottingham, Gamecity and, of course, the Nottingham Creative Business Awards.
| Photography | Fast Graphics |
Fast Graphics is delighted to enter their third year as a sponsor of this exciting and important event, now firmly etched as a fixture in the Nottingham calendar.
We are passionate about our business and are proud to associate ourselves with such committed and talented people.
The standard of work in previous years has been truly outstanding and we have been genuinely amazed at the wealth of talent that we have on our doorstep.
Our work is wide ranging, largely in wide format external graphics and signage, specialising in major projects and working to tight deadlines. Most of all we do love a challenge and our clients usually make sure we get one.
| Film and TV | Broadyway |
Broadway is delighted to be a sponsor of The Nottingham Creative Business Awards. Situated in Hockley, with a thriving independent culture, Broadway has developed into a vibrant hub for the City’s creative communities. Nottingham is producing, attracting and retaining many talented people who work in the creative industries and the awards allow us to celebrate their successes, establishing a much deserved acknowledgment of excellence and acting as an inspiration to others in developing their own creative ambitions.
| Craft | Blue Lias Marketing |
We are thrilled to be supporting The Nottingham Creative Business Awards for 2009. This is a wonderful showcase for all the creative talent in the county, and enables us to properly celebrate their achievements.
Blue Lias Marketing, based in Nottingham, helps businesses develop their own strategy by tapping into their own expertise and knowledge of their market. It is encouraging to see so many people make a successful business, through utilising their creativity. This is something that Nottinghamshire has a long and proud heritage of delivering.
We would also like to thank:
| VPoint.TV – who are creating a filmed presentation of all the finalists. |
VPoint.TV is proud to be supporting Nottingham’s 2009 Creative Business Awards.
Having been part of Nottingham’s creative community for over 20 years, the company has gone from strength to strength. VPoint.TV makes around 60 films and television commercials every year for regional and national businesses and organisations. Their range of clients is broad: from the National Deaf Children’s Society to Wilkinsons to EMDA.
VPoint.TV is no stranger to Nottingham’s Creative Business Awards, having been nominated every year since its inception (that’s twice!). In addition, the company has been nominated for four Royal Television Society Awards and won two of them!
VPoint.TV is delighted to be able to offer this support to fellow creative industry professionals and help to tell their stories.
 Seismik creates cross media design solutions based on solid creative ideas. The studio does video / web / print / illustration / project management and more as they believe a good solid idea defies any medium boundaries. |
Seismik produce artwork for anyone from record labels to multinationals, from independents to corporate, MTV to NME, from Virgin Active to Channel 4. The studio is based around a collaborative collective of visual artists. The work they have produced has gone on to be recognized as some of the best of its kind in its respective niches.
