Creative England gives local business start-up a boost

Creative England has been awarded £8m funding from the Regional Growth Fund to invest in, support and develop businesses across the games, television, film and digital creative industries.

This includes companies such as Leamington Spa-based Mad Fellows which, since the development of its game SineWave, has secured in excess of £100k follow-on funding for their next console game.

Since the Deputy Prime Minister launched the RGF fund in 2010, a total of £400m has now been invested in 74 projects across the West Midlands. The Government has claimed these will create or safeguard around 119,000 local jobs and attract around £3.1bn of further investment from the private sector.