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Access to Finance and Investment - Are you a creative or immersive business looking for more understanding on where to find investment? Knowing how to navigate the finance landscape can be a game-changer. That’s why CWX is bringing together industry experts to share insights, practical advice, and funding opportunities. Join us for our February workshop focused around all things finance and investment. 💡💰 📅 Date: Thursday, 20th February 📍 Location: Coventry University, Delia Derbyshire 🎟 Register now: Get your tickets via the below link This is a great opportunity to get informed, ask your burning questions, and connect with others in the creative and immersive industries. Secure your spot today and take the next step in funding your business! 👇 #CWX #CreativeFunding #FinanceForCreatives #InvestmentOpportunities #CoventryandWarwickshire Rachel Farrer, Nick Henry, Clare Green, Stacy O'Connor, David Hope, Hayley Pepler

We had a great time representing at Spark2025 on Friday 14th. Thank you Johnathan Branson and Warwick District Council team for pulling this event together. CWX were first to present on stage, sharing our vision for what believe can be possible for the Creative and Immersive Technology sector and the talent in the Coventry and Warwickshire region. We were surrounded by some great organisations and businesses such as Rooscreen Ltd, RiVR, Pickle Illustration, Lighthaus Arts, Creative Futures plus many more. Not mention Launchpad awardees who were showcasing: Intercultural Roots for Public Health, Motionhouse and MERCURIAL DANCE LIMITED.

Places still remaining for: Access to Finance and Investment Workshop - Thursday 20th February Coventry University Book your space: https://lnkd.in/eHyETZ5C Accessing finance can be particularly challenging for creative and immersive businesses, concerning things like cash flow, perceptions of the creative industries, and competition in a saturated and underfunded market. Speakers include: Sheridan Sulskis, Chief Executive of Coventry & Warwickshire Reinvestment Trust, who will be speaking about different finance options for SMEs. Justine Chadwick, Senior Account Manager for CW Growth Hub, with her talk on: The Art of the impossible - Tapping into local opportunities for Createch funding. Craig McVoy, founder of Turnkey, with his insights on 'Start up to Scale up: Examples from industry'.

Access to Finance and Investment Workshop - Thursday 20th February Book your space: https://lnkd.in/eHyETZ5C Accessing finance can be particularly challenging for creative and immersive businesses, concerning things like cash flow, perceptions of the creative industries, and competition in a saturated and underfunded market. This event addresses these challenges head-on. Our panel of experts will provide tailored information on a range of funding options, from the basics of available funding types and their respective pros and cons, to the challenges and opportunities presented by regional initiatives. They will also share industry-focused examples of the scale-up process, offering insights into the realities of growth for creative and immersive businesses. As part of the event, we will signpost to free resources and tools for Coventry and Warwickshire businesses to access. Justine Chadwick Craig McVoy Sheridan Sulskis

Evening everyone, we are looking for a HR Administrator to be based at our Leamington Spa studio, please do message me if you have any questions. Here is the Job Description and we will consider part-time working. https://lnkd.in/extkEMVx It's a great chance to develop your career with us and the right candidate will work on site with our team at our studio in Leamington Spa. https://lnkd.in/extkEMVx #leamingtonspa #hradministrator

Help Shape the Future of Local Funding! 💰 We’re reviewing our future grant funds and need YOUR input.... What do you need? We want to know your barriers to growth when it comes to raising finance. Covering grants, debt, or equity, tell us what you're looking for. Why YOUR input matters: To ensure our funding is relevant to the local business community, we need diverse viewpoints from all sectors and sizes. The more people who tell us what they want, the better the provision will be. Take our ten min survey before February 17th and be a part of shaping the future of local funding. https://lnkd.in/dUdgMvJ4 ★★ Hardeep Sandhu ★★ 1 Mill Street Gayle Spencer Abu Malek Louisa Smith CMgr MCMI Stacy O'Connor Anne Solomon Joanne Randall Kadriann Deacon Ian McFarlane-Toms Joseph Wallace David Hollis

At today's Mill St Exchange we're mixing it up and asking you what finance you'd like to see from WCC. We're currently reviewing how to spend the remainder of our grant funding and what future funding looks like. To make sure it goes to the right projects we need your views. Pop down from 10:00 - 14:00 to tell us what funding you'd like to see in the future. If you cant make it, here's the link to the survey - https://lnkd.in/dUdgMvJ4 Joseph Wallace Stacy O'Connor Louisa Smith CMgr MCMI Jamie Langton 1 Mill Street

We're always looking for new ways to promote our creative community in Warwick District, and this year we're piloting a new Makers' Fair as part of our 'Spark Lite' event (www.warwickdc.gov.uk/spark). Below are the details! Please share, and pop along on the day.

M O T I O N H O U S E - L A U N C H Internationally renowned dance-circus company Motionhouse, based in Leamington Spa and part of the CWX Creative Cluster, will be premiering its breath taking new touring production, Hidden, at Warwick Arts Centre from 6-9 February 2025. Motionhouse received funding from Innovate UK to help break new ground in the cutting-edge integration of digital technology and live performance in Hidden. Hidden explores how, in an increasingly divided world, light can come out of darkness in times of crisis. Hidden is a powerful blend of artforms. At the cutting edge of live performance and digital integration, gravity-defying choreography, a pulsing soundscape and a shape-shifting set are drawn together by digital projections into a living film. Performance Dates: 6-9 February Where: Warwick Arts Centre Tickets: https://lnkd.in/ecKzuFB7 #liveperformance #innovation #performanceinnovation #digitalintergration #digitalprojections #digitalperformance #creativebusiness #creativeenterprise

Digital Culture Talks 2025 - by The Space Thursday 13 February at STEAMhouse, Birmingham The event will gather creatives, artists and academics from across the Midlands and further afield to discuss the opportunities arising from CreaTech and what this means for the region and beyond.   The event will be full of lively debate and will provide an opportunity to network with inspiring colleagues from across the cultural and creative sector. We look forward to seeing you there.   The event, will be hosted by Nikki Tapper. Lunch is provided on the day.  Please rsvp by 7th February - https://lnkd.in/e5WZSj6r