Applications are now open for the Creative England and Barclays Eagle Lab - Flight, full details below:
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Applications now open for Creative England &
Barclays Eagle Lab - Flight
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Last
week we announced a new partnership with Barclays that focuses
on boosting fast-growing, creative technology businesses. Applications are now
open!
The launch in Brighton last week was a huge success, with speeches
from Sarah Ellis (Royal Shakespeare Company), Adam Rowse and David
Shepherd (Barclays), Dan Pinchbeck (The Chinese Room) and Dawn
Paine (Creative England).
Our new twelve-week accelerator is a unique opportunity for
creative technology SMEs who are looking to scale up. Companies will
get the support and help they need early on in their business
life-cycle through workshops, masterclasses and mentor programmes,
gaining invaluable experience and insights. ‘Barclays’ Eagle Lab –
Flight’ will be led by Creative England and
implemented through Barclays’ successful Eagle Labs programme.
The programme will offer eight investments of £25,000 to creative
tech and digital companies with an interesting product to market,
as well as 3 months of business support which
includes mentoring from high profile speakers, business advice
and networking.
The deadline to apply is the
end of this month so make sure to get your applications in and
spread the word to relevant companies!
Matt Hancock, Minister of State for Digital and
Culture said:
“This
government is committed to backing the success of the UK’s creative
industries as design and digital capability will be at the heart of
the future economy. This great initiative from Creative
England and Barclays will help deliver vital knowledge and skills
to businesses in this sector and ultimately boost the number of UK
scale-ups. I'd urge any creative business wanting to expand
and grow to apply for this scheme.”
Caroline Norbury, CEO Creative England,
commented:
“As
recognised in the Autumn Statement, digital is future critical, as
is the need to back start-ups to scale up. Our partnership with
Barclays and the launch of Barclays’ Eagle Lab – Flight is an
important step in our mission to support creative, digital
businesses across the country, both driving economic growth and
creating high wage, high skill jobs.”
Steven
Roberts, MD Strategic Transformation at Barclays said:
“We are
determined to support UK entrepreneurs and enterprise and help to
close the UK’s scale-up gap. We are delighted to be the first bank
to partner with Creative England – and working together means we
can target the creative sector with a solution to help them to
grow, and in turn stimulate UK economic growth. Our joint
accelerator will be open to any business nationwide, with a focus
on the South East.”
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