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Paralympics closing ceremony shows the best of British creativity

Paralympics closing ceremony shows the best of British creativity

By Stephen Foster on September 10, 2012

The extraordinary London Olympics and Paralympics have finally drawn to a close and, if anything, the Paralympics have outdone their big brother. Never more so than in last night’s closing ceremony that featured, among others, Rihanna (giving her insurers heart failure as she zoomed about the arena in a swing) and Coldplay. Coldplay, who can [...]

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IPA Creative challenge pulls in over 900 entries

IPA Creative challenge pulls in over 900 entries

By Staff on May 2, 2012

948 people have entered the IPA/Metro Creative Pioneers Challenge, the nationwide search to offer 300 young people employment opportunities in the creative and digital media industries around the UK. One hundred companies have united behind the initiative, including Twitter, Aardman Animation, Spotify and Omnicom Media Group. The Challenge was open to anyone aged 16+ who [...]

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Connected UK sets out to raise profile of UK's 'converging' creative industries

Connected UK sets out to raise profile of UK’s ‘converging’ creative industries

By Staff on March 8, 2012

It’s finally begun to dawn on politicians and other policy makers that one of the things the UK is good at is creativity. More particularly that the so-called ‘creative industries’ earn the country buckets of money in exports. And there are signs of a bit more private sector support too: Google’s ‘Silicon Roundabout’ development near [...]

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