Support for digital enterprise in Sheffield

DMEX event25 June 2015

What’s available in Sheffield?

Business Support

Public Sector

Organisations

Venues

Work Spaces

Get-togethers and Meet-Ups

Maker Spaces

Sector organisations

• Sheffield Cultural Consortium / Sheffield Creative Guild

• Sheffield Digital• Common People CIC• Third Sector Café• Sheffield Live • Integreat Plus• KeyFund

Business support programmes

• Business Sheffield• University of Sheffield Enterprise

– Start Up Weekend– Enterpreneur Support Programmes

• Sheffield Hallam University– The Hatchery

• National - Business Growth Service– Growth Accelerator– Manufacturing Advisory Service– Export (UKTI)– Access to Finance

Co-working and “rent a desk”

• Union Street• Harland Works• Studio 505 (the Workstation)• Site Gallery• Electric Works Club• CADS (Creative Arts Development Space)• Forge Works• SUM Studios (plans for Arts and Community spaces)• The RoCo (opening November 2015)

Maker spaces & other facilities

• Digital Media Centres – network • Sheffield Hardware Hackers and Makers

(Portland Works)• Access Space• ChopShop CNC• Sheffield College – Centre for Creative

Industries

Venues

• Upstairs rooms in pubs• Coffee bars• Both Universities, the College and the UTC• Museums Sheffield• Many art galleries and studio spaces– Eg Bank Street, Mary Street

• 156 Arundel Street

Get-togethers

• The Platform (Workstation Creative Lounge)• PechaKucha (PKNSheffield)• Knowledge Transfer Network Meet Up

• Techie meet-ups – too many to list!

Events

• MADE (October 2015)• DocFest (just finished)• Sheffield Design Week (just finished)• Children’s Media Conference (July 2015)• Global Manufacturing Festival (??)• TEDx Sheffield (??)

Public sector

• Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (the “LEP”)– Sector Groups

• Sheffield City Council– Sheffield First Partnership– Smart Lab Sheffield

Friendly people!

Don’t be afraid to ask . . .