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Arts & Business Scotland
 | Arts & Business Scotland was established in 1986 and as well as income from business and arts members, receives support from the Scottish Executive, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Museums Council, Scottish Screen, and HI~Arts.
http://www.aandb.org.uk
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Business Gateway
 | Just setting out?
Thinking about starting a business? Business Gateway offers start up information, support and advice to people who are interested in running their own business. If that's you, let the start up section take you through the basics. We can help you set off in the right direction.
Committed to growth?
All businesses need to grow to stay healthy. They also need access to current, relevant business information. Browse our topic based system for the information you need.
Get in Touch
Call Business Gateway on 0845 609 6611 or contact us via the website.
http://www.bgateway.com
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Business Gateway International - Glasgow
 | If your business is based in Glasgow - and you want to develop your exports - you've come to the right place.
At Business Gateway International - Glasgow, we steer your business through the complexities of international trade development. Established player or start-up; manufacturer or service provider; large or small - we can help.
We have one simple rule: to listen closely to your needs - ensuring every piece of advice and support is tailored to your business.
http://www.bgi-glasgow.co.uk
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Creative Entrepreneurs Club
 | The Creative Entrepreneurs Club evolved in September 2001 and is
the network for the Creative Industries in Scotland. The club offers
a unique way for people in the Creative Industries to keep up to date
with the sector and the issues that affect it and provides a forum for
discussion and the cultivation of contacts.
The Creative Entrepreneurs Club is also a place for people within the
Creative Industries to meet colleagues from a variety of disciplines and so spark new business ideas.
The Club currently has over 800 members.
http://www.creativeentrepreneurs.com
stacey.hunter@thelighthouse.co.uk
phone: 0141 225 8424
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Cultural Enterprise Office
 | Developing Scotland's Cultural Businesses
Boost Business Confidence
Turn Ideas into Assets
Sharpen Up Skills
Welcome to the website of the Cultural Enterprise Office, Scotland's specialist Business Development Service for creative and cultural practitioners and micro businesses. The service currently operates from Glasgow and will be expanding delivery into Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh from April 2005.
We provide an information and enquiry service and a Professional Development programme of seminars, training and networking networking events. Individuals and companies can also make an appointment for an advice surgery session focusing on their particular business development needs.
http://www.culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk.
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Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association
 | DGAA Increases access to the arts in Dumfries and Galloway by offering opportunities to participate in, and to see, high quality work within the region. Supporting capacity and community development via involvement in arts initiatives, and helping individuals and communities to become more confident and assertive through arts experiences. DGAA is a registered charity with a director and board.
http://www.dgaa.net
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Falkirk Council
| Elaine Craig
Arts Development Officer (Music)
http://www.falkirk.gov.uk
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Falkirk Council Arts Development
| http://www.falkirk.gov.uk
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Highlands & Islands Arts
| http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/
info@hi-arts.co.uk
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Ideasmart
 | Ideasmart is a new and exciting programme from The Scottish Arts Council, NESTA (The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts), the Scottish Executive, Scottish Screen and Scottish Enterprise National to foster and support individual creative entrepreneurship and good ideas within the Creative Industries.
We are prioritising support for people and ideas, investing in talent and skills development. Ideasmart will contribute vital initial support to the dynamic creative industries sector in Scotland. This is a unique partnership with Scottish Executive, NESTA, Scottish Screen and Scottish Enterprise to support entrepreneurship.
http://www.ideasmart.org
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Mapping the Music Industry In Scotland
 | The music industry in Scotland currently generates in the region of £106 million annually in sales of music and services. This figure can fluctuate greatly within any given year due to such things as release and concert schedules.
In addition, the public sector in the shape of the Scottish Arts Council, local authorities and the Scottish Enterprise Network contribute around £18.8 million to the music economy in Scotland.
The industry is made up of approximately 2 040 full time employees and 2 003 part time workers. Additionally, hundreds of workers are employed on a short-term basis for events such as festivals and large outdoor concerts.
Within Scotland there are personnel working in all the major sectors of the music industry, although several areas (notably distribution and management) are severely underrepresented.
The advent of devolution has changed the political oversight of the industry and offers a range of opportunities for future developments. One aspect of this has been an apparent new willingness to work across musical genres and across the public/private sector divide. This approach has the potential to be expanded more fully in relation to the other creative industries.
Scotland shares many of the challenges faced by music businesses across the developed world. These include those created by the internet and new technology, the consolidation of major companies in the recording, radio and live music industries, increased competition from large multinational companies and the decline in the number of artists being signed by the Òbig fiveÓ major labels.
While investment by the major labels in Scottish artists has declined, investment by international companies in the Scottish live music scene has increased. This is indicative of the fact that live music is one of the most successful sectors in the music industry in Scotland.
The retail sector is also buoyant, with Scottish consumers spending in the region of £330.9 million a year on musical instruments and live and recorded music. The amount spent on recorded music is proportionate to the UK expenditure, and although there is a worldwide trend away from the purchase of recorded music from traditional, independent shops to a combination of purchases from the internet and large multiple retailers, supermarkets and petrol stations, the success of Fopp shows that there are still market niches which retailers can exploit.
The amount spent on musical instruments and equipment (£21.75 million) suggests that there is still a healthy interest in music as both a career and a leisure activity in Scotland.
http://www.scottishmusicdirectory.com
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NESTA
 | NESTA currently runs a number of award programmes, which support everyone from inventors and engineers to filmmakers and musicians. While they share a common aim - to back people of exceptional talent and imagination - they each work differently. To find out about the one (or more) that is right for you, please read through the listing as well as the detailed programme descriptions that are on the NESTA website.
http://www.nesta.org.uk
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Reeltime Music
| Community Music Project
Rehearsal Rooms
Studio
http://www.reeltimemusic.net
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Scottish Cultural Enterprise
 | Scottish Cultural Enterprise manage the New Deal for Musicians mentoring programme, giving advice and practical help to unemployed people who are serious about forging a career in the music industry. Also a consultancy, SCE specialise in making connections between creative thinking people with problem-solving skills, and arts organisations.
Douglas Suite, Mercantile Chambers
53 Bothwell St
Glasgow G2 6TS
http://www.scottishculture.co.uk
info@scottishculture.co.uk
phone: 0141 248 5862
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Scottish Development International
 | Scotland has a wealth of talent within the creative industries community with a repository of expertise and capability in all aspects of digital media, new media production and the use of interactive media technologies.
Computer games and electronic entertainment, communications technologies, music, new media, tv and film are just some of the specialisms of the digital revolution in which Scottish companies excel.
The growth of the digital economy was anticipated and Scotland has received substantial investment in state of the art telecommunications infrastructure to ensure that connectivity is top of the agenda.
Scotland has a large concentration of creative industries with digital media directly employing in the region of 25,000 people. Within the next three years, Scottish Enterprise is investing £25 million in the development of Scotland’s creative industries to exploit the wealth of talent, skills and expertise in the sector.
Key priorities include developing skills and talent; exploiting international opportunities; expanding the infrastructure, which supports growth, and developing new technologies.
To show Scotland’s commitment to this important industry, a world-class media centre is being developed at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, and a Digital Media Campus is also being developed on Tayside, with a new skills agenda for creative industries being developed.
Scotland has a very supportive environment within which digital media companies can flourish.
Award programmes like "Dare to be digital" are being supported, in partnership with the University of Abertay in Dundee.
A new venture capital Fund4Games, specifically designed for games developers is being set up by Noble Fund Managers, the investment arm of Noble Group. This is due to be available from September 2002 where companies can apply for venture capital of between £250,000 to £1 million, freeing up cash for games publishers and guaranteeing cash flow for developers.
The Proof of Concept initiative is proving to be highly successful in encouraging the development of the commercial potential of new research and development projects.
http://www.scottishdevelopmentinternational.com
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Scottish Enterprise
 | "...the main economic development agency for Scotland, covering 93 per cent of the population from Grampian to the Borders."
http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/
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The Scottish Arts Council
| A comprehensive source of information on the arts in Scotland
* encourage increased interest and participation in the arts
* encourage high quality arts activities involving children and young people
give training and development opportunities for those working in the arts or who want to work in the arts
* help arts organisations increase attendance and sales by targeting new audiences.
http://www.scottisharts.org.uk
help.desk@scottisharts.org.uk
phone: +44 (0) 131 226 6051
fax: +44 (0) 131 225 9833
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