Creative Business Contacts
Organisations on this page offer advice and support for all creative businesses. For more specific contacts see the sub-menu on the left.
Creative Leicestershire
provide a free service of up to 15 hours one-to-one business advice to small creative companies and freelancers based in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Please contact our Business Adviser Fred Brookes for more information.Charnwood Borough Council
Head of Arts, Culture and Heritage, Sylvia Wright. E:sylvia.wright@charnwood.gov.ukHarborough District Area
A website to promote all arts events, course and activities in and around Market Harborough has recently been set up by Bob Trubshaw at www.indigogroup.co.uk/haaHinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Tourism and Creative Communities Officer, Lindsay Orton. E: Lindsay.orton@hinckley-bosworth.gov.ukLeicester City Council
Arts Team. Email: arts@leicester.gov.ukLeicestershire County Council
Arts & Creative Industries Officer, Emily Horwood e: Emily.horwood@leics.gov.ukMelton Borough Council
Arts Development Officer, Samantha Berry e: sberry@melton.gov.uk or Denise Sowden e: dsowden@melton.gov.ukBlaby District Council
Arts & Heritage Development Officer, Hema Mistry is covering Sallie Wocha's maternity leave on e hm1@blaby.gov.ukRutland County Council
Culture Officer, Kellie-ann Seale kseale@rutland.gov.ukArts for Rutland Voluntary arts organisation connecting artists and arts organisations in Rutland. Email Peter Lawson.
Mainstream
give one-to-one advice to black and minority ethnic arts businesses in the East Midlands. Based in Leicester with Arts Training Central www.mainstreampartnership.co.ukArts & Media
are based in Coventry and provide programme of courses for artists and creative industries www.amtcc.org.ukArts & Business
provide commercial business support for arts organisations through Board Bank; Skills Bank schemes. www.aandb.org.ukCreative Industries export adviser
employed by UK Trade & Investment, develops opportunities for international trade amongst creative industries in the East Midlands. E: christine.johnson@uktiem.co.ukCultivate
supports not-for-profit cultural organisations in the East Midlands www.cultivate-em.org.ukCreative Choices
National website on careers in the creative sector www.creative-choices.co.ukArts Council England
the national development agency for the arts providing advice, publications and funding www.artscouncil.org.ukFor more specific contacts please see:
Film & multimedia contacts page
Literature & writing contacts page