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Creative Lancashire is on a mission to realise the combination of creative and commercial potential that we have in our county. Our aim is to put Lancashire on the map as a centre of innovation excellence, to take the appeal of your work and the talent of your teams deep into the business community.

Most importantly, we want to help you realise your commercial ambitions by doing what you do best, doing what drives you, what moves you.

Creative Lancashire is a service provided by Lancashire County Council through its economic development company Lancashire County Developments Ltd.  www.lcdl.co.uk

Business Development Services

Pennine Lancashire

If you are a business based in East Lancashire you may be eligible for one-to-one business support through the Local Economic Growth Initiative programme. Please contact the team for more details.

Elsewhere in Lancashire

Business support services in including mentoring by industry specialists) are currently on hold whilst the Creative Lancashire team apply for continuation funding. The team are doing everything they can to continue the support service which has been very well received by creative and digital businesses to date. In the meantime we can support companies through:

• Referral and signposting to relevant expert services
• Human Resource Management
  (through the forthcoming graduate placement programme)
• We don't do grants, but we do advise on funding sources
• Networking events across Lancashire:
  Sizzle, Hyphen, Grouphub, Hive and  Supersonic

Accessing Support

The team have in-depth knowledge of business support programmes and partner projects for creative and digital businesses across Lancashire and the Northwest.

If you are a creative or digital business (start up or existing), based in Lancashire and seeking business support please email clinfo@creativelancashire.org or call 01772 536 600 for an informal chat about your business and the kind of help you are looking for, so we can see if you are eligible for support from Creative Lancashire or its partners.

Please note that we receive a high volume of requests for support. We aim to get back to people within 5 working days.