Creative Industries
Significant digital and tech innovation
with global reach
Coventry & Warwickshire has a vibrant creative and digital sector employing some of the UK’s most creative minds with strengths in design, software consulting, games development, digital marketing, Virtual and Augmented Reality, film-making and theatre
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IN GOOD COMPANY - THE KEY PLAYERS
Home to DCA Design, IBM, Kantar, Ragdoll Productions, Royal Shakespeare Company, PCMS, SEGA Hardlight, Ubisoft, Codemasters, Playground Games
Globally significant cluster of video game developers known as ‘Silicon Spa’ in Warwick, Leamington Spa and Southam.
Silicon Spa has over 40 studios, employing over 3500 directly and making up 15% of the UK games industry with business incubator space for start-up and micro game development companies.
Leading area in the application of gaming technology for business and educational applications, with organisations including CUE Interactive, InMotion Jaguar Land Rover, Imagination and Totem Learning.
Sky Blue Studios is an innovative and sustainability-first media and studio facility in Coventry, focused on the film, TV and immersive media production sector. Providing 550,000 sq ft of studio, and production space.
The Centre for Sustainable Production provides a showcase and R&D facility to promote, test, develop and experience products and services with C2C® (Cradle to Cradle Certified®), low carbon and/or circular economy credentials that support media and event production
Creative Industries contribute over £1bn in GVA to the local economy
15% of the UK’s games development industry employed here
SECTOR ECOSYSTEM
Games. Culture. Creativity – The three words that define Interactive Futures. Whether you already work in the video games industry, work in an associated creative field, perhaps you want to start a new career, or, quite simply, you just love playing games – there is something for you at this annual conference in Silicon Spa
interactive-futures.com
interactive-futures.com
Our shows begin life in our Stratford workshops and theatres, where we design and build the sets, costumes and props, and rehearse and perform the plays in our three theatres: the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the Swan Theatre and the Studio Theatre at The Other Place.
rsc.org.uk
rsc.org.uk
To stimulate and accelerate connections between the university and the region’s creative businesses, the University of Warwick established the Creative & Digital Communities initiative led by industry professionals.
We Inspire, Educate & Incubate on and off campus offering space, business support, mentoring and networking to support growth, creative ideas, enterprises and innovation.
Sky Blue Studios is an innovative and sustainability-first media and studio facility focused on the film, TV and immersive media production sector. This unique building offers 550,000 sq ft across 6 floors of studio, location and production space.
The concept is simple – a central home for sustainable production that provides a centre of creativity and innovation in one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK, creative content production.
Institute of Coding, Coventry University - an OfS initiative, made up of 25 HEI partners and over 60 industry partners to develop the next generation of digital talent at degree level and above.
coventry.ac.uk/institute-of-coding
coventry.ac.uk/institute-of-coding
Coventry University - known for its expertise in design, health and digital media and home to facilities such as the Techno Centre, the National Transport Design Centre, Disruptive Media Learning Lab, and the £55m Engineering & Computing Building.
coventry.ac.uk
coventry.ac.uk
Vibrant collaboration between local businesses, world-class academics and researchers, close to world-class engineering R&D facilities including the Serious Games Institute (SGI) at Coventry University; the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) at Ansty and WMG’s multi-disciplinary research at the University of Warwick.
the-mtc.org
the-mtc.org
Cue Interactive is a digital studio based in Coventry and is part of the local university. The studio are experts in developing large scale immersive simulations, 3D visualisations using virtual and augmented reality, and gamification applications. This enables their clients to better engage, train and/or support their staff and customers.
cueinteractive.co.uk
cueinteractive.co.uk
Unique commercial space dedicated to the sector including Creative Arches, 26HT, FarGo and Spencers Yard.
fargovillage.co.uk
fargovillage.co.uk
Department of Computer Science at University of Warwick - renowned for investment in research and development facilities such as the International institute for Product and Service Innovation (IIPSI).
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“In looking for a new location for our newest UK development studio, Hardlight, Leamington Spa (Warwickshire) was our first choice. There is a vibrant and active video games development community here, which is a good environment for current and future staff to be creative in, plus there are great transport links for both national and international visits, and space is cost effective with local amenities within easy access.”
CTO,SEGA 
Ragdoll Productions has been based in Stratford upon Avon for over 20 years. Steeped in culture and with historical buildings and surrounded by beautiful countryside, we have enjoyed filming at a diverse variety of locations in the area. Also, with easy access to good motorway links to major cities, Warwickshire has proved an excellent base for Ragdoll.
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