Ten creative businesses from across Consrevative-led East Sussex have been selected to join a scheme to help companies become investment ready.
The businesses, from creative sectors including film making, publishing, audio visual design, visual arts, and animation, have secured support from the Create South East Investment Readiness programme.
The scheme is being supported in East Sussex by the county council, who helped secure the programme for the region in 2022.
The Create South East programme is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and run through a partnership of 13 local and unitary authorities and organisations across the counties of Essex, Kent and Sussex.
It is being delivered in the south east by Angels@Essex, Creative UK and Screen South.
Conservative councillor Penny di Cara, lead member for economy at East Sussex County Council, said: “I am delighted ten more creative businesses in East Sussex are going to benefit from this vital support.
“The creative sector is hugely important to our local economy and it’s fantastic that East Sussex companies have benefited from the Investment Readiness programme since its launch in the south east.”
The Investment Readiness programme provides up to nine months of intensive, tailored support to help businesses develop the skills needed to secure investment and facilitate access to additional funding.
The ten East Sussex companies are part of the latest group of over 50 creative businesses from Kent, Essex and Sussex who joined the initiative this summer.
The latest East Sussex business to join the programme are: Chalk Productions; Drop Dead Films; GoPhysics; Kult Media; Recursive AV Ltd; A Beautiful Place To Get Lost; Diamond Minds; ColorQ; Favame Ltd; and Review of Sussex Arts Magazine.
Drop Dead Films specialises in commercial, elevated horror, thriller and sci-fi films for the international market, using cutting-edge technology and an agile team.
For more information about the programme and to learn about future opportunities visit https://createsoutheast.org.uk/
