Clusterpreneur » Creative industry http://clusterpreneur.com Sharing news and ideas about cluster development Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:59:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Gaming and electronic media cluster growing in Ontario, Canada http://clusterpreneur.com/2009/12/11/gaming-and-electronic-media-cluster-growing-in-ontario-canada/ http://clusterpreneur.com/2009/12/11/gaming-and-electronic-media-cluster-growing-in-ontario-canada/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:40:17 +0000 admin http://clusterpreneur.com/?p=155 The province of Toronto expects to create 800 jobs over the next 10 years by providing the French game developer Ubisoft with contribution of CAD$ 263 million.Screen shot 2009-12-11 at 1.41.09 PM

The total investment by Ubisoft (including the provincial contribution) will be CAD$ 800 million.

The new Ubisoft studios will be a part of what is called the Ontario Technology Corridor, and spans five urban regions.

The Ontario Technology Corridor has been quite successful, and over the past decade alone it has the creative cluster has created more than 80,000 new jobs.

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]]> http://clusterpreneur.com/2009/12/11/gaming-and-electronic-media-cluster-growing-in-ontario-canada/feed/ 0 Digital and Creative Industries Cluster takes shape in Liverpool, UK http://clusterpreneur.com/2009/10/23/digital-and-creative-industries-cluster-takes-shape-in-liverpool/ http://clusterpreneur.com/2009/10/23/digital-and-creative-industries-cluster-takes-shape-in-liverpool/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:24:01 +0000 admin http://clusterpreneur.com/?p=31 After a somewhat rocky history (and here) the development of the Baltic Triangle, a large mixed-use area in the down-town part of Liverpool, UK will receive a significant investment towards the vision of creating a cluster for digital, creative and performing arts.  A £5.2 million investment has been announced as a joint effort between The North-West Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and the European Regional Development Fund.

The cluster is named the Baltic Triangle after the community interest company managing the initiative. According to NWDA the cluster will support 60 new businesses by creating 2,790 sq meters of floorspace and is eventually expected to contribute £1 million a year to the Liverpool economy.

We look forward to see and learn more about how Baltic Creative will develop tools and programs that will attract and grow companies in such a wide and dynamic industry.

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