Free Business Support from Business Link Yorkshire

business-link With tougher economic conditions already beginning to bite, many businesses in Yorkshire and Humber are concerned about how they will cope. As the region's development agency, Yorkshire Forward believe it's vital for businesses to easily access the FREE business advice and help which is available in our region.

Tiga

tiga
Tiga is the national trade association representing the business and commercial interests of games software developers in the UK and Europe. Tiga's key objective is to keep its members at the heart of the global games industry by helping to create a successful business envioronment for them and by representing their intersts to Government, Europe and financiers.

Business Support Links

Business Link Yorkshire
www.businesslink.gov.uk/yorkshire  

CIDA
www.cida.org  

Companies House
www.companieshouse.gov.uk

Creative Sheffield
www.creativesheffield.co.uk

Creative York
www.sciencecityyork.org.uk/creative

The UK Creative Industries Toolkit
www.creative-industries.co.uk  

DETI: Companies Registry
www.detini.gov.uk

Financial Services Authority (FSA)
www.fsa.gov.uk

Grant for Business Investment
www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/regional/investment  

GrantNet
www.grantnet.com

Leeds Media
www.leedsmedia.co.uk

Bmedia
www.bmedia.org.uk/

Partnership Investment Fund
www.partnershipif.co.uk  

South Yorkshire Investment Fund
www.syif.com
 

Yorkshire Forward
www.yorkshire-forward.com  

Yorkshire Fund Managers (YFM Group)
www.yfmgroup.co.uk

UKTI: Trade Yorkshire
www.tradeyorkshire.com  

 

Watch our VodcastTeam 17's Martyn Brown

team-17 Martyn Brown is studio director & co-founder of Wakefield based video games developers Team 17, whose global client list includes publishing giants Sony, Microsoft, Vivendi and THQ. Team 17 - the first EU developer to release a title on PS3 - is one of the most established and renowned games developers in Europe. One of the company's most recent hits is the award winning Worms franchise - which has now sold 15 million copies worldwide.

Watch our vodcast to hear Martyn talk about his career, why he thinks Yorkshire is a world-class base for games developers and the support available for the industry through Game Republic and Screen Yorkshire.