The Creative Industries iNet (Innovation Network) is a £3.2 million programme of support designed to help the South West's creative businesses thrive and advance the area's growing reputation as a global creative centre of excellence. Working with both emerging and established companies, the iNet is developing bold products and business models, exploring new opportunities and ideas, and connecting creatives to a community of innovators across the South West and around the world. The iNet is a part of Solutions for Business, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and led by South West Screen.

TIGA is an organisation with a mission: to fight for the interests of game developers and to make the UK the best place in the world to do games business. This mission underpins TIGA‚s three main areas of membership services: political campaigning; profile raising; and helping our members commercially.

Designed in Devon's main aim is to raise the regional and national profiles of design and its related professions in Devon. DID exists to encourage the exercise and maintain the standards of design in the county of Devon, preserve and improve creativity and foster, promote and increase awareness of the design industry in Devon, in the South West of England and the rest of the UK.

Formation Zone is an initiative from the University of Plymouth to support the development of businesses in the creative industries. An open, accessible and exciting place, clients benefit from a workspace within the Roland Levinsky Building, a professional meeting environment, practical business support and more. If you have the ideas, passion and energy, we'll help you do the rest.

Plymouth College of Art, providing a wide range of high quality educational and learning opportunities from Saturday Arts Club to degree and postgraduate level study as well as CPD and networking provision for the creative industries from it's creative practitioner network, Arts Matrix.

As the enterprise university we enjoy a reputation for innovation and creativity, providing industry leading student-centred degrees. With state-of-the-art facilities in a research-rich learning environment, our expertise spans technology, science, business, arts and media disciplines. Our continued drive and commitment to nurturing knowledge, skills, understanding and award-winning talent ensures we deliver outstanding economic, social and cultural returns for business and our community.

The Centre for Digital Entertainment is a collaboration between the University of Bath and Bournemouth University. Our goals are to dissolve the barriers between academic and industry collaboration, support the growth of R&D in the digital media industries and create the technology leaders of tomorrow by giving talented researchers a sound academic grounding in research skills, within the context of the real drives and pressures of industry. We do this by embedding funded doctoral researchers into companies to work on projects of immediate industrial relevance.

The Pervasive Media Studio is a multi-disciplinary lab exploring and producing pervasive media content, applications and services. We work within a brilliant community of artists, creative companies, technologists and academics. Our projects include gaming, projections, location-based media, digital displays and new forms of performance. Some are commercial, some are cultural.

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards address young, creative multimedia developers under 30 years, who work in the field of media design and e-Content. Focusing on innovation, creativity and originality, the EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards differ from the other contest. The main idea is to encourage the best young talents from all around Europe and establish a Europe-wide platform for promoting the best multimedia projects.

eatmusic is a community radio station that promotes original, underground and unsigned music from the city and the South West. Set up to provide a platform for musicians, bands, artists, venue owners, festival organisers and promoters to promote what they do and to give a voice to community and minority groups, eatmusic broadcasts 6-8 hours of original content live from a dedicated studio in the heart of Plymouth. eatmusic also cover festivals and gigs and we have a mountain of material available to listen to by clicking on the 'shows' and 'live' links at the top of the eatmusic website.

Pyramid provides audio visual design, installation & equipment sales as well as hire & production services for conferences, events and presentations. Our specialist award winning conference and event management services, AV installations and special audio visual projects including luxury yachts, corporate, government & education AV installations have achieved national recognition by winning 2 AV Awards. Our equipment rental covers the South West of England, Devon Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset,Bristol & London.

Loading was Launched in March 2010 by UCF graduate James Dance offering people somewhere to drink, relax and play. Slowly expanding to offer club nights and partnering with a number of gaming publishers including EA, Capcom and Ubisoft to provide promotional events and cocktails. The company has launched it's own branded coffee at the start of the year and is now launching this coffee nationwide to allow gamers and coffee connoisseurs chance to enjoy the same coffee from the bar at home or in the office.

For over a decade Redfront has been applying design thinking to the development of innovative, sustainable, people-centred services. Bringing together innovation, strategy, marketing, technology and design expertise they help organisations take a fresh look at themselves, and evolve. Their projects have enabled them to innovate with social technologies, co-creation, transparency and a real diversity of business models, but they also bring a combined 30 years' solid experience.

Mutant Labs is a dynamic team of 5 individuals developing innovative projects in online and mobile environments. With a diverse range of complimentary skills and an eye for detail, they specialise in Flash games, iPhone development and web applications, as well as offering eye-popping illustration and design.

Remode is an interactive production and game development studio. We create original games and work with clients, partners and brands to develop interactive experiences across a variety of platforms including online and mobile.