A word from the Sponsors

The Arts Institute - a world class creative environment.

The Arts Institute at Bournemouth has been a provider of specialist education opportunities for over a century and is a college with a well established reputation, locally, nationally and internationally. We are renowned for our specialist knowledge in areas of art, design, and media. Our breadth of study options from short courses to M.A. is complemented by our close links with industry and our training and consultancy provision at an international level.

At the Arts Institute, we are committed to enhancing the development of businesses within the creative industries and their contribution to the economy. As well as working with new companies, we are excited about working with existing businesses and being able to promote and support creativity.

In addition to our consultancy packages, we offer a wide range of other services, such as our standard short courses, and our more intensive professional practice courses, allowing you to bring the creative world into your working environment. We can also help you to develop the creativity of your staff through our staff development opportunities and work place taster courses.

We are supporters of Dorset Business, and are sponsoring a creative industries award to encourage and support new and developing creative businesses in Dorset.

Description of the Award from sponsors

Creative Industries Award will be awarded to the company who can exhibit continued growth and innovation within the creative industries, defined as art, design and media organisations.

Entry Criteria/Eligibility

The award is open to all businesses in Dorset that work within the fields of the creative industries. You can nominate yourselves or an organisation you may have worked with on a creative project. You may have had a web site designed and developed, a new company logo designed or computer training in design software. The nominated company must have a head office based in Dorset.

• Your company should have between 0 and 10 employees.

• Your turnover should be between 50K and 500K.

• You will need to supply a two page development plan, which demonstrates your growth potential.

• You will need to show case a live project that you have currently undertaken.

• You will need to tell us what you have learnt as a young company and what experiences.

• You would offer to newly established creative companies.

Supporting Documentation

A two page case study showing how you worked with a client on a live project. A two page development plan, which demonstrates your growth potential.

Entry Deadline

Closing dates for Nominations is 29th September 2006.

Judging will commence in October.

Sponsored by the The Arts Institute and The Arts Institute Enterprise Pavilion