Published date: 14 March 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 29 February 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous services - 98300000

Location of contract

SN2 2EH

Value of contract

£0 to £30,000

Procurement reference

IT-514-268-P/REF 00000268 - AWARD

Published date

14 March 2024

Closing date

29 February 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

11 March 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Research published in 2023 by the Creative PEC with the RSA highlighted the opportunity for the North of England to develop a cross-regional strategy to support the growth of the Creative Industries. It found that if the sector share rose to around half levels in London and the South-East, this would be equivalent to an annual GVA boost of around ?10 billion by 2030.

Data commissioned by the DCMS from the ONS suggests that most creative sub-sectors are represented in specific clusters across the North of England. These include:
o Advertising and Marketing: Harrogate, Leeds, Manchester;
o Architecture: Skipton, Harrogate, Hexham, Manchester, Huddersfield, Sheffield;
o Crafts: Blyth and Ashington, Kendal, Huddersfield;
o Design: Skipton, Harrogate, Penrith, Halifax;
o Film/TV: Manchester;
o IT/software: Leeds Museums/galleries: York, Kendal, Malton, Durham, Newcastle, Crewe;
o Music/performing arts: Hexham, Buxton, Scarborough.

The Creative PEC/RSA work elected to focus on three components of the conditions for growth in the Creative industries - skills, access to finance and investment in innovation. A fourth component, however, is affordable space. Examples such as Folkestone's Creative Quarter, Resort Studios in Margate, the Birmingham Canal Offices, The Hat Works in Luton and Mackies' Corner in Sunderland show how historic buildings can provide the inspiring and affordable spaces for creative start-ups and mature businesses alike.

In the same way as it did for using redundant textile mills for housing, Historic England can play a complementary part in the growth of the Creative Industries in the North by highlighting the opportunities offered by unused and underused historic buildings in areas where the wider conditions for clustering are being brought about by the Northern Creative Corridor initiative.

Award information

Awarded date

7 March 2024

Contract start date

11 March 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Total value of contract

£29,112.50

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ekosgen

Address

Chancery Place,50 Brown Street, United Kingdom, M2 2JT

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Andy Brown

Address

Firefly Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 2EH
United Kingdom

Telephone

07764 146245

Email

Andy.Brown@HistoricEngland.org.uk