Ready to elevate your business?
Create Growth N2 offers fully funded business support to help creative, digital, and creative technology businesses in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire thrive. Applications are now open!
Explore our pathways
Business Growth Programme from Nottingham Business School, NTU
Designed for creative, digital and creative technology businesses ready for scaling up.
- Access 1-1 mentoring with a focus on investment readiness
- Enhance your business model and strategy
- Benefit from a blend of expert talks and workshops
- Grow your professional network – meet, learn from and connect with local creative and digital business leaders
Explore Immersive Technology with University of Nottingham
Discover the powerful potential of harnessing immersive technologies in your business.
- Drive growth through innovation
- Unlock the possibilities of immersive experience design and technology
- Benefit from a blend of expert talks and workshops
- Grow your professional network – meet, learn from and connect with local creative and digital business leaders
If you’re eligible, you’ll benefit from a free, customised programme crafted to meet your business needs and help you develop, innovate and grow.
Business support areas
An important objective of CGN2 is to promote and cultivate our vibrant creative and digital sector across Nottinghamshire and demonstrate regionally, nationally and globally what we have to offer.
To help build this success, we are working with business advisors and key stakeholders across the districts to make sure our brilliant CDI businesses have all the information and support required to help meet their dreams, attract investment and network effectively.
Check out our business support areas to find out more.
Are you eligible?
Does your business operate in the creative, digital, or creative technology sectors?
Are you based in Nottingham or Nottinghamshire?
Would you love to boost your confidence with and learn more about immersive experience design, attract investment, and develop innovative growth strategies to scale up your business?
If so, CGN2 is here for you!
CGN2 is funded by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport to support high-growth potential creative industries across England, outside of London. We encourage applications from businesses that:
- Show high-growth potential and the ambition to scale up.
- Have generated sales revenue in the last two years.
- Employ at least two staff members (full-time, part-time, or freelance).
- Are based in or have a trading address in Nottingham or Nottinghamshire.
- Are seeking investment for growth.
Eligible sectors include:
Advertising and Marketing
Architecture
Crafts
Product, Graphic and Fashion Design
Film, Video, Broadcast, and Photography
IT, Software, Computer Services, FinTech, Data Analytics
Game Development, Animation and Immersive Technology
Writing and Publishing
Museums, Galleries and Libraries
Music, Performing and Visual Arts
Please note: Create Growth N2 is not a grant funding programme. However, opportunities to apply for funding through partners like Innovate UK, Arts Council, and others are available. Get In Touch to find out more.
Interested? Let’s get started!
Complete our Expression of Interest Form to see if you qualify for Create Growth N2 support. Our team will review your application and get in touch to discuss your eligibility.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected] or fill out the contact form below and a member of the team will get back to you.
Success Stories
“CGN2 gave me new skills in video production that I’ve already applied in a short film, enhancing Tri-Dosha’s brand storytelling and supporting my application for the Women in Innovation Grant.”
“You’re surrounded by bright, motivated people, all working to grow their own businesses, so there’s a real sense of community. I’ve had the chance to network, exchange ideas, and even learn from people with skills in areas I didn’t.“
“What I found great about CGN2 is how broad and flexible and tailored the support is. Personally, CGN2 helped us to push our immersive environments forward, refine our investor-facing materials – like pitch deck videos – and grow through business development opportunities.“
“It was through the CGN2 programme that we gained a deeper understanding of the business landscape, learned how to secure investment in the immersive technology industry, and built valuable business relationships.“