DIGBETH’S CREATIVE CONTENT HUB IS GETTING READY TO WELCOME THE REGION’S INDEPENDENT TV PRODUCTION AND CREATIVE CONTENT DEVELOPERS

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Interim Chair Anita Bhalla visited The Bond in Digbeth, along with Create Central Members to see the latest progress on site.

Birmingham’s international reputation as a hub for content production will strengthen later this year when The Bond: Creative Content Hub for the West Midlands opens in Digbeth.

Following last week’s announcement that BBC One primetime series MasterChef will be moving production to Steven Knight’s Digbeth Loc. studios in Birmingham, the Creative Content Hub will be host to top TV production companies.

Create Central has announced the Creative Content Hub will be its new HQ, where it will act as a lightning rod for new production and will provide training, development, meet the commissioner events and networking opportunities for the next generation of production talent.

Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) Interim Chair Anita Bhalla visited The Bond in Digbeth, along with Create Central Members to see the latest progress on site.

The £18 million facility based in the city’s historic Creative Quarter received a £3 million grant from GBSLEP’s Local Growth Fund programme. This funding helped bridge the financial gap, enabling the project to be delivered by Oval Real Estate and Oval Developments.

Anita Bhalla, Interim Chair of GBSLEP said:

“What a great time for the creative economy which is worth £4 billion in our LEP region and has the potential to add 30,000 jobs and 3,600 more businesses to the creative cluster.

“Our investment in The Creative Content Hub has been followed by the recent BBC announcement and the arrival of Steven Knight’s Digbeth Loc. studios. This new space is about exploring the huge potential, around film, TV, games, VR, AR and other innovative content production. It’s a crucial part of the creative jigsaw and fits in with the emerging cluster in Digbeth’s Creative Quarter.

I was here a year ago and it’s great to see the progress being made. GBSLEP has really leveraged its unique position of bringing businesses, public and academic sectors together to see this project delivered. As we look to grow our economy inclusively, it’s important all areas of creative content makers get our support.”

Read the full article on the GBSLEP website.