UK's Top Creative Businesses of Tomorrow Identified Industry Gurus to Mentor Them to Success

Leading lights from the creative industries are being teamed up with twenty four high growth companies to build the world class businesses of tomorrow in a new initiative aimed at boosting the UK's creative industry.

The Creative Business Mentor Network run by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) with delivery partners Pact and Grant Thornton has been designed to unleash the potential of some of the UK's most promising advertising, TV production and digital companies and help them grow into significant players in the sectors.

Having been selected from hundreds of entries, each of the twenty four companies has been matched with a highly experienced mentor who will share their years of business and industry experience with their mentee.

They will also gain access to practical advice on the challenges of building a creative business with the aim of helping them take the next steps in growing their business and becoming a major contributor to the UK economy.

Jon Kingsbury, Director of the Creative Economy at NESTA says: "Creative businesses are highly networked, but getting practical, intelligent advice on business growth, from people who appreciate their sector, is tough to find.

Our programme focuses on the highly innovative, creative businesses which will contribute to the creative industries leading the UK out of recession."