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In recent years North East England has seen more new technology company start-ups than any area of the UK outside London.
The area is rapidly emerging as a hotbed of creative talent, with extensive linkages between innovation centres, business support networks, universities, top quality incubator facilities and an excellent range of high-tech business parks.
The North East has emerged as one of the world’s leading centres for digital games development and start-ups, with a dynamic cluster of firms and university courses acting as a magnet for entrepreneurs and students.
Digital City at Teesside University, and the Boho Zone established in Middlesbrough, is a major hub for innovative games across new platforms such as mobile and is home to innovative start-up digital businesses.
Sunderland Software City is a focus for business software development and enterprise growth. Northern Film and Media acts in a similar capacity in the creative digital industry.
Codeworks, established with the backing of One North East, is the centre of excellence for digital innovation in the North East. It offers business support and helps attract R&D funding.
Its collaborative network Codeworks Connect links enterprises ranging from software development firms to animation studios. GameHorizon connects videogames businesses, and its Digital Placement Programme brings together North East graduates and potential employers.
The North East is well supported by venture capital investors, and the One North East backed JEREMIE super fund which has come on stream in 2010.
To discuss investing in this sector contact our Inward Investment Support Team
Benefiting from £10m of support from One North East, Codeworks, The Centre of Excellence in Digital Technology and the Media, supports the creation and development of digital companies. 
D|Lab is a multi-disciplinary team of designers, researchers and digital specialists located within the Institute of Digital Innovation (IDI). 
Sunderland Software City is a new initiative, based in the North East of England, designed to inspire and encourage the growth of the Software Industry in the region, and to make the area an attractive location of choice for software businesses. 
Companies also have access to a wide range of cutting-edge research and development facilities for the digital sector. 
Game developers have direct access to GameHorizon, the leading network for games developers, publishers and middleware firms in the UK, which provides a vast range of business services that provide unparalleled commercial and networking opportunities for the games industry on the global stage. 
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