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22 Oct 10

Tom Fleming speaking at opening meeting of Danish club for creative entrepreneurs

The British Council in Denmark is in the process of establishing a club for creative entrepreneurs. The club is a cross-disciplinary network for the local creative entrepreneurs operating in the Danish creative industries.

Tom Fleming will be a guest speaker at the first club meeting, taking place in Aarhus on the 28th October, where he will discuss the key issues of creative entrepreneurship and the local and global creative economy.

www.britishcouncil.dk

21 Oct 10

TFCC commissioned to carry out mapping of Wandsworth's cultural facilities

TFCC has been commissioned to carry out an audit of facilities in the borough of Wandsworth which are available and suitable, or potentially available, for a variety of cultural activities. This mapping will contribute to the understanding of the Borough's cultural provision, support future spatial planning and facilitate the promotion of cultural activity in the borough.

www.wandsworth.gov.uk

20 Oct 10

Natverkstan visits Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy in London

Earlier this week, Lotta Lekvall and David Karlsson from Natverkstan - a Cultural and Civil Society Organisation based in Goteborg, Sweden - visited TFCC as part of a research assignment on cultural industries and the practice-based approaches, commissioned by Region Vastra Gotaland in Sweden.

Natverkstan provides services and projects within the cultural and civil society field, running numerous national and international projects.

An article discussing the future of the UK creative industries, based on the London interviews, can be found on Natverkstan's blog:

www.culturalentrepreneur.se

www.natverkstan.net

13 Oct 10

Theories & Practices, Creative Spaces: Interview with Tom Fleming and Toby Hyam

As part of last week's consultation activities held in Moscow and Perm, a session on creative space was held where creative entrepreneurs, economists and entrepreneurs shared their experiences on the development of creative clusters. Tom Fleming and Toby Hyam discussed the difference between creative and conventional economics.

Read the interview extracts here (available in Russian):

theoryandpractice.ru/media/posts/280-intervyu-s-tomom-flemingom-i-tobi-khayamom

06 Oct 10

Tom Fleming's Russian Consultancy Tour content now online

This week Tom Fleming has been delivering a series of speaking and consultation activities, building on our cooperation with the Russian Creative Industries Agency and the British Council.

The content from these seminars and consultations is now online - watch the videos and read the text (in Russian) here:

www.euro-pulse.ru/cult/creative_cities/