Consultancy

A tour of our spaces at Baltic Creative Campus, Northern Lights and Digital House. A tour of our spaces for up to 20 people*. A member of our operations team and will showcase the variety of spaces we have available for tenants; from the sheds and open spaces on our campus, shop front units and meeting areas, to the private offices we have available across our sites as well as our artist’s studios at Northern Lights. The tour will give you an insight into the way we operate our business, the types of spaces we offer, and the way we’ve designed our spaces to support businesses with networking and growth. The tour also highlights our involvement and impact on the Baltic Triangle Area as a whole. Each week we’ll host delegations from global local authorities, schools and universities, and property developers. Cost: £100 + VAT per hour tour *20 is the optimal group size for a tour of our spaces, to minimise disruption to our tenants. We can facilitate larger group tours during the early evening. Please contact our team for a bespoke quotation for a larger group tour (link to contact form).

When I invite my international contacts to Liverpool, the jewel in the crown of their visit is a tour of Baltic Creative CIC. I have hosted visits from delegations and individuals from many countries, including Vietnam, Estonia and Colombia. On every occasion they have been impressed not only by the facilities but also the warm hospitality, the sharing of information and the enthusiastic commitment of Baltic Creative’s staff team. David Parrish, Creative Industries Consultant

A 30 –45 minute presentation and question and answer session with a member of our management team followed by an hour long tour of our locations. Our presentation will give you an in-depth insight to the Baltic Creative story, our grassroots regeneration model, and how we use the profit generated for that model to support the growth of the creative and digital industries across the city and city region. Cost: £200 + VAT for an hour long tour and 30-45 minute presentation by a management team member (1hour + 45 minutes in duration) Cost: £300 + VAT for an hour long tour and 30-45 minute presentation by Balitic Creative managing director, Mark Lawler or our chair, Fiona Armstrong-Gibbs (1hour + 45 minutes in duration)

Our managing director, Mark Lawler, has been invited to share Baltic Creative’s story nationally and internationally at events and meetings held by universities, developers. development agencies and local authorities. Please contact Mark at markl@baltic-creative.com for further information about sharing our story at your event and to discuss a quote.

"When I was looking for support in producing a case study on new industries in old industrial areas for our annual report on the historic environment – Heritage Counts 2018 - Baltic Creative was the obvious place to turn to. Chris was really helpful, generously giving me his time and sharing valuable insight and understanding of what Baltic Creative were doing and on the history and development of the area. Often to get the best information you should go to those who are directly involved in making things happen. Chris and Baltic Creative have their finger on the pulse of one of the best and most exciting parts of Liverpool I know our central team were impressed with the example of the regeneration in the Baltic Triangle and who could fail to be?” Karl Creaser, strategic engagement adviser, Historic England

"From my work around the world I know that Baltic Creative has international recognition and respect for its work supporting the creative and digital sector in the UK. I act as an informal ambassador for Baltic Creative wherever I go, and it’s also a pleasure to work overseas with Mark Lawler and witness the positive reactions from people of different nationalities as he explains in detail Baltic Creative’s achievements so far and its ambitions for even greater success in the future.” David Parrish, Creative Industries Consultant

We have a track record of delivering bottom-up support to emerging activity. In the case of our spaces in the Baltic Triangle, this is within the creative and digital industries where we have supported over 180 businesses over nine years. This support extends from our spaces themselves into the communities where we are based. Since 2012 we have been part of the wider Baltic Triangle stakeholder’s group, helping to shape the area and the vision for our community; to protect key spaces and community assets; and support the inclusive growth of our area. We have been a conduit for training and education programmes that support the growth of creative and digital industries, whilst delivering social value by reinvesting our profits to further support the growth of our sectors. Over the years we have shared this knowledge with local authorities, social landlords and developers, to support new activity in the city and further afield. This work extends from feasibility studies and building and site surveys, though to creative inclusive models (CICs) to help protect spaces and support the inclusive growth of an area whilst delivering sustainable revenues. Please contact Mark Lawler on 0151 708 2840 to discuss how Baltic Creative can help you to develop new workspaces in areas for emerging activity and community development.

“The guidance, connections and general support given to Fabric District & The Tapestry by Mark and the team at Baltic Creative has been hugely important. From very early stage discussions of a few stakeholders to the forming of our area CIC they have been willing to share best practice and guidance to allow a new LCR creative cluster to form, with its own character complimenting that of Baltic.” Jason Abbott, chair Fabric District CIC

“Baltic Creative has supported Make CIC over a number of years. In particular this has been in relation to supporting Make CIC with property questions; management of premises; process and policies. Using the skills and knowledge of Baltic Creative has been a key part of our ability to make progress and to do so safely and sustainably.” Liam Kelly, chief executive officer, Make CIC

Baltic Creative hosts and co-facilitates various workshops for creative and digital businesses. Please visit the News and Events section on our website and follow us on Social Media (@balticcreative) to keep up to date with any upcoming workshops.