Now in its third year, the awards will celebrate the city's creative sector enhancing Nottingham's profile as a creative city of national and international importance. They aim to recognise and celebrate the successes achieved by businesses and individuals working in the city's creative industries and raise Nottingham's profile as a hotbed of globally influential talent.

Over the past 15 years the Confetti Media Group has grown into a collection of dynamic creative businesses working across education, film and post production, interior design and creative industries support.  Their enterprising approach has created pioneering solutions, work and practice that set new standards in creative expression and learning.  The Confetti Media Group consists of:

· The Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies is one of the UK's most innovative creative learning centres helping thousands of students, from all backgrounds, to take the first steps towards a career in the Creative Industries.

· Confetti Constellations works across the UK creating highly original, bespoke creative environments now proven to increase engagement and academic success.

· Spool is one of the leading production and post production houses in this part of the UK working on award winning projects with clients such as Universal Pictures, BBC, Warp Films, Disney and Shane Meadows.

· Due to open late summer 2009, Antenna is a new approach to creative working. Offices, state of the art facilities, business support and a members only restaurant and bar, the Antenna project is industry supporting industry offering unparalleled support, facilities and creative inspiration.

Craig Chettle, Managing Director of the Confetti Media Group said: "When setting up Confetti in 1994 our aim was to provide students with a place and an opportunity that was not available to us when we were in education. Our continued investment in creativity has led to a group of companies committed to the development of the creative industries¨.

"We recognise the growing importance of the Creative Industries in the UK economy and as part of being title sponsor we want to support the winner of The Nottinghamshire Creative Business of the Year award by offering them access to our facilities within the Confetti Media Group."

David Robinson, President of Speedo International and Chairman of the Nottingham Creative Business Awards 2009 said: "Having Confetti on board for this year's Creative Business Awards is a major boost to the awards and the creative industry as a whole. Confetti provides the opportunity for their students to develop creative skills which is the boost Nottingham needs to put itself in the forefront of creative cities and be recognised for all the creative and innovative individuals and businesses the city has to offer."

The Nottingham Creative Business Awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday 7^th October at The Council House

Confirmed sponsors for the awards are:

Title Sponsor – Confetti Media Group

Architecture, Urban & Interior Design – Greater Nottingham Partnership

Digital Media – South Nottingham College

Music & Performing Arts – New College Nottingham

Product Design – Nottingham City Council

Photography – Fast Graphics

Film and TV - Broadway

Writing & Publishing – The Arts Council

Visual Arts – One Nottingham

Graphics & Advertising – St Tropez

Fashion & Textiles – Nottingham Trent University

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