£1m pot set up to fund creative concepts
A £1m project is being launched which aims to fund 10 early-stage creative and technology companies and enable them to develop products to help brands engage with consumers.
Design a trophy for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
A search is under way to find a trophy designer for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, a £1m international prize which will be presented by The Queen next spring.
Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture in Scotland launches £500,000 call for entries
Nesta has launched a new call for entries to its £500,000 Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture in Scotland.
MI5 looks to tech start-ups to develop Bond-style gadgets
MI5 and secret communications agency GCHQ is appealing to design and technology SMEs to develop new security and intelligence gadgets to help fight terrorism.
Edinburgh Napier University looks to estabish creative services framework
Edinburgh Napier University is looking to establish a framework for graphic design, artworking and other services.
Government Procurement Service launches first tender
The government has announced details of the first of its new creative services frameworks, which is worth up to £520million. The Advertising and Marketing Services framework covers five lots. It
Vodafone launches digital roster review
Vodafone UK plans to issue requests for information today as its digital roster review gets underway.
National Maritime Museum seeks exhibition designer
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, is seeking a consultancy to create an exhibition telling the story of the race to solve longitude navigation in the 18th and 19th
Royal Mail seeks digital consultancies
The Royal Mail is looking to establish new digital marketing and digital communications agency rosters worth up to £11m.
Fifteen new Portas Pilot towns announced
Fifteen towns across the UK have been chosen to receive a share of £1.5 million of Government cash to pilot schemes developed as part of retail guru Mary Portas’s review
Getting the ‘look’ for Glasgow 2014
The organisers of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are seeking a consultancy to work on the ‘look’ of the Games as part of a £250 000 contract.
Plans progress to turn Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison into museum
An interpretative design consultancy is being sought by the team looking to convert Northern Ireland’s infamous Maze Prison into a museum.
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