MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK is Europe's first purpose-built business hub for the
creative and media industries. It is a new, exciting and innovative
complex designed to bring together companies from across the sector
and to establish an international centre for excellence in the
digital media and creative industries.
As well as being home to the 5 BBC departments, MediaCityUK is
expected to create more than 15,000 jobs, deliver an annual £1.5
billion to the Northwest's economy and provide workspace for more
than 1,100 creative and related businesses.
The Northwest has long been at the forefront of the digital and
media industries in the UK, with an enviable reputation for
producing exceptional creative talent. Situated at Salford Quays,
Manchester's booming, stylish waterfront, the 200-acre MediaCityUK
development builds on this strength. It is anchored by a trio of
spectacular buildings: Imperial War Museum North, The Lowry Centre
and a new purpose-built BBC complex. It will be home to a range of
new media, technology and creative organisations - from advertising
to design, television to video games, music to digital marketing -
with a network of tightly-knit streets, squares and boulevards
cascading down to a huge waterfront piazza.
MediaCityUK will host companies at every level, from start-up
businesses to major international corporations such as the BBC,
actively encouraging independents and smaller enterprises through
affordable space and practical business and industry-specific
support. The development is supported by major universities,
education and training providers and, as such, it will also provide
unique research, training and education resources, honing the
region's competitive edge and investing in its creative
workforce.
It is this role as a dynamic catalyst for the growth and
development of the creative and digital industries that made
MediaCityUK an obvious choice for the BBC. The broadcaster is
investing in state-of-the-art new facilities on the site and moving
several national departments from London to its new MediaCityUK
complex. It is a move of major significance not only for other
television companies, but for a diverse spectrum of talent from all
spheres of the creative industries, both national and
international.
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