This list contains the websites of some of our members, friends and partners. Also, we've placed up some links to useful websites that we think might come in handy!
Friends of Nocci
MTR Design - the guys who built the website. A real pleasure to work with. Incredibly professional, friendly and a great price...
Marc Jennings - the man who made this site look so amazing. A brilliant designer with fantastic vision, and a mean mountain biker too!
Our Facebook group - join us if you're a Facebooker.
Our LinkedIn group - for those of you on LinkedIn.
Creative Business Wales - without the help of Claire Heat and the CBW team I'm not sure we could have got Nocci off the ground.
Katherine Formosa - Our good friend Katherine, founder of Urban Traffic, has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 33. She's ace, and she's trying to raise one million pounds for charity. Which is also ace.
Resources / Info
The Creative Cities Network - A UNESCO initiative designed to promote the social, economic and cultural development of cities in both the developed and the developing world.
A Wired article by David Byrne - The future of the music industry. An absolute must-read for anyone involved in music.
Creative Times - Lots of really useful articles and information from this online newspaper published by the Creative Industries Development Service.
Flaming Desks - Like hotdesking. But hotter. We like this a lot.
The Do Lectures - The clothing range Howies runs a brilliant series of lectures every year on a beautiful farm in west Wales. Check them out on the site.
TED - On the subject of lectures, there's almost too many mind-bogglingly ace lectures featured on this site. Recent faves of ours include this one, this one, and this one.
T-shirts and Suits - a site (and book - look for the free PDF) about the nature of creativity and business. Highly recommended reading. Written by David Parrish.
Creative Britain: New Talents for the New Economy - the first ever comprehensive plan for UK Government support for the creative industries. It makes 26 key commitments for Government and industry across every stage of the creative process. It's lengthy reading but very worthwhile. Or just read the summary on page 76!
Inspiral - Inspiral is apparently the UK’s leading provider of specialist business support to the creative and digital industries sector. And they have a nice website!
The Werks - The Werks offers self contained studios, managed desk and coworking space (Brighton / Hove) as well as other services and opportunities. Looks like a great place to work.
Creative Economy - The British Council works with the Department of Culture, Media & Sport to promote the vision of the UK as the world’s creative hub; and to share expertise and experience with other countries worldwide.
Enterprise Magazine - a vital magazine for those in Wales. And Nocci's Neil is an occasional columnist. So it must be good!
Ian Wootten - Ian was very helpful, and provided the early incarnation of the Nocci website. Top chap, and top developer. He's got a PhD, too!
Guardian Enterprise - The Guardian newspaper's articles about enterprise. Lots of very useful stuff here.
Let's Get Creative - Again, from the web pages of The Guardian, lots of articles about the creative industries.
Common Turf - A new community for creatives in Scotland. Looks fantastic. Check it out!
Creative Lancashire - A vital resource for all Lancashire based Creatives
Co-working spaces - A list of "co-working" spaces across the world. Very usefu, particularly for those on the road.
Blogs we like
Stefan Lewandowski - an interesting blog from one of the lynchpins of Birmingham's creative industries.
Steve Clayton - Microsoft employee and always on the cutting edge of web and software developments. Always worth reading if you're into that kind of thing. Funny too!
Creative Think - Roger van Oech's blog about creative thinking.
Lateral Action - a blog that talks about creative thinking and the creative economy.
New Music Strategies - Our favourite blog about the music industry and the way it is shaped by internet technology.