Manchester gets creative at first roundtable discussion

North West Business Insider editor, Michael Taylor, hosted the first creative pro.manchester roundtable debate at the offices of wealth management experts Montpelier.

Delegates from Manchester’s professionals and creative sectors including DWF LLP, Creative Lynx and North West Vision and media, gathered to discuss a range of issues from creative agency structures and digital marketing to intellectual property and raising capital.

Representatives of some of Manchester’s leading design and PR consultancies, digital marketing agencies, entrepreneurial creative hubs and talent consultants joined media law experts, professional services marketers and investment experts to discuss the long term opportunities for the creative sector.

Central to the discussions were emerging markets, including mobile marketing and the opportunities being presented through the development of MediaCityUK.  Valuing creative businesses and issues surrounding the ownership of IP were also debated.