Metro Mayors Steve Rotheram and Kim McGuinness will speak at the one-day Bloom creative and digital business festival in Liverpool in March. Tony McDonough reports
Baltic Creative has announced that Metro Mayors Steve Rotheram and Kim McGuinness will speak at the second annual Bloom creative and digital business festival.
Taking place at Camp and Furnace in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle on Thursday, March 6, Bloom was first held in early 2024. It offers a blend of “support, inspiration and connection” for businesses working in, and investing in, the creative and digital economy in the north of England.
It will offer panel discussions, fireside chats, business advice and networking opportunities. 2024’s event featured expert speakers discussing key topics like scaling creative businesses and the next generation workforce.
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, and Kim McGuinness, Mayor of North East England will lead a panel discussion in conversation with Caroline Norbury chief executive of Creative UK, and Jude Kelly, chair of One Creative North.
This will be focused on the themes of collaboration and the power of cross-regional partnerships. One Creative North: Stronger Together will explore current policies, future trends, and topics including economic growth, infrastructure investment and innovation.
Centred around the power of pan-Northern collaboration, the session will focus on the key regional priorities for advancing the creative, digital and tech sectors in the North of England.
This event will also feature a keynote presentation from author, presenter and business consultant, Mark Shayler, and panel discussions on film, TV and video game production.
Liverpool John Moores University returns as the headline sponsor for this year’s Bloom, with Civic Engineers sponsoring the ‘Creative Placemaking: People, Places and Possibility’ panel. The after party will be hosted at, and sponsored by, BOXPARK.
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Bloom is also supported by Growth Platform, the Liverpool City Region’s business support service, which champions creative and digital businesses across the city region.
Lynn Haime, chief executive of Baltic Creative, said: “We’re delighted to have secured a stellar line-up for this year’s Bloom, with regional mayors and representatives of One Creative North and Creative UK.
“They are leading us into what we know will be an inspiring day of collaboration and connection for those working across the creative industries.”
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