Digital Jersey and NatWest International are calling for all local Digital entrepreneurs looking for support and office space to apply for a competition which has already helped propel two start-ups to business success. The winners of the competition will receive a year’s free Small Business membership to the Digital Jersey Hub as well as a permanent desk space for one year. The initiative from NatWest International and Digital Jersey has seen three young digital entrepreneurs develop their own successful companies, employing local talent and collaborating on joint business ventures. Now two new digital start-ups are being given the opportunity to win office space in the industry’s networking hub.
The initiative has already helped last years winners, Snap Creative, owned by Tom Le Sueur & Sam Bullock and Virtex Studios owned by Tim McGuinness, develop their own successful companies. One year later Snap Creative has provided services to a number of local businesses, including Stinky Bay Brewing Co., Skipton Open Studios 2018 and Confidence Dental. They have a full time employee starting in May and are now looking to employ five freelance workers to cope with their increasing workload. In the last twelve months, Tim from Virtex Studios has employed a full time Virtual reality (VR) developer. The company has worked with Jersey Heritage to bring La Cotte de St Brelade alive through VR, and helped Autism Jersey, raise awareness of what it’s like to be autistic through a VR experience.
After meeting in the Digital Jersey Hub, they collaborated to launch Flux, combining creative arts with virtual reality to launch the Channel Islands’ first mixed-reality art exhibition. The event will be running again this year, collaborating with established local artist, Nicolas Romeril. Both businesses are about to move from the Digital Jersey Hub into their own shared offices and now the hunt is on for two new digital start-ups to fill the desks!
