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SEMN Logo The Digital Icon Award is sponsored by , a business led consortium providing strategic focus for the regions digital content sector. It exists to enable the South East of England’s digital content businesses increase their share of the global market. SEMN provides two way communications between businesses, policy makers and support organisations. It informs local, regional and national strategies and drives improvement in business performance. www.southeastmedianetwork.co.uk

The Breakthrough Award is sponsored by Brighton & Hove City Council. The digital media industries are a Brighton & Hove success story, with around 500 businesses providing employment for about 3500 people. We are lucky to have a sizeable and growing cluster of successful companies, from start-up and micro-businesses to internationally recognised brand names, all of which combine to create a thriving digital ecology in the city.  Brighton & Hove City Council recognises the important contribution this sector makes to our local economy, and is working to encourage new growth and sustainable digital media businesses . We are therefore very pleased to sponsor the Breakthrough Award of the inaugural Dimas, and wish every success to the winning business.

The Digital 360 Award: Collaborate Award is sponsored by , an award winning Brighton based business-to-business telemarketing consultancy with over 5 years experience.  Our team of professional, enthusiastic and committed consultants specialise in designing and running targeted, highly qualified and successful telemarketing campaigns for technology and innovative businesses.

The Outstanding Digital Design Award is sponsored by one of the country’s leading law firms with 55 partners and around 280 staff. With offices in London, Gatwick and Brighton we act for clients nationally and internationally. Our clients receive total support and complete solutions to the challenges they face. As well as benefiting from the very best advice, delivered by our highly specialised teams, our clients also enjoy working with our friendly, approachable and responsive staff.

The User Experience Award is sponsored by , the only managed news service for all those working in user experience and related fields. From handheld devices to social networks, you’ll find the top news stories, daily, covering all aspects of human-centred design, research, practice and thought. Plus the industry’s biggest range of jobs, events, training, workshops and research projects.

The Best Blog Award is sponsored by The University of Brighton, a community of 21,000 students and 2,100 staff based on five campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. We have one of the best teaching quality ratings in the UK and a strong research record, factors which contribute to our reputation as a leading post-1992 university.

The Strongest Community Award is sponsored by , a Brighton-based community law firm providing specialist legal help in employment, housing and community care law. Whether you are an individual with a housing or workplace crisis, or a large employer of thousands, we promise friendly and quality legal help when you need it.

The Most Effective Digital Marketing Campaign Award is sponsored by , a search-led digital marketing agency working in partnership with clients to acquire, convert and retain customers online, thereby delivering positive returns to their organisations. With expertise, passion and integrity, Leapfrogg provide affordable digital marketing solutions to the SME market combined with an exceptional level of customer service.

Games industry Logo The Best Games Studio Award is sponsored by , the world’s leading site for news and information about the global videogames industry, covering all aspects of the interactive entertainment value chain from development through to retail. Based in the United Kingdom, but with an international focus, GamesIndustry.biz is aimed at anyone involved with the design, development, publishing, marketing, distribution or retail of video games, or anyone seeking to inform themselves about this fast-moving market sector.

The Farm Freelance Award is sponsored by , an online resource for freelancers.  It offers every hint and tip to help you thrive not just survive, including podcast interviews with professionals from all industries who have been there and done it. We are very excited to sponsor the award for ‘Freelancer of the Year’ as it helps to highlight how important the role of a freelancer is in our new media community. We hope that all freelancers out there will lay down their modesty momentarily and enter an award that could help get them get the profile they deserve!

Farm logo is a networking group for web designers, developers and people with related new media skills who live in Brighton and the surrounding areas. We meet weekly in different venues around Brighton and Hove. If you’re looking for a web freelancer, please check our skills and profiles to help find someone you like, or come along to one of our meetings for a chat. Generally someone in the Farm can help you do what you want, and even if we can’t, we’re bound to know someone who can.

Imagineanimation.net is a key resource for everyone working in the animation industry. Using the latest web technology (Web 2.0 netheads!) it contains regularly updated news and information as well as an Online Directory and, of course the networking areas which allow you to contact and talk to the key players within the animation industry.

The Brighton Animators Networking Group (BANG) provides an opportunity for animators to meet both on and offline. Its offline meet-ups provide an opportunity for animators to meet in a relaxed and informal environment to network and share knowledge. They are attended by both freelance and employed animators; attendees hear from a guest speaker discussing the highs and occasional lows of animation careers and hobbies.

is one of the city’s leading firms of Chartered Accountants. We specialise in dealing with clients in new media, entertainment and creative industries. We work with both sole traders and limited companies. Contact us for a free no-obligation chat and find out why our clients recommend us!

Jam Events is a specialist event bars company, run by experienced professionals who are passionate about managing successful, exciting and carefully executed events. We aim to generate maximum revenue for our clients while ensuring the optimum festival experience for our consumers.

AVT is a business communication agency specialising in live event & digital media production. Live event services include full project management, stageset design and build, projection, lighting and sound. We provide innovative, bespoke solutions for all types and sizes of events alongside consultancy, design and technical production. Digital media services include video, live and on-demand webcasting, e-learning, CPD, web design and development.

Bozboz is a Brighton web design company specialising in flash websites, ecommerce sites, and Internet marketing solutions. With a wealth of expertise in design, development and SEO we can turn traditional business ideas into online success stories. We’re immersed in the web and thrive on the abundance of new technologies and opportunities it brings.

Surround yourself and your guests in a universe of moving images, changing, responding to the mood, reflecting the themes of your party, promotional event or celebration with Quadratura. Walls melt into whole new worlds, ceilings fly away to reveal fathomless vistas, even the ground beneath your feet can dissolve into somewhere a million miles from you are standing. With the use of our unique video projection software, creative lighting and innovative sound design we will transform your space, whether indoors or outside, into any scene you can imagine.

At Brighton restaurant Due South, we have always insisted on sourcing food that satisfies our customers while fulfilling a wider ambition: to support local producers and suppliers and showcase the fabulous but often forgotten food that can be grown so well in this country. That’s why around 80% of our ingredients are supplied by independent businesses from within a 35 mile radius of our Brighton beach location.

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