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  • BUSINESS SUPPORT

    Portsmouth Creates: Empowering Portsmouth’s Creative Community

  • JULY- BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENTS

    February brings a range of opportunities designed to support and strengthen the creative business sector...

  • JUNE – BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENTS

    June brings a range of opportunities designed to support and strengthen the creative business sector...

  • MAY – BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENTS

    February brings a range of opportunities designed to support and strengthen the creative business sector...

  • WE CREATE MARKET APPLICATION – VICTORIOUS FESTIVAL 2026

    Please note applications are now closed for these markets.

  • JOB OPPORTUNITY – PRIDE IN POMPEY – EVENT COORDINATOR

    This role is in partnership with Portsmouth City Council to support the delivery of a Portsmouth 100 project called Pride in Pompey.

  • PORTSMOUTH CELEBRATES BEING LONGLISTED AS UK CITY OF CULTURE 2029

    Portsmouth is one step closer to becoming UK City of Culture 2029 after being named on the longlist for the competition alongside Blackpool, Inverness-Highland, Ipswich, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Swindon and Wrexham.

  • MARCH – BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENTS

    February brings a range of opportunities designed to support and strengthen the creative business sector...

  • APRIL – BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENTS

    February brings a range of opportunities designed to support and strengthen the creative business sector...

  • PORTSMOUTH SUBMITS BID TO BECOME UK CITY OF CULTURE 2029

    Portsmouth has submitted its Expression of Interest to become UK City of Culture 2029, setting out a vision that places young people at the heart of the city’s future...

  • FEBRUARY – BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENTS

    February brings a range of opportunities designed to support and strengthen the creative business sector...

  • PORTSMOUTH CREATES SHORTLISTED FOR A BUSINESS AWARD

    Portsmouth Creates has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Culture and Leisure Business of the Year award at the 2026 Portsmouth Business Awards...

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