Find Out Who Designing the Future at the Cheltenham Design Festival 2012 on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd April

Great FREE offer for GMG members at the forthcoming Lakefest in Gloucestershire on the 18th and 19th May.

The entry deadline for the Media Innovation Awards has just been extended to 16th April. The awards celebrate and promote the most creative and innovative media and design produced in the South West during 2011.

Anchor, Skillset and Bristol Media present this one day action-packed workshop, delivered by a range of industry professionals, followed by networking opportunity at Bristol Media’s Media Tuesday event. Suitable for all freelancers from TV production and post production backgrounds, including digital media.

Creative England are today opening iFEATURES for submissions, with new partners and an enhanced offer to the brightest filmmaking talent.

GMG MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO A JOINT EVENT ORGANISED BY PLYMOUTH MEDIA PARTNERSHIP TO GIVE SOUTH WEST TV CONTENT PRODUCERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET BBC COMMISSIONERS RICHARD KLEIN AND SIMON WILLIS

Brighton based Lighthouse and the British Film Institute announce that the BFI Film Fund’s brand new UK‐wide short film production initiative with budgets of between £20,000 and £50,000 is now open for applications.

A stellar line up of industry leaders has been lined up to judge the 2012 South West Media Innovation Awards.

Stroud International Textiles (SIT) launches exciting new initiative

Stroud based film and TV director and producer David Pearson is this week Nominated for “Best Director and Producer Award” by the Royal Television Society,

Bristol City Council appoint TheAgency for launch of Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone

Gloucestershire Media Group launches Visual Soundtrack Project

It Takes Two to Tango. Will Social Commerce Change the Principals of Direct Marketing?

Illuminate Bath Returns for 2012.

Brand Santa by @TheAgencyUK

Design South West has negotiated a huge 25% discount on delegate fees for the 3 day Thinking Digital conference in Gateshead at the end of May.

South West Design Forum has today announced the launch of a new identity. The organisation will now be known as Design South West, continuing in its role as the regional body that brings together seven locally-based design forums. Run by industry, for industry, the mission of Design South West is “Design, Better Connected".

Leading housewares brand Brabantia, world renowned for bringing stylish design to all aspects of kitchen and homeware, has launched a competition to find an aspiring designer to create a new design for its 2013 Retro Bin range.

UK Trade & Investment plans to host the Multi-Platform App Developer Mission in San Francisco during the week of 18-22 June 2012 conveniently scheduled in the week between Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (10-15 June) and Google’s I/O Developer Conference (27-29 June).

Agencies from across the South West are in the RAR Top100 UK agencies based outside London.

Rutgers University study finds that 58% of social network users are women.

This special 5 day event has been organised by West of England Design Forum and is a fantastic series of workshops and talks. This is a unique opportunity for businesses to learn how design can help them be more competitive and to drive economic growth.

X Media Lab are offering an amazing £100 discount off the conference registration fee.

Tickets for the Cheltenham Design Festival 2012 are on sale now. Three days of events that ask the question 'Who's Designing the Future?' and celebrate creative thinking.

The entry deadline for the 2012 Media Innovation Awards has been extended to 5pm on 16th April - so enter your most creative and innovative work and you could be in line for an award.