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Edinburgh scores NESTA backing

Ed Fear Jul 24 2008, 2:43pm

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Partnership sees friend status granted to technology and arts body

NESTA has signed up as a Friend of the Edinburgh Interactive Festival.

The science, technology and arts body recently launched the 'Raise the Game' initiative, which has four functions: to team up small studios with business experts to help growth, to help small studios find talented recruits and cross-industry job swaps, nurture new talent with intern places, and to provide 'innovation labs' attempting to make new collaborations and cross-platform content.

"We are delighted to have been invited to this year’s event to unveil Raise the Game, which is seeking to provide a means by which the industry can work together and draw from the enormous amount of creative talent currently available," said Jon Kingsbury, director of Creative Economy Programme with NESTA.