Baltic Creative welcomes 10 new occupiers elevating Liverpool's creative scene

Baltic Creative CIC, the developer and innovator behind a thriving creative and digital community in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, is marking another successful quarter with new lettings and lease renewals.

Home to over 100 businesses, Baltic Creative has been instrumental in the regeneration of the formerly derelict industrial area within the Baltic Triangle, which was recently voted the coolest neighbourhood in the UK by Time Out.

The CIC’s unique development model has enabled local and global businesses alike to grow within Liverpool over the last 14 years, making the area a crucial hub for the creative and digital sector in the North West region.

In the second half of 2023, the CIC welcomed 10 new tenants to the community and renewed the leases of nine established businesses operating from its vibrant district, cementing its reputation as a place for creativity and innovation.

One new lease is with Lasso Group, which supports film & TV rights holders, managing their content across digital platforms. Having initially occupied space in the Creative Campus in 2022, the team has expanded into a new office at 16 Jordan Street. With offices worldwide, it is a great endorsement that the group has chosen to keep its Liverpool base within Baltic Creative’s portfolio.

Notable renewals include Milky Tea, an award-winning video game development studio, that recently announced a new partnership with video gaming group, Aonic. The creative studio originally made Baltic Creative their home in 2013 and, over the last 10 years, has grown within Baltic Creative’s spaces, now settling into a large space at the Creative Campus.

Further renewals include Inclusive Companies, a leading membership body specialising in equality, diversity and inclusion in business, and Kindred LCR, an independent CIC offering investment and support to socially-trading organisations. Marketing and PR agency, We Are Pink, also returned to the area this year, securing one of Baltic Creative’s prime shopfront units at 46 Jamaica Street.

Within the creative hub at Northern Lights, Baltic Creative has also welcomed four unique and diverse creative businesses. Social research organisation, Shortwork, and Lyon & Lyon, a creative design agency, joined the Northern Lights co-working space, whilst pottery studio, Bisque-It, and florist, Esther Thorn, secured private studios for their businesses.

Lynn Haime, CEO at Baltic Creative CIC, said:

“This year has been incredibly busy, and we’ve welcomed some brilliant, innovative businesses to the community. We’ve provided continued security and flexibility for some of our longstanding businesses and worked with our current tenants to find them new spaces to support their growth.

“The Baltic Creative model aims to work with organisations of all sizes, providing them with the tools needed to evolve – however that looks for them. We love to see our tenants grow from small sheds into larger spaces, keeping brilliant minds and thriving businesses within our neighbourhood and city.

“Creating a community of local creatives is our mission, and by offering more than just space, we exist to support our occupiers, encourage collaboration, and put Baltic Creative on the map as an exemplar in creative and digital placemaking.”

Chris Anderson, Head of Sales & Business Development at Lasso Group, said:

“Everyone at Baltic Creative has been instrumental in helping us find our feet in Liverpool. We moved into our initial space a year ago, and when we outgrew that space, the team were amazing with their guidance, help and flexibility in finding us a new, bigger office.

“We’re very much settled in Liverpool now, with the team growing month by month, and I’m not sure that that would have been possible without the support of the Baltic Creative team.”