A £5.2m investment plan from the NWDA and ERDF is to be used to support the growing digital and creative business community around Liverpool’s Baltic District in L1.

The scheme will see four warehouses refurbished to house up to 60 digital and creative businesses.

The ‘Baltic Creative’ scheme aims to augment the area’s growing reputation as Liverpool’s BoHo district which is already home to a number of leading digital companies including Splinter, Dolphin Music and Elevator Studios.

Kevin McManus, director of Liverpool Vision’s creative support body ACME, commented in the LDP: “We want a mixture of sole traders and small and large companies. We want to see a lot of collaboration and innovation, that puts Liverpool on the cutting edge of the industry.

“Liverpool’s future is creative and digital. We want to have some of Liverpool’s great creative and digital firms in there – maybe visual artists, designers or musicians. This will be a space where people can spark off each other and collaborate – all the things they should be doing at the moment.

“We have to support businesses that are going to grow and bring money and jobs to the city.”

The Baltic Creative funding includes £3m from the NWDA and another £2.2m from ERDF.