The announcement today of the departure of Jim Gill, the Chief Executive of Liverpool Vision, is one which raised a few eyebrows. Although unsurprising as he made no secret, privately or in public that retirement was looming. So what should the digital sector hope for in his successor?

Jim’s leadership of Liverpool Vision has been an undoubted success, delivering genuine results to the City Region, even through the dark and difficult days of the last 24 months. For the Digital sector …

Apart from being the mail order catalogue of choice for Wile E Coyote in his harebrained schemes to get that roadrunner. What is ACME?  I know from the website that it’s the body that supports the creative sector in Liverpool…ect ect, but in all honesty I really don’t see it out there day to day.

Now unless I’m missing something, and I’m happy to be proved wrong, what is it actually doing?  Apart from the occasional random poorly designed e-newsletter  (which more often than not carries last months …

How can the digital community maximise in Liverpool’s investment at Shanghai World Expo 2010?

There appears to be confusion in the digital and creative sector about how we (collectively) can get involved in Shanghai 2010. I am keen to support public sector events that help the companies in the city, but I do feel more effort needs to be made in putting on better events. Specifically in emerging markets, and the digital sector is one of those. Helping companies grow is …

Where would you look to find out what’s going on in Liverpool’s Digital Sector? ACME and the Design Initiative represent the creative sector as a whole. ICDC law upon to itself and does little to float my boat. When you start have a proper look there’s not a public sector site that I think is well designed, current and helps showcase Liverpool’s digital sector.

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The creation of one of Europe’s largest Science Parks plus innovations such as the International Centre for Digital Content and a new Art and Design Academy put the Liverpool City Region at the forefront of the creative and digital economy. IT, Digital and Creative companies include:IBM, Sony CEE, BT, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Cybertill, Orgmetrics, Lime Pictures (formerly Mersey TV), Mando Group, River Media, Hurricane Films, Rippleffect, Bizarre Creations, Fraser Williams Logistics, New Mind, Amaze, Felix Blow, CL5 Search Engine …