Yorkshire & Humber serves every sector of the Creative and Digital Industry, from mainstream to cutting edge:

• The region is home to one of the fastest growing CDI clusters in Europe, employing around 100,000 people, producing a GDP of $17bn.
• With 62% of its businesses connected to the Internet, Yorkshire & Humber boasts the fourth highest level of Internet access in the UK. In fact, one third of the UK's entire Internet traffic flows through Leeds.
• As an ideal environment in which electronics companies can thrive, Yorkshire and Humber has a rapidly growing electronics sector, comprising over 900 companies across a wide range of markets.
• The region is host to The Press Association's UK Operational Centre employing 700 people in Howden, East Yorkshire. It's also host to 2 BBC regions with the BBC Open Learning Centre based in Hull.
• With both Orange & O2 based here, Yorkshire and Humber is one of the strongest regions for mobile communications.
• Internationally renowned companies encompass all sectors, from the manufacture of office machinery, computers and electronic valves, to TV/radio transmitters and receivers, instruments for measuring and industrial process control equipment.
• Home to a competitive arena, robust local supply chains, business support networks and a strong research and development knowledge base, the Yorkshire and Humber region offers a unique package to companies looking for a world class location in which to invest.
• The regional electronics industries employ nearly 25,000 people, generate annual sales of £3.8bn and contributes £1.7bn towards regional Gross Value Added.
• Innovation is one of the factors that set Yorkshire and Humber apart from other areas of Europe. It is key to growing many of the region's businesses and Yorkshire Forward has placed innovation at the heart of its business support, adding value and long term competitive advantage.
• The region boasts an extensive range of sites and locations for electronics companies to set up business, many of which are specifically tailored to the electronics industry. These vary from centrally located city centre developments to out-of-town manufacturing and business parks, all of which help to make Yorkshire and Humber one of the most flexible locations in the UK to set up business.
• Yorkshire and Humber is the home of games development. A region with a pedigree in development that's second to none. A region that is working together across industry, academia and the public sector to help games companies based in Yorkshire and Humber become a world-beating force.
• Business growth has become a key feature of Yorkshire and Humber games companies. Expanding companies seeking international success are able to take advantage of the region's increasing skill base and new talent whilst accessing new markets through its focused support networks.
• The region is very strong in mobile communications, and Hull is the first truly integrated Broadband City in the UK.
• The ICT sector is the second largest in the region with 5,789 companies, employing 24,995 people and contributing £2bn to the regions economy.
• With 1,522 Print companies in the region, with nearly 22,000 employees, Yorkshire Forward is the only RDA to support the Printing Industry.
• Print Yorkshire is a sector specific support network which works to promote & support this sector.
• There are only 2 e-learning centres in the UK, one of which is in Sheffield.
• Within South Yorkshire, there is a strong presence of software vending companies, data warehousing, content providers, education providers, and consultancy houses.
• The European home of RFID is the Yorkshire and Humber region. Halifax-based AIM UK is the association for the automatic identification and data capture industry, leading the UK's field in Radio Frequency Identification.
• Sheffield is the base for the European Centre for Smartcard Development, and Hull is the base for the Auto Identification & Data Capture Centre.
• There are 28 games companies in the region, employing over 500 people (12% of the UK's games employment), and five of the regions universities specifically run gaming related courses.
• In 2004, Yorkshire and Humber produced more independent hours of network TV programmes than any other UK region outside London.
• The Yorkshire and Humber region is the number-one British destination for film-makers, and in 2005 eleven major feature films were shot on location in the region.
• Two of the leading design agencies in the world are based in Leeds.
• Strong networks exist in the region both geographic network groups and those for that are sector specific like Print, Games, Media and Electronics.
• Propeller is the region's own digital satellite television channel to promote film and television talent.