Our Partners
Brandland’s work would not be possible without our partners, local organisations that share our mission to support the region’s creative branding community.
Founding Partners
Our Founding Partners are five local organisations who have all chosen to support Brandland at the start of its journey as a CIC. They are all cornerstones of the local creative community, and their involvement is crucial to our work.
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Fuel Studios offers flexible, affordable workspaces of all sizes in the centre of Norwich’s Lanes amongst other like-minded companies, making it the place for new generation businesses.
Hosting monthly events, talks, workshops, and networking sessions, it has a thriving building community like no other in Norwich.
A key cornerstone for both Fuel Studios and Brandland are our commitments to serving our communities, and in that spirit we are excited to be collaborating on a number of upcoming events that will bring new insights and opportunities to come together and explore new ideas.
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Quadmark is an enablement partner for fast-growing, global tech companies, helping the people behind those brands sell, lead and perform consistently as products, AI and buyers change.
As a Founding Partner, they’re bringing the best in learning experience design and their Norwich learning space together with Brandland’s incredible creative community and expertise to help members connect, learn and put ideas into practice.
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Jarrold has over 250 years in business, its portfolio spans retail, property, logistics, training, facilities, logistics, marketing and beyond. They are proud to call Norfolk their home and support many local economic development, education, community and charitable activities and initiatives.
Jarrold has 203 years as a brand in Norfolk. Our partnership with them will focus on how we make brand Norfolk, and brand in Norfolk, attractive to more businesses nationwide as somewhere they can call home.
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UEA has supported the growth of the Brandland cluster from an original idea to a thriving and successful network of branding and creative professionals within Norwich and the surrounding region. We are really grateful to UEA for all of their support since our conception with staffing, resources and so much more.
Now as a Founding Partner of Brandland, UEA is helping bring together the people, ideas and organisations that can shape the creative future of our region. Collaboration and innovative thinking are essential to tackling the challenges of a changing world, and they are central to UEA’s ambition to create sustainable solutions that make a positive difference locally, nationally and globally.
A UK Top 25 university for research quality (Times Higher Education Rankings 2026), UEA’s interdisciplinary research is focused through three strategic research themes – ClimateUEA, CreativeUEA and HealthUEA. Together, they harness expertise across disciplines to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
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For more than 180 years, Norwich University of the Arts has been at the forefront of creative education, and has recently been named specialist university of the year by The Times. They are home to a diverse community of nearly 3,000 students from more than 40 countries, with their staff, students and graduates making an important contribution to the creative and cultural industries.
The University shares our deep commitment to strengthening Norwich's creative economy. We will work towards this aim through practical collaborations, including sharing knowledge, providing training and professional learning across the sector, as well as creating opportunities and industry connections to support and nurture their students. We will also work together to raise awareness of Norwich's creative strengths on the national and international stages.
Other Partners
We regularly work with local businesses to support our aims and grow our community reach.
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Digital Partner
Candour builds brands, develops websites and drives traffic through search engine optimisation. They bring clarity to complexity and focus on sustainable, long-term results.
They are called Candour because they believe in openness and honesty - essential qualities in an industry that often hides behind jargon.We are working with Candour to develop the digital components of our membership scheme, MyBrandland.
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Accountants
Accountants for purpose-led SMEs: tax, accounting and carbon reporting under one roof.
Their purpose is to transform accountancy from a confusing closed-off process into a collaborative partnership - empowering purpose-driven businesses and reshaping a profession where people, planet and lasting impact come first.