"Creative entrepreneurs are finding the best possible shelter from the economic storm at the Custard Factory in Digbeth..."

The Custard Factory is a lot more than a collection of beautiful buildings. It's a vast, diverse, commercially fertile clus- ter of small creative enterprises - almost a city within a city - and its fun. It confers identity and its a cool place to bring your friends/clients. You get links with funding agencies, help with marketing, business advice when needed and a host of friendly reception services.

But above all you get to join the most dynamic, creative, working community in Birmingham - and it's affordable.

Sparkling studios and offices from £40 a week - plus a few free spaces for impecunious young high talents.