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With more than 13,600 people employed in the creative and digital sector, Leeds is shaping up to be one of the UK's hot spots for innovation and creativity in a digital era. And nowhere in Leeds showcases creative and digital talent like the developing Holbeck Urban Village on the edge of the city centre.

Once a quiet hamlet, Holbeck Urban Village with its slowly flowing beck and open plains gave rise to the Industrial Revolution in Leeds, powered by some of the most innovative entrepreneurs ever known.

The area is once again about to take centre stage as a new breed of digital revolutionaries take over the listed foundries, mills and workshops bequeathed by tailors, textile workers and steam engineers.

The new clientele are a creative generation powered by hi-tech computers and digital advancements. Architects, artists, designers, games developers and web consultants rub shoulders with cafes, restaurants and bars serving a new business and residential community.

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