A new website has launched to connect Nottingham's creative, arts and digital communities and celebrate their achievements.

Inspired by the likes of Digbeth.org and CreatedinBirmingham.com, the CreativeNottingham website will include news stories about the city's creatives and highlight upcoming events.

It promises to showcase the best work produced by local businesses and practitioners from the city working internationally.

Founded by Digital Consultant director Susi O'Neill, the site is set out in a blog style with content edited by a team of creative practitioners who work in Nottingham.

O'Neill said it was important to promote the city's talent because "the limited public funds available to support the city’s burgeoning creative sector - compared to neighbouring cities Birmingham, Sheffield and Leicester - places the city at a competitive disadvantage".

She said: “As the 15,000 creative workers in our city already know, Nottingham is a pioneering city for arts and creative events and a great place to run a creative business.

"In a time when the recession is hitting independent businesses and the national media associate Nottingham for crime rather than design, through working independently and collectively to promote what’s good about our city we will create new opportunities for collaboration.”