Studio 163 have received a special award to support the development of their business at the Incubator Business of the Year Awards. Incubated by ThinkBusiness of Bradford University, Studio 163 is a film and animation company established in September 2003 by Gary Palmer and Stuart Howe, graduates of Bradford University’s Electronic Imaging and Media Communications.

The Incubatee of the Year Award 2004 was organised in partnership with the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward and four Yorkshire Universities, including the University of Bradford, and was hosted by Business Start-up@LeedsMet. Seven finalists competed for the award and were judged on economic development, organisational growth and personal development within the incubator.

Studio 163 was presented with “Young Entrepreneurs of the Year 2004” - an additional award created on the night. Speaking of the awards, Gary said they were “really surprised” to win.

After a difficult start attempting to penetrate the multimedia market, Studio 163 found their niche in video and animation through support from Simon Atherley of Acunity Training.

Since then, Studio 163 they have won many awards for their entrepreneurialism and secured some key business contracts and have recently expanded to new offices.