In 2021, Prolific North is set to reveal the true international influence of Northern businesses through the Global Reach 2021 Report. The report, created in association with the School of Digital Arts (SODA), is exploring the performance of the region’s tech, marketing, media and creative companies on a global stage. It will be accompanied by a dedicated summit - hosted in Manchester - featuring guest speakers and a selection of roundtable discussions dedicated to the report’s key themes. It follows the first Global Reach Report in 2013, research which at the time found that 250 companies employing over 18,000 were operating in the North of England with a presence worldwide - and in the meantime the region has seen rampant growth.