3.2a How do creative businesses contribute to local economies, both directly through their economic activity, and indirectly?
Background
The Creative Industries are an interconnected ecosystem of businesses and freelancers. The creative industries value chain contains multiple activities, for example from designers, video production, music and performing artists across the UK. Much of this activity takes place in creative clusters. Clusters have been successful in boosting regional economic growth and creating high-quality jobs. Understanding the dynamics of this success, and how clusters can offer more inclusive growth are important areas for future work.
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Centre of Excellence for Policy and Evidence in the Creative Industries
The UK's creative industries are a national economic strength. Since the turn of the decade, employment, exports and output growth has easily outstripped that in the rest of the economy. Yet, behind this rapid growth lie...
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Creative Industries Clusters Programme - Baseline Research & Evidence Grant
From film and music to video games and architecture, the UK has one of the world's largest, most innovative and fastest growing creative industries. A new wave of research and development will open up exciting ways to cr...
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Why might this be relevant?
The project partially addresses the question by focusing on the Creative Industries Clusters Programme and baseline research.
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Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
In recognition of the growing availability of data in key areas of policy, the PEC will introduce set piece UK-wide 'State of the Nation' reporting in each of four high-level priority thematic areas led by the four organ...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: Newcastle University
Why might this be relevant?
The project partially addresses the question by providing insights on the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre's approach to reporting and research.