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Creative Business Panel
The Creative Business Panel (CBP) is a 5-wave longitudinal study to track the behaviours, performance and experiences of businesses across all creative sub-sectors, business sizes and UK geographies. It is led by the Creative PEC and CoSTAR Foresight Lab in partnership with the Department for Business and Trade and supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
State of the Nations
The Creative PEC’s ‘State of the Nations’ report series uses the latest data to inform policymakers, industry and researchers on economic developments in the Creative Industries in four key areas; R&D, Innovation and Clusters; Internationalisation; the Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors, and Education, Skills and Talent.
Arts, Culture &
Heritage
The Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors State of the Nations reports provide regular reporting on key issues of supply and demand facing the Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors. The Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors theme is led by researchers at Sheffield University. >
Creative Education,
Skills & Talent
The Creative Education, Skills, Talent State of the Nations reports provide regular updates on key issues related to the supply of and demand for creative talent in the UK’s Creative Industries. The Creative Education, Skills and Talent theme is led by researchers at Work Advance.
Internationalisation
Our Internationalisation State of the Nations reports provide regular overviews of international activity of the UK’s creative industries, in particular international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and migration. The Internationalisation theme is led by researchers from the Newcastle University.
R&D, Innovation
and Clusters
The R&D, Innovation and Clusters State of the Nations reports provide regular overviews of R&D and innovation in Creative Industries businesses and creative clusters. The R&D, Innovation and Clusters theme is led by researchers at Sussex University.
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Creative Employer Skills Survey
Launched in March 2025, the Creative Employer Skills Survey is a new survey of 1,300 businesses across the creative industries in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The survey provides an opportunity to have an industry-wide conversation on the skills challenges of today and the talent and skills that will be critical to the success of the creative industries in future.
Consortium
Our research consortium, which provides regular quantitative data reporting in the form of the State of the Nations series, is made up of colleagues from Sussex University, Sheffield University, Work Advance, and Newcastle University.
The Creative PEC is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The Creative PEC has been awarded funding by the AHRC for an additional five years, and is joint hosted by the University of Newcastle, alongside the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).
