Television production, international trade and pressures to consolidate

Author: Professor Gillian Doyle

How ownership structures of TV production companies impact their performance & the role policy plays

Three ways to support growth in the creative industries

A policy brief for the incoming PM and Cabinet

Policy briefing: Creative industries innovation in seaside resorts and country towns

Authors: Lucy McFadzean, Gabriella Giannachi, Joanne Evans

Understanding policy & funding needs of creative industries businesses in rural and coastal regions

Policy Briefing: R&D in the Creative Industries

Author: Hasan Bakhshi

A five-page policy briefing with facts and statistics on R&D in the creative industries

A global agenda from the PEC's International Council

11 key actions for the Cultural and Creative Industries

The birth of neo-regulation. Where next for the UK’s approach to platform regulation?

Authors: Professor Martin Kretschmer, ​Professor Philip Schlesinger

A policy briefing outlining the government's plans to regulate platforms and prevent online harms

Placemaking, Culture and Covid

Author: Trevor MacFarlane FRSA

Insights from our Industry Champions: In partnership with the Centre for Cultural Value

The Creative Industries in the UK’s Export Strategy

A policy brief outling the PEC's research into the barriers to exporting for creative businesses

How to design a creative higher education system that supports economic needs

Author: Lesley Giles

How higher education can be a driver of innovation, skills and economic growth

Driving local growth: Lessons from the Preston Model

Authors: Professor Philip B Whyman, Dr Adrian Wright, Mary Lawler, Dr Alina Petrescu

How the innovative local growth model in Preston has benefited the creative industries

Creative places: Growing the creative industries across the UK

Authors: Claudia Burger, Eliza Easton, Hasan Bakhshi

A policy brief summarising PEC's research on the importance of place for the creative industries

Mapping the R&D landscape for creative technologies

Author: Juan Mateos-Garcia

Insights from a research project using machine learning to map creative tech projects in the UK

The Regulation of Online Platforms: Mapping an emergent regulatory field

Authors: Professor Martin Kretschmer, Ula Furgal, ​Professor Philip Schlesinger

A policy brief to accompany the discussion paper ' The emergence of platform regulation in the UK'

Freelancers in the Creative Industries

Author: Billy Beckett

A brief to help policymakers understand freelancers in the creative industries

Recovery and growth for creative freelancers: during and post-pandemic

Author: Jo Chandler

Insights from our Industry Champions: in partnership with the Centre for Cultural Value

Business R&D in the arts, humanities and social sciences

Authors: Hasan Bakhshi, Jonathan Breckon, Ruth Puttick

What R&D in arts, humanities & social sciences looks like in a business setting, and why it matters

On-Demand Culture: How the lockdown is changing games and streaming services

Authors: Raphael Leung, John Davies

An analysis of the effect that lockdown has had on streaming and online gaming

Beyond the early adopter: widening the appeal for virtual reality

Authors: Catherine Allen, Dr Jenny Kidd, Dr Eva Nieto McAvoy

How cultural industries can increase the adoption of immersive technologies for mainstream audiences

The impact of COVID-19 on diversity in the creative industries

Author: Claudia Burger

Insights from our Industry Champions, in partnership with the APPG for Creative Diversity

Understanding how our habits of cultural consumption changed during lockdown - wave 9 data

Insights from the nine-week study into consumers cultural consumption habits

Beyond bailouts: three ways the upcoming Spending Review should support the creative industries

Recommendations for the 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review stemming from our recent research

Business model disruption and innovation during COVID-19 in the creative content industries

Author: Claudia Burger

We consulted our Industry Champions on how their business models are affected by the pandemic

As lockdown eased: How our habits of cultural consumption at home are changing

Continuing our study of people's cultural consumption at home as the UK moved out of lockdown

Graduate motivations and the economic returns of creative higher education inside and outside the creative industries

Authors: ​Martha Bloom, Hasan Bakhshi

A clear link between studying a creative subject at university & gaining a meaningful creative job

The importance of a UK-wide recovery plan for the creative industries

Authors: Eliza Easton, Claudia Burger

2008 recession highlights lessons for recovery of creative businesses outside London post COVID-19

How policymakers can support local growth in the creative industries

Author: Claudia Burger

We consulted our Industry Champions on local policy interventions which aim to grow the sector

How evidence should guide manifesto promises on the Creative Industries

Author: Hasan Bakhshi

Evidence-led policies for the sector that parties of all colours should include in their manifestos

The value of creative higher and further education

We consulted our Industry Champions on recruiting talent from post-18 higher & further education