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Harnessing the growth potential of createch
This insights paper summarises existing evidence on the present opportunities and challenges in creative technology.
Policy Brief: Creative Industries Employers’ Perspectives on Skills Initiatives: 2025
Overview The Government’s new Industrial Strategy sets a long-term, sector-focused approach to skills, aiming to boost opportunity, support economic growth, and ensure a strong pipeline of talent for priority sectors… Read More »Policy Brief: Creative Industries Employers’ Perspectives on Skills Initiatives: 2025
Policy Brief: Migration in UK Creative Occupations and Industries
Overview The UK’s creative industries are internationally oriented, a fact that’s reflected in its export success,[1] volume of foreign direct investment,[2] and reliance on global talent. They are a key… Read More »Policy Brief: Migration in UK Creative Occupations and Industries
Policy Brief: Arts, Culture and Heritage: Recent Trends in UK Workforce and Engagement in England
Overview Five years after the Covid-19 pandemic, engagement and employment in the arts, culture and heritage (ACH) sectors are showing signs of recovery, with cultural engagement trends increasing across a… Read More »Policy Brief: Arts, Culture and Heritage: Recent Trends in UK Workforce and Engagement in England
Policy Brief: Foreign Direct Investment in the UK’s Creative Industries
Read the Policy Brief based on the most recent State of the Nations Report on FDI.
Policy Brief: Insights from the Northern Creative Corridor Workshops Sprint
The Northern Creative Corridor is an initiative aimed at connecting creative clusters across Northern England to drive regional growth in the creative industries. Led by a coalition including the Royal… Read More »Policy Brief: Insights from the Northern Creative Corridor Workshops Sprint
Policy Brief: International Trade and the UK Creative Industries
This policy brief examines international trade in the UK creative industries. Drawing on our UK Trade in a Global Creative Economy State of the Nation report, the brief highlights key… Read More »Policy Brief: International Trade and the UK Creative Industries
Policy brief: Audiences and Workforce in Arts Culture and Heritage
This policy brief uses census data to provide, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of audiences and workforce.
Policy Brief: Transitioning to Sustainable Production across the UK Theatre Sector
This policy brief outlines recommendations for transitioning to more sustainable theatre production practices across the UK theatre sector. It is based on research by Professor Roberta Mock that examined sustainable… Read More »Policy Brief: Transitioning to Sustainable Production across the UK Theatre Sector
Authors’ Earnings in the UK
This policy briefing sets out areas for possible policy action, proposed by the researchers at CREATe who conducted a survey of UK writers for the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society… Read More »Authors’ Earnings in the UK
Television production, international trade and pressures to consolidate
The UK television production sector is one of Britain’s leading creative export sectors. This briefing by Gillian Doyle discusses how ownership structures of TV production companies has a major impact… Read More »Television production, international trade and pressures to consolidate
Three ways to support growth in the creative industries
Three ways to support growth in the creative industries The Creative Industries are an economic powerhouse, delivering £115.9bn GVA, accounting for 2.2 million jobs, and exporting more than £50bn per year at the last count. Around… Read More »Three ways to support growth in the creative industries
Policy briefing: Creative industries innovation in seaside resorts and country towns
This policy brief is based on a PEC Discussion Paper: Creative Industries Innovation in Seaside Resorts and Country Towns Pre-pandemic, research suggested that being located in intensive, largely urban clusters… Read More »Policy briefing: Creative industries innovation in seaside resorts and country towns
Policy Briefing: R&D in the Creative Industries
The creative industries are one of the fastest growing sectors of the UK economy. One in eight UK businesses are part of the creative industries, and together they contributed almost… Read More »Policy Briefing: R&D in the Creative Industries
A global agenda from the Global Creative Economy Council
The GCEC’s contribution to the United Nations 2021 International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development.
The birth of neo-regulation. Where next for the UK’s approach to platform regulation?
A new era of tech regulation is about to begin. However, planned legislation is leading to a tension between two diverging principles in regulating online contents and platforms: preventing online… Read More »The birth of neo-regulation. Where next for the UK’s approach to platform regulation?
Placemaking, Culture and Covid
In September 2021, we consulted a Panel of our Industry Champions on their experiences of the development and sustainability of ‘Creative Places’, and how policy can support this. This Panel was commissioned… Read More »Placemaking, Culture and Covid
The Creative Industries in the UK’s Export Strategy
This brief is based upon the findings of our latest research into the features and barriers facing the UK’s creative industries exports, part of a discussion paper by PEC researchers from… Read More »The Creative Industries in the UK’s Export Strategy
How to design a creative higher education system that supports economic needs
As the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government is faced with important policy decisions about where and how to direct future interventions and funding. One area where this… Read More »How to design a creative higher education system that supports economic needs
Driving local growth: Lessons from the Preston Model
The ‘Preston Model’ of Community Wealth Building (CWB) is an innovative policy intervention that ensures that local growth benefits local communities. A key component of the Preston Model is changing… Read More »Driving local growth: Lessons from the Preston Model
Creative places: Growing the creative industries across the UK
This is in part because of the economic importance of the sector: one in eight UK businesses are part of the creative industries, and together they contributed almost £116 billion… Read More »Creative places: Growing the creative industries across the UK
Mapping the R&D landscape for creative technologies
Creative technologies (“CreaTech”) will play an increasingly big role driving innovation and growth in the creative industries. The pandemic has only accelerated investment and interest in CreaTech, particularly in culture,… Read More »Mapping the R&D landscape for creative technologies
The Regulation of Online Platforms: Mapping an emergent regulatory field
This policy brief is designed to accompany the Discussion Paper,The Emergence of Platform Regulation in the UK: an Empirical-Legal Study. Both this brief and the Discussion Paper will be vital reading… Read More »The Regulation of Online Platforms: Mapping an emergent regulatory field
Freelancers in the Creative Industries
One of the defining features of the creative industries is a high reliance on freelancers whether that is in film, design, tech or the arts. 32% of the creative industries workforce… Read More »Freelancers in the Creative Industries
Recovery and growth for creative freelancers: during and post-pandemic
Insights from our Industry Champions: in partnership with the Centre for Cultural Value At the end of March 2021 we consulted a panel of our Industry Champions to gain a deeper… Read More »Recovery and growth for creative freelancers: during and post-pandemic
Business R&D in the arts, humanities and social sciences
What R&D in the arts, humanities & social sciences looks like in a business setting, and why it matters This policy briefing is based on research which starts from two… Read More »Business R&D in the arts, humanities and social sciences
On-Demand Culture: How the lockdown is changing games and streaming services
Covid-19 regulations and restrictions have meant conventional forms of leisure and culture have either stopped or greatly changed. The lockdown has, however, also seen dramatic growth for on-demand services. This… Read More »On-Demand Culture: How the lockdown is changing games and streaming services
Beyond the early adopter: widening the appeal for virtual reality
How the cultural industries can increase the adoption of immersive technologies for mainstream audiences Virtual reality worlds. Procedurally generated landscapes. Live immersive experiences. This sort of technology used to be… Read More »Beyond the early adopter: widening the appeal for virtual reality
The impact of COVID-19 on diversity in the creative industries
As part of our research agenda on the industry’s response to COVID-19, we partnered with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Creative Diversity to consult Industry Champions and APPG partners on the… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on diversity in the creative industries
Understanding how our habits of cultural consumption changed during lockdown – wave 9 data
Insights from the nine-week study into consumers cultural consumption habits – data from wave 9 of the survey This is the latest release of the data from a survey of people’s… Read More »Understanding how our habits of cultural consumption changed during lockdown – wave 9 data
Beyond bailouts: three ways the upcoming Spending Review should support the creative industries
The creative industries – from film, to fashion, to creative digital – are now widely recognised as a thriving part of the UK economy, contributing £111.7 billion in gross value added (GVA)… Read More »Beyond bailouts: three ways the upcoming Spending Review should support the creative industries
Business model disruption and innovation during COVID-19 in the creative content industries
To understand how COVID-19 continues to affect the creative industries, we have consulted our Industry Champions about their experience of business model disruption and innovation within their own organisations during… Read More »Business model disruption and innovation during COVID-19 in the creative content industries
As lockdown eased: How our habits of cultural consumption at home are changing
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the halt on many cultural and creative activities, from live music, to museums, and cinemas, has changed the way that we experience content. During April-May… Read More »As lockdown eased: How our habits of cultural consumption at home are changing
Graduate motivations and the economic returns of creative higher education inside and outside the creative industries
Insights for policymakers The creative industries have experienced a glorious decade punctuated by a challenging year. Over the last 10 years, the sector has grown at a rate more than… Read More »Graduate motivations and the economic returns of creative higher education inside and outside the creative industries
The importance of a UK-wide recovery plan for the creative industries
New research shows that following the global financial crisis in 2008 we saw an accelerated trend towards a greater concentration of creative businesses in London. This should warn us against repeating… Read More »The importance of a UK-wide recovery plan for the creative industries
Understanding how our habits of cultural consumption changed during lockdown – newest survey data
Insights from the nine-week study into consumers cultural consumption habits This is the latest release of the data from a survey of people’s consumption of culture through lockdown, commissioned by… Read More »Understanding how our habits of cultural consumption changed during lockdown – newest survey data
How policymakers can support local growth in the creative industries
As part of our research agenda around local growth, we consulted our Industry Champions on their experience of local policy interventions aimed at growing the creative industries. Our Industry Champions are trusted… Read More »How policymakers can support local growth in the creative industries
How evidence should guide manifesto promises on the Creative Industries
The creative industries – from film, to fashion, to creative technology – are rightly lauded as a thriving part of the UK economy, contributing £101.5bn GVA and employing more than 2 million people. However,… Read More »How evidence should guide manifesto promises on the Creative Industries
The value of creative higher and further education
Insights from our Industry Champions As part of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC’s) research agenda around the value of creative education, we consulted our Industry Champions on their experience… Read More »The value of creative higher and further education