R&D, Innovation and Clusters
The Creative Industries can be found in every corner of the UK, but they are not spread evenly. Creative firms are concentrated in specific places, such as London or Edinburgh, and absent from others. When creative businesses operate near each other, as part of a ‘cluster’, they can benefit from economies of scale and knowledge spillovers.
Previous Creative PEC reports identified the geography of microclusters, clusters and corridors. Policymakers can use this understanding of clusters, for example to target R&D funding to support innovation and economic growth. The R&D, Innovation and Clusters State of the Nations reports provide regular overviews of R&D and innovation in Creative Industries businesses and of creative clusters.
R&D, Innovation and Clusters is a strand of the State of the Nations research series.
The reports
Growth Finance for Creative Industries
Launched October 2024
Re-imagining growth finance could boost the creative economy and help tackle regional inequality in support of the UK’s Government’ s growth mission.
This new research finds that creative businesses are more likely to identify new R&D opportunities than businesses in other sectors but may face barriers in accessing the capital they need to act upon these.
Geographies of Creativity
Launched December 2023
Where do creative clusters arise and what can policymakers do to optimise intervention? This first report in our State of the Nations series explores three different levels of the UK’s creative industries geography: microclusters, clusters, and corridors.
The research shines a light on the role of microclusters in the creative industries, and explains why creative clusters are good targets for intervention and investment, and a key engine for economic growth in the UK.
Further reading
With the right financial support creative industries could fuel the Government’s growth mission and help tackle persistent regional inequality
A new report published today by the AHRC-funded Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Crea…
Press Release: Investing in ‘creative clusters’ is key to economic growth– and helping to level up the UK economy
A new report published today, provides fresh insight on where policy intervention could be best targ…
More from the State of the Nations research series
