The changing spatial distribution of employment in creative industry clusters in England 1991-2018
Understanding creative industries growth trends from 1991-2018 by mapping the geographical concentration and patterns.
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The impact of overseas mergers and acquisitions on UK video games industry
A new scoping study on the economic consequences and potential market failures The BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit and Creative PEC, with Games Investor Consulting and Oxford Economics, have published a… Read More »The impact of overseas mergers and acquisitions on UK video games industry
What can we learn about the innovation performance of the Creative Industries from the UK Innovation Survey?
Creative PEC launches new research exploring how the creative industries participate in innovation activities including: R&D, investment, product and service development, environmental benefits and business strategy. The report, produced by… Read More »What can we learn about the innovation performance of the Creative Industries from the UK Innovation Survey?
Make Freelancing Pay
New research shows innovative tax and benefits policies could transform UK Screen Industry freelancers’ livelihoods. The research reveals that innovative tax and benefits policies could dramatically improve financial security for… Read More »Make Freelancing Pay
Unleashing Creativity: Fixing the Finance Gap in the Creative Industries
This report is a collaboration between Creative UK and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC). It is based on a survey of 896 firms from all creative… Read More »Unleashing Creativity: Fixing the Finance Gap in the Creative Industries
Beyond growth: promoting inclusive development of creative clusters in the UK
The UK creative industries have been an economic powerhouse for over two decades, contributing £125 billion to the economy in 2022 and supporting nearly 2.4 million jobs. However, this growth… Read More »Beyond growth: promoting inclusive development of creative clusters in the UK
Improving economic statistics in the creative industries
Towards multi-regional creative industries satellite accounts In today’s ever-evolving economic landscape, policymakers are increasingly recognising the potential of creative industries to drive growth, innovation, and export opportunities across various sectors.… Read More »Improving economic statistics in the creative industries
Impact Investing in the Cultural and Creative Sectors: Insights from an emerging field
This report identifies a burgeoning movement of investing for impact in the cultural and creative sectors globally, emerging at the precise moment that the sector urgently needs to examine new… Read More »Impact Investing in the Cultural and Creative Sectors: Insights from an emerging field
Improving young people’s access and progression in work in film, TV and games
Young people can face significant barriers to achieving their full potential in UK society. Disparities in educational and employment outcomes between disadvantaged young people and their peers are well-evidenced and… Read More »Improving young people’s access and progression in work in film, TV and games
Tomorrow comes today
This comprehensive new report provides evidence and commentary to highlight the key features of the environment facing the creative industries and business models over the next 5 to 10 years,… Read More »Tomorrow comes today
Fashion MSMEs confronting climate change, COVID-19 and Brexit
This discussion paper presents findings from a study which analysed the impact of climate change, COVID-19, and Brexit on the drivers and factors underlying the supply chain relocation strategies of… Read More »Fashion MSMEs confronting climate change, COVID-19 and Brexit
The State of Creativity
Download and read the State of Creativity in Arabic قم بتحميل وقراءة التقرير باللغة العربية Thanks to our partners at the British Council, you can now read the State of Creativity… Read More »The State of Creativity
The networked shift: A creative industries foresight study
The near future of the creative industries will be a networked shift Digital tools and processes are already enabling creative practitioners and audiences to reconfigure their outputs and interests in… Read More »The networked shift: A creative industries foresight study
Post-Brexit migration and accessing foreign talent in the Creative Industries
The UK’s departure from the EU has changed the way that British firms trade and work with Europe. Brexit has introduced new barriers to the single market, and through the… Read More »Post-Brexit migration and accessing foreign talent in the Creative Industries
The Good Work Review
The Good Work Review is the first examination of job quality across the entire creative industries. The Review is based on 40 separate indicators, from evidence submitted by 120 organisations,… Read More »The Good Work Review
Understanding createch R&D
This report makes for a timely contribution for UK policymakers as they revisit growth priorities for the creative industries. Createch is a term that has been used broadly to characterise… Read More »Understanding createch R&D
Exploring societal challenges through library data
From film credits to library catalogues, the creative industries are constantly, passively generating rich textual data. Could this data be used to shed new light on societal challenges? At Nesta,… Read More »Exploring societal challenges through library data
Creative industries and the climate emergency
Ahead of COP 27, this landmark new report brings together for the first time a sector by sector overview of the creative industries, and the huge amount of activity taking… Read More »Creative industries and the climate emergency
Mapping and examining the determinants of England’s rural creative microclusters
More targeted support could unleash the potential of Rural Creative Enterprises It is well documented that creative industries are clustered in urban areas. This leads to a possible policy bias… Read More »Mapping and examining the determinants of England’s rural creative microclusters
Supporting the Creative Industries: The impact of the ‘Preston Model’ in Lancashire
The economic geography of the UK is highly uneven, with many of the largest clusters concentrating in the greater South East of England and some large metropolitan areas in the… Read More »Supporting the Creative Industries: The impact of the ‘Preston Model’ in Lancashire
The art of R&D
The government has committed to increasing the amount of public money spent on research and development (R&D). Historically, R&D funding has gone towards economic sectors such as science, health and… Read More »The art of R&D
Enhancing creative education
Creative education, which covers a wide array of subjects, from art and design, to media, dance and music, plays a crucial role in preparing the next generation of innovative workers.… Read More »Enhancing creative education
Createch activity in the UK
Createch is an emerging field that combines technology and creativity in novel ways. This report is a foundational piece of research that examines where createch businesses are in the UK,… Read More »Createch activity in the UK
Social mobility in the creative economy: Rebuilding and levelling up?
This report concludes phase 2 of the PEC’s ‘Class in the Creative Industries’ programme. Led by PEC researchers at Work Advance, the University of Edinburgh, and the Work Foundation, and… Read More »Social mobility in the creative economy: Rebuilding and levelling up?
Creative Radar 2021: The impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s creative industries
This is the second report from the Creative Radar series, by PEC researchers at the University of Sussex, and funded by the AHRC. The authors analysed data from a survey… Read More »Creative Radar 2021: The impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s creative industries
Cultural brokerage and creative clusters
Future Screens NI and levelling-up in a pandemic environment Future Screens NI is one of nine creative clusters in the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Creative Industries Clusters Programme, of which… Read More »Cultural brokerage and creative clusters
Screened out: Tackling class inequality in the UK’s screen industries
Our new research, supported by ScreenSkills with BFI funding, calls for change in the Screen sector Read the summary of the report The Screen Industries are a vital and vibrant… Read More »Screened out: Tackling class inequality in the UK’s screen industries
Part one: Gaps in the evidence base
From presence to prominence: How can computer vision widen evidence base of on-screen representation There are two big initiatives in the UK regularly collecting evidence on diversity across different demographics… Read More »Part one: Gaps in the evidence base
Part two: A framework for measuring on-screen representation
From presence to prominence: How can computer vision widen evidence base of on-screen representation We present a conceptual framework of representation measurements, focusing on representation on-screen. Off-screen inclusion (e.g. commissioning of… Read More »Part two: A framework for measuring on-screen representation
Part three: An illustrative demo measuring prominence of TV characters
From presence to prominence: How can computer vision widen evidence base of on-screen representation The final part of this blog series shows two illustrative examples of measuring character prominence in… Read More »Part three: An illustrative demo measuring prominence of TV characters
Using computer vision to improve on-screen representation
Explore the research series A series about improving issues of diversity in the characters that we see on our screens The UK screen industry has a diversity (specifically, representation) problem… Read More »Using computer vision to improve on-screen representation
Measuring the economic value of cultural and heritage sites
A major contribution of new guidance, evidence and research on the economic value of culture and heritage Visiting a free museum, walking past a historic building, going to a theatre:… Read More »Measuring the economic value of cultural and heritage sites
Creative radar: Mapping the UK’s creative industries
Major urban centres are the sorts of places we would expect to find creative businesses clustered together. Yet go beyond London’s Shoreditch, Manchester’s Northern Quarter, or Edinburgh’s Cowgate, and you… Read More »Creative radar: Mapping the UK’s creative industries
For love or money
Graduate motivations and the economic returns of creative higher education inside and outside the creative industries In recent years, several studies have attempted to quantify the economic value of higher… Read More »For love or money
AI and the Creative Industries: The art in the artificial
AI and the creative industries Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the goal of developing machines with intelligent capabilities, such as pattern recognition, conversation and, ultimately, general intelligence itself. AI has seen… Read More »AI and the Creative Industries: The art in the artificial
Streaming culture
Looking back at the rise of streaming Over the past decade, digital technologies have brought huge changes in how we consume culture, from being able to re-watch our favourite films… Read More »Streaming culture
Charities speak
Using data science to understand the arts and cultural charities sector in England and Wales Charities affect all walks of life – they care for underprivileged people; they provide spaces… Read More »Charities speak
Getting in and getting on: Class, participation and job quality in the UK’s Creative Industries
Authors: Heather Carey, Rebecca Florisson, Professor Dave O’Brien, Dr Neil Lee It was recently suggested that the pandemic poses ‘the biggest threat to the UK’s cultural infrastructure, institutions and workforce in a generation’… Read More »Getting in and getting on: Class, participation and job quality in the UK’s Creative Industries
12 facts about the UK’s international trade in creative goods and services
Worldwide exports of creative goods exceeded 500 billion USD in 2015, with a 150% increase since 2002. In the UK, the creative industries have become an increasingly international sector in… Read More »12 facts about the UK’s international trade in creative goods and services
The creative digital skills revolution
A common finding in studies on the future of work is that employers will increasingly demand digital skills and creative skills. Some studies go further and suggest that the sweet spot will… Read More »The creative digital skills revolution
The migrant and skills needs of creative businesses in the UK
This report details the results of a survey of employers commissioned by the Creative Industries Council (CIC) from December 2017 to January 2018. The CIC survey ‘piggybacked’ on the Department… Read More »The migrant and skills needs of creative businesses in the UK
She said more
Measuring gender imbalances in reporting on the creative industries The media’s reporting of women in the creative industries has changed markedly in recent years. Not only has there been a… Read More »She said more
Creativity and the future of skills
At a time when all jobs, whether in a coffee shop or a bank, can seemingly be described as creative, you’d be forgiven for thinking the word had lost all… Read More »Creativity and the future of skills