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
The UK’s Fashion and Textiles industry contributed almost £20 billion to the UK economy in 2020 and remains a major UK employer with 500,000 jobs supported across design, manufacturing and… Read More »Identifying and analysing UK fashion micro-clusters
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 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
In 2019, the UK’s live music sector was valued at over £1.3 billion. After almost a decade of strong growth the sector helped push the UK music’s overall GVA from… Read More »Live music ecologies in the UK: A local perspective in the context of the pandemic