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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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