Embargoed 00.01 GMT Wednesday 12 February 2025 The rapid growth of the UK’s creative industries has earned them a place in the UK government’s Industrial Strategy as a priority sector.… Read More »UK Government’s growth ambitions threatened by widening creative industries skills gap
Embargoed 00.01 Wednesday 20 November 2024 GMT With the UK Government’s forthcoming industrial strategy highlighting the creative industries as a key sector for both investment and growth, a new report… Read More »Invest at scale in place-based approaches to unleash potential of ‘Foreign Direct Investment’ in UK’s creative industries says new research
A new report published today by the AHRC-funded Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC) says re-imagining growth finance could boost the creative economy and help tackle regional inequality… Read More »With the right financial support creative industries could fuel the Government’s growth mission and help tackle persistent regional inequality
30 organisations meet to set out a bold new vision for the north of England’s creative industries Today (22 February) representatives and leaders from 30 organisations will meet to set… Read More »‘One Creative North’ plans finalised at summit ahead of Convention of the North
A new report published today, provides fresh insight on where policy intervention could be best targeted to bolster the creative industries and help level up the UK economy. Nearly 70%… Read More »Press Release: Investing in ‘creative clusters’ is key to economic growth– and helping to level up the UK economy
Today, the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), led by Newcastle University, say there is a ‘clear opportunity’… Read More »Press release: With coordinated action North of England based creative industries could add £10bn to the UK economy
Today (Saturday 16 September), three major institutions announce a joint agreement to work together to determine the skills, policies and investment required to achieve sustained growth in the creative sector.… Read More »Press Release: ‘Creative Corridors’ can be the key to the UK’s creative industries’ ambitions
August 2023 – It’s a commonly held view that the arts drive gentrification. Many city leaders argue that new creative firms and a growing artistic population can support economic renewal.… Read More »Press release: Relationship between creative industries and gentrification overstated says new study
17 August 2023 – The latest Authors’ Earnings Survey, from researchers at the CREATe Research Centre at the University of Glasgow, made for concerning reading. Author income is in sharp… Read More »Could the UK be a creative haven for writers? With support from policymakers, yes, says new report
Newcastle University and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) have been announced as new hosts of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC). Download the Press Release The… Read More »Press Release: New Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre co-hosts announced
Published today: 23rd February 2023 Download the Press Release The Creative Industries – from fashion and film to video games and visual arts – are a UK success story. The… Read More »Press release: Major review of job quality in the Creative Industries
Research shows poorest parts of Manchester have few firms & little/no employment in creative sector 29 September 2022 – Manchester has long been considered a creative industries success story. It… Read More »Press release: Poorest areas excluded from Manchester’s creative industries success story
PEC launches six-week Call for Evidence for submissions on job quality and working practices Monday 21 March 2022 – The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) has today launched a… Read More »Press release: New independent review marks vital opportunity to improve working conditions in the Creative Industries
New Policy Briefing, Research and Industry Insight from the PEC The government has rightly placed boosting R&D at the heart of its growth strategy for the UK and for levelling… Read More »Press Release: R&D should be at the heart of government thinking on the Creative Industries
A call to Government and Industry to adopt a 10-year, 10-point Social Mobility Plan New report from the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre shows the scale of class exclusion… Read More »Press release: UK’s Creative Industries would need to employ 250,000 more working-class people to be as socio economically diverse as the rest of the economy
Study shows the importance of micro creative clusters as engines of local and national growth – The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre finds 709 ‘microclusters’ of creative businesses in… Read More »Press release: Small engines of growth: New research finds over 700 small communities of creative businesses in cities, towns and villages across the UK
Measuring gender imbalances in reporting on the creative industries Researchers analyse over half a million articles published across almost 20 years to examine gender imbalances in media reporting 22nd July… Read More »Press release: How big data and machine learning can be used to generate more meaningful insights on gender inequality