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uk creative visions

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Ambitious plans to grow the economy and boost creative industries

Ambitious plans to grow the economy and boost UK creative industries by £50 billion

uk creative visions

New plans to maximise the potential of the UK creative industries and grow the economy have been set out by the government today.

  • Government’s plan to grow the creative industries by £50bn and support a million more jobs by 2030, with £77m of new funding for the sector announced
  • Advanced screen and performance technology research labs to be based in Yorkshire, Dundee, Belfast and Buckinghamshire
  • £50m to support more regional creative clusters, plus extra cash for music venues, video games studios, London Fashion Week and the next generation of British music talent
  • Plans to build a pipeline of skills and talent through new creative careers promise

One of the Prime Minister’s priority sectors for economic growth, the creative industries are a global British success story growing at more than 1.5 times the rate of the wider economy over the past decade and contributing £108 billion in gross value added (GVA) annually.

Employment in these industries has grown at five times the rate of the rest of the economy since 2011. Speaking at the London Tech Week conference on Monday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that Britain’s creative industries were “going like gangbusters” and represent a “unique strength” for the country.

Developed with industry via the Creative Industries Council, the Creative Industries Sector Vision published today sets out shared ambitions to build on that success and maximise the growth of the creative industries by £50 billion by 2030, creating one million extra jobs and delivering a creative careers promise that builds a pipeline of future talent.

Framed around the key principles for driving growth - facilitating innovation and investment, alongside building a skilled workforce - the Sector Vision is backed by £77 million in new government investment for the sector.

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, said:

The creative industries are a true British success story, from global music stars like Adele and Ed Sheeran to world-class cultural institutions like the National Theatre. These industries have a special place in our national life and make a unique contribution to how we feel about ourselves as a country. We want to build on this incredible success to drive growth in our economy - one of my key priorities – and to ensure that UK creative industries continue to lead the world long into the future. Backed up with significant new funding, this ambitious plan will help grow the sector by an extra £50 billion while creating one million extra jobs by 2030.

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said:

The imagination and ingenuity of British designers, producers, content creators, writers and artists are spearheading growth right across our economy. The government is backing our creatives to maximise the potential of the creative industries. This Sector Vision is about driving innovation, attracting investment and building on the clusters of creativity across the country. And from first days at school to last days of work, we will nurture the skills needed to build a larger creative workforce to harness the talent needed for continued success. Working with the industry this vision is helping the UK creative sectors go from strength to strength - providing jobs and opportunities, creating world leading content and supporting economic growth across the country.

Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said:

Our Creative Industry isn’t just about the glitz and glam of the red carpet in Leicester Square. It brings in £108 billion a year to help fund our public services, supports over 2 million jobs, and is world renowned. That’s why we’re backing it as an industry to drive our economic growth, keeping the UK at the top of the world’s cultural charts with a multi-million pound boost.

This includes £50 million to grow clusters of creative businesses in locations all over the country, and more funding to help start-ups scale-up and to turn creative entrepreneurs into CEOs.

New investment will help the next Adele, Ed Sheeran or Sam Smith break into overseas markets, alongside financial support for new video games studios and hundreds of grassroots music venues. The government will continue to offer competitive creative industries tax reliefs to incentivise production of film, TV and video games in the UK. This sector vision builds on more than £230 million in government spending on the creative industries since 2021, which includes £75.6 million to build the largest virtual production research and development network in Europe to put the UK at the forefront of advancements in visual effects, motion-capture technology, and AI for the screen industries and live performance. Today the government has announced regional research labs will be based in Yorkshire, Dundee and Belfast with a national lab in Buckinghamshire. The programme will be supported with an additional £63 million investment from industry.

Alongside investment, the Sector Vision commits the government to a new creative careers promise - a pledge backed by a comprehensive package of actions to open up more opportunities, particularly for young people, to pursue careers in the creative industries.

Sir Peter Bazalgette, industry co-Chair of the Creative Industries Council said:

The Creative Industries are coming of age with this ambitious policy framework for economic growth and cultural value. Our Sector Vision, developed jointly with government, champions R&D-led innovation and future skills, drawing on the talent of all our communities. It also promotes positive impact on health & wellbeing, the environment & Britain’s global reach. Helped by the government’s new spending commitments, the work starts now to deliver on this growth agenda.

Innovation, investment and exports

Four new state-of-the-art research and development facilities will be set up to drive the next generation of screen technology and on-set virtual production, with £63 million of new industry investment announced today on top of the government’s £75.6 million investment. UKRI’s Convergent Screen Technologies and performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) programme is expected to create more than 820 new jobs across the UK.

The government will invest at least £50 million in the next wave of UKRI’s Creative Industries Clusters programme . This funding will be used to identify and support at least six new clusters specialising in creative subsectors, helping entrepreneurs and businesses in these areas innovate with new technologies, secure investment, and access global markets. It comes as more than 300 creative companies across the UK receive a share of £13 million in government grants today to help them innovate and reach their high growth potential.

DCMS will increase the budget of the Create Growth Programme by £10.9 million, bringing it to a total of £28.4 million until 2025. The increased funding will enable it to double the number of regions it covers to twelve and support 2,000 businesses to commercialise their ideas and access resources, knowledge and private investment to scale up - turning today’s creative entrepreneurs into tomorrow’s CEOs.

Funding for the Music Exports Growth Scheme , which provides grants to support touring and help emerging musicians break into new global markets, will be expanded to £3.2 million over the next two years. Past recipients include BRIT award winners Wolf Alice, Dave and Catfish and the Bottlemen, as well as Mercury Prize Winners Young Fathers and BRIT Rising Star nominee beabadoobee.

DCMS will expand Arts Council England’s highly successful Supporting Grassroots Music Venues Fund , providing an additional £5 million over two years to support around 400 grassroots music venues projects, as the lifeblood of our world-leading music sector and cornerstones of communities.

The UK Games Fund will receive a £5 million uplift bringing its total funding to £13.4 million over the next two years. Since 2015 the fund has been developing talent and awarding grants to young video game developers and early-stage studios to turn their drawing board ideas into working prototype games and showcase them to investors. The additional funding will mean it can help maturer start-ups grow their businesses and attract even more private investment into our booming video games industry.

Acknowledging UK excellence in holding international showcase events which enhance our soft power and boost creative exports, ministers have agreed new funding of £2 million will go to London Fashion Week for 2023-25 and £1.7 million for the BFI to deliver the London Film Festival 2024.

Skills and education

The Sector Vision’s creative careers promise commits the government to working closely with the industry to give young people from all backgrounds more opportunities to participate in creative activities from an early age, in order to build a highly-skilled, productive and inclusive creative workforce. To support these aims, DCMS and the Department for Education will:

Publish the Cultural Education Plan later this year, deliver last year’s National Plan for Music Education which includes £25 million for musical instruments, and explore opportunities for enrichment activities as part of the government’s wraparound childcare provision.

Work with industry to ensure post-16 technical skills routes work effectively for the creative industries. This will include supporting the rollout of T-Levels in creative subjects and increasing provision and take-up of high quality creative apprenticeships.

Support lifelong learning in the creative industries and enable the sector to retain and retrain the existing workforce by working with local and regional partners to maximise the opportunities of Skills Bootcamps and to develop Local Skills Improvement Plans across England.

Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said:

The UK has a global reputation for creating, writing and producing amazing music and the Creative Industries generate over £50 billion in exports for the UK economy and are a key driver for UK growth. The Department for Business and Trade is committed to championing our world class artists and businesses around the world by doubling creative trade missions and expanding support for exporters in the creative industries.

UK Research and Innovation Creative Industries Sector Champion, Professor Christopher Smith, said:

The creative industries are a UK success story, key to the UK’s prosperity, wellbeing and resilience. From design to screen, fashion and textiles to heritage, they are generating high-quality employment and innovation. UKRI’s creative industries investments, including CoSTAR, Creative Catalyst and the Creative Industry Clusters Programme, will catalyse the research and innovation that are crucial for this fast-growing and important sector. The creative industries are now firmly embedded in the research and development ecosystem, ensuring that the UK remains a genuine world leader in the industries of the future.

Caroline Norbury OBE, Chief Executive, Creative UK & Creative Industries Council member

The UK Government’s Sector Vision recognises and cements the Creative Industries’ immense capacity for growth, and rightly prioritises much-needed investment in the sector. Creative UK, our members, and colleagues across the Creative Industries, stand ready to further unleash the power of creativity, so that together we can drive inclusive growth across all parts of the UK.

BRIT Awards Rising Star nominee beabadoobee said:

The funding from the Music Export Growth Scheme came at a great point in my career and gave me a helping hand. I’m happy to know the scheme is being extended and more money will be coming into music to help even more new artists breakthrough. This will all help in building artists fanbases in the UK and around the world.

Additional Announcement Information

Convergent screen technologies and performance in realtime (costar).

The national CoSTAR lab and three regional R&D labs will ensure the UK has the skills and infrastructure to stay on the cutting-edge of new virtual production techniques in film, TV and live events which involve using computer-generated imagery (CGI), augmented reality and motion capture to create ‘virtual sets’. Instead of adding visual effects and CGI in post-production, virtual production allows filmmakers and theatre directors to create large-scale digitally-generated environments using LED panels that performers can interact with in real-time, as a quicker and less expensive alternative to green screens. The technology has been used in the ABBA Voyage live concert and the Batman and Minecraft immersive experiences in the UK, as well on Disney’s hit show The Mandalorian.

Today’s announcement of the preferred bidders for CoSTAR is subject to internal government approvals processes, and where relevant, commercial discussions with external partners. Partner organisations such as BT, the National Film and Television School, Vodafone, Studio Ulster and Screen Yorkshire have today announced they will invest at least £63.3 million in CoSTAR. The programme will also include an Insight and Foresight Unit led by Goldsmiths and the BFI. More information on the CoStar preferred bidders:

National lab

Led by Royal Holloway, University of London. Core partners: Pinewood Studios, disguise, BT, Surrey County Council, Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership,  University of Surrey, Abertay University, National Film and TV School (NFTS).

Regional labs

West Yorkshire - Led by York University. Located at Production Park Studios, West Yorkshire. Core partners: Production Park, Screen Yorkshire, Vodafone, Wakefield Council, North Yorkshire LEP.

Dundee - Led by Abertay University. Located at Waters Edge Studios. Core partners: Codebase, Edinburgh University, Interface, Scottish Enterprise, 4J Studios

Belfast - Led by Ulster University. Located at Studio Ulster. Core partners: BBC Northern Ireland, Belfast Harbour, Humain Ltd, Northern Ireland Screen, Studio Ulster

Insight and Foresight Unit

Consortium led by Goldsmiths, University of London. Core partners: BFI, University of Edinburgh, Loughborough University, Julies Bicycle, Olsberg SPI, Arup Group.

Creative Industries Clusters programme

The creative industries tend to concentrate in geographic areas, forming ‘clusters’ - groups of creative businesses which grow quicker together by collaborating and competing with each other. Since 2018, the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Creative Industries Clusters programme has supported nine creative clusters in the UK.

  • Collectively, these research and innovation clusters have generated £252 million of co-investment, engaged over 2,500 businesses and 60 research organisations, trained over 3,500 industry professionals and academics, supported 900 business R&D projects and created or safeguarded more than 4,000 jobs.
  • Research commissioned by DCMS has found there are at least 55 creative clusters across the UK, and an open competition to be launched later this year will be held to identify at least six new clusters that will be supported by the £50 million in funding.

Create Growth Programme

  • The six regions in the Create Growth Programme are: Greater Manchester, East Anglia, North East England, South West, South East and East Midlands. The next six regions to be supported will be selected through an open competition expected to be launched in late autumn.
  • Today Innovate UK is announcing that 108 creative industry businesses across the six current regions will share in £3 million of funding from the programme, to help them access business support, finance and investor capacity-building activities. The businesses in sectors such as gaming, music and marketing are based in Greater Manchester, the West of England with Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, Kent, Essex, East and West Sussex, the North East of England.

Creative Catalyst

  • Over 200 creative companies across the UK have received a share of £10 million of innovation funding today from the first round of Innovate UK’s £30 million Creative Catalyst, to help them commercialise their creative ideas. As part of the programme the successful companies also will receive business growth support, join a peer network to encourage collaboration and have access to international missions to help expand their global ambitions. The Creative Catalyst also provides additional co-funding opportunities with the investor community to support the high-growth potential companies and encourage earlier stage investment from the private sector.
  • The majority of today’s funding is going to companies outside of the Greater Southeast, focusing on 14 identified creative clusters including: Bath, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.  Every corner of the UK had successful projects from the north of Aberdeenshire to the tip of Cornwall.
  • The projects covers the whole of the UK creative industries from AI, to supporting architects’ creative processes, to virtual production in live performance, and from metaverse integration for the music industry to recycling innovations in the children’s publishing sector.
  • Innovate UK has also today announced a new partnership between the Creative Catalyst Programme and Creative UK. This new partnership will engage with key senior industry stakeholders and create exciting funding opportunities for small and micro businesses to address important industry challenges.
  • Finally, Innovate UK is announcing that the first Creative Catalyst sector-specific competition will focus on MusicTech. The £1m competition will launch later in the year, with a scope which has been co-designed by industry.

UK Games Fund

  • The UK Games Fund is run by non-profit UK Games Talent and Finance Community Interest Company (UKGTF). UKGF launched in 2015 and is based in Dundee. The fund provides grants for prototype funding (up to £30k) and supports graduate talent development through its DunDev and Tranzfuser programmes.
  • £5 million in additional investment will provide UK games studios with larger grants for content funding, supporting development of intellectual property that will allow companies to attract investment and reach their next stage of growth.

Royal Challenge

  • In partnership with the Royal Anniversary Trust, the government will launch the Coronation Challenge. It will bring together the brightest minds in academia and industry to provide recommendations on how the UK can best seize the opportunities that will come from leveraging nascent technologies, from AI, to VR, and AR, within the creative industries.

Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS):

Further quotes from recording artists who have previously benefitted from the Music Exports Growth Scheme:

Femi Koleoso from Ezra Collective said:

Touring is one of the most important ways we’ve been able to connect with our fans - it’s such a special moment to see music that you’ve written and recorded connect with people in real life. We’re so thankful to the smaller, grass roots venues across the country and further afield as part of our worldwide touring that offer a sanctuary and a first chance for so many artists. They are vital to the infastructure of touring, and for artists that are really looking to build a career in music. Playing a Hammersmith Apollo show has an extra special meaning when you’ve played a show at Fox and Firkin as part of the journey. And playing St Davids Hall means the most when you kicked off your live journey in Cardiff at the Gwidhw. There’s no Glastonbury festival without being given a chance at Thekla.

Tom Speight said:

The Creative Sector Vision and its investment into music is to be welcomed.  As an artist who has directly benefitted from Music Export Growth Scheme funding in the past - helping me to land a No.1 single in Brazil - and who is looking to grow my fan base across the UK from playing grass route venues to performing to thousands of people, I know only too well just how much of a difference any kind of funding boost will make. I hope this acts as a base for more support in future.

Yazmin Lacy said:

Being able to tour my debut album was an incredibly special opportunity - and without the support of MEGS current cost and visa pressures would have literally meant this to be impossible. It would have meant an opportunity to realise the true potential of my music and lay solid foundations to grow and move towards considering myself a career artist would have had to have been abandoned. I am so grateful to be able to build further on the amazing foundations MEG funding enabled me, specifically in North America - already planning a return headline tour based on the reception to my first. It’s quite honestly invaluable and there’s no other way I would have been able to take that leap otherwise.

Notes to Editors

  • Under the government’s definition, the ‘creative industries’ consist of the following subsectors: Advertising; Architecture; Crafts; Design and designer fashion; Film, TV, radio and photography; Museums, galleries and libraries; Music, performing and visual arts; Publishing; and software and computer services (including video games).
  • The Chancellor has identified five key industries that will drive the economic growth of the UK, meeting a key priority of the Prime Minister. The Creative Sector is one of those industries which is being supported with targeted funding, with other sectors also benefiting from regulatory reform, ensuring the UK’s most successful sectors continue to be world leading.
  • Alongside this sector-specific approach the Chancellor unveiled plans to tackle two key barriers holding back UK growth with reforms that will bring 100,000 more people into the jobs market and an effective cut to corporation tax of £27 billion to foster business investment.
  • This focus on growth matters because it means more jobs and better opportunity spread across the country, so it is welcome news that both the IMF and the OECD have upgraded the UK’s growth prospects in recent weeks.

Creative Industries Council

  • Industry and government will work together to deliver on the Sector Vision’s ambitions, coordinated through the Creative Industries Council. The Creative Industries Council (CIC) is a forum which brings together industry leaders from all parts of the creative industries with government ministers, to address challenges and opportunities facing the UK’s creative industries. The CIC is co-chaired by Sir Peter Bazalgette and the Secretaries of State for DCMS and the Department for Business and Trade. Its membership was refreshed in January 2023, to ensure it is well placed to convene, motivate and drive delivery of the shared ambitions set out in the Sector Vision.

Creative sector tax reliefs

  • The creative industry tax reliefs support and incentivise culturally British production. In 2021-22 the audio visual and cultural reliefs provided £1.05 billion of support to 5445 projects.
  • In 2022, the UK saw record film and high-end TV production expenditure of £6.27 billion. Inward investment, attracted by generous tax reliefs, accounted for 88% of the total spend on films (£1.74 bn).
  • The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced at Spring Budget 2023 that film and TV tax reliefs will be reformed to a single refundable expenditure credit - the ‘Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit’, which will be calculated directly from qualifying expenditure with a rate of 34% for film and high-end TV productions and 39% for children’s TV and animation TV. Video games tax relief will be reformed to the video games expenditure credit, which will have a credit rate of 34%.
  • Reforms to the audio-visual tax reliefs will ensure the tax system continues to drive growth in our world-leading creative industries and delivers on the government’s commitment to building an enterprise economy. The government has also extended reliefs to theatres, orchestras, museums and galleries for two years to boost investment following the pandemic

Additional Quotes

Stephen Page, Chair of Faber & Faber said:

The golden thread of education and skills pathways that support careers for all in the creative industries is vital to their continued growth and outstanding success. I welcome the Sector Vision’s commitment to building the future workforce our industry needs, with opportunities for people from all backgrounds, and look forward to continued close working between Government and Industry towards realising that goal.

Sophie Jones, Chief Strategy Officer and Interim CEO of the British Phonographic Institute said:

At a time when UK artists face greater competition than ever before in a now truly global music market, the Music Export Growth Scheme is an invaluable resource for those independent artists and music companies looking to export their music around the world. The scheme is already well over-subscribed, and with this additional investment, the scheme will be able to help even more deserving artists achieve global success. We are delighted that the Government has recognised the excellent return on investment that MEGS presents and has moved to support independent artists and music in this way.

Daniel Wood, Co-CEO of video games trade body Ukie said:

The games industry welcomes the Secretary of State’s ambition to boost the creatives industries. Today’s vision cements what we have always said that the UK games industry is an engine of economic growth - creating high quality jobs across the whole of the UK, contributing over £5 billion in GVA with 80 per cent outside London and Southeast. We are also pleased to see that the government continues to recognise the importance of the country’s games industry and is committing an additional £5 million to the UK Games Fund. Today’s announcement of additional funding will support even more UK games businesses to scale up by accessing the finance they need to create the next generation of games, whilst also developing the innovative and original content a global audience of billions love.

Francesca Hegyi, Chief Executive of Edinburgh International Festival said:

I am pleased to welcome the launch of the joint Government and Creative Industry Council’s Sector Vision today and it fills me with optimism about the future of the creative industries in the UK. The vision sets a path for enhanced collaboration as well as a renewed focus on inclusivity and innovation. With the Council now embracing a truly UK-wide perspective, the potential for our industry to lead the way has never been stronger.

Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, Chief Executive of UK Music said:

This new investment is hugely welcome and will deliver a significant boost to the Music Export Growth Scheme and to grassroots music venues across the country. In an increasingly competitive global environment, it’s vital we give our world-leading creative industries the support they need to continue creating high quality jobs and contributing billions to the economy. We look forward to continuing to work with the Government to make the UK the best place to create, innovate, produce and consume music.

Welsh Government Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Dawn Bowden, said:

We welcome the new sector vision for the creative industries and the acknowledgement of the devolved nature of the majority of the activity included within it. It is positive that Wales now has a voice around the Creative Industries Council table and we look forward to working in partnership to help grow our vibrant creative industries in Wales.

Visit the DCMS Shorthand for more quotes from leaders across the creative industries supporting the new vision

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The Government and the Creative Industries Council have published their vision for the creative industries . It sets out how the public and private sectors will work together to help the creative industries – including the cultural sector - grow and contribute to the UK’s economy. 

The creative industries were some of the fastest growing areas of the economy in the years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic, contributing over £100billion a year to the UK economy. Building on this success, the vision sets out plans to increase the value of the UK’s creative industries by £50billion by 2030, and create a further million jobs in the sector. 

These plans cover a huge range of issues facing the creative industries, including the need to strengthen creative clusters – groups of creative businesses and cultural organisations based in a particular area, whose proximity helps them support each other’s work and create new opportunities, while contributing to their local economies. 

Another area covered by the plans is talent and skill development. Initiatives in this area include an extra £5million of funding for the Arts Council’s successful fund for grassroots music venues, as well as plans to publish a new Cultural Education Plan later this year, and work with employers to match post-16 education to skills needed by the sector. 

Darren Henley, CEO of Arts Council England, said “the creative industries are one of Britain’s biggest success stories.  They form one of the country’s fastest growing sectors, and provide an increasing number of skilled, rewarding jobs for people across the country.  The new sector vision reflects that success, and is appropriately ambitious in its expectations for what the creative industries can deliver in future. 

“As well as producing works that inspire, challenge and entertain audiences, and enhance the UK’s reputation around the world, the cultural sector acts as a pipeline for the talent and ideas that fuel other parts of the creative industries.  This is why we are delighted by the Government’s announcement of £5million for grassroots music, which will not only support venues and their communities across England, but also support the emerging artists who will be the household names of the future. 

“The sector vision also sets out various other plans that will benefit the cultural sector: international collaboration and exports are vital for cultural collaboration, creative clusters support cultural organisations and artists as well as local economies, and the Cultural Education Plan will help to make sure the cultural sector has the talented workforce it needs to thrive.  We look forward to seeing the impact this ambitious vision has in the coming years.” 

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U.K. Government Unveils Ambitious Plan to Grow Creative Industries to $63 Billion, Create One Million Jobs by 2030

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The U.K. government has unveiled new plans aimed at maximizing the potential of the country’s creative industries and fostering economic growth.

The creative sector, identified as a priority by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak , has consistently outperformed the wider economy, growing at a rate 1.5 times faster over the past decade and contributing £108 billion in gross value added (GVA) annually. Employment in these industries has experienced fivefold growth compared to the rest of the economy since 2011.

The Sector Vision centers around key principles such as facilitating innovation and investment and building a skilled workforce. To support this vision, the government has allocated £77 million in fresh investment for the sector.

The government’s investment includes £50 million earmarked for growing clusters of creative businesses throughout the country. Additional funding will aid startups in scaling up and support creative entrepreneurs in becoming successful CEOs. In addition, financial support will be provided to assist emerging musicians in expanding their reach in international markets, bolster video game studios, and sustain grassroots music venues. The government will continue to offer competitive tax reliefs to incentivize film, TV and video game production in the U.K.

To propel the next generation of screen technology and on-set virtual production, the government will establish four state-of-the-art research and development facilities with an investment of £63 million. These advancements are expected to generate over 820 new jobs across the UK.

The government will also allocate a minimum of £50 million to the next phase of the Creative Industries Clusters program, supporting the development of six new clusters specializing in various creative subsectors. This initiative aims to foster innovation, secure investments, and provide access to global markets for entrepreneurs and businesses.

The Music Exports Growth Scheme will receive an expansion to £3.2 million over the next two years, aiding emerging musicians in breaking into global markets. The Supporting Grassroots Music Venues Fund, which plays a vital role in the music sector and local communities, will be extended with an additional £5 million over two years.

The U.K. Games Fund will receive a boost of £5 million, bringing its total funding to £13.4 million over the next two years.

New funding of £2 million will go to London Fashion Week for 2023-25 and £1.7 million for the BFI to deliver the London Film Festival 2024.

Sunak said: “The creative industries are a true British success story, from global music stars like Adele and Ed Sheeran to world-class cultural institutions like the National Theatre. These industries have a special place in our national life and make a unique contribution to how we feel about ourselves as a country. We want to build on this incredible success to drive growth in our economy – one of my key priorities – and to ensure that U.K. creative industries continue to lead the world long into the future.

“Backed up with significant new funding, this ambitious plan will help grow the sector by an extra £50 billion while creating one million extra jobs by 2030,” Sunak added.

Frazer said: “This Sector Vision is about driving innovation, attracting investment and building on the clusters of creativity across the country. And from first days at school to last days of work, we will nurture the skills needed to build a larger creative workforce to harness the talent needed for continued success.”

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Ambitious plans to grow the economy and boost UK creative industries by £50B

Industry News  |  21 June 2023

New plans to maximise the potential of the UK creative industries and grow the economy were set out by the government on 13 June.

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One of the Prime Minister’s priority sectors for economic growth, the creative industries are a global British success story growing at more than 1.5 times the rate of the wider economy over the past decade and contributing £108 billion in gross value added (GVA) annually.

Employment in these industries has grown at five times the rate of the rest of the economy since 2011. Speaking at the London Tech Week conference on Monday, 12 June, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that Britain’s creative industries were “going like gangbusters” and represent a “unique strength” for the country.

Developed with industry via the Creative Industries Council, the Creative Industries Sector Vision published today sets out shared ambitions to build on that success and maximise the growth of the creative industries by £50 billion by 2030, creating one million extra jobs and delivering a creative careers promise that builds a pipeline of future talent.

Framed around the key principles for driving growth – facilitating innovation and investment, alongside building a skilled workforce – the Sector Vision is backed by £77 million in new government investment for the sector.

The creative industries are a true British success story, from global music stars like Adele and Ed Sheeran to world-class cultural institutions like the National Theatre. These industries have a special place in our national life and make a unique contribution to how we feel about ourselves as a country. We want to build on this incredible success to drive growth in our economy – one of my key priorities – and to ensure that UK creative industries continue to lead the world long into the future. Backed up with significant new funding, this ambitious plan will help grow the sector by an extra £50 billion while creating one million extra jobs by 2030. Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister
The imagination and ingenuity of British designers, producers, content creators, writers and artists are spearheading growth right across our economy. The government is backing our creatives to maximise the potential of the creative industries. This Sector Vision is about driving innovation, attracting investment and building on the clusters of creativity across the country. And from first days at school to last days of work, we will nurture the skills needed to build a larger creative workforce to harness the talent needed for continued success. Working with the industry, this vision is helping the UK creative sectors go from strength to strength – providing jobs and opportunities, creating world leading content and supporting economic growth across the country. Lucy Frazer, Culture Secretary
Our Creative Industry isn’t just about the glitz and glam of the red carpet in Leicester Square. It brings in £108 billion a year to help fund our public services, supports over 2 million jobs, and is world renowned. That’s why we’re backing it as an industry to drive our economic growth, keeping the UK at the top of the world’s cultural charts with a multi-million pound boost. Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer

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This includes £50 million to grow clusters of creative businesses in locations all over the country, and more funding to help start-ups scale-up and to turn creative entrepreneurs into CEOs.

New investment will help the next Adele, Ed Sheeran or Sam Smith break into overseas markets, alongside financial support for new video games studios and hundreds of grassroots music venues. The government will continue to offer competitive creative industries tax reliefs to incentivise production of film, TV and video games in the UK.

This sector vision builds on more than £230 million in government spending on the creative industries since 2021, which includes £75.6 million to build the largest virtual production research and development network in Europe to put the UK at the forefront of advancements in visual effects, motion-capture technology, and AI for the screen industries and live performance. On 13 June, the government has announced regional research labs will be based in Yorkshire, Dundee and Belfast with a national lab in Buckinghamshire. The programme will be supported with an additional £63 million investment from industry.

Alongside investment, the Sector Vision commits the government to a new creative careers promise – a pledge backed by a comprehensive package of actions to open up more opportunities, particularly for young people, to pursue careers in the creative industries.

The Creative Industries are coming of age with this ambitious policy framework for economic growth and cultural value. Our Sector Vision, developed jointly with government, champions R&D-led innovation and future skills, drawing on the talent of all our communities. It also promotes positive impact on health and wellbeing, the environment and Britain’s global reach. Helped by the government’s new spending commitments, the work starts now to deliver on this growth agenda. Sir Peter Bazalgette, Industry Co-Chair of the Creative Industries Council

Innovation, investment and exports

● Four new state-of-the-art research and development facilities will be set up to drive the next generation of screen technology and on-set virtual production, with £63 million of new industry investment announced today on top of the government’s £75.6 million investment. UKRI’s Convergent Screen Technologies and performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) programme is expected to create more than 820 new jobs across the UK.

● The government will invest at least £50 million in the next wave of UKRI’s Creative Industries Clusters programme. This funding will be used to identify and support at least six new clusters specialising in creative subsectors, helping entrepreneurs and businesses in these areas innovate with new technologies, secure investment, and access global markets. It comes as more than 300 creative companies across the UK receive a share of £13 million in government grants today to help them innovate and reach their high growth potential.

● DCMS will increase the budget of the Create Growth Programme by £10.9 million, bringing it to a total of £28.4 million until 2025. The increased funding will enable it to double the number of regions it covers to twelve and support 2,000 businesses to commercialise their ideas and access resources, knowledge and private investment to scale up – turning today’s creative entrepreneurs into tomorrow’s CEOs.

● Funding for the Music Exports Growth Scheme, which provides grants to support touring and help emerging musicians break into new global markets, will be expanded to £3.2 million over the next two years. Past recipients include BRIT award winners Wolf Alice, Dave and Catfish and the Bottlemen, as well as Mercury Prize Winners Young Fathers and BRIT Rising Star nominee beabadoobee.

● DCMS will expand Arts Council England’s highly successful Supporting Grassroots Music Venues Fund, providing an additional £5 million over two years to support around 400 grassroots music venues projects, as the lifeblood of our world-leading music sector and cornerstones of communities.

● The UK Games Fund will receive a £5 million uplift bringing its total funding to £13.4 million over the next two years. Since 2015 the fund has been developing talent and awarding grants to young video game developers and early-stage studios to turn their drawing board ideas into working prototype games and showcase them to investors. The additional funding will mean it can help mature start-ups grow their businesses and attract even more private investment into our booming video games industry.

● Acknowledging UK excellence in holding international showcase events which enhance our soft power and boost creative exports, ministers have agreed new funding of £2 million will go to London Fashion Week for 2023-25 and £1.7 million for the BFI to deliver the London Film Festival 2024.

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Skills and education

The Sector Vision’s creative careers promise commits the government to working closely with the industry to give young people from all backgrounds more opportunities to participate in creative activities from an early age, in order to build a highly-skilled, productive and inclusive creative workforce. To support these aims, DCMS and the Department for Education will:

● Publish the Cultural Education Plan later this year, deliver last year’s National Plan for Music Education which includes £25 million for musical instruments, and explore opportunities for enrichment activities as part of the government’s wraparound childcare provision.

● Work with industry to ensure post-16 technical skills routes work effectively for the creative industries. This will include supporting the rollout of T-Levels in creative subjects and increasing provision and take-up of high quality creative apprenticeships.

● Support lifelong learning in the creative industries and enable the sector to retain and retrain the existing workforce by working with local and regional partners to maximise the opportunities of Skills Bootcamps and to develop Local Skills Improvement Plans across England.

The UK has a global reputation for creating, writing and producing amazing music and the Creative Industries generate over £50 billion in exports for the UK economy and are a key driver for UK growth. The Department for Business and Trade is committed to championing our world class artists and businesses around the world by doubling creative trade missions and expanding support for exporters in the creative industries. Kemi Badenoch, Business and Trade Secretary
The creative industries are a UK success story, key to the UK’s prosperity, wellbeing and resilience. From design to screen, fashion and textiles to heritage, they are generating high-quality employment and innovation. UKRI’s creative industries investments, including CoSTAR, Creative Catalyst and the Creative Industry Clusters Programme, will catalyse the research and innovation that are crucial for this fast-growing and important sector. The creative industries are now firmly embedded in the research and development ecosystem, ensuring that the UK remains a genuine world leader in the industries of the future. Professor Christopher Smith, UK Research and Innovation Creative Industries Sector Champion
The UK Government’s Sector Vision recognises and cements the Creative Industries’ immense capacity for growth, and rightly prioritises much-needed investment in the sector. Creative UK, our members, and colleagues across the Creative Industries, stand ready to further unleash the power of creativity, so that together we can drive inclusive growth across all parts of the UK. Caroline Norbury OBE, Chief Executive of Creative UK and Creative Industries Council member

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The Creative Industries Sector Vision sets out a shared ambition for the UK Government and industry to grow the Creative Industries by £50 billion and create 1 million extra jobs by 2030; and confirms the Government’s commitment to the Creative Industries as a high-growth priority sector.

Today the UK Government announced an additional £77 million of new investment in the Creative Industries, across a range of programmes that will support the achievement of the Sector Vision’s three goals:

Goal One Grow creative clusters across the UK, adding £50 billion more in Gross Value Added (GVA).

Goal Two Build a highly-skilled, productive and inclusive workforce for the future, supporting one million more jobs across the UK

Goal Three Maximise the positive impact of the creative industries on individuals and communities, the environment and the UK’s global standing.

Creative UK were acknowledged for our investment in North of Tyne, our work on bullying and harassment, and our advocacy for freelancers. Caroline Norbury OBE, Creative UK’s Chief Executive & Creative Industries Council member responded:

“The UK Government’s Sector Vision recognises and cements the Creative Industries’ immense capacity for growth, and rightly prioritises much-needed investment in the sector. Creative UK, our members, and colleagues across the Creative Industries, stand ready to further unleash the power of creativity, so that together we can drive inclusive growth across all parts of the UK.”

We are committed to working collaboratively with the UK Government and the Creative Industries Council to make the Sector Vision a sector reality. The Creative Industries Council are gearing up for next steps. We will be commenting further in the coming days as we process the strategy.

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Uk creative industries outline ambitious vision and strategy for 2020.

The Creative Industries Council’s strategy emphasises the importance of the UK’s world-class creative sector to sustaining economic growth.

Updated: 7 April 2016

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Industry members of the Creative Industries Council (CIC) have announced their vision and strategy for the UK creative industries for 2020. The strategy outlines a plan that will see businesses and government work together to maintain the UK’s position as a world leader for the creative industries.

Launched to industry and Government at an event attended by Business Secretary Vince Cable and Culture Secretary Sajid Javid, the strategy – for the first time – unites the creative industries and lays bare the significant role the sector will continue to play in the UK’s sustained economic recovery.

The creative industries generated more than £71bn gross value added in 2012 – a 9.4 per cent increase between 2011 and 2012 that surpasses the growth of any other  UK industry sector. They supported 1.71m jobs and created further jobs for 890,000 people in other sectors as part of the wider supply chain and as a business driver.

The strategy identifies five key areas that will be fundamental to the future success of the sector:

  • Education and skills: Building on the industries’ long history of excellence, having an education and careers system that inspires and supports the next generation; increased employer engagement with schools and investment in skills; and better opportunities for people from all backgrounds.
  • Access to finance: Creative businesses having knowledge of how to access and secure finance to grow, with a wide range of financing options and incentives available with an increased number of creative industries companies receiving investment.
  • Infrastructure: Creating one of the most advanced communications infrastructures and regulatory environments in the world to ensure the UK is a competitive place to do business with the aim of being in the top 5 countries in the world for digital infrastructure.
  • Intellectual property: Ensuring the intellectual property framework continues to promote a strong and balanced copyright regime at home and abroad.
  • International (exports and inward investment): Doubling the value of creative industries service exports from 15.5 billion in 2011 to £31 billion in 2020 and getting more UK creative businesses exporting by helping 15,000 companies [compared to 7,500 in 2013/14].

Amanda Nevill, BFI CEO, comments:

With collaboration at its core, film brings together a range of creative practitioners, from writers, directors and actors to designers, technicians and musicians, so we welcome this ambitious and collaborative strategy to unite our creative sectors and drive future growth across Britain’s creative industries and the economy as a whole. We welcome today’s emphases on education and skills development, growing sustainable businesses, maximising the value of creative IP, driving forward an international agenda focused on export and inward investment, and enhancing the UK’s communications infrastructure to ensure the UK remains competitive on the world stage. As we’ve seen through our work in China, culture opens doors around the world and offers opportunities for new international engagement with benefits for a range of UK businesses – this strategy offers an exciting opportunity to capitalise on success and put the creative industries at the heart of the UK’s growth agenda, and we look forward to ensuring film plays an energetic role in driving the strategy forward in the coming months and years.

Business Secretary, Vince Cable said:

British designers, musicians and filmmakers have put the UK on the world map with their creative talent. They have also played a big part in driving our economic recovery. UK creative industries generate £71bn in revenue each year and support 1.71m jobs – that’s equivalent to four times a city the size of Manchester. We want this sector to continue to thrive so it’s important that government and industry keep working together to foster the right environment for creative industries to succeed and inspire young people to follow in the footsteps of the many creative heavyweights that Britain has produced. Create UK embodies this partnership and builds on UKTI’s international creative industry strategy to ensure that British businesses can stay ahead of their rivals around the world and keep supporting growth in our economy.

Culture Secretary Sajid Javid said:

From film to video games, fashion to architecture, our world leading creative industries are a veritable powerhouse. They drive growth and outperform other industries, with employment increasing at around five times the rate of the national average. I have been continually impressed by the energy, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit in the sector – they are an integral part of what makes Britain great and the Create UK campaign will be instrumental in promoting the sector both here and abroad.

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6 things you need to know about the creative industries sector vision

Louisa Keight / 15th June 2023

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This week, DCMS announced their creative industries sector vision - ambitious plans to grow the economy and boost UK creative industries by £50 billion.

The announcement cements what Ukie have always said, that the UK games industry is an engine of economic growth that needs nurturing at all levels.

But what does the announcement actually mean for the video games sector?

1. The UK Games Fund is bigger than ever

The government has pledged another £5 million for the UK Games Fund, bringing its total funding to £13.4 million over the next two years. Whilst this is an excellent opportunity for young video game developers and early-stage studios to bring their ideas to life and showcase them to investors - but this funding also aims to support mature start-ups in growing their businesses and attracting private investment.

This is part of a general new investment of £77 million from the government to catalyse growth in the creative industries. Video games studios stand to gain from this financial support, helping to foster innovation, investment, and the development of a skilled workforce.

2. Support for cutting-edge technology to put the UK on the map

The Convergent Screen Technologies and Performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) programme will establish four new state-of-the-art research and development facilities, which will be driving the next generation of screen technology and on-set virtual production. This will involve significant industry investment of £63m on top of the government’s £75.6m. These facilities will focus on computer-generated imagery (CGI), augmented reality, and motion capture – technologies that are not only relevant to film and TV but also directly applicable and beneficial to video games. Notably, the national CoSTAR lab will be at Pinewood and will include three regional R&D labs.

A portion of government investment is also focused on research and development, including advanced screen and performance technology research labs. This indicates potential opportunities for collaboration between the video games industry and technology sector, particularly in areas such as visual effects, motion-capture technology, and artificial intelligence.

4. Nurturing the games hubs that make our industry great

£50 million is earmarked to support more regional creative clusters. This will have a positive impact on the geographical diversification of the video games industry, fostering talent and innovation across the UK.

5. Patching up the skills and talent pipeline

A new creative careers promise aims to build a future talent pipeline. This includes working with the industry to ensure post-16 technical skills routes are effective for creative industries, promoting high-quality creative apprenticeships, and enabling lifelong learning within the sector. It also aims to increase work with local and regional partners to maximise the opportunities of Skills Bootcamps and to develop Local Skills Improvement Plans across England.

6. Continued competitive tax reliefs

The government will continue to offer competitive creative industries tax reliefs to incentivise the production of video games in the UK. The vision provided no further details on VGEC and we are still expecting guidance from the Government.

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1 in 14 jobs are in the creative industries, employing over 2.3 million people across the UK, fuelling our economy, culture and society*.

The Government’s recently published Creative Industries Sector Vision sets out plans to grow the creative industries by £50bn and support a million more jobs by 2030 .  

We are delighted to give you advance notice of Westminster Insight’s new The Future of the Creative Industries UK Conference which will deep-dive into key areas of focus in the sector vision: building creative-clusters ; developing a highly skilled , productive and inclusive workforce ; and maximising the positive impact of the creative industries.

Join us to understand what is needed to meet targets set out in the new 2030 sector vision and strengthen the creative industries across the UK.

With expert input from creative leaders, we will explore key issues including diversity and inclusion in the creative workforce, strengthening ties between industry and key partners, and driving research and innovation . Learn from practical case studies which will share insights into building thriving creative clusters.

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Bringing together colleagues from the creative industries, don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn, share ideas, and network with creative leaders from across the UK next spring. Strengthen the future of the creative industries in the UK.

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What Does UK Government’s Creative Industries Sector Vision Mean for Film & TV?

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The UK government recently published its Creative Industries Sector Vision , which sets out its ambitious plan to grow the creative industries by £50b over the next seven years, spurred by £77m of new funding.

In announcing the Sector Vision, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak commented that “these industries have a special place in our national life and make a unique contribution to how we feel about ourselves as a country... I’m personally committed to the success of the creative industries – and so is the government I lead.”

Why the creative industries? 

The Sector Vision is ambitious, identifying the creative industries as one of the government’s five key areas of growth.

“Growing the economy means growing the creative industries,” Sunak said of the plans. “All of us have a TV show we’re binge watching and turn to films, games or the theatre to transport us to a different world.”

The sector is already a British success story, growing at 150% of the rate of the wider economy. Given that it contributes £108b in Gross Value Added (GVA) annually and that employment in the sector has grown at five times the rate of the rest of the economy since 2011, it makes sense to invest in growing the creative industries further.

What’s in the Sector Vision? 

The Sector Vision sets out how the government and industry will work together to unlock growth potential by 2030. It was developed in partnership with the Creative Industries Council and sets out three main goals for 2030: 

  • Grow creative clusters across the UK, adding £50b in Gross Value Added.
  • Build a highly skilled productive and inclusive workforce for the future, supporting an additional 1m jobs across the UK.
  • Maximise the positive impact of the creative industries on individuals and communities, the environment and the UK’s global standing.

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Development of new infrastructure

To support these goals, four new state-of-the-art research and development facilities will be set up to drive the next generation of screen technology and on-set virtual production, with £63m of new industry investment announced on top of the government’s investment.

The network of “movie labs” will include a national lab at Pinewood Studios and a new Insight and Foresight Unit led by Goldsmiths and the British Film Institute. Three regional hubs in Dundee, Yorkshire and Belfast will form the largest virtual production, research and development network in Europe and are expected to contribute a combined £33m to the economy and support 423 jobs.  

The labs are part of the UK Research and Innovation’s Convergent Screen Technologies and performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) programme.

“As technology increasingly infuses the creative industries, our competitive advantage in both sectors means this country has an unparalleled opportunity in the decades ahead,” said Sunak.

Encouraging a career in the creative industries

Alongside investment, the Sector Vision commits the government to a new creative careers promise – a pledge backed by a comprehensive package of actions to increase opportunities, particularly for young people, to pursue careers in the creative industries. It also promises to “intensify the creative industries’ ability to enrich our lives and create pride in place.”

This sentiment is not new; the UK has been experiencing a shortage of crew as it attempts to keep up with demand from record-breaking levels of inward investment. This has led to several industry-wide initiatives aimed at closing the skills gap, including the Entertainment Partners and Netflix Talent Development Fund , a £500k ($616k) fund that supports the development and progression of film and high-end TV production talent across the UK.

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Industry reaction

For many, the government’s renewed interest in the creative industries is a positive step in terms of both investment and attitude. Writing in The Times , Patrick McCrae commented that “it’s encouraging (if not overdue) to see the arts being taken more seriously by politicians... Crucially, the [Sector] Vision will help to address one of the biggest obstacles the sector has traditionally faced: an ingrained perception that creativity is a soft “nice to have.”

This sentiment was echoed by Bectu; in its official statement , the UK union for Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre acknowledged that the Sector Vision “recognises the creative industries’ huge economic potential” and welcomed the government’s “commitment to prioritise and invest in the sector, in creative jobs and to build a future talent pipeline.”  

However, Bectu went on to express concern that the plans must be realistic: 

“Generating more creative jobs is a worthy goal, but the government must ensure these opportunities are attractive and available to a more diverse talent pool, and that workers have a seat at the table to help address the sector’s key challenges and drive its future development… Ultimately, if the government wants to back the creative industries and better support the workforce it must demonstrate a better understanding of the delicate nature of the sector’s ecosystem and avoid knee jerk, politically motivated decisions.”

With that in mind, further work may need to be done to ensure the industry can keep up with the government’s ambitious growth plans. That said, the Sector Vision is a clear vote of confidence by the government in the future of the UK film and TV industry.

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UK’s creative industries benefit from significant funding boost

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14 June 2023

UKRI’s creative industries investments will support research and innovation across the sector, from film, TV and gaming to fashion and heritage.

Pinewood Studios, the British Film Institute (BFI) and Northern Ireland Screen are among the partners at projects sharing £75.6 million.

The funding comes from the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) Convergent Screen Technologies And performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) network to boost the UK’s screen and performance sectors.

Further funding

Simultaneously, at least £50 million of further funding is going to renew the Creative Industries Clusters Programme (CICP).

CICP supports UK-wide investment in new clusters covering new sectors in new areas, and builds the bridge to a sustainable successor programme.

And further funding is coming from Innovate UK to boost innovation in the creative industries, alongside another £80 million from AHRC for heritage infrastructure projects.

Creative industries vision

The investments were announced as part of the launch of the government’s Creative Industries Sector Vision.

The vision sets out the government’s ambition to maximise the growth of the creative industries by an extra £50 billion by 2030.

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, said:

The creative industries are a true British success story, from global music stars like Adele and Ed Sheeran to world-class cultural institutions like the National Theatre. These industries have a special place in our national life and make a unique contribution to how we feel about ourselves as a country. We want to build on this incredible success to drive growth in our economy – one of my key priorities – and to ensure that UK creative industries continue to lead the world long into the future. Backed up with significant new funding, this ambitious plan will help grow the sector by an extra £50 billion while creating one million extra jobs by 2030.

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said:

The imagination and ingenuity of British designers, producers, content creators, writers and artists are spearheading growth right across our economy. The government is backing our creatives to maximise the potential of the creative industries. This Sector Vision is about driving innovation, attracting investment and building on the clusters of creativity across the country. And from first days at school to last days of work, we will nurture the skills needed to build a larger creative workforce to harness the talent needed for continued success. Working with the industry this vision is helping the UK creative sectors go from strength to strength – providing jobs and opportunities, creating world leading content and supporting economic growth across the country.

Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said:

Our Creative Industry isn’t just about the glitz and glam of the red carpet in Leicester Square. It brings in £108 billion a year to help fund our public services, supports over 2 million jobs, and is world renowned. That’s why we’re backing it as an industry to drive our economic growth, keeping the UK at the top of the world’s cultural charts with a multi-million pound boost.

Catalysing research and innovation

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Creative Industries Sector Champion and AHRC Executive Chair Professor Christopher Smith said:

The creative industries are a UK success story, key to the UK’s prosperity, wellbeing and resilience. From design to screen, fashion and textiles to heritage, they are generating high-quality employment and innovation. UKRI’s creative industries investments, including CoSTAR, Creative Catalyst and the Creative Industry Clusters Programme, will catalyse the research and innovation that are crucial for this fast-growing and important sector. The creative industries are now firmly embedded in the research and development ecosystem, ensuring that the UK remains a genuine world leader in the industries of the future.

The future of UK screen and performance

The CoSTAR network will consist of:

  • a national lab and experimental studio fitted with real-time digital technologies
  • three network labs across the UK
  • an insight and foresight unit (IFU)

National lab

The national lab will be based in Buckinghamshire.

It will fuse creative research and development (R&D) with professional training and production expertise, focused through a unique mix of world-leading research teams and placed alongside live commercial production.

The lab will offer unrivalled routes to commercialisation.

Network labs

The three network labs will be based in:

Each will specialise in a different area of innovation. From virtual production in live performance in Yorkshire, to world-class computer games R&D at Abertay University and advanced technology film production at Studio Ulster.

The funding for CoSTAR is subject to full business case approval.

The next wave of creative clusters

Also announced today is £50 million to fund the next wave of CICP.

New clusters

Building on the success of the first wave, this investment will fund at least six new clusters, boosting the economy in new regions and sectors and pioneering cutting-edge technology.

To date, AHRC’s CICP has supported nine creative clusters in the UK.

Collectively, these research and innovation clusters have:

  • generated £252 million of co-investment
  • engaged over 2,500 businesses and 60 research organisations
  • trained over 3,500 industry professionals and academics
  • supported 900 business R&D projects
  • created or safeguarded more than 4,000 jobs

Successful first wave

The programme has pioneered ground-breaking technology, products and services, as well as the talent to deliver them.

Successes from the first wave include:

  • transforming textile waste into new sustainable fabrics with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Yorkshire
  • game design technology that addresses obesity in Scotland
  • robots with a sense of touch that can help in disaster zones, designed in Edinburgh
  • immersive experiences reducing pain in childbirth for Welsh hospitals
  • screen professionals receiving intensive training in next-generation virtual production technology in London and Belfast

Funding for heritage infrastructure

In addition, AHRC will deliver the £80 million Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme.

Culture and heritage contribute £30 billion gross value added each year and supports 240,000 jobs.

This investment will provide a UK-wide network of facilities and expertise in conservation and heritage science research that investigates and preserves:

  • historic houses and monuments
  • museum collections
  • science specimens
  • works of art

CoSTAR and RICHeS have received funding through the UKRI Infrastructure Fund, which supports the facilities, equipment and resources that are essential for researchers and innovators to do ground-breaking work.

Safeguarding our cultural heritage

It will safeguard our cultural heritage assets for future generations, and ensure they remain accessible and discoverable to inform and inspire the work of creative industry professionals.

Cutting-edge facilities will unlock the potential for innovation in other areas of science, including bio-imaging, digital twins and remote sensing.

RICHeS will provide a highly visible ‘front door’ to the UK’s heritage science expertise.

It will promote collaboration at a national and international level, and secure our reputation for excellence in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and innovation.

A funding opportunity for applications will open on 11 July 2023

Creative Catalyst

Further creative industries funding comes in the 2023 round of the £30 million Creative Catalyst winners.

This will provide funding of up to £50,000 for over 200 creative businesses across the UK to invest in innovation.

The funding focused on companies outside of the greater south-east with a specific focus on:

Innovate UK has also today announced a new partnership between the Creative Catalyst programme and Creative UK. This new partnership will engage with key senior industry stakeholders and create exciting funding opportunities for small and micro businesses to address important industry challenges.

Finally, Innovate UK is announcing that the first Creative Catalyst sector-specific competition will focus on MusicTech. The £1 million competition will launch later in the year, with a scope which has been co-designed by industry.

Create Growth

More than 100 businesses have been supported by Innovate UK, delivered on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, through the Create Growth programme.

The creative industry businesses across the six current regions will share in £3 million of funding from the programme, to help them access business support, finance and investor capacity-building activities.

The businesses in sectors such as gaming, music and marketing are based in:

  • Greater Manchester
  • the west of England with Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • east and west Sussex
  • the north-east of England

Further information

Costar winning labs, national lab: led by royal holloway, university of london.

The CoSTAR national lab will be led by Royal Holloway University of London with core partners including:

  • Pinewood Studios
  • National Film and Television School
  • Surrey County Council
  • University of Surrey
  • Abertay University
  • Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)

The national lab will bring together world leaders in technology, storytelling and research.

It will help SMEs and industry by:

  • fusing R&D with professional training, production expertise and an industry front-door, coupled with PhD programmes
  • focusing R&D through a unique mix of world-leading research teams spanning creative storytelling, creative artificial intelligence (AI), and creative technology
  • placing R&D side-by-side live commercial production, offering routes to commercialisation and markets beyond most SME networks

The national lab will become a thriving R&D hub for SME users.

It is located amongst the highest concentration of creative industries in the UK, while also being accessible UK-wide and having a commitment to ensuring 45% of beneficiaries are based outside the south-east.

Improving the environmental sustainability and diversity across the sector will also be a key priority for the national lab.

Network lab: led by University of York

The CoSTAR network lab led by University of York will be located at Production Park in partnership with:

  • Screen Yorkshire
  • Wakefield Council
  • York and North Yorkshire LEP

It will be a key component in the CoSTAR ecosystem and will support research and development of virtual production (VP).

This novel approach to media creation utilises digital tools such as computer-generated imagery and augmented reality to produce immersive media experiences that appear realistic.

Despite the environmental and creative benefits of VP, the technology is currently expensive, highly specialised, and out of the reach of most small production companies, creating a significant skills gap.

Filling this skills gap is essential for UK industry to maintain a competitive digital economy.

A world-leading facility in novel immersive and interactive technologies R&D, the lab will support the UK screen and performance sectors, specifically live performance and the metaverse.

It will be run by the University of York and will be located in the heart of West Yorkshire at Production Park, the UK’s largest live production facility.

Its main goals will be to:

  • transform the live performance sector
  • boost the growth of small and medium-sized businesses in the region
  • contribute to the expansion of the wider UK creative sector

The core partners are:

  • Production Park

Network lab: led by Abertay University

The network lab led by Abertay University will be delivered in partnership with:

  • The University of Edinburgh
  • Scottish Enterprise
  • Water’s Edge Studio

It will bring together video games development expertise in Dundee’s globally significant InGAME cluster with world leading applied R&D at Abertay.

Based in Water’s Edge studio complex in Dundee and Edinburgh College of Art in Edinburgh, this lab will build on five years R&D-led growth and innovation driven by the AHRC CICP.

The Abertay network lab will be a mixed reality R&D centre that supports sector engagement in collaborative R&D, delivering innovation for digital productivity tools, creative production pipelines and content creation processes.

It will facilitate engagement between multinational companies and British SMEs, UK content creators with creative technologists, to identify opportunities for innovation driven growth.

This will enable it to transform the creative media industries in the UK and deliver global leadership in next generation entertainment creation and technology innovators.

The hub will drive value through innovation in the following areas:

  • performance and motion capture
  • virtual humans and dynamic procedural performance
  • machine learning (ML) for production and AI for process reproduction
  • AI for dynamic effects and procedural graphics for visual effects
  • using advanced scanning technologies for 3D volume acquisition and ML/AI for procedural environment generation
  • developing lighting and ray tracing standards to deliver environmental fidelity
  • Waters Edge

Network lab: led by Ulster University

The CoSTAR network lab at Studio Ulster will be a regional research, development and innovation facility in the Studio Ulster Virtual Production complex at Belfast Harbour Studios.

It will offer local companies the opportunity to apply for developmental support through challenge calls aimed at building future understandings of virtual production and real time technologies.

It will work with the national and other regional CoSTAR labs to share best practice and training.

The Studio Ulster network lab will create opportunities to increase the visibility of VP and its potential while also to build the skills pipeline, policy and infrastructure needed to sustain the project after the funded period.

To that end, it will also create targeted training programmes, accredited through the Ulster Screen Academy at Ulster University, designed to advance the skills base in the region and build capacity across the CoSTAR network.

  • BBC Northern Ireland
  • Belfast Harbour
  • Northern Ireland Screen
  • Studio Ulster

IFU: led by Goldsmiths, University of London

Led by Goldsmiths, in partnership with:

  • Loughborough University
  • Olsberg SpA
  • Julie’s Bicycle
  • Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre

The IFU will act as an anchor to industry trends.

It will provide a lens into the future and being an impartial evaluator of what works and what does not work through collation, integration, analysis and synthesis of primary and secondary data.

It will capture, interrogate, synthesise and visualise data from a comprehensive range of sources, including from the CoSTAR labs and international sources.

Encouraging data-sharing across the UK’s creative industries, the IFU will allow creative partners to use data-led approaches and insights to spot novel areas of application, demand-led markets for innovative products and services, and plan around ambitious net zero aims.

Data-led and data-rich research on the use of new and emerging technologies and on which approaches to audience engagement show the most promise for investment will help planning within industry and policy.

The IFU will also help to define the skills and training needs of the sector and observe and inform the response to the next waves of disruption in the sector, in the UK and internationally.

The main core partner is BFI with others, including but not limited to:

  • Julies Bicycle
  • Olsberg SPI

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Government unveils ambition to boost creative sector by £50bn: What it means for creative businesses

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The government’s long awaited creative industries sector vision has been launched with an aim to grow the creative industries by £50bn and support a million more jobs by 2030 . Dan Martin looks at what it could for creative businesses, particularly those in the Bristol Creative Industries region. 

Describing the sector as “a global British success story”, prime minister Rishi Sunak’s foreward to the full vision document says:

“As well as projecting our values on the world stage, the creative industries drive our economy at home. The contribution they make has often been underappreciated. These industries generate £108 billion a year. Employ over 2.3 million people in every corner of the country. And there is a real sense of energy in the sector, which has grown at more than 1.5 times the rate of the wider economy over the past decade.”

The vision promises to drive growth by “facilitating innovation and investment, alongside building a skilled workforce”. It includes £77m in new government funding.

Culture secretary Lucy Frazer said:

“The imagination and ingenuity of British designers, producers, content creators, writers and artists are spearheading growth right across our economy. “The government is backing our creatives to maximise the potential of the creative industries. This sector vision is about driving innovation, attracting investment and building on the clusters of creativity across the country. And from first days at school to last days of work, we will nurture the skills needed to build a larger creative workforce to harness the talent needed for continued success. “Working with the industry this vision is helping the UK creative sectors go from strength to strength – providing jobs and opportunities, creating world leading content and supporting economic growth across the country.”

Funding for the creative industries

The vision outlines the following funding announcements:

Creative Industries Clusters programme

The government says it will invest at least £50m in the next wave of the Creative Industries Clusters programme . It will be used to identify and support at least six new clusters specialising in creative subsectors, helping entrepreneurs and businesses in these areas innovate with new technologies, secure investment, and access global markets.

Bristol and Bath is currently one of the clusters supported by the programme through Bristol & Bath Creative R&D .

Alongside the creative industries

sector vision, it was announced that 300 creative companies across the UK have received a share of £13m in government grants to help them innovate and reach their high growth potential.

Create Growth Programme

The government will increase the budget of the Create Growth Programme by £10.9m, bringing it to a total of £28.4m until 2025. It says the increased funding will enable it to double the number of regions it covers to 12 and support 2,000 businesses to commercialise their ideas and access resources, knowledge and private investment to scale.

The West of England is one of the six regions currently part of the programme. The other regions are Greater Manchester, East Anglia, North East England, South East and East Midlands.

Alongside the creative industries sector vision, Innovate UK announced 108 creative industry businesses across the six current regions that get a share in the latest £3m of funding from the programme. It includes the following 13 companies from Bristol and the West of England:

  • Volumetric Video
  • Mechanimal Arts
  • Drummer Television
  • Bristol Braille Technology
  • Tapuh Tlothing
  • Circle Interactive
  • Free Ice Cream
  • Crack Industries
  • Stagescreen (web3)
  • The Gentleman Octopus 
  • CT Production Services

The next round of funding (£4m across the six regions) launches in autumn 2023. Keep an eye on our funding guide for the latest information.

In the West of England there is also a support scheme as part of the Create Growth Programme run by Watershed and West of England Combined Authority. It includes training, workshops and a £2,500 grant to spend on mentoring, consultancy and coaching.

The second cohort for the support scheme launches in May 2024. Register your interest here .

Creative Catalyst

Creative Catalyst is a £30m programme to help creative businesses commercialise their creative ideas.

Alongside the vision, Innovate UK announced a new partnership between the Creative Catalyst Programme and Creative UK. It will engage with key senior industry stakeholders and create exciting funding opportunities for small and micro businesses to address important industry challenges.

It also announced that the first Creative Catalyst sector-specific competition will focus on MusicTech. The £1m competition will launch later in the year.

Finally, Innovate UK announced over 200 creative companies across the UK that have received a share of £10m of innovation funding from the first round of Creative Catalyst. As part of the programme, the successful companies also will receive business growth support, join a peer network to encourage collaboration and have access to international missions to help expand their global ambitions.

The government said the majority of the funding has been provided to companies outside of the Greater South East including Bristol, Bath, Exeter and Cornwall.

Keep an eye on our funding guide for the latest information on the grants available through Creative Catalyst.

UK Games Fund

The UK Games Fund , run by UK Games Talent and Finance Community Interest Company, launched in 2015. It provides grants for prototype funding of up to £30,000 and supports graduate talent development.

The creative industries sector vision announces £5m in additional investment for the UK Games Fund which it says “will provide UK games studios with larger grants for content funding, supporting development of intellectual property that will allow companies to attract investment and reach their next stage of growth”.

Supporting Grassroots Live Music

The government will expand Arts Council England’s Supporting Grassroots Music Venues Fund by providing an additional £5m over two years to support around 400 grassroots music venues.

Music Exports Growth Scheme

Funding for the Music Exports Growth Scheme, which provides grants to support touring and help emerging musicians break into new global markets, will be expanded to £3.2m over the next two years. 

The most recent round of funding provided £500,000 to 28 UK artists including Bristol singer-songwriter Katy J Pearson .

Tax reliefs

The government referenced the announcement in the Spring Budget which reforms audio-visual reliefs into expenditure credits with a higher rate of relief than under the current system.

The vision added that the government is “considering the case for further targeted support for visual effects work, and will provide an update on this later in the year”.

Other investment

On securing investment the vision says:

“While parts of the creative industries are attractive to investors, many entrepreneurs and creative businesses find it hard to access investment. The value of creative businesses commonly lies in their intangible IP, which can be hard to value, and project-based business models often create peaks and troughs of activity and revenue. “Moreover, some products such as music or films can be ‘hits’-based, with unpredictable consumer demand. These factors, coupled with a lack of market intelligence and data, can make creative businesses appear a risky proposition to investors. “These challenges are felt more keenly outside of London, with early stage equity finance and venture capital investors much less prevalent. The government and industry will work together to improve data on investment into the sector, to improve benchmarking against other sectors, and to better understand new and emerging business models and their finance needs.”

It said creative businesses can access the British Business Bank’s regional investment funds which offer loans from £25,000 to £2m and equity investment up to £5m.

The Bank’s £200m South West Investment Fund launched in July. Aimed at businesses in Bristol, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire, the fund provides:

  • smaller loans from £25,000 to £100,000.
  • debt finance from £100,000 to £2m.
  • equity investment up to £5m.

Find full details in our funding guide for creative businesses .

Skills and education in the creative industries

The creative industries sector vision pledges “a creative careers promise” to “ build a highly-skilled, productive and inclusive workforce for the future, supporting one million more jobs across the UK “.

The vision adds:

“Over the previous decade, the creative industries’ workforce grew at almost five times the rate of the rest of the economy, and it has the potential to continue growing rapidly. There are a huge range of roles in the creative industries and collectively they are the jobs of the future: more resistant to automation, highly-skilled and highly rewarding. “The sector also has high levels of project-based working and reliance on freelancers, who make up over a quarter of the total creative industries workforce (about double the whole-economy average). “A skilled, inclusive and productive workforce is vital to ensuring creative businesses can adapt to changes, compete commercially and identify new areas to innovate and grow.”

Skills and diversity is a major challenge for the creative industries. The BCI-commissoned  A Creative Force to Be Reckoned With report  found that increasing diversity and inclusion is a significant priority for six in 10 (59%) creative firms in Bristol, but almost half (48%) said they want help finding diverse talent from underrepresented groups.

The government says it will:

  • Ensure that young people can access high-quality creative education.
  • Inspire the next generation of talent to consider a career in the creative industries.
  • Publish the Cultural Education Plan later this year, which will “set out a long-term approach to support cultural education and creativity in schools in England” to “tackle disparities in cultural engagement and support career pathways into the creative economy, including opportunities to engage with industry both in and out of school”.
  • Work together with industry to understand current levels of access to high-quality specialist arts, music and creative media provision for 14-19 year olds across England and explore options for enhancing access to existing and new providers.
  • Work with industry to ensure post-16 technical skills routes work effectively for the creative industries. This will include supporting the rollout of T-Levels in creative subjects and increasing provision and take-up of high quality creative apprenticeships.Support lifelong learning in the creative industries and enable the sector to retain and retrain the existing workforce by working with local and regional partners to maximise the opportunities of skills bootcamps and to develop local skills improvement plans across England.
  • Enhance support networks and resources for creative freelancers.
  • Ensure fair treatment, working practices and opportunities for all creative workers.

The vision highlighted Bristol Creative Industries member Boomsatsuma as a good example of creative skills training. It said:

“Boomsatsuma has identified opportunities to build on traditional models of education to better support creative employers. With a portfolio of 10 flexible further and higher education-level courses, Boomsatsuma aligns its offer with skills shortages faced by creative businesses across South West England, including rapidly growing Createch businesses in the region that are utilising digital and tech. “Young people are nurtured through a system that guides them from school to college to a degree and into employment. It particularly suits young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who do not want to go down the conventional university route.”

Another example of giving young people the skills they need to access careers in the creative industries is the Bristol Creative Industries internship programme which supports 18-24-year-olds from underrepresented backgrounds.

As part of the programme in partnership with Babbasa , 14 creative companies from the BCI member community are providing full time paid placements to applicants in roles covering advertising, marketing, design, animation and digital.

Graphic from the vision document:

skills for a creative career

What the creative sector vision means for businesses in the Bristol Creative Industries region

Dr. Susan McMillan , an award-winning television producer and executive dean of Boomsatsuma , is a member of the Bristol Creative Industries board . She said:

“The Bristol Creative Industries board is looking forward to helping the city, its creative businesses and its education and training providers achieve the goals of the creative industries sector vision. The UK’s creative industries are so important to our future economy, generating £108bn a year, employing over 2.3 million people and growing at more than 1.5 times the rate of the wider economy. In Bristol, creative industries employers make a unique contribution to the city’s identity and global reputation – think Aardman and the BBC Natural History Unit, as well as the multitude of creative companies producing everything from games to software. “The report proposes that, as a sector, we can do more to unlock the growth potential and create opportunities for young people and the next generation of creative talent. Bristol Creative Industries is already doing that through our successful internship programme which is helping members access new and exciting creative talent. We plan to build on this success over the coming years. “We are looking forward to working with our members on future initiatives to grow the sector, meet its skills needs for future talent and explore how the creative industries can contribute to addressing the big challenges of our day.”

Summary of creative industries sector vision goals

The vision has the following goals for 2030. Click the links to go to the relevant sections.

Goal 1: Grow creative clusters across the UK, adding £50 billion more in Gross Value Added (GVA).

Objectives are:

2030 innovation objective:  increased public and private investment in creative industries’ innovation, contributing to the UK increasing its R&D expenditure to drive R&D-led innovation.

2030 investment objective:  creative businesses reach their growth potential, powered by a step-change in regional investment.

2030 exports objective:  creative businesses grow their exports and contribute to the UK reaching £1 trillion exports per year.

Goal 2: Build a highly-skilled, productive and inclusive workforce for the future, supporting one million more jobs across the UK.

2030 education objective:  a foundation of education and opportunities to foster creative talent from a young age.

2030 skills objective:  stronger skills and career pathways generate a workforce that meets the industry’s skills needs.

2030 job quality objective:  all parts of the creative industries are recognised for offering high quality jobs, ensuring a resilient and productive workforce that reflects the whole of the UK.

Goal 3: Maximise the positive impact of the creative industries on individuals and communities, the environment and the UK’s global standing.

2030 wellbeing objective:  creative activities contribute to improved wellbeing, help to strengthen local communities, and promote pride in place.

2030 environment objective:  Creative industries play a growing role in tackling environmental challenges, helping the UK reach the targets set out in the Powering Up Britain plan.

2030 soft power objective:  creative industries increase their reach to global audiences, strengthening the UK’s soft power and positive influence on the world.

If you’d like to share your thoughts on the creative industries sector vision, email Dan .

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Bectu responds to the UK Government’s new Creative Industries Sector Vision

The UK Government has today unveiled the Creative Industries Sector Vision – its shared ambition for the UK Government and industry to grow the creative industries by £50 billion and create 1 million extra jobs by 2030. Read more here .

Commenting, Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said:

“This sector vision recognises the creative industries’ huge economic potential and we welcome the Government’s commitment to prioritise and invest in the sector, in creative jobs and to build a future talent pipeline.

“If we are to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge necessary to drive a thriving creative sector, and stem the skills shortages in parts of the sector, a sustained, tangible commitment to properly fund and cultivate arts education and training will be critical.

“Generating more creative jobs is a worthy goal, but the Government must ensure these opportunities are attractive and available to a more diverse talent pool, and that workers have a seat at the table to help address the sector’s key challenges and drive its future development.

“We know that many creative workers have left the sector or are considering leaving as they seek more stable employment, better pay and better conditions elsewhere. Post-Brexit EU touring restrictions also continue to create significant challenges for many creative workers and these must be scrutinised to ensure the sector and those who work in it can continue to thrive.

“A future-focused sector vision must also ensure that workers are protected in the face of future shocks and challenges. Creative freelancers were hit particularly hard by the pandemic, with many ineligible for government support schemes. The Government must put its money where its mouth is, listen to workers’ concerns and work with unions and industry to implement better protections for freelancers to ensure the sector is an equal, safe and rewarding place to build and sustain a career.

“Equally, the Government must commit to driving real progress in tackling bullying, harassment and racism in the sector. We welcome progress via the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority and call on the Government to meaningfully engage with workers and unions on these and other issues.

“Ultimately, if the Government wants to back the creative industries and better support the workforce it must demonstrate a better understanding of the delicate nature of the sector’s ecosystem and avoid knee jerk, politically motivated decisions. We have a thriving creative sector here in the UK we can rightly be proud of, and its future success requires clear strategy and sustained follow through, all in collaboration with industry stakeholders.”

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The Publishers Association Hails the UK’s ‘Sector Vision’

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The United Kingdom’s new ‘Sector Vision’ for the creative industries opens amid welcoming comments from publishing’s leadership.

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“We want to build on this incredible success to drive growth in our economy—one of my key priorities—and to ensure that UK creative industries continue to lead the world long into the future. Backed up with significant new funding, this ambitious plan will help grow the sector by an extra £50 billion (US$63.5 billion) while creating one million extra jobs by 2030.”

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Dan Conway , the Publishers Association CEO, has welcomed the initiative, saying, “It’s great to see the Sector Vision launch, following months of hard work and collaboration between the government, and the UK’s leading creative sector.

“Publishing and the wider creative industries are booming in the UK and play a vital role in driving our economy forward.

“The Sector Vision and the further investment announced by the government is a testament to what the future holds for the creative industries, and the benefits this will bring to the UK.  I’m excited to work closely with my peers in the Creative Industries Council [CIC] to put these plans into action, and to help build a strong, inclusive publishing industry, and wider creative sector.”

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Faber & Faber chair Stephen Page says, “ “The golden thread of education and skills pathways that support careers for all in the creative industries is vital to their continued growth and outstanding success.

“I welcome the Sector Vision’s commitment to building the future workforce our industry needs, with opportunities for people from all backgrounds, and look forward to continued close working between government and industry towards realizing that goal.”

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And at Bonnier UK, CEO Perminder Mann says, “I’m incredibly proud of the work that the CIC has put in to support the government in the development of this Sector   Vision .

“In particular, I’m confident that the commitment to build a strong and diverse pipeline of talent and skills is the key to delivering sustainable growth across our sector , and I look forward to supporting its delivery.”

While the overall announcement material for the program doesn’t mention the book business as often as it mentions other creative industries–or perhaps as often as publishing’s people might desire–the performing and visual arts, like entertainment, are always easier to use when speaking of the creative industries, of course, and the association is signaling that it’s well onboard with the plan.

The announcement packet includes this definitional list of what the government sees as included in “creative industries”:

  • Advertising
  • Architecture
  • Design and designer fashion
  • Television, r adio and photography
  • Museums, galleries and libraries
  • Music, performing and visual arts
  • Software and computer services, including video games

Branding, Initiatives, and Programs

A part of the program stands on a previous construct launched in 2018 and called the Creative Industries Clusters Program . That program, less ambitious, foresaw investments of £120 million over five years in collaborative research-and-cultural-development programs that take advantage of industry concentrations in nine geographic regions. For example, while film, broadcast, and animation work was found to be concentrated in Northern Ireland, video gaming was seen to have a focus in Scotland (Dundee), while screen and performance industries were grouped in England’s West Country around Bath and Bristol, and in southwest England.

“Publishing and the wider creative industries are booming in the UK and play a vital role in driving our economy forward.” Dan Conway, Publishers Association

“Collectively,” the government’s material reports, “these research and innovation clusters have generated £252 million of co-investment, engaged over 2,500 businesses and 60 research organizations, trained over 3, 500 industry professionals and academics, supported 900 business research and development projects and created or safeguarded more than 4,000 jobs.”

A “Create Growth Program” for six regions has focused on Manchester, East Anglia, northeast England, the southwest, the southeast, and the Midlands. Another six regions are anticipated to be highlighted in a new selection of them in late autumn.

But as the branding for many such programs proliferates across the government’s explanatory material, it may be the case that book publishing—many times demonstrated by the Publishers Association to be among the UK’s most successful creative industries, especially in its export power—will need its leadership to vie at times for a piece of the action in the government’s great sounding new “sector vision.”

The program, as introduced around the middle of June, singles out several examples of projects that fall under the Sector Vision umbrella. They include:

  • “Four new state-of-the-art research and development facilities set up to drive the next generation of screen technology and on-set [digital] production, with £63 million of new industry investment announced today on top of the government’s £75.6 milli on investment.”
  • A government investment of that previously mentioned £50 billion in “the next wave of [the] Creative Industries Clusters Program.”
  • The Department of Culture, Media, and Sport increasing that “Create Growth Program” by  £10.9 million, “bringing it to a total of £28.4 million until 2025” so the number of regions benefiting can be doubled to 12, and some 2,000 businesses can be supported in “commercializing their ideas.”
  • Funding for another program, the “Music Exports Growth Scheme,” which “ provides grants to support touring and help eme rging musicians break into new global markets, will be expanded to £3.2 million over the next two years.” More music support is to go to yet another program, this one branded the “Supporting Grassroots Music Venues Fund” that’s operated by Arts Council England.
  • The “UK Games Fund” gets a boost, as does London Fashion Week and the BFI’s film festival.

All of this sounds good, of course, and to some degree, any cultural investment is helpful in most markets.

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What will be interesting is where the newly announced programming has an impact on the foundational storytelling creative industry of them all: book publishing and bookselling.

Philip Jones, The Bookseller ‘s editor, in his leader piece today (June 23) writes about Independent Bookshop Week , saying, “Last week the government issued its vision for the creative sector, but bookshops get no mention, as if the books sell themselves. Reader, they do not. This disconnect is unhelpful.”

And 0ne photo from the exhibition floor of London Book Fair , while a welcome sight on Page 38 of the PDF edition of the Sector Vision plan’s 60-page brochure , does not mean that an initiative has yet been spotted with “books” in its branding.

The British book industry is fortunate to have a Publishers Association engaged in the CIC process so that it can try to monitor and influence from the inside the sort of visibility its industry is going to have to maintain–amid a blizzard of branding–to fulfill the Sector Vision’s potential for real support of publishing. Getting that vision into reality is a story just beginning.

More on the British Publishers Association is  here , and more on the United Kingdom’s market is here .

About the Author

Porter anderson.

Porter Anderson has been named International Trade Press Journalist of the Year in London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards. He is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives. He formerly was Associate Editor for The FutureBook at London's The Bookseller. Anderson was for more than a decade a senior producer and anchor with CNN.com, CNN International, and CNN USA. As an arts critic (Fellow, National Critics Institute), he was with The Village Voice, the Dallas Times Herald, and the Tampa Tribune, now the Tampa Bay Times. He co-founded The Hot Sheet, a newsletter for authors, which now is owned and operated by Jane Friedman.

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