Ahead of Trump's inauguration yesterday, I wrote a short piece for @artsprofessional.co.uk looking specifically at the impact potential trade policies might have on UK creative exports. You can read it here: www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea... @creativepec.bsky.social

Did you know that in a fortnight it will be 5 years since the UK left the EU? To mark the occasion, @ukandeu.bsky.social have produced a bumper report. Released on 28 Jan, and you can sign up for the launch here: ukandeu.ac.uk/events/the-s...

UKRI commits funding in response to the recommendation from the Prime Minister’s Council of Science and Technology that ‘public investment in R&D in the creative industries should reflect the size, economic contribution and future growth potential of the sector.’ www.gov.uk/government/n...

The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre is here!!! Their work, funded by AHRC, has been a benchmark for the sector - if you are interested in #creative #industries. #industrialstrategy and #data - please follow them!

Hi, we are the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre! We bring together independent research and policy recommendations for the UK's Creative Industries. Learn more about what we do by following us or visiting our website: tinyurl.com/2fhwbdjz

Enjoyed discussing the opportunities and challenges facing the UK's creative industries with Sam Fleming from the @financialtimes.com before the festive break. You can read his article here: www.ft.com/content/df94...

James Hanley | UK Live Industry Meets w/ Culture Minister @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social To Discuss Introduction Of A Voluntary Grassroots Levy | @iq-mag.net www.iq-mag.net/2024/12/uk-i...

"In its first six months in office, the UK Government has prioritised skills as a key policy area... Alongside an emerging industrial strategy, lifelong learning is going to be especially important for the creative industries, ensuring the sector has the skills it needs to thrive."

Last month, Creative PEC's network of Industry Champions discussed the issue of lifelong learning for creative & cultural workers as part of our roundtable series. In this blog, we recount some of the challenges around skills provision in the sector. Part 2 to follow! pec.ac.uk/blog_entries...

New report on creative industries recommends scaling up & supporting innovation, improve general business environment, maintain inward investment. Identifying regional clusters of creative industries could highlight & promote these talent pools to foreign investors. uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-booming-c...

The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything: • @houseofcommons.parliament.uk • @houseoflords.parliament.uk • @ukparliament.parliament.uk • @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk

Congrats to the two new AHRC creative clusters announced today in Liverpool (Music) and the West Midlands (Createch)... www.ukri.org/news/two-maj...

The UK professional services sector which includes law, architecture, R&D, consultancy, market research and other fields — grew by 3.9% in the three months to September vs 1.3% for the overall UK economy on.ft.com/3AWFKuO

“About 450 institutes that are reliant at least in part on state subsidies, from theatres and opera houses to nightclubs and galleries, have formed an alliance in an attempt to force a rethink over the €130m (£108.6m) cuts [to culture funding in Berlin]” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Interesting Creative PEC report dropped this week on FDI in the #CreativeIndustries. Big takeaway Q for me around the high levels of FDI from mergers and acquisitions and the implications on keeping UK IP in the UK 🤔

UKRI is recruiting a Director to lead work on R&D and Place. A great opportunity for an action-oriented leader who wants to tackle the many well-documented issues of the geography of R&D in the UK! careersportal.taleo.net/careersectio...

Pulblished today! We’re launching the Creative PEC’s latest #StateOfTheNations report looking at Foreign Direct Investment in the Creative Industries. There’s a wealth of data in there looking at FDI across creative sub-sections, nations and regions. A few of the key findings:

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One for the diaries next week: tune in to the Creative PEC's launch of our next major report on creative industries Foreign Direct Investment on Wednesday 20th November at 12pm (GMT). More info and to register for the launch here: pec.ac.uk/event_entrie...

Here are some research questions that the Treasury would like answers to.

“To stay on track to meet the Paris Agreement goals, global investment in the climate change mitigation designed to help transition our economies has to reach up to $11.7tn annually by 2035, according to estimates by UNEP- about 10 per cent of global economic output.” on.ft.com/3YHnkGd

Following the US election result last week I’ve been starting to reflect on its significance for the creative industries, and it’s role in the UK’s growth mission. A few key stats from the Creative PEC’s ‘UK Trade in a Global Creative Economy’ report published last year below:

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