⚡ Our latest newsletter is just out, jam-packed with news, research and opportunities for the UK creative sector. This issue features projects by UK Music Ltd, Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, Polly Mackenzie and Ian Taylor of the University of the Arts London, Creative UK, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Campaign for the Arts, University of Warwick, Arts University Bournemouth, the University for the Creative Arts and Trevor Davis, British Business Bank and B7 | Marketing Agency, Create Central and West Midlands Combined Authority, Tileyard North, Department for Business and Trade and the University of East London School of Arts and Digital Industries. https://lnkd.in/eVCEu52g
Creative Industries Council
Government Relations
London, England 8,843 followers
A joint forum between the UK government and leading figureheads from across the creative industries.
About us
The Creative Industries Council is a joint forum between the creative industries and government. Set up to be a voice for creative industries, the council focus on areas where there are barriers to growth facing the sector, such as access to finance, skills, export markets, regulation, intellectual property (IP) and infrastructure. Action will be taken forward in these areas by a small number of working groups. Council members are leading figureheads drawn from across the creative and digital industries, including TV, computer games, fashion, music, arts, publishing and film. The council is co-chaired by: * The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Government Co-Chair) * Sir Peter Bazalgette, Chair of the Royal College of Art (Industry Co-Chair) * Francesca Hegyi, Edinburgh International Festival (Deputy Industry Co-Chair)
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External link for Creative Industries Council
- Industry
- Government Relations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London, England
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2013
- Specialties
- arts, culture, architecture, design, advertising, craft, design, fashion, createch, games, music, publishing, tv , and film
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London, England SW1X 8, GB
Employees at Creative Industries Council
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Rachel Wareing
Digital Communications Consultant and Copywriter helping tech & creative businesses to build and engage audiences.
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Daniel Guthrie
Director General
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Rachel Nicholson
Head of Institution at The Academy of Live Technology (formerly Backstage Academy)
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Rehana Mughal FRSA
Director of Arts, leading ambitious creative programmes, driving cultural engagement and supporting intercultural dialogue.
Updates
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Twelve creative companies are among the fastest-growing businesses across the north of England named in the Ward Hadaway's annual Fastest 50 Awards. The awards - compiled using Companies House data - highlight the top 50 privately-owned companies with the biggest average annual turnover growth in Yorkshire, the North East and North West. Manchester-based sportswear brand Castore - recently valued at almost £1bn - was the fastest-growing company in the entire North West region, with a 159% growth in turnover. The company was founded in Manchester in 2015 by brothers Thomas Beahon and Philip Beahon and was valued at £950mn after an investment round last November. After brokering early sponsorship agreements with sporting stars such as Andy Murray (who became a shareholder), the company has built its brand at a stellar pace by negotiating deals with elite clubs throughout the sporting world, from football to rugby and F1. As well as designing and manufacturing high-end sportswear, the company also sells kit for teams including Everton and England Cricket. Junkyard Golf Club (+124%) took the third spot. Also founded in 2015, the Salford-based firm now has seven indoor crazy golf courses around the country, with flamboyant set designs conjured up by festival and venue designers Decordia. Campfire (+95%), founded by SocialChain alumni Joe Gradwell and Alex Brown, creates data-led social campaigns for brands keen to capture the attentional of millenial and Gen Z customers and has developed a proprietary tool, Spark, which spots trending beauty, wellness and food & drink trends on TikTok. The Manchester firm was founded in 2019 and swiftly won big brand clients including L'Oreal and the The INKEY List. It recently signed a strategic deal with Literacy Capital plc as part of expansion plans. Other North West Companies to make the list are fashion firm Vogue Sourcing UK (+70%) and family-owned GRAVES (CUMBERLAND) LIMITED) (+50%), which owns four independent cinemas in Cumbria. In Yorkshire, Stage One Creative Services Ltd took 5th place with 83% growth. Based in the village of Tockwith, between York and Harrogate, the firm creates large-scale, high-end installations, including staging for Ed Sheeran’s tour and sets for the Eurovision Song Contest. Leeds-based equinox group , which designs bespoke environments for brands and agencies, achieved a 62% lift in turnover, while fashion brand Lucy & Yak appears in the list for a second year with 50% growth. In the North East, the fastest-growing creative sector firm was Middlesborough-based indie games developer Double Eleven (+125%), which has worked on titles such as Minecraft Dungeons and Fallout 76. Fellow games developer Coatsink appears for the second year with 88% growth. The Gateshead firm has worked on titles such as Haunted High and The Last Hero of Nostalgaia. Wallsend sales and marketing company durhamlane (+36%) and market research agency Explain (+35%) also made the list.
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New research has demonstrated the link between cultural heritage, creativity and local economic development. The study, commissioned by Historic England, shows that areas where cultural heritage is abundant perform better economically. It uses econometric analysis to investigate the interplay between cultural heritage, creativity, and economic development. Among the findings was that areas with a higher density of listed buildings produce higher-on-average trademarks. In the report, author Professor Silvia Cerisola proposes that cultural heritage can have a positive impact on economic development through creativity. Exposure to the "physical presence of impressive elements of cultural heritage" can trigger new entrepreneurial ideas. Historic England's Chair Neil Mendoza said the research demonstrates that our built heritage is a "vital influencer of creativity and economic growth, and one of our country’s core strengths.” https://lnkd.in/etRUshH4
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Projects that will use AI to boost productivity in the creative sector have secured a share of a £32 million funding round from UK Research and Innovation. They are among 200 projects by UK businesses and research organisations which have been funded through the UKRI Technology Missions Fund and delivered through the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme. The projects aimed at driving innovation in the creative sector include: * AI-driven fashion sketch to garment pattern tool - Lucy Haugh * AI data capture and analysis for the creative industries - Cambridge Kinetics * AI-powered narrative extraction and classification to combat misinformation and disinformation - Valent * Live broadcast audio quality control using AI - Salsa Sound * DesignAI: accelerating design extension and adaptation in graphic design - Papermill * AI-powered productivity for circular fashion - Zori Tex * Experimental development of an AI-powered 3D visualisation platform for design and architecture - SpaceForm Technologies (CIC CreaTech Ones To Watch showcase alumni) * Feasibility study to improve productivity in the creative industries by using AI in scheduling, relationship management, contracts and management reporting - Climbing Turn Ltd * AI-enabled live music event safety and efficiency - TwinLabs.ai * Using AI to increase productivity in video content selection for film festivals, TV channels and video-on-demand platforms - Stephen Harmston , Happy AI Ltd * VideoSense-AI: a novel AI-driven platform for deep and granular video content search using advanced natural language for visual and audio content - Neuromind Labs Ltd *SeamStream AI: accelerated construction sequencing for fashion brands and manufacturers - Pattern Project * AI-based system to accelerate productivity in the creative industries - Charismatic.ai, Channel 4, University of the Arts London & Falmouth University *Co-creator for songwriters & producers: generative AI Creator tools to boost efficiency of the creative process - Session, Queen Mary University of London & Google UK. *StudioSync: AI productivity tools for record labels in the management of musical recordings and creator metadata - Stage, Queen Mary University of London, Session & Google UK. *ALL-VP: AI-Powered lighting in live virtual production - dock10, University of York & 2LE MEDIA LTD. *Creating a compliance mechanism for AI-generated music works in a Web3.0 world - DAACI, BIMM University & Lewis Silkin LLP Image Credit: Google DeepMind https://lnkd.in/e2WHRC5G
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💷 If you're a senior leader of a creative business or non-profit leader, please take a few minutes to particpate in an important research study led by Creative UK. The 'Access to Finance' study is gathering experiences and perspectives on how creative businesses and organisations use finance and funding as they grow. The finding will help to inform the thinking of the newly formed UK Government. https://lnkd.in/eSCvM9wr
Creative UK launches critical new survey into creative funding and finance - Creative UK
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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy outlined an ambitious vision for the creative industries in her maiden speech at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum last week. The event brought together leaders from 150 companies and organisations within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport remit, including the CIC and many of our members including Arts Council England, Channel 4, Creative UK, the British Council and UK Music Ltd. In her speech, Nandy called on the sector to help contribute to the government’s national growth mission. Partnerships with mayors, councils, businesses and charities will put "rocket boosters" under our creative industries, she said - helping us to achieve economic growth but also "creating opportunity for every child and exporting our incredible talent to the world". https://lnkd.in/e3mbRXbm
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy speech at the Science and Industry Museum
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🌳 Here's our monthly round-up of the brilliant work being done by the creative industries to tackle the climate crisis. Anything we've missed? Please do share in the comments. 🦉 The RSPB has commissioned a series of animated films designed to persuade young people to advocate on behalf of wildlife. The campaign was created by the GOOD Agency and Blue Zoo Animation Studio, which has previously featured in the CIC's CreaTech Ones To Watch showcase. https://lnkd.in/eTYt3f7F 🌾 Accessories brand BEEN London has collaborated with materials start-up Arda Biomaterials to develop a leather-style handbag crafted from spent grain sourced locally from London’s ‘Beer Mile’ in Bermondsey. https://lnkd.in/e452vw5u 🏆 A collective designing XR experiences which raise awareness of climate issues are among the Royal College of Art students and recent alumni shortlisted in the Terra Carta Design Lab competition. The contest was launched by King Charles and Sir Jony Ive in 2022 as a partnership between the Royal College of Art and the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Terra Carta Design Lab to create student-led, high-impact solutions to the climate crisis. https://lnkd.in/ewZUpt98 📽 Do movies and TV have the potential to reshape climate conversations? Watch the discussion at a Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator event with panellists David Gunn, actor and activist Fehinti Balogun, BAFTA's Head of Climate Content Catherine Ellis, Climate Spring's Lucy Stone and writer/producer/director Chi Thai. Thanks to Pauline Burt MBE, FRSA for sharing this with us. https://lnkd.in/eFrDHqNw 👕 UKFT has launched the third issue of the Sustainability 101 series, which focuses on due diligence in fashion and textiles. https://lnkd.in/eZW_3PMz
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📢 Here's our monthly round-up of opportunities for UK creative organisations, businesses and freelancers. If there is an opportunity we've missed, please add it in the comments. 🎵 Two opportunities from BPI (British Phonographic Industry) and partners: - Grow Music is a 12-week scale-up and growth programme for London-based companies, working in music technology or music-adjacent technologies, innovations and new ideas. -Angel Investing School is open to professionals from underrepresented backgrounds who are working at a senior level in the music industry, and delivered by Andy Ayim MBE. https://lnkd.in/e4VjDJKG 💸 Growth Guarantee Scheme - British Business Bank scheme to support access to finance for UK smaller businesses, including term loans, overdrafts, asset finance, invoice finance and asset-based lending. https://lnkd.in/esKhVKg4 ✒ British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival 2024 Critics Mentorship Programme - giving underrepresented voices a chance to be mentored by media professionals and have their work published. Apply by 1 August. https://lnkd.in/eguUmXqT 📺 ScreenSkills High-end TV Leaders of Tomorrow -three-year programme focused on providing a high level of support to mid-level professionals working in high-end TV (HETV). Apply by 11 August. https://lnkd.in/eeHErFQd 💡 Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME round 8 - UK businesses working in the creative industries or XR for digital mental health can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners. Apply by 14 August. https://lnkd.in/eVrzkHZP. 🗃 BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund for AI in Screen Archives - seeking applications for ideas which would advance skills, insight and capacity in screen archives. Apply by 5 September. https://lnkd.in/eeW-_fEB
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More than 19.2 million domestic and overseas music fans travelled to attend gigs and festivals across the UK in 2023 - a 33% increase from the previous year, new research from UK Music Ltd reveals. Music tourism spending was also up 21%, reaching £8 billion – an increase of 21%. This includes the money fans spend on their ticket, on-site spend, travel, accommodation, and meals while travelling to events, as well as money spent indirectly through the value chain, including costs such as fencing and security or a restaurant paying for ingredients. There was also a 22% increase in employment sustained by music tourism. Most of the rise in attendance was driven by domestic music fans, with numbers up by just over a third. The number of overseas visitors dropped slightly from 1.053 million to 1.014 million. The report also highlights that despite the growth in music tourism, independent festivals and grassroots music venues are still struggling with rising costs and changes in ticket-buying habits. The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) reports that 50 UK festivals have completely closed or been postponed or cancelled for 2024, while the Music Venue Trust (MVT) reports that 125 venues in 2023 either shut or stopped live music. https://lnkd.in/eveZqrxS
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A review of the state of the arts in the UK has been published in a new report by Campaign for the Arts and The University of Warwick. The report - launched at Westminster with speeches by speakers including new Department for Culture, Media and Sport minister Christopher Bryant - examines five ‘health metrics’: funding, provision, education, engagement and employment. It found that while there is high public engagement in the arts, the UK has one of the lowest levels of government spending on culture among European nations. Other findings included: • Tax relief for the creative industries increased by 649% between 2009-10 and 2022-23. In 2017-18 this investment exceeded the DCMS’ core funding of cultural organisations for the first time. • The income mix of Arts Council England’s ‘National Portfolio’ changed, with public funding decreasing 10%, while contributed income (from private donations/ sponsorship) and earned income both went up by 5%. • Extra-large venues saw the biggest drop in event numbers in 2020 but made the strongest post-pandemic recovery, while also increasing ticket prices as inflation rose. By contrast, in 2018 and 2019 growth in event numbers was driven entirely by small venues, but in 2023 there were 24% fewer events in these venues and average ticket prices were 22% lower in real terms. • Films and cinemas generate the biggest share of arts attendances in all four UK nations. • Since 2010 the share of GCSE entries in arts subjects has declined by 47%. • The Cultural Sector generally grew faster than the UK economy over the 2010s, but the drop in Gross Value Added (GVA) as a result of the pandemic (10.6%) was more than double that of the Creative Industries (4.9%). • Despite significant growth in GVA, median (PAYE) earnings in the Cultural Sector are consistently below the UK median for every sub-sector with the exception of Film, TV and Music.