THE UK BY NUMBERS CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
We present an at-a-glance overview of key topics. This issue our focus is on the creative industries. Statistics from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) 2016 Focus on Creative Industries, Sir Peter Bazalgette’s Independent Review of the Creative Industries (September 2017) and The Creative Industries Federation
GOVERNMENT DEFINITION OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
The creative industries were defined in a UK government mapping document of 2001 which built on groundbreaking work begun in 1998. The agreed definition was ‘those industries which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent and which have a potential for wealth and job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property.’ These include:
VIDEO GAMES DESIGN (PRODUCT, GRAPHIC, FASHION
PUBLISHING
FILM, TV AND VIDEO
RADIO
PHOTOGRAPHY
IT, SOFTWARE (‘CREATIVE TECH’)
LIBRARIES
ADVERTISING & MARKETING
ARCHITECTURE MONEY THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
£87.4 bn
Gross value added (GVA) contributed by the creative industries in 2015, 5.3% of the UK economy (comparable to the construction or information sectors). Between 2010 and 2015 this grew by 34% – faster than any other sector.
MUSIC, PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS
ANIMATION & VISUAL EFFECTS
CRAFTS
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
AEROSPACE £8.8
bn
OIL AND GAS £13.7bn
£14.5bn LIFE SCIENCES
£19.6bn
AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
They return four times the GVA of the automotive industry,
six times as much as life sciences
and nearly 10 times that of aerospace.
The creative industries outpace the 12 largest industries of the UK economy.
They are bigger than many sectors which have been traditionally viewed as important to the economy or which are expected to be important in future.
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