Staying Ahead: The economic performance of the UK's creative industries (overview)

Report

Published:  July 2007

Authors:   The Work Foundation, NESTA

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Abstract

The value of Britain’s flourishing creative industries to the economy is now broadly comparable to that of the financial services sector, this report says. But without careful policy-making, targeted public investment and a supportive institutional architecture, the flow of creativity worth commercialising may begin to slow, it warns.