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How creative will the creative industries be when the budgets are cut?

PUBLISHED 24 Jul 2010 - 8:26am

AUTHOR: William Shaw

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The CBI released a special report on the creative industries last week, Creating Growth. It says: The creative industries contribute around 6-8% of UK output and produce exports totalling £16bn every year. They produce not only well-known cultural and entertainment products, but employ nearly two million people - including 800,000 in related industries. Hurray, we cry. And it goes on to call on the Coalition government to adopt a coherent strategy for this sector. There is, of course, the obligatory CBI harumphing about IP and copyright, deploring the fact that increasing piracy puts off... More

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