Reaching out from the creative silo policy briefing

This policy briefing argues that the creative industries need to ensure their ideas and creative contributions benefit the wider UK economy and society.

This policy briefing argues that the creative industries need to ensure their ideas and creative contributions benefit the wider UK economy and society.

Key findings:

  • Research needs to treat the arts and creative industries with the same degree of rigour as more traditional sectors.
  • Arts and creative industries have low productivity growth and must ensure the benefits they produce reach out across the UK's society. 
  • By applying existing models that are known to work in other sectors of the economy, policymakers can develop a richer set of policy prescriptions than public funding alone.

The arts and creative industries now represent an important sector but the challenge is evidence-based policymaking.

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Author:
Nesta