The UK’s government has announced it intends to publish a Sector Plan for the country’s creative industries in the spring.
The Plan will be created by the government’s Creative Industries Council, currently chaired by Peter Bazalgette. He has extended his term as chair until the summer and will be succeeded by Baroness Shriti Vadera.
Bazalgette and Vadera will lead a new taskforce set up to inform the government’s strategy to unlock growth in the UK’s creative industries, said the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
The plan will set out new policies and government interventions working with the sector to deliver a further boost to its significant growth potential.
According to the DCMS, it will enable further growth and innovation in the creative industries, leveraging their global competitive advantages by unlocking private investment, boosting exports, and developing its highly creative and skilled workforce.
“The government will drive innovation through new and emerging technologies, and ensure that great creative ideas and businesses can access the finance they need to grow,” it added.
In October, the government named the creative industries as one of eight growth-driving sectors, which will form the main focus of its Industrial Strategy.
So far, the government’s Creative Policy and Evidence Centre has identified 55 creative clusters across the UK, including in areas such as Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Belfast and Dundee.
