CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

Creative Industries is now the second largest sector in the UK after finance.

It is also one of the fastest growing industries in the world. It is a key element of both the creative economy and the information society, offeing an increasingly significant source of revenue, employment and cultural expression.

This sprawling sector, from film production to software development, represents 7.3% of GDP and employs around one million people. However, the sector faces major hurdles. The government has recently launched a strategy aimed at addressing intellectual property issues. The digital world is awash with piracy and laws are hard to reproduce in the digital world.