Creative Industries Group

The Creative Industries are worth £1 billion to the South West economy. There are 21,000 creative businesses in the region and 7,500 individual artists, the highest number outside London. The 90,000 people employed in the Creative Industries represent 5% of regional employment.

The Creatives Industries Group is currently undertaking a project on Arts in the SW - further details will follow shortly.

For your information you can download a report by a joint HEFCE, Arts Council and Design Council working group entitled Continuing Professional Development for Arts and Design Practitioners.