Nesta, an independent charity supporting innovation, has launched a ten point plan intended to bolster the UK’s creative sector, entitled A Manifesto for the Creative Economy. Authors Hasan Bakhshi, Ian Hargreaves and Juan Mateos-Garcia summarise the importance to the UK’s economy of the creative sector and emphasise the importance of openness, comprehensive availability of skills training and education, flexible policy tools and the widespread proliferation of digital technologies.
Click here for further details on the Manifesto.
CREATe’s deputy director Professor Philip Schlesinger will shortly comment here on the manifesto.