The number of businesses in the creative industries in the UK grew from 125,300 in 2007 to 157,400 in 2008. The sub-sector with the largest number of new businesses was the software, computer games and electronic publishing category which increased by 18,200 additional businesses from 56,800 in 2007 to 75,000 in 2008. Advertising, music and the visual and performing arts also had significant increases in numbers of businesses.
The increase in the number of creative businesses did not bring an similar increase in the number of people employed in the creative industries. In fact there was a significant fall in their number. The software, computer games and electronic publishing category increased their numbers by 40,700 to 681,600. The largest percentage increase was in architecture at 8%, from 120,700 to 130,100, a difference of 9,400. There were also increases in the numbers of people employed in the advertising (1%), art and antiques (6%), music and the visual and performing arts (4%) categories but these were offset by decreases in crafts (-7%), design and designer fashion (-18%), video, film and photography (-3%), publishing and radio and TV (-3%). There was an overall decrease of 7,000 in the number of people employed in the creative industries in the UK in 2008.
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Thursday, 4 March 2010
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Last Survey Shows Film And TV Industry Growth
The last release in the ONS series of UK film and television survey statistics was released on the 9 December 2008. The UK film and television industry increased its exports of all services to £2,836m in 2008. It is an increase of 23% on 2007. Imports increased from £1,956m in 2007 to £2,215m in 2008 giving a balance of £621m in 2008 compared to £347m in 2007. The film industry's net surplus was £494m and the television industry's surplus was £198m.
The biggest importer of UK exports of services in the US with £736m or 55% followed by Europe with £432m or 32% and the rest of the world with 13%. The biggest percentage of imports was from Europe with 46% with a value of £384m. Imports from the US totalled £111m or 13%.
Television industry exports amounted to £1,101m in 2008 from £855m in 2007 and imports increased to £903m from £983m in 2007. The resulting balance is a surplus of £198m compared with £62m in 2007. The biggest importer of TV services from the UK was Europe with 57% totalling £624m. The US increased its spend to £211m or 19%. The rest of the world imported 24% of UK exports.
Imports to the UK from the US accounted for 62% of the UK total at a value of £555m. There was a slight increase in the imports from Europe to £273m in 2008 from £261m in 2007. There was an 87% response rate to the survey.
The biggest importer of UK exports of services in the US with £736m or 55% followed by Europe with £432m or 32% and the rest of the world with 13%. The biggest percentage of imports was from Europe with 46% with a value of £384m. Imports from the US totalled £111m or 13%.
Television industry exports amounted to £1,101m in 2008 from £855m in 2007 and imports increased to £903m from £983m in 2007. The resulting balance is a surplus of £198m compared with £62m in 2007. The biggest importer of TV services from the UK was Europe with 57% totalling £624m. The US increased its spend to £211m or 19%. The rest of the world imported 24% of UK exports.
Imports to the UK from the US accounted for 62% of the UK total at a value of £555m. There was a slight increase in the imports from Europe to £273m in 2008 from £261m in 2007. There was an 87% response rate to the survey.
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