The Institute for Capitalizing on Creativity: “Tales from the Drawing Board” – NIPC Law

Posted March 31st, 2016 in intellectual property, news by sally

‘According to the Creative Industries Economic Estimates published by the Department in January of this year, the gross value added (“GVA”) for the creative industries was £84.1 billion in 2014 and accounted for 5.2% of the UK economy. Between 1997 and 2014, the GVA of those industries increased by 6.0% each year compared to 4.3% for the UK economy. It accounted for 3.9% of UK GVA in 1997 and increased to 5.2 per cent in 2014. Those industries employed 1.8 million individuals in 2014 in both creative and support jobs. The creative industries’ exports amounted to £17.9 billion in 2013 which accounted for 8.7% of British exports.’

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NIPC Law, 28th March 2016

Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk