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International, Trade and Immigration

International, Trade and Immigration

Introduction

The creative industries are global. Countries around the world are increasingly prioritising them in an attempt to harness their economic, social and cultural value.

Creative PEC’s research examines how the UK’s creative industries operate in international markets through the trade of creative goods and services, talent migration, and foreign investment.

Publications and Posts

Research Reports
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The impact of overseas mergers and acquisitions on UK video games industry

A new scoping study on the economic consequences and potential market failures The BFI’s Resear…

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Post-Brexit migration and accessing foreign talent in the Creative Industries

The UK’s departure from the EU has changed the way that British firms trade and work with Euro…

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12 facts about the UK’s international trade in creative goods and services

Worldwide exports of creative goods exceeded 500 billion USD in 2015, with a 150% increase since 200…

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The migrant and skills needs of creative businesses in the UK

This report details the results of a survey of employers commissioned by the Creative Industries Cou…

Policy Briefings
Policy Brief: International Trade and the UK Creative Industries

Policy Brief: International Trade and the UK Creative Industries

This policy brief examines international trade in the UK creative industries. Drawing on our UK Trad…

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A global agenda from Global Creative Economy Council

You can now read the report in A Global Agenda for the Cultural and Creative Industries is Creative …

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The Creative Industries in the UK’s Export Strategy

This brief is based upon the findings of our latest research into the features and barriers facing t…

Press Releases
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Highly skilled, international talent helps fuel UK creative industries growth, finds new report

Embargoed 9am (UK time) Tuesday 10 June 2025 As the dust settles on the UK government’s Immigration …

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Could the UK be a creative haven for writers? With support from policymakers, yes, says new report

17 August 2023 – The latest Authors’ Earnings Survey, from researchers at the CREATe Research …

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Press release: Growing skills shortage & international trade decline post-Brexit

NEWS RELEASE Download the Press ReleaseEmbargoed: 00.01 UK time Thursday 30th March Two papers …

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PEC announces the launch of six new commissioned research projects

The research will cover everything from fashion and music, to migration and seaside towns The PEC’s …

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Response to the 2021 Budget: R&D, migration, skills and levelling-up

Our response to the 2021 Budget The PEC’s response to the 2021 Budget The creative industries &#8211…

Blog
Taking stock of the Creative Industries Sector Plan

Taking stock of the Creative Industries Sector Plan

We summarise some of the key sector-wide announcements from the Creative Industries Sector Plan.

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Trade in creative services: scale, trends, and geography

Creative services such as advertising, publishing, and design are an important part of global trade.…

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How to support the creative industries around the world

‘We need a change in mindset’ On 7 December 2021 the PEC’s International Council launched …

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Managing transition in the UK fashion sector

The UK fashion industry, like other sectors, is experiencing significant transformation due to the c…

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How the pandemic is impacting creative sectors around the world

The creative industries have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Over the past months our…

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The Brexit shock in the UK’s fashion and textile industry

While the dreaded no-deal scenario did not materialise when the UK left the EU single market and cus…

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The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

We got there: a deal better than no-deal was eventually found. The two parties started with differen…

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Gating the gatekeepers

The responsibilities of platforms for their content is changing, in the UK, in the EU and globally T…

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The impact of Brexit on UK’s cultural and creative sectors: More heat than light?

The creative industries have been a pillar of the UK’s industrial strategies in the past two decades…

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Why regulating the public sphere matters more than ever

Schlesinger argues that in capitalist democracies we can only guess at how the post-public sphere wi…

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Free-time, leisure, culture and learning in 2020

The beginning of this new decade, the 2020s, was marked by irreversible disruptions. For the first t…

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UK sovereignty: A challenge for the creative industries

Under the three word strapline, Check, Change, Go, a new campaign aims to prepare the UK for th…

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