Outgoing BBC director-general Tim Davie has been appointed as the next co-chair of the Creative Industries Council. The council is a forum that brings industry and the government together to ensure the continued success of the UK’s creative economy. It aims to unite the sector and give them a clearer voice when advocating to the […]

The Creative Industries Council (CIC) has relaunched with a new panel of more than 40 expert members, bringing together cultural institutions, trade bodies, creative businesses, regional leaders and sector representatives from across the UK’s creative industries. The CIC is a forum for collaboration between the government and industry leaders on key industry issues. The membership […]

The creative industries have a vital role to play in tackling climate change. Not only by reducing our own environmental impact, but by using the Creative Industries Council’s (CIC) capacity to drive awareness, influence behaviour and generate solutions. Back in 2023, industry members of the CIC signed the Creative Climate Charter, pledging to take ambitious […]

Baroness Shriti Vadera has been appointed by the Culture Secretary as the new co-chair of the Creative Industries Council – a key forum that brings together government and the businesses and public bodies of the UK’s creative industries. Baroness Vadera is the first female and person of colour to chair the Royal Shakespeare Company and […]

New plans to maximise the potential of the UK creative industries and grow the economy have been set out by the government. One of the Prime Minister’s priority sectors for economic growth, the creative industries are a global British success story growing at more than 1.5 times the rate of the wider economy over the […]