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<p>The creative industries contributed approximately £116bn to the UK economy in 2019.
The Government has recognised the sector as one of the key sectors to drive growth
across the country in the Chancellor’s Plan for Growth.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We
are actively supporting the creative industries through a range of initiatives such
as:</p><ul><li><p>£4m towards the Creative Scale-Up programme which seeks to help
creative businesses expand their operations.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>£39m towards
the Creative Clusters programme through UKRI which connects businesses and academia
to take advantage of the most recent research and innovations so they can grow.</p></li><li><p>£33m
towards the Audience of the Future which encouraged creative businesses to use innovative
new technologies to reach new audiences.</p></li><li><p>£20m towards the first round
of the Cultural Development Fund to support business growth and productivity through
investment in cultural and creative infrastructure via five projects in places like
Wakefield and Worcester, in addition to a further £18.5m for a second round as part
of the landmark Cultural Investment Fund, launched in May 2021.</p></li><li><p>HMG
committed over £2m to the Creative Careers Programme which aims to address aspirational
and informational barriers to entry amongst young people and their carers. To date
over 115,000 young people have engaged with the programme at over 1500 schools in
England and Wales.</p></li><li><p>Continuing to work with industry through the Creative
Industries Trade and Investment Board to increase exports in the creative industries.</p></li><li><p>The
Government supports trade promotion in the CIs through DIT’s export hubs, the Internationalisation
Fund, the Export Academy. All this support will feature in the Creative Industries
Export Campaign which will encourage both new exporters and companies wanting to look
at new export markets to take advantage of the fantastic opportunities available to
the UK as an independent trading nation.</p></li><li><p>The Government is also looking
carefully at options for an Export Office.</p></li></ul><p> </p>
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