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Jonathan Jones

Jonathan Jones

Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University
Dr Jonathan Jones is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University Business School and lead author of the Creative Policy and Evidence Centre’s latest State of the Nations report, Foreign Direct Investment in the UK’s Creative Industries. The Creative PEC is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

The UK’s booming creative industries could employ even more people – if they attract fresh international investment

Dec 12, 2024 02:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

The UKs creative industries are an economic success story, contributing 124.6 billion to the countrys economy in 2022 around 6% of the total. These industries, which include film, TV and publishing, grew by more than 50%...

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