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Creative industries need right conditions to flourish
10/01/2005
The creative industries have an increasingly important
role in the economy and must have the right conditions to
flourish, a special seminar will be told today.
Speaking ahead of the Fife Creative Futures Seminar at
the Balbirnie House Hotel in Glenrothes and hosted by
Glenrothes College, Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson
said:
"The creative industries sector currently supports
70,000 jobs in Scotland and generates more than £5 billion
annually for the national economy.
"The non-digital creative industries are predicted to
grow by between three and seven per cent, and digital media
by between 10 percent and 20 per cent annually.
"So we can see clearly the vital role that the creative
industries play. They enable innovation across large
sections of the Scottish economy as well generating
cultural and social benefits.
"Vital to their future is being able to react quickly to
market trends by building a collaborative infrastructure
which can compete on a national scale.
"And most importantly, we must recognise the creative
individual being at the heart of this growth and support
them in all that they do. Their ingenuity, their innate
creativity, and their entrepreneurial skills allow the
creative industries in Scotland to flourish, in turn
helping Scotland's economy to flourish too."
Creative industries are defined as those industries that
have their origin in individual creativity, skill and
talent and which have a potential for wealth and job
creation through the generation and exploitation of
intellectual property.
They include advertising, architecture, the art and
antiques market, crafts, design, designer fashion, film and
video, interactive leisure software, music, the performing
arts, publishing, software and computer services,
television and radio.