3.2.15 Creative sector and mixed use
Original Document
Whilst it is essential to encourage further development in the core, it is important to ensure that growth is generated within the areas around the core. The growth of the creative industry sector can be part of this growth. The creative and cultural industries are a particular sub-set of knowledge based industries. They currently account for around 6% of Birmingham’s employment and are a growth sector. They also have some wider spin-off in that links with social, cultural and infrastructure networks have been shown to have a positive correlation with productivity.
Plain English Translation
While we want to have more in ‘the Core’ we want to make sure that other areas get more development. Helping to grow the Creative Industry is one way we think we can achieve that.
Creative and cultural work is about 6% of the jobs in Birmingham but that is growing. It has also been shown that culture can help productivity.