Made in the UK and sold to the world

Government celebrates trade success of UK creative industries with new export help announcements.

From advertising to film, the UK is home to some of the world’s leading creative talent, exporting £37.9 billion in 2019. With global demand increasing, our creative industries are one of the UK’s export success stories.

The creative industries will benefit from government support thanks to a new package of measures announced at an event, hosted by the Department for International Trade (DIT), yesterday (Monday 20th September).

The event brought together business leaders from the UK’s creative industries – TV and Film, Music, Publishing, Fashion, Gaming, Advertising, and Immersive Technology – to celebrate their export success and encourage more businesses in these fields to take advantage of the opportunities to sell their world class goods and services globally.

It is part of DIT’s new “Made in Britain, Sold to the World” campaign, that provides practical export help and encourages the nation to take pride in our exporters.

Minister for Exports Mike Freer said:

The UK’s creative industries are a force to be reckoned with. We create, write, produce and code amazing products, and sell them to the world. The nation can be proud of our creative industries exporters, and the jobs they create in our economy.

Along with the trade deals we’re striking, we are committed to helping our creative businesses fulfil their potential on the world stage, fuelling sustainable growth for British businesses and creating new jobs in every region and nation of the UK.

UK House which launches its virtual tour around the world next Tuesday, September 28th was noted by Minsiter Freer “as a great example of Government and sector working closely together to support business all around the UK to go global.”

The package of support announced includes £330,000 worth of funding for the music industry via the Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) in joint partnership with DCMS and the International Showcase Fund (ISF).

The event also saw the launch of new exporting research for the museum sector, being published to help UK suppliers of museum-related products export to new markets. Alongside this, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council, Caroline Rush, has been appointed as the new Chair to head up the Creative Industries Trade and Investment Board (CITIB).

While the pandemic has been tough it has also driven an amazing amount of innovation. Examples of this were on show and the UKAEG was promoting members Nexus and Qumin at the event.