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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.