UK’s creatives worry Brexit will stunt performance
"In a report detailing the concerns of film, TV, publishing, media companies and cultural institutions about Britain’s future outside the EU, the Creative Industries Federation said the sector was one of the “powerhouses” of the economy. Exports rose by 49 per cent between 2009 and 2014, it said, compared with 30 per cent for UK industries as a whole.
“Creative exports including books, film and television, from Adele to Harry Potter and Downton Abbey to Sherlock, are the UK’s calling card to the world,” the CIF said.
But its continued success was predicated on a delicate mix of factors including accessible export markets, a robust regulatory framework, the ability of highly specialised companies such as video games makers to recruit from overseas, and funding for research and regional development, much of which comes from the EU, the report said.
The federation made a plea for the government to engage with companies ahead of the triggering of Article 50 — the formal two-year exit procedure that Theresa May has said will begin by the end of March 2017."
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