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Do you wish to remove barriers so creative businesses and organisations, like you, can access funding more easily? Are you hoping that one day, there will be fairer and more equitable finance options for business growth? Do you have something to say to the UK Government?
New research is being undertaken by Creative UK in partnership with the Creative Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) and BVA BDRC, supported by the Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Creative Industries Council and YouTube.
This research, titled Access to Finance, seeks to capture experiences and perspectives as to how creative businesses and organisations (e.g. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Not-for Profits, etc.) use finance and funding as they grow. It’s a critical window of opportunity to directly inform the thinking of the newly formed UK Government, and to describe the experiences of people like you working in the creative economy.
The research seeks to understand (please note, this is not a definitive list):
Your experience is especially critical if you are a creative SME or organisation who:
Things you need to know:
Data gathering will be undertaken by Alligator (a sister fieldwork company of BVA BDRC) and Creative UK.
For any subsector of the Cultural and Creative Industries (see list of creative subsectors) with contributions from at least 100 organisations, the dataset will be shared in due course with the trade and/or representative body for that group.
Access digital assets to promote the research HERE.