The UK's flourishing creative industries could falter if the government fails to produce an improved immigration system when freedom of of movement ends, a new report has warned.
In its Global Talent report the Creative Industries Federation (CIF) highlighted that the creative industries bring £87 billion to the UK economy ? more than the automotive, oil and gas, aerospace and life sciences industries combined.
The creative economy as a whole accounts for 3 million jobs in the UK, and 1 in 11 jobs in the country are in the creative industries.
But while it is currently the UK's fastest growing sector, the creative industries are under threat from Brexit and increased immigration controls. Without freedom of movement the CIF warns that businesses will struggle to attract and retain the "brightest and best". Creative businesses in UK already struggling to fill skills gap
Architecture, design and technology businesses are already struggling to fill roles with homegrown talent. Of the 250 businesses surveyed 75 per cent employed EU nationals, with two thirds saying they would not be able to fill those roles with UK workers.
RIBA has indicated that 25 per cent of architects currently working in the UK are non-UK EU citizens.
A lack of provision for technical education in schools, falling number of students studying design-related courses, combined with a low awareness about career paths in these industries means creative business are having to hire from outside of t...