Studies – Arts & Culture

Evidence from over 10,000 creators reveals how unregulated AI is threatening livelihoods across all creative disciplines. The ISM in coalition with four leading creator-led organisations have today launched a ground-breaking new report into the impact of unregulated…

This report continues our State of the Nations series, building on previous Arts, Culture and Heritage (ACH) research. The key finding is that exit rates from the sector are higher compared with other sectors. ACH jobs rely on a highly skilled and knowledgeable…

The UK’s creative industries are a global success story. But behind the curtain, workers are being pushed to the edge. Bectu’s Big Survey 2025 is the largest-ever survey of behind-the-scenes creative workers, with over 5,500 responses across film, TV, theatre, live…

As the national development agency for creativity and culture, our vision in our Let’s Create strategy is “by 2030 for England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone has access to a…

In spring 2025, the Local Theatre Touring Alliance (LTTA) conducted a wide-ranging survey of UK theatre venues to better understand the changing landscape for touring and presenting work. This survey was designed to capture detailed qualitative and quantitative…

This new modelling and insight lands at a pivotal moment, with imminent publication of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy, which will prioritise the creative sector.  The report’s new findings set out a stark picture,highlighting the significant existing negative…

As the dust settles on the UK government’s Immigration White Paper, the creative industries reflect on what tighter restrictions might mean. The new research finds that the UK’s creative industries draw extensively on international talent for success. This is the…

Society of London Theatre & UK Theatre 22 May 2025 The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre have today published a landmark report revealing a sector delivering enormous value to the UK’s economy, communities, and global reputation – but now facing…

With place based approaches to supporting culture are high on the political agenda, especially in England as new Strategic Authorities and local powers unfold, our latest State of the Nations report builds upon the  previous research  and provides fresh insight on…

In this report, we consider the important role that higher education (HE) plays in supplying the talent needs of the arts and culture sectors. Building on Creative PEC’s previous research, the report provides fresh quantitative analysis of earnings of arts and culture…