There has been a reduction in the total number of jobs within the UK’s culture and creative sectors, government statistics show.
Data published by DCMS show that for the 12 months up to the end of March 2024 the total number of jobs in the creative industries was 2,387,000, down from 2,457,000 the previous year, while the total number of culture sector jobs fell by 11,000 to 685,000.
The figures form part of DCMS’s most recently published economic estimates, which track employment levels across the department’s remit.
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The drop in employment numbers follows the publication of separate DCMS data earlier this month, which indicated a slowdown in the creative industries after years of rapid growth.
The sector’s value to the economy for the 12 months up to the end of June 2024 was £123.74bn – down 1.3% on the £125.36bn recorded for the 12 months up to June 2023.
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