About
The Creative Industries Council

The Creative Industries Council (CIC) is a forum of government, creative businesses and other creative organisations.

It focuses on areas where there are barriers to growth of UK creative sectors such as access to finance, skills, export markets, regulation, intellectual property (IP) and infrastructure, and on promoting opportunities such as the CreaTech category and greater diversity and inclusion.

Action is taken forward by means of a small number of working groups and initiatives. In 2018, the CIC also set up the Creative Industries Trade & Investment Board (CITIB) to spearhead efforts on exports and inward investment.

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After the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020 knocking the creative industries off their growth trajectory, the industry members of the CIC submitted a proposed transition and recovery plan to Government.

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CIC Membership

Council members are leading figureheads drawn from across the creative and digital industries including TV, computer games, fashion, music, arts, publishing, and film.

Currently the council is co-chaired by:

Culture Secretary Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP

Govt. Co-Chair

Business Secretary Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP

Govt. Co-Chair

Baroness Shriti Vadera

Industry Co-Chair

Sir Peter Bazalgette

Industry Co-Chair

CIC working group chairs & CITIB

ACCESS to Finance

Stephen Pegge OBE

Director, UK Business Angels Association

Innovation and R&D

Sara Pepper

Co-Director, Creative Economy Unit at Cardiff University

talent and skills

Sinead Rocks

Managing Director of Nations & Regions, Channel 4

CITIB Co-Chair

Francesca Hegyi OBE

CEO, Edinburgh International Festival

CITIB Co-Chair

Michael Frohlich

CMO, WPP

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Work of the CIC

Following negotiations with industry led by the CIC, the then UK government published a Creative Industries Sector Vision in June 2023.

A new Creative Industries Sector Plan was published in 2025, with new funding, to make the UK the best place to invest in creativity by 2035.

New CIC Membership Announcement

In December 2025, the government announced a refresh of the CIC members and structure.

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CIC Membership

CIC working group chairs & CITIB

Work of the CIC

New CIC Membership Announcement

CIC Climate Group 2025 Report Press Release

CIC Climate Group 2025 Survey

CIC Health & Wellbeing Forum 2025 Report

Creative Industries Sector Plan (2025)

Creative Climate Charter

Creative Industries Sector Vision (2023)

COVID-19 Recovery

CITIB

Diversity Charter

Creative Clusters

Policy and Evidence Centre

Progress Update

Supporting Local Economies

Creative Careers Programme

Immersive Technology

Artificial Intelligence

CreaTech

CIC Announcements

Creative industries gain £369m future funding boost

Govt announces new CIC members and trade chairs

Close to 80,000 get insight into creative jobs via Discover! Creative Careers initiative

CIC Climate Group highlights role for creative leaders

Archive Resources

Agenda for Growth Submission to Govt (2018)

What MPs Think About The Creative Industries

Create Together: A Five-Year Growth Strategy (2016-2020) from the CIC

Create UK Strategy Report (2015 Update)

Create UK Strategy Report (2014)

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About
The Creative Industries Council