Creative Industries Council

The Creative Industries Council is a joint forum between the creative industries and government.

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Role of the group

Set up to be a voice for creative industries, the council focus on areas where there are barriers to growth facing the sector, such as access to finance, skills, export markets, regulation, intellectual property (IP) and infrastructure. Action will be taken forward in these areas through the work of a small number of ‘task and finish’ working groups.

Membership

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

The council is co-chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Maria Miller, the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable and Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice-President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Facebook.

• Hasan Bakhshi - NESTA
• Josh Berger - Warner Bros
• Vince Cable - Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
• Dinah Caine - Creative Skillset
• Baroness Bonham-Carter - Liberal Democrats
• Dan Cobley - Google
• Adam Crozier - ITV
• Jeremy Darroch - BSkyB
• Alan Davey - Arts Council England
• Katja Hall - CBI
• Tony Hall - BBC
• Andy Hart - Microsoft UK
• Andy Heath - UK Music
• Alex Hope - Double Negative
• Jason Kingsley - TIGA
• Paul Latham - Live Nation/CC Skills
• John Leech - Government
• Tim Lefroy - The Advertising Association
• Ian Livingstone CBE - Eidos (Square Enix group)
• Patrick Mckenna - Ingenious
• Murdoch Maclennan - Telegraph Media Group
• John McVay - PACT
• John Mathers - Design Council
• Maria Miller - DCMS
• Nicola Mendelsohn (Co-Chair) - Facebook
• Richard Mollett - Publishers Association
• John Newbigin - Creative England
• Amanda Nevill - BFI
• Christopher North - Amazon UK
• Andy Payne - UKIE
• Harry Rich - RIBA
• Caroline Rush - British Fashion Council
• Owen Sagness - Microsoft
• Jeremy Silver - Technology Strategy Board
• Sir John Sorrell - Sorrell Foundation
• David Sproxton CBE - Aardman
• Geoff Taylor - BPI
• Mark Thompson
• Stewart Till - Icon UK / Skillset
• Ed Vaizey MP - DCMS

Minutes

Minutes: 27 November 2013

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Minutes: 5 June 2013

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Minutes: 31 January 2013

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Terms of reference

Terms of reference (PDF, 47.1KB, 1 page)

Policies

• Making it easier for the media and creative industries to grow, while protecting the interests of citizens

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