Jake Grimley

• 2010-02-22

  The creative industries have long been the darling of the public sector, with local councils, the regional screen agency, Screen WM, and the regional development agency, Advantage West Midland (AWM), singling them out for special investment and support. But the sector – which spans the worlds of media, digital marketing, music, video games and film – is likely to face a very different post-election reality, and is particularly vulnerable given the large sums of public money currently channelled into it and the imperative on both sides of the political divide to make cutbacks.

  — Birmingham Post - Business - Business News - Creative industries - Creative thinking needed as sector faces budget cut