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Watershed case studied in new Creative Industries report
Watershed is case studied in Investing in creative industries, a new publication by Work Foundation supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Local Government Association (LGA).
Creative industries are increasingly cited as one of the sectors likely to be a future source of jobs, innovation and productivity. Yet for local areas, faced with multiple calls for investment and tighter resource constraints, it can be difficult to know whether creative industries should be a priority for local investment. The publication seeks to explore a range of questions, including the outcomes that investment in creative industries might deliver and what sort of partners local authorities should look for.
The report contains an overview of Watershed and highlights us elsewhere as an example of how a "strong cultural infrastructure can stimulate both consumption and production often providing local creative entrepreneurs with opportunities to participate".