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Growing design? Challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regions
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Abstract There is some debate as to whether creative industries can thrive in second-tier industrial city-regions, as well as in leading global cities. This paper uses the results of firm interviews with design consultancies to examine their experiences in three industrial cities in the UK: Manchester; Newca... view more
There is some debate as to whether creative industries can thrive in second-tier industrial city-regions, as well as in leading global cities. This paper uses the results of firm interviews with design consultancies to examine their experiences in three industrial cities in the UK: Manchester; Newcastle and Birmingham. It highlights the major constraints on growth in each city and it emphasises the quantity and quality of demand, and the availability of skilled labour. It considers the effects of design and cultural policy initiatives and finds that most measures are perceived to have had only ambiguous and minor supportive impacts.... view less
Keywords
design
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
consultancy; city-region; constraints; policy; L84; L8; R11; R30
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 873-887
Journal
Regional Studies, 44 (2010) 7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343401003604671
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)