British Steel and government special measures
The government has taken control of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant operations. What are the next steps if nationalisation follows?
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Effect of the UK leaving the EU on tourism and the creative industries (275 KB , PDF)
Summary
- Tourism contributed £66.1 billion to the economy in 2016. This was 3.8% of total economic output in the UK.
- The economic output of the tourism industry has increased each year since 2010, and by 34% in total between 2010 and 2016.
- There were 1.5 million jobs directly associated with tourism in the UK in 2015. This was 4.5% of all jobs in the UK.
- The creative industries in the UK account for 6% of employment and 5% of economic output.
- The largest of the creative sub-sectors is the IT, software and computer services industry, employing 640,000 people, 34% of all creative industry employees and accouting for 40% of the economic output of the whole creative sector.
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Effect of the UK leaving the EU on tourism and the creative industries (275 KB , PDF)
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