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UK Innovation Zones

Creative Industries in the UK

Creative capability concentrates in London, Manchester and Salford, Bristol, Cardiff, Belfast, Dundee and Leeds, spanning film, television, games, animation and immersive technology.

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Companies
3
Investors
0
Universities
0
Research centres
1
Facilities
2

Where UK strength is concentrated

Major clusters

  • London

    Capital, regulation, AI and the creative economy in one place

  • Manchester

    Materials, health innovation, digital and the largest media cluster outside London

  • Belfast

    Cyber security, advanced composites, fintech and screen production

  • Cardiff & South Wales

    Compound semiconductors, steel and materials, and broadcast production

Emerging & supporting clusters

Research, infrastructure and capital

Universities & research

Creative technology research centres, screen academies and games research groups.

Investment

Production finance, broadcaster commissioning and a growing games investment base.

Government support

Creative industries are a priority sector in the industrial strategy framework.

Organisations working in this area

UKIZ perspective

Research centres (1)

Infrastructure (2)

Accelerators (0)

  • No accelerator recorded yet.

Creative and AI capability are converging faster than institutions are. UKIZ proposes treating that intersection as a mission in its own right.

Ecosystem directory

Who funds, builds and researches this in Britain.

Investors (0)

  • No investor record yet for this industry.

Companies (3)

Universities (0)

  • No university record yet for this industry.

Directory last verified: 15 August 2026

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Related proposed zones

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