Drawing on five years of data from 14 major UK cities, Design District’s new research report, ‘Creating Space for the UK’s Creatives’, uncovers a growing crisis in the UK’s creative economy: a chronic shortage of affordable, flexible and appropriately sized workspaces. 

Despite generating £124bn for the UK economy each year, the creative industries have grown by just 5% since the pandemic – far behind other sectors. Rising workspace costs are squeezing margins and threatening the UK’s position as a global leader in creativity. 

The report highlights how creative clusters – including Design District – are vital to economic growth, innovation and placemaking.