A new report published by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC) argues that “microclusters” of creative activity, where 50 or more creative businesses or organisations work in proximity in a street, neighbourhood or town, are fuelling growth in the larger creative clusters across the country.
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