A 2008 survey found that 564,000 people had unpaid management roles in voluntary arts groups, often involving a high level of time, expertise and commitment.
Our Creative Talent: the voluntary and amateur arts in England, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Arts Council England (ACE), July 2008

In 2008 it was stated that over the past five years, 34% of amateur arts groups in England had had members who went on to work professionally.
Our Creative Talent: the voluntary and amateur arts in England, DCMS and ACE, July 2008

A 2008 report by the London Development Agency stated that 33% of jobs in music and the visual and performing arts were based in London, 54% of Radio and Television jobs, 42% of film and video jobs, and 18% of arts and antique jobs. Overall a quarter of people employed in the creative industries worked in London
London: A Cultural Audit, London Development Agency, 2008

In 2007 it was estimated that 94% of organisations in the UK's creative industries employed fewer than 10 people, and 85% fewer than five people.
Local USP: boosting the creative economy, Local Government Association, 2008

It was stated in 2007 that 39% of employees in the creative industries had degree level qualifications, compared to 24% within the economy as a whole, and that 10% of creative industry employees had post-graduate qualifications, compared to 7% within the economy as a whole.
The Creative Economy Programme: A Summary of Projects Commissioned in 2006/07, DCMS, August 2007

It was stated in 2007 that 29% of people in the creative industries were self-employed, compared to 13% within the economy as a whole.
The Creative Economy Programme: A Summary of Projects Commissioned in 2006/07, DCMS, August 2007

A survey commissioned by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) suggested that 35% of creative businesses employing less than 100 people had established specific financial plans for the future, of which less than two thirds had included them in a formal business plan.
Creating growth: How the UK can develop world-class creative businesses, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), 2006

A 2006 NESTA report stated that three key issues were hampering the growth of the UK's creative industries: the lack of scale of most creative businesses, difficulties in accessing markets, and a lack of innovation to exploit structural changes within the industry. It was stated that foreign creative markets were often being driven by more ambitious policies than in the UK, and it was stated that more of the UK's creative businesses needed to prioritise commercial growth.
Creating growth: How the UK can develop world class creative businesses, NESTA, April 2006

In 2005-06, 85% of ACE's regularly funded organisations conducted educational programmes, of which 13% were conducted as part of professional development programmes for arts workers.
Regularly funded organisations: key data from the 2005/06 annual submission, ACE, July 2007

Between 1995 and 2005, 48% of economic growth in the creative sector was driven by "start-up companies", with most of this growth occurring in the first year. 44% of growth was accounted for by firms re-classifying themselves as creative businesses, with 8% accounted for by the growth of established creative firms.
The Creative Economy Programme: A Summary of Projects Commissioned in 2006/07, DCMS, August 2007

Between 1995 and 2005 creative firms had an average survival rate of 3 years, similar to overall average rates for new business survival.
The Creative Economy Programme: A Summary of Projects Commissioned in 2006/07, DCMS, August 2007

In 2004 it was stated that 34% of workers in the creative industries and 53% in the arts and entertainment sector were self-employed, compared with 11% in the UK economy as a whole.
London Cultural Capital; Realising the potential of a world-class city, Greater London Authority, 2004

In 2003 it was estimated that self-employed workers in cultural occupations were twice as likely to have second jobs as those in non-cultural employment (10% compared with 5%).
Artists in Figures, ACE, August 2003

In 2003, it was reported that 25% of those employed in cultural occupations lived within greater London, compared to 10% of those in non-cultural occupations.
Artists in Figures, ACE, August 2003

In 2001, unemployment within the pool of cultural labour had dropped from a high of 9.5% to 2.5%. The number of people employed in cultural occupations had risen from 610,000 in 1993 to 760,000 in 2001.
Arts economy grows, Arts Professional, 6 October 2001

Between 1995 and 2000, two fifths of creative industry jobs were created in London.
London Cultural Capital; Realising the potential of a world-class city, Greater London Authority, 2004