Soon-to-launch music streaming device Electric Jukebox has the backing of the British government, international celebrities and corporate giants – but attempting such a venture without a decade in the industry would have been hopeless, company founder Rob Lewis told Real Business.
By David Craik
Specialist retailer Majestic Wine’s announcement earlier this week that it was launching a “Text for Wine” service through its Naked Wines online service should be cheered for a couple of reasons.
The UK’s creative industry is booming as Pinewood, the studio where latest James Bond film Spectre and Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron were filmed, is “unable to meet all the demand from large films”.
Crowdfunding, the increasingly popular alternative finance model, continues to support all business sectors. The latest demonstration of this has seen independent filmmaker Sarah Lewis harness the channel to make a movie on Soho-based hair salon We Are Cuts, famed for styling stars including David Bowie.
A geographical report from Nesta has found the UK’s creative industries are distributed unevenly across the country, with 43 per cent of creative economy jobs in London and the south-east.
