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Growing design? : challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regions

Abstract:: There is some debate as to whether creative industries can thrive in second-tier industrial city-regions, as well as in leading global cities. This paper uses the results of firm interviews with design consultancies to examine their experiences in three industrial cities in the United Kingdom: Manchester; Newcastle and Birmingham. It highlights the major constraints on growth in each city and it emphasizes the quantity and quality of demand and the availability of skilled labour. It considers the effects of design and cultural policy initiatives and finds that most measures are perceived to have had only ambiguous and minor supportive impacts.

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Sunley, P., Pinch, S., & Macmillen, J. (2010). Growing design? : challenges and constraints facing design consultancies in three English city-regions. Regional Studies, 44(7), 873–887.

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Sunley, P, et al. “Growing Design? : Challenges and Constraints Facing Design Consultancies in Three English City-Regions.” Regional Studies, vol. 44, no. 7, 2010, pp. 873–87.

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Sunley, P, S Pinch, and J Macmillen. 2010. “Growing Design? : Challenges and Constraints Facing Design Consultancies in Three English City-Regions.” Regional Studies 44 (7): 873–87.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1080/00343401003604671

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+ Sunley, P More by this author

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+ Pinch, S More by this author

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+ Macmillen, J More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: SOGE
Sub department:: Transport Studies Unit
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Grant:: 062-23-0083

Publisher:: Routledge
Journal:: Regional Studies More from this journal
Volume:: 44
Issue:: 7
Pages:: 873-887
Publication date:: 2010-01-01
DOI:: 10.1080/00343401003604671
EISSN:: 1360-0591
ISSN:: 0034-3404

Keywords:: consultancy

city-region

constraints

design

policy
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Copyright holder:: Regional Studies Association
Copyright date:: 2010
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