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Wycombe has a strong and proud heritage in many aspects of creativity like furniture
craftsmanship, printing and publishing, cultural heritage and the arts. Looking ahead, creative
industries have considerable potential to help grow the economy in the district, and
a thriving creative industry sector can significantly help address the priorities to find in the
Sustainable Economic Prosperity Strategy. An example – is nurturing enterprise and
innovation, it’s key to ensuring the local economy can take advantage of new technologies
and ways of working. An established creative industries base has a significant role to
play in underpinning growth in a range of important sectors in the district, like; the
knowledge economy, the media, the precision engineering, culture and tourism, green technologies
and retail. With advances in web based technologies and creative media happening so fast, there
are real opportunities to create and support district based ventures that can compete on
the global stage. For example promoting independence, the creative
industries sector requires people with a diverse range of skills and can provide in demand
jobs and career opportunities that help build skill levels and increase participation in
the labour market. Another example; improving community cohesion, creative industries and
artistic enterprise have considerable potential to contribute to building an inclusive approach,
which allows all sections of society to participate in wealth generation, created through economic
development. So creative Wycombe is about the past, present and the future, yes we have
a solid tradition in creative production and education, yes we have a proven and established
base of companies operating across the many disciplines within the creative industries
sector. But most importantly, we have an eye now on the future, creative industries in
Wycombe, can help generate wealth, skills and jobs and help attract new investment,
that can really make Wycombe district a great place to live, work, visit, invest and learn.
So we urge you all to get involved in putting Wycombe on that map for creative industries.