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Cultural Venues & Facilities Cultural Vibrancy Cultural Participation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & Attractiveness 2019 edition Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs UNITED KINDOM

Intellectual Property & Innovation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 shows how well 190 European cities in 30 countries perform across

9 cultural policy dimensions, compared to their peers. Cities have been selected based on their demonstrable Creative Economy New Jobs engagement in promoting culture and creativity, from about 1 000 cities in Eurostat’s Urban Audit. Therefore, the cities in Creative Sectors featured in the Monitor are already top performers.

15 cultural and creative cities Human Capital Inner circles & Education 3 NEW cities as compared to the 2017 edition of the Monitor New city Selection criteria: European Capital of Culture Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust Dundee International cultural festivals Glasgow Edinburgh Outer circles Annual gross domestic product per capita: Local & International Connections Bradford York Group 1 > € 45 000

Manchester Leeds Enabling Environment Liverpool Nottingham Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Quality of Birmingham Norwich Governance Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000 Bristol London Group 4 € 19 000 - € 27 000 Brighton and Hove Group 5 ≤ € 19 000 Cities are ordered alphabetically within each population group Lower Higher performance performance How does your city rank on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index?

London Birmingham Population groups: XXL XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities) Glasgow Edinburgh Leeds Bradford XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities) XL L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities) S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities) Bristol Manchester Nottingham Liverpool L Brighton York Norwich Dundee S-M Population groups

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London, Glasgow, Bristol and York reach 3rd, 7th, 4th and 11th positions on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index in their respective population groups. Other UK cities which have not achieved top positions on the Index demonstrate strengths on some of the underlying dimensions. Online tool: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cultural-creative-cities-monitor/

Joint Contact info: [email protected] Research Centre Cities Highlights Dimensions BirminghamLondonBradfordEdinburghGlasgowLeeds ManchesterBrightonBristol and HoveLiverpoolNottinghamDundeeNorwichYork On ‘Cultural Vibrancy’, Glasgow ranks 8th among 40 European ranked cities with 500 000 to 1 million inhabitants, coming 5th on Cultural Cultural Venues Participation & Attractiveness. Brighton also & Facilities holds a high position (7th) among the 40 ranked

cities with 250 000 to 500 000 inhabitants, Cultural Vibrancy ranking 11th both on Cultural Venues & Facilities Cultural Participation & Attractiveness The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor and Cultural Participation & Attractiveness. 2019 edition Glasgow is a UNESCO Creative City Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs of Music: the city hosts a variety of music events every week, and is home to orchestras such as the BBC Scottish Intellectual Property Symphony Orchestra and major music & Innovation venues in the country such as “King Tuts The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 shows how well 190 European cities in 30 countries perform across Wah Wah Hut”.

9 cultural policy dimensions, compared to their peers. Cities have been selected based on their demonstrable Creative Economy New Jobs engagement in promoting culture and creativity, from about 1 000 cities in Eurostat’s Urban Audit. Therefore, the cities in Creative Sectors featured in the Monitor are already top performers. On ‘Creative Economy’, London ranks 4th among the 20 ranked European cities with more than 1 million inhabitants, thanks its 5th position Human Capital Inner circles on Jobs in Creative Sectors. Bristol ranks 7th & Education New city among the 40 ranked European cities with Selection criteria: 250 000 to 500 000 inhabitants, coming 7th on European Capital of Culture Intellectual Property & Innovation. Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust International cultural festivals

Outer circles As part of the ‘Good Growth’ strand of Annual gross domestic product per capita: the Mayor’s Culture Strategy, London’s Local & International Connections first ever creative enterprise zones were Group 1 > € 45 000 announced in 2018. They are intended to help the capital remain a creative city by Enabling Environment Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Quality of providing affordable workspace, and job Governance Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000 and training opportunities. Population groups XXL XL L S-M Group 4 € 19 000 - € 27 000 Most UK cities perform well on ‘Enabling Group 5 ≤ € 19 000 Cities are ordered alphabetically within each population group Environment’, with London and Nottingham reaching the top spot in their population groups. Lower Higher performance performance How does your city rank on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index? Brighton ranks 2nd in its group, leading on Openness, Tolerance & Trust along with London and Norwich in their respective groups. Population groups: XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities) XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities) L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities) The Brighton and Hove Pride Festival S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities) takes place in August every year. The Guardian daily newspaper described it as ‘the country’s most popular LGBT+ event’.

Online tool: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cultural-creative-cities-monitor/

Joint Contact info: [email protected] Research Centre