As a follow up to the Norfolk Chamber’s ‘Audience with George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer’ event on the 7 November, we submitted a number of questions from our members to the Chancellor. Responses to those questions are now starting to be received from the relevant Ministers within Westminster.
John Last is Vice Chancellor at the Norwich University of the Arts. The University is based in Norwich and have been members of the Chamber for just under a year.
John’s question to the Chancellor was:
“Recent figures indicate that the creative industries — and especially games, film & animation and digital content creation — are growing faster out of the recession than most other areas of our economy. At Norwich University of the Arts we are working closely with these industries and especially the smaller and medium sized businesses typical of the sector. Might the Government be willing to consider extending their support for STEM subjects to include this sector, which is a significant part of our economic ecosystem, despite not having the lobby power of sectors with predominantly larger employers?”
Find on the attached document the written response from the Department for Business Innovation & Skills.
