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Marketing is still lacking in diversity – here’s what it can do about it

on Sep 30, 2015 | 0 comments

By Sarah Vizard

Actor David Oyelowo speaks at MOBO and CIF's event on diversity in the creative industries

New research, commissioned by MOBO and the Creative Industries Foundation, found that the number of people from black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) backgrounds employed in the creative industries increased by 12.5% between 2013 and 2014. Some 11% of jobs in the industry are held by BAME people, similar to the general working population of the UK.

However, the report found that the creative industries are failing to reflect the communities they serve. Some 32% of all jobs in the sector are in London, where 40% of the workforce is BAME.

That means that across the UK 17.8% of the creative industries Read full story ›

Source: Marketing Week