{"id":48446,"date":"2026-10-23T15:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48446"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:46:40","slug":"ihbcs-research-cpd-signpost-design-economy-evidencing-the-value-of-the-uks-design-sector-across-nations-and-regions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48446","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Research\u2019 CPD Signpost: Design Economy &#8211; Evidencing the value of the UK&#8217;s design sector across nations and regions."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IHBC_CPD_AOC_March2018.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IHBC_CPD_AOC_March2018.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18541\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Design Council\u2019s \u2018Design Economy\u2019 offers \u2018the UK\u2019s most comprehensive exploration of the value of design: economic, social, and environmental.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Design Council writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the only research of its kind, Design Economy offers data-driven insights into the role of design in driving growth, fostering sustainability, and shaping a fairer future for all. The latest research showcases the most up to date findings that support how design is driving contributions to the UK economy, employment and regional growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a3136.7bn GVA in 2023 An increase of 40% since 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>80% of designers work in wider industries Contributing 90.6bn of GVA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2.27m workers in 2025 An increase of 15% since 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To download the 2026 report \u2018Driving Good Growth across the UK\u2019 go to the link below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designcouncil.org.uk\/our-work\/design-economy\/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=8dd35a62-be3c-4cb8-9dc4-c485db3e0000\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also \u2018How can design supercharge regional growth?\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/how-can-design-supercharge-regional-growth-cat-drew-hzzye\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Design Council\u2019s \u2018Design Economy\u2019 offers \u2018the UK\u2019s most comprehensive exploration of the value of design: economic, social, and environmental.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48447,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48446\/revisions\/48447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}