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Creative economy

Turning the tide: Public attitudes on plastics and fast fashion

Policy briefing

13 Mar 2021

The growing use of plastics in fashion is a problem. In response, the RSA is calling for new measures to turn the tide including a tax on virgin plastics used in clothing; a ban on marketing petrochemical-derived clothing; and a commission to prepare for the future of fashion.
Fashion and coronavirus: ensuring a sustainable recovery

Policy briefing

24 May 2020

People want the fashion industry to change.
The second age of small

Report

12 Jun 2015

Micro businesses are often painted as inefficient, lightweight and an overall drain on our economy. But our research finds that many are in fact thriving, boosted by new technologies, changing consumer habits and a pro-business policy agenda. So are we at the dawn of a ‘second age of small’?
Everyday Employers: Using behavioural insights to stimulate recruitment and growth among the self-employed

Report

01 Nov 2014

Our report argues that the government should make it a priority to stimulate recruitment among sole traders, but that any new policy interventions will need to break from tradition and begin to draw upon insights from behavioural science and psychology to be effective.
Breaking the mould: How Etsy and online craft marketplaces are changing the nature of business

Report

31 Aug 2014

We look at the emergence and impact of online craft marketplaces and consider what their growth might signal about the way business will change in the future.
Salvation in a Start-up?

Report

30 Apr 2014

Our report 'Salvation in a Start-up?' explores the factors behind the boom in self-employment and examines what life is really like for the growing numbers of people who now work for themselves.
A Manifesto for Youth Enterprise: Making the UK a better place to start up a business

Report

30 Sep 2013

This Manifesto for youth enterprise draws upon insights gathered through RBS Inspiring Enterprise to set out a number of practical actions for how we can develop economic growth, employment and entrepreneurship.
The irresistible rise of the venturist

Report

31 Jul 2013

A new generation is placing their hopes for a better future in themselves rather than the establishment that delivered the Crash. These are the Venturists.
Disrupt Inc: How Young People are Challenging the Conventions of Entrepreneurship

Report

01 Mar 2013

Despite the flurry of media commentary surrounding young enterprise, very little is actually known about how young people become entrepreneurs.
Generation Enterprise

Report

01 Sep 2012

It is estimated that average real income per head has grown ten-fold in the last two and a half centuries.