The Economic Impact of the UK Film Industry - BFI - British Film ...

9.6. Clothing........................................................................................................................................59
9.7. The overall value of merchandising.............................................................................................59
9.8. Summary .....................................................................................................................................61
10. PROMOTION AND TRADE 62
10.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................62
10.2. Direct UK trade in film..................................................................................................................62
10.3. The indirect effects on trade from UK film ...................................................................................64
10.4. Summary .....................................................................................................................................66
11. THE IMPACT OF FILM TAX RELIEF 67
11.1. The rationale for the Film Tax Relief ...........................................................................................67
11.2. The importance of the Film Tax Relief to the competitiveness of the core UK film industry .......68
11.3. The economic impact of the abolition of Film Tax Relief.............................................................71
11.4. Conclusions .................................................................................................................................71
12. CONCLUSIONS – SUMMARY OF OVERALL IMPACT 72
DEFINITIONS
The UK film industry and the ‘core’ UK film industry
The ‘UK film industry’ is defined in this report to include those activities which arise in the UK
from the companies and/or individuals employed in the:
• different stages of film production in the UK (including pre- and post-production)
• distribution of films (both UK and foreign-made); and
• exhibition of films (both UK and foreign-made).
This is a wider definition of the UK film industry than used in our 2005 report.
However, the focus of this report – like the 2005 study – is on a narrower range of activities,
which for clarity we now term the ‘core UK film industry’. This includes companies and
individuals involved in all film production in the UK. But it only includes the activities in the
distribution and exhibition sector associated with UK-made films.
This means that the economic activity associated with the distribution and exhibition of films
made abroad is not included in the estimates of the core UK film industry presented in this report.
A UK film is defined as any film which is certified to be British by the Secretary of State for
Culture, Media and Sport under Schedule 1 of the Films Act 1985 .