The document summarizes the role and activities of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and its plans to work with the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) to champion and support the UK's creative industries sector. The CBI represents over 240,000 businesses and works to influence policy areas impacting business. It intends to work with the IPA on policy solutions to challenges facing the creative industries from structural changes in digitalization and the economic downturn, including issues around online privacy and behavioral targeting. Over the next year, the CBI outlines events and briefs it will produce to lobby on skills, competition policy, access to finance, taxation and other areas to support the creative industries.