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UK Music Report Aims to Revive Live Music Industry
In UK Music’s “Let The Music Play: Save Our Summer” report, the trade organization suggests how to help the live sector recover from pandemic setbacks.
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UK Music urges Government to support music industry in face of coronavirus
Acting CEO Tom Kiehl proposed a seven-point plan
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Business rates for grassroots music venues scrapped for one year
This reduction is largely due to Coronavirus
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UK Music’s MAP Talent Pipeline Tour 2020 kicks off
The MAP tour is a collaboration between educational institutions and UK Music
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Oliver Dowden MP appointed new secretary of state for DCMS department
"He is the right appointment at the right time"
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Business rates for Grassroots Music Venues reduced by 50 per cent
This will see 230 Grassroots Music Venues across England and Wales benefit
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UK government reveals plans for ‘comprehensive music strategy’ post-Brexit
Culture minister Nigel Adams reveals government plans to introduce a music strategy for the UK music industry
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2019 in review: November-December
Reflect on the biggest stories of November-December 2019 as we get ready to enter a new decade
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Andy Edwards becomes UK Music’s new director of research and analysis
Edwards has worked in the UK music industry for over 25 years
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‘Without Andy Heath UK Music wouldn’t exist today’: UK Music chairman Andy Heath steps down
Heath founded UK Music in 2008
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UK Music CEO Michael Dugher steps down
He is leaving to take up a new position as CEO of the Betting and Gaming Council
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UK Music CEO encourages government to consider the positive impact of music on wellbeing
In a keynote speech today (Monday, December 2) at music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins’ Social Value of Music conference, Dugher hammered home the significant value of music to society, as well as to the economy
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The UK music industry contributes £5.2 billion to UK economy: UK Music’s Music By Numbers report
The Live Music sector made contribution of £1.1 billion in 2018
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UK Music calls on government to back UK music industry ahead of General Election
UK Music CEO Michael Dugher has written to political party leaders to urge them to support the UK music industry in their manifestos
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BBC Introducing Live: Recording, songwriting and touring with the pros
We also made our way to Tobacco Dock for days two and three of BBC Introducing Live, where we heard from a variety of artists, recording engineers and sound pros
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UK Music appoints Ammo Talwar as new chair of Equality and Diversity Taskforce
Ammo replaces Keith Harris OBE who has chaired the Taskforce for the last three years at UK Music
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‘Reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated’: Chief exec of AIF talks the independent festival market
Paul Reed, chief executive of the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), talks to PSNEurope about sustainability, market monopoly and the effects of Brexit, in his annual update on the state of the independent festival market
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Tickets on sale and official partners announced for Venues Day 2019
Music Venues Trust's Venues Day is the largest gathering of small venues in the world and a key event for anyone who works in or with the UK's Grassroots Music Venues
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‘Things are on the up and up’: UK Music CEO Michael Dugher talks progress in the battle to save grassroots music venues
Since taking over as CEO of UK Music in 2017, Michael Dugher has been tirelessly campaigning for better protection of the country’s grassroot music venues and banging the drum for the huge contribution live music makes to the UK...
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Manchester music scene contributes £169m to UK economy
Greater Manchester Combined Authority will now work with UK Music and the music industry to take forward recommendations that will support, strengthen and grow Greater Manchester’s music scene even further in the future
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UK Music welcomes new music industry diversity charter
The new charter is aimed at boosting diversity across the creative industries
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Scottish Parliament urged to protect live music venues
Music Venue Trust, UK Music and Scotland's grassroots music venue sector have united behind a call to Members of the Scottish Parliament to take action to protect Scotland's live music venues in the Planning (Scotland) Bill
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APPG on Music signs up 100th politician
Lord Grade becomes the 100th senior politician to join the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music
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UK Music launches 2019 survey for music creators
The last report revealed that the UK music industry contributed £4.5bn to the UK economy and sustained over 145,000 jobs
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#LoveMusic campaign supports online music creators
The #LoveMusic campaign was started to support online music creators, and to prompt a meaningful vote from the European Parliament on the Copyright Directive on which they were victorious
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‘YouTube pays creators just £0.00054p per stream’: UK Music CEO talks big tech in music biz
Here, Michael Dugher reveals why he believes tech giants need to be held to account in order to ensure a ‘fairer future’ for the music business
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New home office rules for artists entering UK from Ireland
The Home Office has established new rules that allow non-EEA creatives to enter the UK via Ireland for up to three months without a visa
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The APPG meets to discuss the music industry’s Talent Pipeline
The discussion focused on music in education and what could be done to improve participation in music in schools, using information gathered from UK Music's Securing the Talent Pipeline report that was published last year
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Senior politicians support UK Music’s fight against venue business rates
Michael Dugher, CEO of UK Music, and Labour's shadow culture minister Kevin Brennan met with chancellor Philip Hammond after some grassroots venues were affected by business rate rises of over 800 per cent, and now senior politicians are joining...
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‘How do we maintain the UK music industry after Brexit?’: UK Music investigates at SXSW 2019
UK Music has revealed a line up of senior MPs and music business leaders for SXSW 2019, who will discuss how to maintain the UK’s music industry after Brexit
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UK Music’s 2019 Talent Pipeline and MAP Tour begins
The Tour was launched to encourage students to consider work in the music industry, and consists of a series of events such as careers panels, speeches, masterclasses, networking sessions, workshops and performances
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UK Music and Music Venue Trust challenge Chancellor for discriminating against music venues
After receiving a letter from the Treasury stating music venues would not be eligible to apply for discounted business rates, UK Music and Music Venue Trust addressed the Chancellor directly about his decision
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New survey reveals increased diversity among British music industry workforce
Despite the positive results, leaders state that more must be done to boost diversity further
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UK Music CEO: Brexit putting live music industry ‘at serious risk’
Michael Dugher has written to the Prime Minister to outline his concerns for the UK's live music sector in the face of its departure from the EU
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‘We won’t shy away from a fight’: UK Music CEO Michael Dugher on the challenges facing the live music industry
The former Labour MP his first year leading the trade body and what must be done to ensure the survival of the UK’s live sector.
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Mayor bids to strengthen Greater Manchester’s live music scene
The review of the city-region will reveal the economic value of music to Greater Manchester for the first time
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UK Music hails arrival of Manchester’s first night time economy advisor
Sacha Lord-Marchionne was appointed to the role by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.
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UK Music urges feedback on Agent of Change policy to save live music venues
The consultation window ends on Friday March 2
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UK Music CEO hails ‘seismic victory’ as Government backs Agent Of Change
Government today announced (Jan 18) that it will dramatically strengthen planning rules, throwing a lifeline to music venues across the UK
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Music biz leaders head to parliament today in fight to save venues
A raft of artists and industry figureheads will challenge Government to enshrine the Agent Of Change principle in law later this morning
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Senior Ministers urged to back Agent Of Change principle
Senior Ministers urged to back Agent Of Change principle
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UK Music chief warns Budget outcome will ‘do little to save already struggling music venues’
Michael Dugher has welcomed the measures outlined in today's Budget, but has warned the chancellor not to short-change music venues