All posts belonging to the UK Music tag can be found in the list below.
The lack of availability of COVID-19 cancellation insurance is the biggest barrier to major events happening in 2021, according to a new report from UK Music. The Let the Music Play: Save Our Summ...
Tags: Festivals, insurance, Restart, UK MusicUK Music’s annual report released today (Wednesday) highlights how the sector is set to halve in size in 2020 as COVID-19 has wiped £3bn (£3.4bn/$4bn) from its contribution to the economy, with th...
Tags: Covid-19, Festivals, Live Events, Music By Numbers, UK MusicThe UK live music industry – which was worth £4.5bn to the UK economy in 2019 – will see revenue fall by 81 per cent compared to 2019 as takings have been almost zero since March, according to a ...
Tags: Covid-19, Events, jobs, Live Music, UK MusicThe Cavern Club in Liverpool and the London Symphony Orchestra are among the 1,300 venues and organisations to receive a share of £257m (€285m/$336m) government arts funding. The Cavern, which h...
Tags: Arts Council England, Covid-19, Funding, UK Music, venuesSenior figures from within the live events industry have slated the winter support package announced by UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday (Thursday), claiming it fails to address the threat faced by...
Tags: AIF, Concerts, Festivals, Furlough, jobs, Music Venues Trust, UK MusicUK Music, the umbrella body that represents the UK music industry, has announced Jamie Njoku-Goodwin (pictured centre) will be its new chief executive. Njoku-Goodwin was previously a special advis...
Tags: CSM, Eventbrite, UK MusicThe UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music is urging the government to amend proposed immigration legislation that would affect music industry workers. The Government is pushing ahead with t...
Tags: Legislation, Music, UK MusicThe UK government has been accused of failing to recognise the impact COVID-19 has had on culture, sport and tourism, according to a wide-ranging Parliamentary report. The Digital, Culture, Media a...
Tags: Culture, DCMS, DCMS Committee, Music, UK, UK MusicThe Night-Time Industries Association (NITA) has renewed its call for more direct support from the UK government after VAT cuts were announced today (Wednesday) for hospitality and leisure services. ...
Tags: Attractions, Live Music, NTIA, UK Music, VAT, venuesMore than 1,500 artists and venues have signed an open letter to the UK government, while social distancing rules have been broken at Bulgarian and Danish Cup finals... Let the Music Play Ed She...
Tags: Austria, Covid-19, Danish Cup, DCMS, Ed Sheeran, UK Music
