All posts belonging to the UK tag can be found in the list below.
The UK’s competition watchdog has ordered a stop to any integration between Viagogo and StubHub until it completes its investigation into the operators’ proposed merger. The Competition and Mar...
Tags: CMA, Merger, StubHub, UK, Viagogo, WatchdogMore than £1.7m has been released back into the UK grassroots live music sector following the government’s 50 per cent cut in business rates for small and mid-sized venues. The announcement come...
Tags: Grassroots, Live Industry, UK, venuesCinemas across the UK grossed more than £1.25bn in 2019 for the third consecutive year, though admissions were down 0.5 per cent from 2018. Ticket sales have increased 27 per cent since 2010, with...
Tags: Admissions, Box Office, Cinema, Sales, UKMyTicket owner Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) has expanded its footprint in the UK by acquiring a 75 per cent stake in independent ticketing agency Gigantic. DEAG is purchasing the UK firm – wh...
Tags: DEAG, Gigantic, MyTicket, UKProfessional UK sports events have hit their highest total attendance ever in 2019, with more than 75.1 million fans watching. This year’s record number is an increase on the 74.6 million fans th...
Tags: Attendance, Data, Live Sport, Two Circles, UKAnti-touting campaign group FanFair Alliance has formally called on the UK’s competition watchdog to conduct an investigation into Viagogo’s $4bn buyout of StubHub. Campaign manager Adam Webb s...
Tags: CMA, Fanfair Alliance, Resale, StubHub, UK, ViagogoAndrew Lloyd Webber’s LW Theatres has linked up with face-value resale ticketing site Twickets in a move designed to tackle touts in the West End. Under the agreement, tickets bought at the box o...
Tags: London Palladium, LW Theatres, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Twickets, UK, West EndThe UK’s live music sector grew to a record high of £1.1bn in 2018, a 10 per cent rise on 2017, significantly driving the industry’s overall contribution to the economy, according to the Music by...
Tags: Festivals, Live Music, UK, UK MusicUK tourism agency Go West With Mickey is under investigation by police for allegedly selling £370,000 worth of Disneyland Paris trips that did not exist. UK police revealed it is looking into 419 ...
Tags: Disneyland Paris, Fraud, Go West With Mickey, Investigation, Police, Tourism, UKThe UK’s competition watchdog has provisionally cleared the merger between Live Nation-Gaiety Holdings and MCD Productions, after Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) cl...
Tags: CMA, Compeition, Gaiety, Ireland, Live Nation, MCD, Merger, UK
