Following a series of parliamentary committee hearings, and high-profile interventions by major artists such as Elton John, ministers are confident about the agreements secured with 19 countries.
With ...
Following the call by MPs on the DCMS Committee for the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate the potential market dominance of the major labels, both the competition ...
Raymond Gubbay is widely recognised as the promoter and events producer who’s brought classical music to more people in the UK than anyone else. For 50 years, he ran the ...
The government’s refusal to back an insurance scheme for UK festivals has left the sector facing another "lost summer", according to a DCMS Committee report.
Members of the committee are making ...
UK trade bodies including BPI, AIF and LIVE have made an urgent call for a government-backed Covid insurance scheme in order to save this year’s summer for live music.
While ...
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced details of over 2,700 organisations being offered nearly £400 million in grants and loans to help the culture and heritage sector reopen and recover. ...
The UK government is reportedly considering establishing a government export agency to support music and the creative industries.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden is looking at plans for a UK creative ...
The DCMS Committee has been busy looking into the economics of streaming in recent weeks. But for its latest session, EU touring was on the agenda as MPs called in ...
Artists and the wider music industry were unimpressed by Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage’s response earlier this week to a petition calling for visa-free touring in the EU.
Following the ...
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has responded to the Parliamentary debate on the petition for visa-free touring across the EU, which was signed by 284,069 people.
The petition was set up ...
