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UK Music CEO welcomes funding boost for grassroots music venues
10th May 2019
UK Music CEO today Michael Dugher welcomed a new ring-fenced fund of £1.5 million for grassroots music venues.
UK Music Calls On Minister To Refer Crisis-Hit PledgeMusic To Industry Watchdogs
9th May 2019
UK Music CEO Michael Dugher has called on Small Business and Consumer Minister Kelly Tolhurst to refer PledgeMusic to watchdogs at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Culture Secretary’s Admission Music Venues are “Suffering” Due To “Very Considerable” rates hike
9th May 2019
UK Music has welcomed an admission from Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright that “suffering” music venues are facing a “very considerable” problem of business rate hikes of 600 per cent.
UK Music CEO calls for urgent Government rethink over “unfair and unjust” funding cut to LIPA
3rd May 2019
UK Music CEO Michael Dugher has called on the Government to reconsider a funding regime that “unfairly discriminates” against the world-famous Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts (LIPA).
Music Creators Must Seize “Crucial Opportunity” To Protect Their Work
26th April 2019
UK Music CEO Michael Dugher has urged music creators to grab the chance to protect their work and the creative industries from online harm.
All-Party Music Group Hits Century Mark As Lord Grade Becomes 100th Politician To Sign Up
25th April 2019
The influential All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music (APPG) is celebrating after signing up its 100th senior politician.
UK Music Launches 2019 Survey for Music Creators
16th April 2019
UK Music has launched our survey for creators in the music industry.
UK Music Backs Drive to Boost ‘Long Overdue’ Help For Working Parents
15th April 2019
UK Music has thrown its support behind a new Parliamentary move to reform shared parental leave.
6 Fun Facts For Record Store Day
12th April 2019
To mark Record Store Day 2019, we’ve pulled together some facts to impress (or annoy) your friends.
Music Industry Leaders Share Their Record Store Memories
12th April 2019
In celebration of Record Store Day 2019, we asked people in the music industry to share their earliest memories of visiting the store and what their favourite record they ever bought is.
