Brexit breakdown: What leaving the EU did for UK arts
Four years and three Prime Ministers on from Brexit, Emma Monk examines the consequences for the UK's creative industries.
Four years on from Brexit and I’m taking a look at how various industries have been affected by the realities of our decision to leave the European Union (EU). I’ve already looked at How fishing was gutted by Brexit, and how Brexit has impacted farming. In this article I want to look at how Brexit has impacted the creative industry, focussing mainly on the music industry.
Despite UK music being a £5.8bn industry which supports 200,000 jobs from creators to record labels, music publishers to crew and venues, the Brexit deal negotiated by Johnson completely failed to provide any support for the music industry. UK Music says that the industry generates £2.9bn in exports, and that the EU is a key market in those exports. With artists making less money, in the days of people streaming rather than buying, touring and live gigs form a big part of their revenue... Keep reading on West Country Voices.
Four years on from Brexit and I’m taking a look at how various industries have been affected by the realities of our decision to leave the European Union (EU). I’ve already looked at How fishing was gutted by Brexit, and how Brexit has impacted farming. In this article I want to look at how Brexit has impacted the creative industry, focussing mainly on the music industry.
Despite UK music being a £5.8bn industry which supports 200,000 jobs from creators to record labels, music publishers to crew and venues, the Brexit deal negotiated by Johnson completely failed to provide any support for the music industry. UK Music says that the industry generates £2.9bn in exports, and that the EU is a key market in those exports. With artists making less money, in the days of people streaming rather than buying, touring and live gigs form a big part of their revenue... Keep reading on West Country Voices.