Creative UK, a non-profit that supports the UK’s creative industries, has urged the next UK government to make investment in the sector a “national priority”.
Ahead of the impending general election, the charity today (Apri 23) made a direct call for more public funding and for the creative sector to be viewed as a central pillar of the UK economy.
“Our sector is growing at a rate that exceeds the national average by more than a factor of three,” said chief executive Caroline Norbury in her introduction to Creative UK’s manifesto, Our Creative Future.
“The next UK government has...
Ahead of the impending general election, the charity today (Apri 23) made a direct call for more public funding and for the creative sector to be viewed as a central pillar of the UK economy.
“Our sector is growing at a rate that exceeds the national average by more than a factor of three,” said chief executive Caroline Norbury in her introduction to Creative UK’s manifesto, Our Creative Future.
“The next UK government has...
- 4/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
The fund hopes to help grow the UK sector by £50bn and create one million extra jobs by 2030.
Creative UK and Triodos Bank have partnered on a £35m investment fund for the creative industries, as part of government plans to grow the UK sector by £50bn and create one million extra jobs by 2030.
The £35 million Creative Growth Finance II (Cgf II) fund aims to provide the investment needed to help meet the targets set out in the UK government and Creative Industries Council’s Sector Vision, published in June, which includes growing creative clusters across the UK, building a highly...
Creative UK and Triodos Bank have partnered on a £35m investment fund for the creative industries, as part of government plans to grow the UK sector by £50bn and create one million extra jobs by 2030.
The £35 million Creative Growth Finance II (Cgf II) fund aims to provide the investment needed to help meet the targets set out in the UK government and Creative Industries Council’s Sector Vision, published in June, which includes growing creative clusters across the UK, building a highly...
- 9/25/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The six teams each received £30,000 of development funding.
Netflix, in partnership with non-profit Creative UK, has unveiled the six teams and projects selected for Breakout, the filmmaking programme launched to discover and support talented up-and-coming storytellers in the UK, with participants including Screen Star of Tomorrow Helen Simmons and children’s TV star and presenter Kim Tserkezie.
Emerging filmmakers are given the funding and opportunity to advance their debut feature into development with the partnership and support of Netflix. The selected teams comprise talent who haven’t yet made a feature but whose work has garnered industry or public attention.
Netflix, in partnership with non-profit Creative UK, has unveiled the six teams and projects selected for Breakout, the filmmaking programme launched to discover and support talented up-and-coming storytellers in the UK, with participants including Screen Star of Tomorrow Helen Simmons and children’s TV star and presenter Kim Tserkezie.
Emerging filmmakers are given the funding and opportunity to advance their debut feature into development with the partnership and support of Netflix. The selected teams comprise talent who haven’t yet made a feature but whose work has garnered industry or public attention.
- 4/6/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Dunn was a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2017
Loran Dunn, UK producer and 2017 Screen Star of Tomorrow, has been awarded the 2023 Simon Relph memorial bursary fund of £15,000 by Creative UK.
Dunn is based in Manchester and founder of production company Delaval Film, through which she produced Jason Barker’s documentary A Deal With The Universe which world premiered at BFI’s Flare Festival in 2018.
The producer currently has two features in the works - Hoard from 2022 Screen Star of Tomorrow Luna Carmoon, which is aiming to launch at a festival this year; and Jack Benjamin Gill’s Beef which...
Loran Dunn, UK producer and 2017 Screen Star of Tomorrow, has been awarded the 2023 Simon Relph memorial bursary fund of £15,000 by Creative UK.
Dunn is based in Manchester and founder of production company Delaval Film, through which she produced Jason Barker’s documentary A Deal With The Universe which world premiered at BFI’s Flare Festival in 2018.
The producer currently has two features in the works - Hoard from 2022 Screen Star of Tomorrow Luna Carmoon, which is aiming to launch at a festival this year; and Jack Benjamin Gill’s Beef which...
- 4/4/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Jen Smith is on secondment from her BFI role.
The BFI’s director of culture and inclusion Jen Smith has been seconded to become interim CEO of the Independent Standards Authority (Isa), an organisation led by Creative UK and Time’s Up UK which aims to tackle bullying and harassment.
Smith will formalise the Isa’s remit and structure, and establish funding arrangements and key milestones ahead of its formal launch in 2024.
She will also seek to broaden the body’s scope, with a view to it including those working in music, theatre, fashion and advertising.
The Isa is designed...
The BFI’s director of culture and inclusion Jen Smith has been seconded to become interim CEO of the Independent Standards Authority (Isa), an organisation led by Creative UK and Time’s Up UK which aims to tackle bullying and harassment.
Smith will formalise the Isa’s remit and structure, and establish funding arrangements and key milestones ahead of its formal launch in 2024.
She will also seek to broaden the body’s scope, with a view to it including those working in music, theatre, fashion and advertising.
The Isa is designed...
- 9/8/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
BFI’s director of culture and Inclusion, Jen Smith, has been seconded to become the interim CEO of the Independent Standards Authority (Isa).
The Isa is a new organization led by Creative U.K. and U.K. Time’s Up, aimed at strengthening efforts to tackle bullying and harassment.
Time’s Up U.K. has developed the Isa in consultation with the creative industries, led by Caroline Norbury, chief executive of Creative U.K.. It is designed to ensure that people experiencing bullying and harassment whilst working in the creative industries can receive confidential advice, mediation and crucially, investigation into the most serious and complex complaints.
Foundations for this work were initiated by the BFI, led by Smith, partnering with BAFTA and U.K. Time’s Up, to bring the film and television sectors together in 2017 to develop guidance and principles to tackle bullying and harassment, which were launched in...
The Isa is a new organization led by Creative U.K. and U.K. Time’s Up, aimed at strengthening efforts to tackle bullying and harassment.
Time’s Up U.K. has developed the Isa in consultation with the creative industries, led by Caroline Norbury, chief executive of Creative U.K.. It is designed to ensure that people experiencing bullying and harassment whilst working in the creative industries can receive confidential advice, mediation and crucially, investigation into the most serious and complex complaints.
Foundations for this work were initiated by the BFI, led by Smith, partnering with BAFTA and U.K. Time’s Up, to bring the film and television sectors together in 2017 to develop guidance and principles to tackle bullying and harassment, which were launched in...
- 9/8/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
U.K. broadcasters ITV, Sky, BBC, Channel 4, and Channel 5 are financially backing the Creative U.K. and U.K. Time’s Up-led proposal for the creation of an Independent Standards Authority (Isa) to tackle bullying and harassment.
The proposals for the Isa are designed to ensure that anyone who has suffered abuse, harassment and bullying can receive confidential advice, mediation and investigation into complaints. The Isa is already supported by the BFI, BAFTA, Bectu, the Pma and the Casting Director’s Guild. In May, top stars Keira Knightley and Naomie Harris voiced their support for the Isa.
Following a consultation period, the next stage, which will be funded by the creative industries, is to design the remit, structure and funding arrangements for the Isa.
Heather Rabbatts, chair, Time’s Up U.K., said: “It is well known that concerns are often not raised until after film and TV productions...
The proposals for the Isa are designed to ensure that anyone who has suffered abuse, harassment and bullying can receive confidential advice, mediation and investigation into complaints. The Isa is already supported by the BFI, BAFTA, Bectu, the Pma and the Casting Director’s Guild. In May, top stars Keira Knightley and Naomie Harris voiced their support for the Isa.
Following a consultation period, the next stage, which will be funded by the creative industries, is to design the remit, structure and funding arrangements for the Isa.
Heather Rabbatts, chair, Time’s Up U.K., said: “It is well known that concerns are often not raised until after film and TV productions...
- 6/16/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
All major British broadcasters have backed and pledged immediate financial support for an Independent Standards Authority (Isa) to tackle bullying and harassment in film and TV.
The move represents the next stage in the proposal led by UK Time’s Up Chair Heather Rabbatts and Creative UK CEO Caroline Norbury and has been rubberstamped by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Paramount-owned Channel 5 and Comcast-owned pay-tv giant Sky.
Last month, huge stars including Keira Knightley, Naomie Harris and singer Rebecca Ferguson joined calls for the Isa to ensure that anyone who has suffered abuse, harassment and bullying can receive confidential advice, mediation and investigation into complaints.
The Isa would be separate from the broadcaster’s internal bullying complaints processes and is already supported by the BFI, BAFTA, Bectu, the Pma and the Casting Director’s Guild.
More information will be made public shortly following the end of a consultation period.
The move represents the next stage in the proposal led by UK Time’s Up Chair Heather Rabbatts and Creative UK CEO Caroline Norbury and has been rubberstamped by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Paramount-owned Channel 5 and Comcast-owned pay-tv giant Sky.
Last month, huge stars including Keira Knightley, Naomie Harris and singer Rebecca Ferguson joined calls for the Isa to ensure that anyone who has suffered abuse, harassment and bullying can receive confidential advice, mediation and investigation into complaints.
The Isa would be separate from the broadcaster’s internal bullying complaints processes and is already supported by the BFI, BAFTA, Bectu, the Pma and the Casting Director’s Guild.
More information will be made public shortly following the end of a consultation period.
- 6/16/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The recipient will receive a £15,000 grant.
Creative UK has launched the third Simon Relph Memorial Bursary fund to support up-and-coming producers who live outside of London.
The recipient will receive a £15,000 grant and access to mentoring from key industry figures that have previously included Tim Bevan from Working Title, Rebecca O’Brien from Sixteen Films, and Tessa Ross from House Productions. They will also be able to participate in Creative Enterprise’s Market Trader which provides valuable insights on international film markets.
Following the transition from Creative England to Creative UK, applicant eligibility is expanding from the English regions to include Wales,...
Creative UK has launched the third Simon Relph Memorial Bursary fund to support up-and-coming producers who live outside of London.
The recipient will receive a £15,000 grant and access to mentoring from key industry figures that have previously included Tim Bevan from Working Title, Rebecca O’Brien from Sixteen Films, and Tessa Ross from House Productions. They will also be able to participate in Creative Enterprise’s Market Trader which provides valuable insights on international film markets.
Following the transition from Creative England to Creative UK, applicant eligibility is expanding from the English regions to include Wales,...
- 6/15/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Key screen figures receive honours for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Actor Damian Lewis, actor-director Andrew Onwubolu, aka Rapman and Creative UK CEO Caroline Norbury are among the film and TV figures to receive honorary titles as part of the Queen’s birthday honours to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.
Lewis, whose credits include Homeland, received a Cbe for his services to film and charity. He is also co-founder of the Feed NHS campaign, created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rapman created the YouTube series Shiro’s Story before directing his feature debut Blue Story in 2019. He has received an...
Actor Damian Lewis, actor-director Andrew Onwubolu, aka Rapman and Creative UK CEO Caroline Norbury are among the film and TV figures to receive honorary titles as part of the Queen’s birthday honours to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.
Lewis, whose credits include Homeland, received a Cbe for his services to film and charity. He is also co-founder of the Feed NHS campaign, created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rapman created the YouTube series Shiro’s Story before directing his feature debut Blue Story in 2019. He has received an...
- 6/6/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
The proposal has been backed by Bafta, BFI, Bectu and the Production Managers Association.
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
- 5/5/2022
- by Heather Fallon Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
The proposal has been backed by Bafta, BFI, Bectu and the Production Managers Association.
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
- 5/5/2022
- by Heather Fallon Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
But concern is high for freelancers in creative sector.
UK film exhibitors have broadly welcomed business rates changes that the UK government claims will save the average cinema nearly £25,000 a year.
According to the government’s Spring Statement, the average cinema, with a rateable value of £95,500, will now save £24,000 through a new temporary 50% business rates relief. Meanwhile, the business rates multiplier will be frozen in 2022-23, which, the government suggested. represents a tax cut for all ratepayers worth £4.6 billion over the next five years.
However, industry figurese have pointed out the headline figures are misleading.
“We would be wrong not to welcome [the support]. However,...
UK film exhibitors have broadly welcomed business rates changes that the UK government claims will save the average cinema nearly £25,000 a year.
According to the government’s Spring Statement, the average cinema, with a rateable value of £95,500, will now save £24,000 through a new temporary 50% business rates relief. Meanwhile, the business rates multiplier will be frozen in 2022-23, which, the government suggested. represents a tax cut for all ratepayers worth £4.6 billion over the next five years.
However, industry figurese have pointed out the headline figures are misleading.
“We would be wrong not to welcome [the support]. However,...
- 3/25/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The U.K. government will invest over £850 million ($1.1 billion) in cultural and heritage infrastructure in the wake of the pandemic.
The investment is part of the allocation for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the three-year Spending Review that sets U.K. government departments’ resource and capital budgets for 2022/2023 to 2024/2025.
Presenting the fall budget at the House of Commons on Wednesday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak also revealed that U.K. public service broadcaster BBC’s commercial borrowing limit has more than doubled from £350 million to £750 million.
In addition, tax relief has been doubled for theaters, orchestras, museums and galleries amounting to £250 million. Meanwhile, £14 million per year has been allocated to the creative industries, including supporting small and medium enterprises to scale up, and providing support for the U.K.’s independent film and video game industries.
Tax credits on R&d across industries will be restricted to domestic spend,...
The investment is part of the allocation for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the three-year Spending Review that sets U.K. government departments’ resource and capital budgets for 2022/2023 to 2024/2025.
Presenting the fall budget at the House of Commons on Wednesday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak also revealed that U.K. public service broadcaster BBC’s commercial borrowing limit has more than doubled from £350 million to £750 million.
In addition, tax relief has been doubled for theaters, orchestras, museums and galleries amounting to £250 million. Meanwhile, £14 million per year has been allocated to the creative industries, including supporting small and medium enterprises to scale up, and providing support for the U.K.’s independent film and video game industries.
Tax credits on R&d across industries will be restricted to domestic spend,...
- 10/27/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A 20% spending increase could see 26% recovery by 2025.
The UK film, TV, radio and photography industries have lost an estimated £2.6bn in Gva (gross value added) during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Creative UK Group.
The £2.6bn figure is part of an estimated £12bn loss felt by the creative industries as a whole, £4.1bn of which came through the music, performing and visual arts sector.
Film, TV, radio and photography are also estimated to have lost 5% of jobs – 12,800 – during the pandemic.
In those sectors, the report found that for every £1 they contributed directly in Gva, an additional...
The UK film, TV, radio and photography industries have lost an estimated £2.6bn in Gva (gross value added) during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Creative UK Group.
The £2.6bn figure is part of an estimated £12bn loss felt by the creative industries as a whole, £4.1bn of which came through the music, performing and visual arts sector.
Film, TV, radio and photography are also estimated to have lost 5% of jobs – 12,800 – during the pandemic.
In those sectors, the report found that for every £1 they contributed directly in Gva, an additional...
- 7/21/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
As coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on production in the UK, with shutdowns on shows including Bridgerton, a new report has cast light on the scale of the damage caused by the pandemic.
Not-for-profit Creative UK Group teamed with research firm Oxford Economics to assess the screen sector’s contribution to the British economy. They concluded that film and TV’s £21.6 billion ($29.4B) gross value added in 2019 fell by £2.6B ($3.5B), or 12%, last year amid the coronavirus crisis.
Furthermore, Creative UK Group’s report said 5% of the 239,000 people employed by the film and TV industry lost their jobs in 2020. That equates to 12,800 jobs being wiped out.
Creative UK Group said it could have been worse without government interventions such as the Production Restart Scheme, which provided an insurance safety net for productions and protected 44,000 jobs.
Creative UK Group said Britain’s creative industries combined lost £12B in gross value added,...
Not-for-profit Creative UK Group teamed with research firm Oxford Economics to assess the screen sector’s contribution to the British economy. They concluded that film and TV’s £21.6 billion ($29.4B) gross value added in 2019 fell by £2.6B ($3.5B), or 12%, last year amid the coronavirus crisis.
Furthermore, Creative UK Group’s report said 5% of the 239,000 people employed by the film and TV industry lost their jobs in 2020. That equates to 12,800 jobs being wiped out.
Creative UK Group said it could have been worse without government interventions such as the Production Restart Scheme, which provided an insurance safety net for productions and protected 44,000 jobs.
Creative UK Group said Britain’s creative industries combined lost £12B in gross value added,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
It has accepted 160 qualifying productions to date.
The UK’s Film and TV Production Restart Scheme has been extended until December, as part of the latest budget announced today by chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak.
The scheme, which was due to end in April, has provided Covid insurance for film and TV productions since its launch in October 2020.
With a £500m fund, it has accepted 160 qualifying productions to date, and according to the government has saved 20,000 jobs.
The government has also added a further £300m to the Culture Recovery Fund, as part of a £2.6bn total in Covid-19 funding by the department for Digital,...
The UK’s Film and TV Production Restart Scheme has been extended until December, as part of the latest budget announced today by chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak.
The scheme, which was due to end in April, has provided Covid insurance for film and TV productions since its launch in October 2020.
With a £500m fund, it has accepted 160 qualifying productions to date, and according to the government has saved 20,000 jobs.
The government has also added a further £300m to the Culture Recovery Fund, as part of a £2.6bn total in Covid-19 funding by the department for Digital,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Updated, 7 Am Pt: After four and a half long years in European politics, the UK and European Union have finalized terms on a Brexit free trade deal, averting the possibility of a “no deal” Brexit when the transition period ends at midnight on December 31.
As per our earlier story below, the deal will need to be ratified by the UK and EU parliaments. Today there were celebrations on both sides.
“We have finally found an agreement,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the immediacy after the deal was announced. “It was a long and winding road, but we have got a good deal to show for it.”
“The clock is no longer ticking,” added EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier. “Today is a day of relief, but tinged by some sadness as we compare what came before with what lies ahead.”
“Everything that the British public was promised...
As per our earlier story below, the deal will need to be ratified by the UK and EU parliaments. Today there were celebrations on both sides.
“We have finally found an agreement,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the immediacy after the deal was announced. “It was a long and winding road, but we have got a good deal to show for it.”
“The clock is no longer ticking,” added EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier. “Today is a day of relief, but tinged by some sadness as we compare what came before with what lies ahead.”
“Everything that the British public was promised...
- 12/24/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The U.K. government has set up a pilot Global Screen Fund of £7 million ($9.3 million) to partially replace funds disbursed from Creative Europe’s Media program, which will cease once Brexit comes into effect at the end of the year.
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the fund on Wednesday as part of a government spending review.
Since its launch in 2014 up until 2018, Creative Europe has awarded €89.5 million ($106.5 million) to 376 U.K.-based cultural and creative organizations and audiovisual companies, and helped distribute 190 U.K. films in other European countries.
However, as Creative Europe says, the benefits far exceed the monetary grant funding and the org’s report on its impact in the U.K. illustrates the program’s effect on building international networks, growing audiences and generating jobs and skills.
In June, via written evidence presented to the U.K. parliament, the British Film Institute (BFI...
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the fund on Wednesday as part of a government spending review.
Since its launch in 2014 up until 2018, Creative Europe has awarded €89.5 million ($106.5 million) to 376 U.K.-based cultural and creative organizations and audiovisual companies, and helped distribute 190 U.K. films in other European countries.
However, as Creative Europe says, the benefits far exceed the monetary grant funding and the org’s report on its impact in the U.K. illustrates the program’s effect on building international networks, growing audiences and generating jobs and skills.
In June, via written evidence presented to the U.K. parliament, the British Film Institute (BFI...
- 11/25/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak today unveiled the parameters of the government’s Spending Review, including the creation of a new Global Screen Fund that is designed to partially plug the gap left by the absence of Creative Europe’s Media funding post-Brexit.
The funding amount of £7M ($9.4M) for the program’s pilot year may come as a disappointment, however, as initial proposals from the British Film Institute (BFI), which will administer the fund for Dcms, called for a £17M ($22.8M) pot.
The UK received €12.2M (£10.9M / $14.5M) in Media funding in 2018 and a total of €74m ($87m) from the wider Creative Europe program over the five year period 2014-2018.
The Spending Review sets out plans for the economy as the UK nears the completion of the Brexit process (37 days and counting) and looks to a 2021 when the country will be planning its recovery from this pandemic.
The Global Screen...
The funding amount of £7M ($9.4M) for the program’s pilot year may come as a disappointment, however, as initial proposals from the British Film Institute (BFI), which will administer the fund for Dcms, called for a £17M ($22.8M) pot.
The UK received €12.2M (£10.9M / $14.5M) in Media funding in 2018 and a total of €74m ($87m) from the wider Creative Europe program over the five year period 2014-2018.
The Spending Review sets out plans for the economy as the UK nears the completion of the Brexit process (37 days and counting) and looks to a 2021 when the country will be planning its recovery from this pandemic.
The Global Screen...
- 11/25/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
“This is very welcome news for our independent cinemas.”
Figures from the UK creative sector have reacted with cautious optimism to the £1.57bn rescue package for the arts announced by culture secretary Oliver Dowden yesterday (July 7).
Independent cinemas, alongside theatres, galleries, museums and music venues, will be able to access emergency grants and loans.
The package includes £1.15bn (£270m in loans and £880m in grants) for cultural organisations in England, plus £97m for Scotland, £59m for Wales and £33m for Northern Ireland.
The British Film Institute (BFI) will be among the bodies working with the government to make decisions on the awards,...
Figures from the UK creative sector have reacted with cautious optimism to the £1.57bn rescue package for the arts announced by culture secretary Oliver Dowden yesterday (July 7).
Independent cinemas, alongside theatres, galleries, museums and music venues, will be able to access emergency grants and loans.
The package includes £1.15bn (£270m in loans and £880m in grants) for cultural organisations in England, plus £97m for Scotland, £59m for Wales and £33m for Northern Ireland.
The British Film Institute (BFI) will be among the bodies working with the government to make decisions on the awards,...
- 7/6/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
“Cultural catastrophe” predicted by alarming research from Oxford Economics.
The TV and film sector is facing 100,000 job cuts and “cultural catastrophe”, according to an alarming new study from research firm Oxford Economics.
Today’s Projected Economic Impact of Covid-19 on the UK Creative Industries report predicted the creative industries, including film and TV, will be hit twice as hard as the wider economy in 2020, with a total revenue drop of £74bn.
The film, TV, video, radio and photography sector could account for around half this figure (£36bn), with 102,000 jobs - including full employees and the self-employed - forecast to be...
The TV and film sector is facing 100,000 job cuts and “cultural catastrophe”, according to an alarming new study from research firm Oxford Economics.
Today’s Projected Economic Impact of Covid-19 on the UK Creative Industries report predicted the creative industries, including film and TV, will be hit twice as hard as the wider economy in 2020, with a total revenue drop of £74bn.
The film, TV, video, radio and photography sector could account for around half this figure (£36bn), with 102,000 jobs - including full employees and the self-employed - forecast to be...
- 6/17/2020
- by 1101315¦Max Goldbart Broadcast¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The Covid-19 pandemic is set to cost the British film and TV industry £36B ($45.3B) in lost revenue, with the sector set to shrink 57% in comparison with 2019, according to a report by research firm Oxford Economics for the Creative Industries Federation.
The chilling forecast reflects the scale of the production shutdown, with up to 65% of shoots being put on hold, impacting film and TV shows including Jurassic World: Dominion and Peaky Blinders. The Oxford Economics forecast also encompasses the dramatic hit to advertising revenues, which has affected broadcasters such as ITV and Channel 4.
The report projected that 102,000 jobs will be lost in film and TV this year, which is around 42% of the sector’s workforce, as social distancing constraints affect cinema capacity and the cost of filmmaking. Post-production and VFX could lose £827M in revenue, it added.
Oxford Economics said the UK’s total creative industries, which includes music,...
The chilling forecast reflects the scale of the production shutdown, with up to 65% of shoots being put on hold, impacting film and TV shows including Jurassic World: Dominion and Peaky Blinders. The Oxford Economics forecast also encompasses the dramatic hit to advertising revenues, which has affected broadcasters such as ITV and Channel 4.
The report projected that 102,000 jobs will be lost in film and TV this year, which is around 42% of the sector’s workforce, as social distancing constraints affect cinema capacity and the cost of filmmaking. Post-production and VFX could lose £827M in revenue, it added.
Oxford Economics said the UK’s total creative industries, which includes music,...
- 6/17/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The U.K. film, television, video and photography industries are projected to shrink 57% and lose £36 billion ($45.3 billion) in revenues in 2020 due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by Oxford Economics.
The report also forecasts that as social distancing constraints impact cinema capacity and the cost of filmmaking, 102,000 or 42% of jobs across the industries will be lost.
Commissioned by the Creative Industries Federation in collaboration with a host of U.K. arts organizations, including the BFI, Directors UK, Equity, Bectu, Solt/UK Theatre, Arts Council England, and UK Music, the report, titled “The Projected Economic Impact of Covid-19 on the U.K. Creative Industries” projects an overall £74 billion ($93 billion) revenue loss for the combined creative industries, a shrinkage of 30%, and 406,000 job losses.
Prior to the pandemic, the U.K. creative sector was growing at five times the rate of the wider economy, employing some two million...
The report also forecasts that as social distancing constraints impact cinema capacity and the cost of filmmaking, 102,000 or 42% of jobs across the industries will be lost.
Commissioned by the Creative Industries Federation in collaboration with a host of U.K. arts organizations, including the BFI, Directors UK, Equity, Bectu, Solt/UK Theatre, Arts Council England, and UK Music, the report, titled “The Projected Economic Impact of Covid-19 on the U.K. Creative Industries” projects an overall £74 billion ($93 billion) revenue loss for the combined creative industries, a shrinkage of 30%, and 406,000 job losses.
Prior to the pandemic, the U.K. creative sector was growing at five times the rate of the wider economy, employing some two million...
- 6/16/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
More than 400 leading creative figures including Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Rufus Wainwright and Simon Callow have warned that the U.K. risks becoming “a cultural wasteland” unless government provides urgent financial support for the creative industries.
In an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, they called for urgent funding for those creative organizations and professionals hit hardest by the fallout of Covid-19.
Organized by the Creative Industries Federation (Cif), the letter’s other signatories include the heads of the Royal Albert Hall, Film Birmingham, Royal Opera House, Shakespeare’s Globe, Tate, Penguin Random House, Northern Ireland Screen and Lionsgate U.K.
The publication of the letter follows a Cif survey of creative organizations and freelancers that found that 50% have already lost 100% of their income, and that one in seven only have reserves to last until the end of April. Only half...
In an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, they called for urgent funding for those creative organizations and professionals hit hardest by the fallout of Covid-19.
Organized by the Creative Industries Federation (Cif), the letter’s other signatories include the heads of the Royal Albert Hall, Film Birmingham, Royal Opera House, Shakespeare’s Globe, Tate, Penguin Random House, Northern Ireland Screen and Lionsgate U.K.
The publication of the letter follows a Cif survey of creative organizations and freelancers that found that 50% have already lost 100% of their income, and that one in seven only have reserves to last until the end of April. Only half...
- 4/27/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Lionsgate chief executive Zygi Kamasa among names highlighting risk of ’cultural wasteland’ as cash reserves run dry.
A host of leading UK creatives have urged the government to provide financial support as research finds half of creative sector organisations’ cash reserves could have run dry by June.
The letter, delivered today to chancellor Rishi Sunak and Dcms secretary Oliver Dowden, was signed by almost 500 creatives and organisations.
Among the signatories are Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Meera Syal, Lionsgate chief executive Zygi Kamasa, Raise the Roof managing director Jane Muirhead and outgoing Directors UK chief Andrew Chowns.
A host of leading UK creatives have urged the government to provide financial support as research finds half of creative sector organisations’ cash reserves could have run dry by June.
The letter, delivered today to chancellor Rishi Sunak and Dcms secretary Oliver Dowden, was signed by almost 500 creatives and organisations.
Among the signatories are Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Meera Syal, Lionsgate chief executive Zygi Kamasa, Raise the Roof managing director Jane Muirhead and outgoing Directors UK chief Andrew Chowns.
- 4/27/2020
- by 1101315¦Max Goldbart Broadcast¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
More than 400 figures in the UK’s creative industries have signed a letter sent to the Chancellor and Culture Secretary warning that the country come become a “cultural wasteland” if more is not done to help creative workers during the coronavirus crisis.
Signatories include Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Simon Callow, Anish Kapoor, Meera Syal, Jamie Cullum, Jeremy Deller, Paloma Faith, Johnny Marr, Imogen Heap, Jonathan Pryce, Pj Harvey, Stephen Hough, Katie Melua, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sophie Dahl.
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The letter has been penned by the Creative Industries Federation (Cif), the body repping the country’s creative sector. It claims that “more than 50% of...
Signatories include Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Simon Callow, Anish Kapoor, Meera Syal, Jamie Cullum, Jeremy Deller, Paloma Faith, Johnny Marr, Imogen Heap, Jonathan Pryce, Pj Harvey, Stephen Hough, Katie Melua, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sophie Dahl.
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The letter has been penned by the Creative Industries Federation (Cif), the body repping the country’s creative sector. It claims that “more than 50% of...
- 4/27/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The organisation warns many businesses are ‘on the brink of collapse’.
Many creative businesses are on the “brink of collapse”, according to the UK’s Creative Industries Federation (Cif), following research indicating 42% of firms have suffered a total loss of income.
According to a Cif survey of almost 2000 creative organisations and freelancers, some 42% of businesses and 62% of individuals have lost all income.
Almost two-thirds (63%) of creative organisations are predicting their annual turnover will plummet at least 50% by the end of the year, with a similar number (62%) facing considerable cash flow issues.
In a letter to culture secretary Oliver Dowden and business secretary Alok Sharma,...
Many creative businesses are on the “brink of collapse”, according to the UK’s Creative Industries Federation (Cif), following research indicating 42% of firms have suffered a total loss of income.
According to a Cif survey of almost 2000 creative organisations and freelancers, some 42% of businesses and 62% of individuals have lost all income.
Almost two-thirds (63%) of creative organisations are predicting their annual turnover will plummet at least 50% by the end of the year, with a similar number (62%) facing considerable cash flow issues.
In a letter to culture secretary Oliver Dowden and business secretary Alok Sharma,...
- 4/6/2020
- by 1100365¦Alex Farber Broadcast¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
“We now must ensure that this package is comprehensive and interim relief is immediately accessible.”
The UK government has unveiled long-awaited plans to help support self-employed people amid the coronavirus crisis.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said those facing financial difficulties will be able to apply for a grant to have 80% of their monthly wages covered by the government, capped at £2,500 per month.
This will be calculated using average monthly profits over the last three financial years, and will last an initial three months.
The money will arrive as a lump sum at the start of June, but will be back-dated.
To qualify,...
The UK government has unveiled long-awaited plans to help support self-employed people amid the coronavirus crisis.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said those facing financial difficulties will be able to apply for a grant to have 80% of their monthly wages covered by the government, capped at £2,500 per month.
This will be calculated using average monthly profits over the last three financial years, and will last an initial three months.
The money will arrive as a lump sum at the start of June, but will be back-dated.
To qualify,...
- 3/26/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Bectu, ScreenSkills and Directors UK among trade bodies to submit letter to chancellor.
A group of more than 30 UK trade bodies, including Bectu, ScreenSkills and Directors UK, have submitted a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak with a £15bn income plan to help freelancers during the coronavirus crisis.
The letter, overseen by the Creative Industries Federation chief executive Caroline Norbury, highlighted the “worrying inequality” being created between the employed and the UK’s community of 5 million self-employed workers and freelancers.
In the government’s “unprecedented economic package”, outlined on Friday, chancellor Rishi Sunak said all businesses could receive 80% of wages for...
A group of more than 30 UK trade bodies, including Bectu, ScreenSkills and Directors UK, have submitted a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak with a £15bn income plan to help freelancers during the coronavirus crisis.
The letter, overseen by the Creative Industries Federation chief executive Caroline Norbury, highlighted the “worrying inequality” being created between the employed and the UK’s community of 5 million self-employed workers and freelancers.
In the government’s “unprecedented economic package”, outlined on Friday, chancellor Rishi Sunak said all businesses could receive 80% of wages for...
- 3/23/2020
- by 1101315¦Max Goldbart Broadcast¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The U.K. government is facing mounting criticism from creative industries about the financial impact of its advice to the public to stay away from theaters and cinemas.
Because the government did not announce a formal ban on mass gatherings or instruct venues to close, as other countries have done, it has left many venues in the difficult situation of having to close down but unable to claim on insurance policies for lost income.
Theaters and cinemas in the U.K. are now voluntarily closing their doors as part of new social distancing measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Philippa Childs, head of broadcasting union Bectu, said: “The government needs to be clearer in its guidance and its language so that theater companies can claim insurance to ensure that staff are not left without pay for weeks on end. It is failing to provide the clarity it needs to...
Because the government did not announce a formal ban on mass gatherings or instruct venues to close, as other countries have done, it has left many venues in the difficult situation of having to close down but unable to claim on insurance policies for lost income.
Theaters and cinemas in the U.K. are now voluntarily closing their doors as part of new social distancing measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Philippa Childs, head of broadcasting union Bectu, said: “The government needs to be clearer in its guidance and its language so that theater companies can claim insurance to ensure that staff are not left without pay for weeks on end. It is failing to provide the clarity it needs to...
- 3/17/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Speakers, mentors include Creative England’s Caroline Norbury, the British Council’s Briony Hanson.
Eight senior festival and exhibition managers have been selected for the second round of the Women’s Leadership programme run by the UK’s Independent Cinema Office.
The participants in the four-month development initiative run by the cinema training body include Melanie Iredale, deputy director at Sheffield Doc/Fest and interim director for the 2019 edition; Jen Skinner, founder and director of Scottish film promotion body Screen Argyll; and Juliet Tweedie, head of development at Edinburgh’s Centre for Moving Image.
The programme of talks and mentorship...
Eight senior festival and exhibition managers have been selected for the second round of the Women’s Leadership programme run by the UK’s Independent Cinema Office.
The participants in the four-month development initiative run by the cinema training body include Melanie Iredale, deputy director at Sheffield Doc/Fest and interim director for the 2019 edition; Jen Skinner, founder and director of Scottish film promotion body Screen Argyll; and Juliet Tweedie, head of development at Edinburgh’s Centre for Moving Image.
The programme of talks and mentorship...
- 11/26/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Speakers, mentors include Creative England’s Caroline Norbury, the British Council’s Briony Hanson.
Eight senior festival and exhibition managers have been selected for the third round of the Women’s Leadership programme run by the UK’s Independent Cinema Office.
The participants in the four-month development initiative run by the cinema training body include Melanie Iredale, deputy director at Sheffield Doc/Fest and interim director for the 2019 edition; Jen Skinner, founder and director of Scottish film promotion body Screen Argyll; and Juliet Tweedie, head of development at Edinburgh’s Centre for Moving Image.
The programme of talks and mentorship...
Eight senior festival and exhibition managers have been selected for the third round of the Women’s Leadership programme run by the UK’s Independent Cinema Office.
The participants in the four-month development initiative run by the cinema training body include Melanie Iredale, deputy director at Sheffield Doc/Fest and interim director for the 2019 edition; Jen Skinner, founder and director of Scottish film promotion body Screen Argyll; and Juliet Tweedie, head of development at Edinburgh’s Centre for Moving Image.
The programme of talks and mentorship...
- 11/26/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Lindsay Dryden is producer of Oscar-shortlisted documentary ‘Unrest’.
UK filmmaker Lindsey Dryden has been awarded Creative England’s second annual Simon Relph memorial bursary of £15,000.
Dryden is a writer, director and producer of short-and feature-length films. She founded Gloucestershire-based production company Little By Little Films in 2011,specialising in projects led by Lgbtq+ people and women.
Her credits include producing Jennifer Brea’s documentary Unrest, the director’s own story of fighting chronic fatigue syndrome. It won the special jury prize for documentary editing at Sundance 2017. She also won an Emmy for outstanding short documentary for verité short documentary series Trans...
UK filmmaker Lindsey Dryden has been awarded Creative England’s second annual Simon Relph memorial bursary of £15,000.
Dryden is a writer, director and producer of short-and feature-length films. She founded Gloucestershire-based production company Little By Little Films in 2011,specialising in projects led by Lgbtq+ people and women.
Her credits include producing Jennifer Brea’s documentary Unrest, the director’s own story of fighting chronic fatigue syndrome. It won the special jury prize for documentary editing at Sundance 2017. She also won an Emmy for outstanding short documentary for verité short documentary series Trans...
- 11/19/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Caroline Norbury named chief executive; united organisation to launch in spring 2020.
Creative England and the Creative Industries Federation (Cif) are to merge into one organisation in a bid to “make a greater difference together than would be possible alone.”
The united organisation, which has yet to be named, will launch in spring 2020 and has vowed to provide greater value to members, collaborators and the sector through increased access to knowledge, networks and resources while continuing to champion the UK sector.
Creative England is a not-for-profit industry body that promotes the development of creative companies while the Cif is a membership...
Creative England and the Creative Industries Federation (Cif) are to merge into one organisation in a bid to “make a greater difference together than would be possible alone.”
The united organisation, which has yet to be named, will launch in spring 2020 and has vowed to provide greater value to members, collaborators and the sector through increased access to knowledge, networks and resources while continuing to champion the UK sector.
Creative England is a not-for-profit industry body that promotes the development of creative companies while the Cif is a membership...
- 9/26/2019
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Griffin is a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2018.
Producer Anna Griffin has been awarded the inaugural Simon Relph Memorial Bursary of £20,000 by Creative England.
Griffin, whose credits include Matt Palmer’s Calibre and documentary Paa Joe & The Lion, was selected by a panel including producer and Number 9 films boss Stephen Woolley, Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury, Working Title co-chairman Tim Bevan, producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly and Simon Relph’s daughter, Bella Relph.
Launched in Cannes earlier this year, the bursary was created in memory of producer Relph, who supported many new filmmakers throughout his career, including during his tenure as...
Producer Anna Griffin has been awarded the inaugural Simon Relph Memorial Bursary of £20,000 by Creative England.
Griffin, whose credits include Matt Palmer’s Calibre and documentary Paa Joe & The Lion, was selected by a panel including producer and Number 9 films boss Stephen Woolley, Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury, Working Title co-chairman Tim Bevan, producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly and Simon Relph’s daughter, Bella Relph.
Launched in Cannes earlier this year, the bursary was created in memory of producer Relph, who supported many new filmmakers throughout his career, including during his tenure as...
- 10/30/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The report was by Creative England and the Good Economy Consultancy.
Growth and job creation in the UK film industry is being held back by a lack of understanding about the potential of creative business, according to a report by Creative England.
Put together with the Good Economy Consultancy, the report examined the impact of Creative England’s five-year specialist investment programme across the UK creative industries.
The report highlights the barriers to finance creative businesses still often face and suggests most are “excluded from accessing the money they need in order to scale because of a lack of clarity...
Growth and job creation in the UK film industry is being held back by a lack of understanding about the potential of creative business, according to a report by Creative England.
Put together with the Good Economy Consultancy, the report examined the impact of Creative England’s five-year specialist investment programme across the UK creative industries.
The report highlights the barriers to finance creative businesses still often face and suggests most are “excluded from accessing the money they need in order to scale because of a lack of clarity...
- 7/12/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Maverick, lo-fi, outsider producers Pinball Films and director Ashley Horner (pictured above) have been nominated as one of Creative England’s 50 most exciting creative companies in the country right now.
CE50, a showcase of the best up and coming, innovative and disruptive companies across film, games and digital tech sees Industry leaders come together on Thursday 24th May at Facebook HQ, London to drive a creative revolution and shape the future.
From the punk-fuelled hybrid documentary The Hippies: Punk rocked my Cradle currently shooting, to the gorgeously erotic feature BrilliantLove, Pinball Films have forged a reputation as the bravest and most daring makers of British cinema for a decade, colluding with the twisted talents of Matt Hulse, Sean Conway, Martin Radich and NY’s finest Rona Mark.
Next up for Horner is Bear, a supernatural Nordic horror that’s written by BNerdly’s very own Stuart Wright and is to...
CE50, a showcase of the best up and coming, innovative and disruptive companies across film, games and digital tech sees Industry leaders come together on Thursday 24th May at Facebook HQ, London to drive a creative revolution and shape the future.
From the punk-fuelled hybrid documentary The Hippies: Punk rocked my Cradle currently shooting, to the gorgeously erotic feature BrilliantLove, Pinball Films have forged a reputation as the bravest and most daring makers of British cinema for a decade, colluding with the twisted talents of Matt Hulse, Sean Conway, Martin Radich and NY’s finest Rona Mark.
Next up for Horner is Bear, a supernatural Nordic horror that’s written by BNerdly’s very own Stuart Wright and is to...
- 5/24/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A £20,000 reward will be given to an emerging UK producer based outside of London.
Simon Relph, the former Bafta chairman and British Screen Finance CEO, who passed away in October 2016, is a having a new talent bursary launched in his name.
The bursary is being unveiled by Creative England in Cannes. It will be a £20,000 award will be given to an emerging independent UK producer who is based outside of London.
Number 9 Films’ Stephen Woolley will speak at an event in Cannes on May 12 where the bursary will be officially launched, as will a representative of Creative England. The event...
Simon Relph, the former Bafta chairman and British Screen Finance CEO, who passed away in October 2016, is a having a new talent bursary launched in his name.
The bursary is being unveiled by Creative England in Cannes. It will be a £20,000 award will be given to an emerging independent UK producer who is based outside of London.
Number 9 Films’ Stephen Woolley will speak at an event in Cannes on May 12 where the bursary will be officially launched, as will a representative of Creative England. The event...
- 5/12/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Goldfinch has teamed with Creative England to jointly back movies starting with “Two for Joy,” the upcoming British picture starring Samantha Morton (“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”).
The movie hails from Sadie Frost and Emma Comley’s Blonde To Black Pictures, which is in Cannes with the project. It follows Aisha (Morton) as the mother of a family at a crossroads. It also stars Billie Piper (“Doctor Who”) and Daniel Mays (“Rogue One”).
Goldfinch Studios’ exec-producing and finance arm Goldfinch Entertainment will oversee the new strategic alliance on behalf of the U.K.-based company. The company’s operations span finance, production, studio facilities, post and VFX. CEO Kirsty Bell said the finance partnership sees both partners “contributing very different skill sets and networks” to the new venture, which will also span TV and games.
“Our intent is to focus on 100% commercial content whilst remaining true to our indie roots…...
The movie hails from Sadie Frost and Emma Comley’s Blonde To Black Pictures, which is in Cannes with the project. It follows Aisha (Morton) as the mother of a family at a crossroads. It also stars Billie Piper (“Doctor Who”) and Daniel Mays (“Rogue One”).
Goldfinch Studios’ exec-producing and finance arm Goldfinch Entertainment will oversee the new strategic alliance on behalf of the U.K.-based company. The company’s operations span finance, production, studio facilities, post and VFX. CEO Kirsty Bell said the finance partnership sees both partners “contributing very different skill sets and networks” to the new venture, which will also span TV and games.
“Our intent is to focus on 100% commercial content whilst remaining true to our indie roots…...
- 5/10/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Industry body ‘disappointed’ in partial relocation plans.
The chief executive of Creative England has called out Channel 4 for “stopping short of a wholesale move” after it announced yesterday plans to relocate 300 staff out of London.
Caroline Norbury welcomed the announcement that the commercial Psb will be increasing its presence and spend in the nations and regions, but said she was disappointed that this would not have a “transformative impact on the UK’s broadcasting landscape”.
She said such a move could have created 7,500 extra jobs.
“To genuinely reflect the UK’s diverse communities, C4 needs to be truly embedded in our nations and regions,...
The chief executive of Creative England has called out Channel 4 for “stopping short of a wholesale move” after it announced yesterday plans to relocate 300 staff out of London.
Caroline Norbury welcomed the announcement that the commercial Psb will be increasing its presence and spend in the nations and regions, but said she was disappointed that this would not have a “transformative impact on the UK’s broadcasting landscape”.
She said such a move could have created 7,500 extra jobs.
“To genuinely reflect the UK’s diverse communities, C4 needs to be truly embedded in our nations and regions,...
- 3/9/2018
- by Max Goldbart Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
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