Covid-19: UK Music calls for Danish-style compensation fund
The fund is one of several measures proposed by the the industry umbrella group to mitigate the worst effects of the coronavirus crisis
News By IQ | 13 March 2020
Tom Kiehl, acting CEO of UK Music, has called on the British government to put in place a “framework of support” for the country’s music industry, including compensating businesses for loss of earnings, to combat the impact of coronavirus.
Warning the pandemic could deal a “hammer blow” to the UK music industry, in a letter sent today (13 March) to culture secretary Oliver Dowden he urges the government work with the sector to limit the damage from Covid-19 and…