69k industry jobs lost to Covid, report reveals
Music industry employment plummeted by 35% from an all-time high of 197,000 in 2019 to 128,000 in 2020, according to This Is Music report
News By James Hanley | 19 October 2021
UK Music’s annual This Is Music report has revealed the impact of Covid-19 wiped out 69,000 music industry jobs – one in three of the total workforce.
Employment plummeted by 35% from an all-time high of 197,000 in 2019 to 128,000 in 2020, according to the 2021 report, while the industry’s economic contribution fell 46% from £5.8bn to £3.1bn year-on-year. Music exports also dropped 23% from £2.9bn to £2.3bn in the same period.
Launching the report, UK Music has called on the government to introduce tax incentives and…
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