John,
Exclusive new research from Best for Britain has revealed
that Brexit may have cost the UK film, music, and creative industries
as much as €184m (£163m) over the next five years.
The UK rejected an EU offer to remain part of its Creative Europe scheme,
locking British artists out of nearly €1bn in new funds for the
programme’s 2021-27 cycle.
Without the €184m from Creative
Europe the UK could have received this cycle, the creative
sector could be pushed into a permanent decline: film
production, theatre, music troupes, and arts education centres could
all be on the chopping block.
Witnesses, including Rocket
Entertainment Group CEO (and Elton John's husband!) David Furnish,
told the UK Trade and Business Commission Thursday that
this lost funding is stacking up along with visa and customs
headaches to jeopardise the future of the UK’s creative
sector.Â
The Commission discussed the
implications of this report with Deborah Annetts, head of
the Incorporated
Society of Musicians and Margherita Laera, Senior Lecturer
in Drama at the University of Kent, here:
And this deficit is piled onto
Brexit’s well-documented visa and supply chain issues that are hurting
UK musicians, fashion designers, and professionals across the
economy
The UK Trade & Business
Commission, for which Best for Britain acts as secretariat, is working
to find practical solutions to problems caused by Brexit by taking
evidence from businesses, experts and people like you.
If you work in an industry affected
by Brexit, or know someone who does, please take part and let the
Commission know about the challenges you're now facing:
Your response will help
Commissioners to understand the future of the UK economy after Brexit
and how industries like the arts are being impacted
already.
Thanks,
Tommy Gillespie
Best for Britain
