UK Industry Responds To $646M Emergency Production Insurance Fund; Details Of Scheme Revealed

for the entire industry in the eye-catching demonstration. Chris Gemmell from SVL Hire Limited, Graeme Henderson from Easterbrook Hall and Steve and Abby Baxter from Purplebox Productions turned the Easterbrook Hall red with Mike Bolam Photography capturing the moment.Gwilym Gibbons, chief executive of The Crichton Trust said: “Easterbook Hall, like so many venues across Scotland and the UK, has been the place of gatherings and the making of memories that bond our communities together.

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coronavirus pandemic.Tonight (August 11), hundreds of venues across 20 cities and towns in the UK, including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Manchester, have turned their lights on red in solidarity with the #WeMakeEvents campaign, symbolising the state of the industry while calling for sustained support from the government.The Royal Festival Hall, Tate Modern, the London Eye, and the National Theatre are a few of the venues that feature thousands of socially distanced volunteers asking the

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the Mirror reports.

more than 1,500 artists and industry figures came together to call on the government to stop “catastrophic damage” to live music amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the launch of the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe British government has listened to months of industry lobbying and launched an emergency £500M ($646M) film and TV coronavirus production insurance fund, which could open the floodgates to a backlog of shoots worth an estimated £1BN ($1.3BN).In a massive boost for an industry stricken by the pandemic, trade body Pact announced the insurance solution in a release on Tuesday afternoon.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: The UK film and TV industry’s hopes of securing an emergency coronavirus insurance fund have reached a critical juncture, with an estimated £1BN ($1.3BN) backlog of productions at risk of being aborted or moved offshore unless the government steps in with a rescue package.Producer trade body Pact has been involved in months of constructive talks with the government, but the discussions are yet to bear fruit, and there is now real concern that if

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coronavirus pandemic.Earlier this month, the UK government announced an unprecedented £1.57 billion in grants to support the arts sector, though the funding doesn’t yet appear to include nightclubs, dance music events and festivals.The #LetUsDance campaign has been signed by Thom Yorke, Fatboy Slim, Caribou, Massive Attack, Four Tet, Daniel Avery and many more, who are urging the government to recognise the UK’s dance music industry in the same way as the live music and performing arts sectors,