16 October 2024
Category All News, business rates, Campaigns
The MPG has long campaigned to get recording studios a fairer deal on business rates in the UK. Over the past few years, we have amassed a library of anecdotal …read the full article
25 August 2024
Category All News, Campaigns, MPG Activity
HUGE WIN FOR MPG ON BUSINESS RATES Well it’s been a long time coming, but it looks as though we may finally be able to declare victory in the war against the …read the full article
31 January 2024
Category All News, Campaigns, Music Industry
WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY 2024 The MPG as part of The Council Of Music Makers welcomes the Transparency Code that has been agreed by the UK music industry today. Although the …read the full article
15 January 2024
Category All News, Campaigns, Credit Where Credit Is Due
As a new year gets underway, we have been reading with interest the upbeat new year messages written by the bosses of some of the major music companies, and the …read the full article
THE STORY SO FAR In July 2021, the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee in the UK Parliament published a major report on the economics of music streaming following …read the full article
25 August 2023
Category All News, Credit Where Credit Is Due
Dear Apple Music, It’s time you gave full credit where credit is due. Since 2014, the Music Producer’s Guild (MPG) has campaigned hard to obtain accurate credits for everyone …read the full article
31 May 2023
Category All News, Campaigns, Credit Where Credit Is Due, General News
As part of the Council of Music Makers (CMM) the MPG welcomes the announcement of the metadata code and the confirmation that a remuneration working group will look into music-maker …read the full article
22 July 2022
Category Campaigns, MPG Activity
As part of the Economics of Streaming inquiry The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), part of the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), is researching the …read the full article
6 July 2022
Category Campaigns, MPG Activity
The Women and Equalities Select Committee (a group of cross-party MP’s who specialise in these issues) are running an enquiry on Misogyny in Music, and have called for evidence from …read the full article
23 February 2022
Category All News, Unpaid Work
As we get closer to International Women’s day we would like to remind our women members that they should not be expected to work for free on IWD events. We fully support events that …read the full article
13 November 2020
Category All News, Credit Where Credit Is Due, Events, General News, MPG Activity
MPG Awards Voting Voting for the MPG Awards shortlists opens on Monday 23rd November. Only Full Members and two nominated engineers per studio membership are eligible to vote. You must …read the full article
1 April 2020
Category All News, Campaigns, General News
Following tireless lobbying from the MPG and wider Music and self-employed communities, the government last week announced new measures to help support the self-employed. These measures are very welcome, but …read the full article
22 January 2020
Category All News, Campaigns, MPG Activity, Music Industry, Shared Parental Leave and Pay
CULTURE MINISTER “NOT RULING OUT” MORE HELP FOR SELF-EMPLOYED MPs, UK Music Members and MPG Executive Director after the Westminster Hall debate MPG Executive Director, Olga FitzRoy, together …read the full article
8 October 2019
Category All News, Campaigns, Shared Parental Leave and Pay
MPG Executive Director, Olga FitzRoy, spoke at the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservatives party conferences as part of UK Music’s series of fringe events supporting the #Selfieleave campaign for shared …read the full article
29 September 2019
Category Unpaid Work
During their ‘Should You Ever Work For Free’ panel at Pivotal Music Conference today (27th September), the MPG discussed a new piece of research showing that many recording professionals …read the full article
18 July 2019
Category Shared Parental Leave and Pay
On Tuesday this week, Shadow Culture Minister, Kevin Brennan MP asked the Business Secretary, Greg Clark MP about shared parental leave for freelancers, following a briefing from the MPG. The …read the full article
17 July 2019
Category Credit Where Credit Is Due
Proper credits information on commercial releases are vital to building and maintaining the reputation of recording professionals. Without credits how would anyone know about the vital work of the team …read the full article
25 June 2019
Category Campaigns, Shared Parental Leave and Pay
MPG and UK Music step up pressure on government to give shared parental leave to self-employed Music Producers Guild Executive Director Olga FitzRoy and UK Music chief Michael Dugher have …read the full article
