18 May 2020
Category General News
Last week the UK Government announced some changes to the lockdown restrictions to control the spread of Covid-19 Coronavirus in England. Whilst we are likely still many months from a …read the full article
3 May 2020
Category General News
David Stewart, Manager of British Grove Studios dies from Covid-19 The MPG are saddened to hear of the passing of David Stewart of British Grove studios from Covid-19. David and …read the full article
23 April 2020
Category General News
MPG Survey First of all we’d like to thank everyone who has filled out and shared our survey – if you haven’t yet, it’s only 5 questions and takes less …read the full article
15 April 2020
Category General News
It’s been quite the month to say the least. We hope you are all keeping safe and well in these uncertain times. We have been providing frequent updates on the …read the full article
8 April 2020
Category General News
AIM has launched a support fund aimed at contractors and freelance workers in the independent music industry whose source of income has been severed without warning due to lost work in April …read the full article
2 April 2020
Category General News
We’ve become aware of a number of different scenarios that apply to producers, engineers and mixers who either run their own commercial recording studio or are based in a rented …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
26 March 2020
Category General News
This evening the Chancellor finally announced the Coronavirus Self-employment Income Support Scheme. This is the support package the Government is going to offer to those who are already self-employed. …read the full article
25 March 2020
Category General News
A number of funds are being launched to help those suffering financial hardship due to the Covid-19 crisis. Here are a couple of which a lot of our members will …read the full article
24 March 2020
Category General News
On Monday evening, the Prime Minister announced that we MUST now stay in our homes as we’re ‘facing a national emergency’. We all need to ‘join the national effort’ to …read the full article
21 March 2020
Category General News
It’s been quite a week. The MPG Board has spent most of this week pressuring the government to do more to support our industry, and also talking to …read the full article
13 March 2020
Category All News, General News
Loss of Earnings Survey We are currently running a short survey to assess the current impact the virus is having on music producers, engineers, mixers and mastering engineers. Please share …read the full article
5 March 2020
Category General News
MPG Awards On Thursday 27th the annual MPG Awards took place with big names from across the music industry coming together to celebrate the best musical talent of 2020. A …read the full article
10 April 2019
Category General News
The MPG fully support the position of Pride in Music, that all of our members and the wider music community should reconsider attending any events at, or travelling to those …read the full article
8 February 2018
Category General News
The MPG welcomes the announcement by Tracy Brabin MP, to table a 10-minute Rule Bill motion to extend Shared Parental Pay to the self-employed. The Bill, known as the “Shared …read the full article
22 November 2017
Category General News
Air Studios has won a two-year legal battle to stop a neighbour building a subterranean swimming pool, sauna, hot tub and mini-cinema. It was feared noise and vibrations from lengthy construction …read the full article
12 June 2017
Category General News
The election, held at the annual MPG Annual General Meeting on June 2nd, resulted in the re-elction of the five existing executive directors, by a unanimous vote of the 18 …read the full article
17 May 2017
Category General News
The Music Producers Guild welcomes the Labour Party’s inclusion of Shared Parental Pay for the self-employed in its 2017 Manifesto: “We would also extend the rights of employees to all …read the full article
2 May 2017
Category General News
The Music Producers Guild is supporting the Campaign for Parental Pay Equality, advocating for the rights of self-employed parents. Most of our members are self-employed, as are many of our …read the full article
8 February 2017
Category General News
We’re so pleased to announce that Prism Sound, our headline sponsors of the MPG Awards 2017, have now joined the MPG Benefactor scheme. A few words from our headline sponsor: “Prism …read the full article
