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UK Music Industry Organisations


The Agents' Association


Tel: 020 7834 0515
www.agents-uk.com



AIF (Association of Independent Festivals)


www.aiforg.com



APRS (Association of Professional Recording Services)

Tel: 018 0386 8600
www.aprs.co.uk



The Band Register

Tel: 020 8742 7421
www.bandreg.com



BASCA (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors)


Tel: 020 7636 2929
www.britishacademy.com



BMF (Bristol Music Foundation)

www.bristolmusicfoundation.com



BPI (British Phonographic Industry)

Tel: 020 7803 1300
www.bpi.co.uk



The BRIT Awards

Tel: 020 7803 1300
www.brits.co.uk



CPA (Concert Promoters Association)

Tel: 01491 575 060



Creative Choices (supporting individuals and businesses in the creative industries)

www.creative-choices.co.uk



DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Tel: 020 7211 6000
www.culture.gov.uk



DTI (Department of Trade and Industry)

Tel: 020 7215 4908
www.dti.gov.uk



Equity

Tel: 020 7379 6000
www.equity.org.uk



ERA (Entertainment Retailers Association)


Tel: 01202 292063
www.eraltd.org


GS1 (Bar codes)

www.gs1uk.org



IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry)

Tel: 020 7878 7900
www.ifpi.org



Julie's Bicycle (Creating a low carbon future for the creative industries)

020 7436 6112
www.juliesbicycle.com



Mercury Music Prize

Tel: 020 8964 9964
www.mercurymusicprize.com



Merlin


www.merlinnetwork.org



MMF (Music Managers Forum)

Tel: 020 7306 4885
www.themmf.net



MOBO Awards

Tel: 020 7419 1800
www.mobo.com



MPA (Music Publishers Association)

0207 580 0126
www.mpaonline.org.uk



The Music Producers Guild Ltd


Tel: 020 7371 8888
www.mpg.org.uk



Music Tank

www.musictank.co.uk


MU (Musicians Union)

Tel: 020 7582 5566
www.musiciansunion.org.uk



National Music Council

Tel: 020 7422 8297
www.nationalmusiccouncil.org.uk



Official Charts Company

Tel: 020 7436 3000
www.theofficialcharts.com



Own It (free intellectual property advice)


www.own-it.org



The Patent Office

Tel: 01633 813 930
www.patent.gov.uk




PCAM (The Society Of Producers and Composers of Applied Music)

Tel: 0906 895 0908
www.pcam.co.uk



PPL (Phonographic Performance Ltd)

Tel: 020 7534 1000
www.ppluk.com



PRS for Music

Tel : 020 7580 5544
www.prsformusic.com



The Radio Academy

Tel: 020 7255 2010
www.radioacademy.org



RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research)

Tel: 020 7903 5350
www.rajar.co.uk



UK Music


Tel: 020 7306 4446
www.ukmusic.org



VPL (Video Performance Ltd)


Tel: 020 7534 1400
www.ppluk.com



WMF (Welsh Music Foundation)

0292 066 8127
www.welshmusicfoundation.com


Interesting Sites About UK Music Industry


Backstage Pass - Indie Music Blog

www.backstagepassmusic.com



EDIT - AIM's Dance Committee

www.edit-blog.co.uk


Indie Record Shop

www.indierecordshop.org


The Unsigned Guide

www.theunsignedguide.com


International Organisations


ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers)

Tel: 020 7439 0909
www.ascap.com


CISAC (International Confederation of Authors and Composers)

Tel: 00 33 1 55 62 08 50
www.cisac.org



European Music Office

T: (32) 2213 1400
E: info@emo.org
W: www.emo.org



ICMP (International Confederation of Music Publishers)

Tel: 00 33 1 42 72 38 99
www.icmp-ciem.org



IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry)

Tel: 020 7878 7900
www.ifpi.org



Impala

www.impalasite.org


UK Trade & Investment

www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
www.creative-industries.co.uk
www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/iprguides


WIN (Worldwide Independent Network)

www.worldwideindependentnetwork.com


Finance and Funding


Arts Council

Scotland: www.scottisharts.org.uk

Northern Ireland: www.artscouncil-ni.org

Wales: www.artswales.org.uk

England: www.artscouncil.org.uk


Business Link

www.businesslink.gov.uk



GLE OneLondon

www.gle.co.uk/onelondon


Portobello Business Centre

www.pbc.co.uk


The Prince's Trust

Tel: 020 7543 1234
www.princes-trust.org.uk


PRS For Music Foundation

www.prsformusicfoundation.co.uk


UK Trade and Investment

www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk



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