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Rough Trade founder slams sexist music industry 
Posted on  24-04-2010 11:37:20 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business Desk

Rough Trade co-founder Jeannette Lee accused the music industry of being far too white male dominated.

The famously low profile Lee was speaking at the Association Of Independent Music's Women In Entertainment event. The industry has been acused of rarely talking about diversity.

As one half of ...


  
Old men and young ladies dominate Musical Rich List 
Posted on  23-04-2010 12:20:59 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business Desk

Young ladies and old men have dominated the musical Rich List, according to the Sunday Times.

The list of wealthy UK music stars under 30 is very female dominated, with Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins and Leona Lewis tying for first place (each with an £11 million fortune), followed ...


  
London's record stores declare vinyl day a triumph - singles chart up 446% - 'Evil' ebayers 
Posted on  23-04-2010 11:06:00 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business Desk

Organisers of last Saturdays' Record Store Day have said their day of record shop-based promotions was a big success, with many stores reporting queues down the street and twice as many sales this year as last.

The worldwide promotion's UK coordinator, Rough Trade East's Spencer Hickman, told reporters:


  
£6.8 billion city bonus pool - Resilience or unrealistic? 
Posted on  23-04-2010 10:30:47 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Despite being the first developed nation to enter the recession and the last to come out, the city has given a strong indication that the good times are coming back handing workers a £6.8 billion bonus pot.

Taxpayers will also welcome those extra receipts through Gordon Brown's 50% ...


  
"Cautious welcome" as OFCOM loosen rules local radio link ups 
Posted on  17-04-2010 12:19:23 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business Desk

Commercial radio has given a "cautious welcome" to OfCom's loosening of tight local regulations.

Following the passing of the Digital Economy Act last week, they will allow local radio groups to pool more of their programming resources between stations, but on the condition some savings are used to ...


  
No new British Invasion- "Handful of artists" prop up U.S. sales 
Posted on  17-04-2010 11:02:11 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business Desk

It may not be another British Invasion on the American music charts but sales are holding up quite well according to the British Phonographic Industry

Following upbeat reports from collecting societies PRS and PPL regarding the money being generated by British artists abroad last year, record label trade ...


  
Radio industry divided over Digital Economy Act 
Posted on  10-04-2010 02:05:07 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business Desk

The UK's radio industry is seemly divided over the recent landmark Digital Economy Act.

Whilst the sectors big boys have embraced the act a consortium of fourteen smaller radio stations the shut down much of the FM network by 2015 will have a detrimental affect on them, and ...


  
Children’s charity warns of "financial inertia"over government education U-Turn 
Posted on  09-04-2010 11:15:57 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Britain's leading children’s financial charity has expressed serious fears after the government seemly reneged on a promise to make economic education compulsory.

This week the government dropped reforms to make Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education statutory in schools after failing to win Conservative support. Compulsory financial education ...


  
Radio boss demands end to "double taxation" licence 
Posted on  09-04-2010 10:58:11 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business Desk

It has always struck me a little bit cheeky that if people turn on a radio in an office or shop or bar the owner of that establishment must have a music licence from PPL and PRS, even though the radio station has already paid a healthy licence ...


  
Another blow to London financial services, Paris opens clearing house 
Posted on  29-03-2010 10:27:33 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City News Desk

City News Desk

Paris has moved into the clearing of credit default swaps, a direct challenge to London which has historically dominated the market.


The French government have pushed for Paris to take the top spot for financial services in Europe, with a ...

  
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