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UPDATED 30 March 2020 Trade association AudioUK has announced a range of actions it is taking to ensure the independent audio production sector negotiates the coronavirus crisis successfully, while providing new content to help the wider public. AudioUK has been...

The Treasury has today published further guidance on the support available for businesses and individuals affected by COVID-19. You can find this guidance here.

COVID-19: Business Grant Funding and guidance from BEIS The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has produced useful guidance for businesses and employers. This includes a range of grants and loans for small businesses. You can find the...

AudioUK's Chair, Kellie While, made the following statement on the situation regarding the spread in the UK of COVID-19 and the measures being taken: "With the UK taking increasingly significant measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, it’s clear this is an...

AudioUK, the trade association for independent audio production companies, today welcomed the announcement that Channel 4 will be setting up a new national HQ in Leeds and two creative hubs in Bristol and Glasgow. Will Jackson, Managing Director of AudioUK, said: “We...

The list of nominations has been released for the 2018 Audio Production Awards (APAs), the premier awards for production skills across radio, audiobooks and podcasting, both off and on-mic. The APAs are sponsored by leading audiobook publisher Audible. Will Jackson,...

The government has announced a new fund of up to £3m for public service radio programmes. The Audio Content Fund will be available for public service programmes for a range of audiences. The scheme, which will initially be a pilot lasting up to three years, aims to...

The Radio Independents Group is delighted to give its support to the British Library's project to create a major new radio archive, which it is announcing today: "The British Library outlined its ambitions today to work with the radio industry to explore how to...

In her keynote speech to our AGM on June 25, Helen Boaden outlined such major changes to commissioning programmes for radio that we reproduce the whole BBC press release here: (fuller AGM report to be posted shortly; picture: Nick Edwards Photography) BBC proposes...