Headline Sponsor

BPI this year celebrates its 50th anniversary and is the representative voice of independent labels and major record companies across the UK. It safeguards the rights of its members and of the artists, performers and labels of collecting body PPL. BPI promotes British music through its trade missions and participation at major events like SXSW; the Music Exports Growth Scheme; and The BRIT Awards. It administers The BRIT Certified Awards, co-owns the Official Charts Company with ERA, and is home to The Mercury Prize. BPI promotes innovation through its Music & Tech Springboard Programme, provides training and networking with its free masterclasses, Insight Sessions and other events and reports alongside its public affairs work.

Branding Sponsor

Blinding Talent is a specialist music marketing agency set up by industry executive and former Channel 4 Director of Music Mark Adams. Taking a fresh and straight talking approach to help demystify Digital Marketing for Independent Artists, Managers and Labels, Blinding Talent services include Social Media Advertising, Artist Consultancy, DSP Playlisting Strategy and Influencer Marketing.

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Category Supporter

Music Venue Trust is a UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues. Founded in January 2014, we aim to secure the long-term future of UK Grassroots Music Venues by highlighting their crucial role in the development of British music, nurturing local talent and providing a platform for artists. We work to gain recognition of the essential role these venues fulfil, not only for artist development but also for the cultural and music industries, the economy and local communities. We aim to preserve and improve venues, making them more efficient and improving the experience for performers and audiences. We are the nominated representative of a 950-strong network of venues, the Music Venues Alliance, and advocate on their behalf both within the live music industry and in the wider political and social landscape.

Category Partner

Category Sponsor

PPL licenses recorded music in the UK when it is played in public or broadcast and ensures that revenue flows back to our members. These include independent and major record companies, together with performers ranging from emerging musicians to globally renowned artists. In 2020 we collected £225.7 million while also distributing money to over 135,000 performers and recording rightsholders.

Category Sponsor

PRS for Music is one of the world’s leading music collective management organisations representing the rights of more than 160,000 talented songwriters, composers, and music publishers around the globe. Headquartered in the UK, it works diligently on behalf of its members to grow and protect the value of their rights. With a focus on innovation and integrity, PRS for Music is redefining the global standard for music royalties to ensure creators are paid whenever their musical compositions and songs are streamed, downloaded, broadcast, performed and played in public. In 2021, 27 trillion performances of music were reported to PRS for Music with £677.2m paid out in royalties to its members.

Category Partner

Radiomonitor is the industry standard music airplay monitoring service used by all major record labels and radio stations worldwide.

Charity Partner

Small Green Shoots (SGS) is a youth-led charity offering artistic development support to aspiring artists from across the UK. SGS also provides an alternative to the conventional education system, training, and entry into the job market for young people. They go above and beyond, creating pathways for disadvantaged young people and emerging artists, by giving them access to the creative industry, industry connections and funding. As they enter their second decade, SGS plans to build on their reputation as ’The finishing school for the music industry’ has seen recent work placement partnerships with the likes of Sony 4th Floor Creative, Paradigm Agency and Insanity Records.

Drinks Reception Sponsor

Wise Music Group maintains a global network of standalone offices including Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris and Tokyo. The group’s publishing houses and imprints include some of the most famous names in the history of music including Chester Music, G. Schirmer, Associated Music Publishers, Novello & Co, Éditions Alphonse Leduc, Première Music, Le Chant du Monde, Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Unión Musical Ediciones, Bosworth Music GmbH, and Campbell Connelly.

The Group owns or controls nearly half a million copyrights – including the world’s largest independent holding of historic and contemporary classical music – as well as a huge range of popular songs spanning evergreen, jazz, reggae, blues, pop and rock. It also represents more than 100 of today’s most successful living composers and songwriters working in classical music, opera, ballet, pop, film, television and advertising.

This year Wise Music Group is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Charity Partner

We are Youth Music. We’re the UK’s leading young people’s music charity. And we believe that every young person should have the chance to make, learn and earn in music and wider creativity.
Yet our research shows that many can’t because of who they are, where they’re from or what they’re going through. We leverage our insights, investment, and influence to build a national grassroots infrastructure that ensures the future of music is more inclusive, diverse, equitable and accessible.
Youth Music is a national charity funded thanks to the National Lottery via Arts Council England, players of People's Postcode Lottery and support from partners, fundraisers and donors.