{"id":752563,"date":"2026-08-28T14:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/752563\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:26:12","slug":"report-breaks-down-losses-for-uk-touring-sector-caused-by-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/752563\/","title":{"rendered":"Report breaks down losses for UK touring sector caused by Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK left the European Union at the end of January 2020, and in the years since there have been regular complaints from the music industry about the impact that \u2018Brexit\u2019 had on British artists touring Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How big an impact?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-economic-benefits-of-touring-and-impact-of-eu-exit\/the-economic-benefits-of-touring-and-impact-of-eu-exit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A new report published by the British government<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0its Department of Culture, Media and Sport \u2013 offers some sobering figures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBetween 2022 and 2024, the UK is estimated to have lost \u00a3208.0 million in GVA [gross value added] and 2,490 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs within the touring sectors covered by this study, including both direct and indirect\/induced effects,\u201d it concludes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReduced touring by UK musicians after EU Exit is estimated to have resulted in losses of approximately \u00a31.04 billion in GVA and 17,010 FTE jobs across the included EU host countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report adds that \u201csmaller and mid-scale\u201d touring activity has been affected most, thanks to a combination of \u201cimmigration, customs, transport, taxation and social security requirements\u201d that raise the costs and complexity of touring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese findings suggest that reduced touring activity has led to measurable economic losses for both the UK and EU,\u201d it adds, while offering some hope for the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe evidence also points to the possibility that easing current barriers could help restore lost value and support long-term sector sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK left the European Union at the end of January 2020, and in the years since there&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[934,591,59,57,58,20879,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-752563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-brexit","tag-europe","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-live-music","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}