UK Music has hailed the election of six new metro mayors as an opportunity to boost the music scenes in each of the regions.
Elections for combined authority mayors have taken place in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Tees Valley (including Darlington and Middlesbrough), West Midlands and West of England (including Bristol and Bath).
Those elected include long-time supporters of UK Music's work, Andy Burnham for Greater Manchester and Steve Rotheram who won Liverpool City.
According to UK Music, these new roles should help enhance the venue licensing and planning process, which could stem the flow of venue closures. They could also help develop a cohesive music strategy to support music tourism and arts funding within an area.
The organisation cited the advances made in the capital under Sadiq Khan. He established a music development board to oversee the live music scene, with almost £1bn generated annually as a result of music tourism. The city has also appointed a night tsar and adopted an 'agent of change' principle to protect venues when new developments are sited nearby.
Jo Dipple, UK Music chief executive, said: 'London Mayor Sadiq Khan's programme targeting growth in creative industries and the night-time economy is working. The new city mayors now have a fantastic opportunity to develop similar programmes for their regions.
'One in 11 jobs are in the creative economy, while at the same time digitisation allows entrepreneurs and businesses to operate anywhere in the UK. Harnessing creative power in these regions will be incredibly powerful; for culture, for entertainment, for jobs and for the local economy.'
Music producer Steve Levine has relocated his business from London to Liverpool in recent years. He said: 'The new mayors have the potential to be a very positive thing for the music scene. Establishing a board in each of these areas dealing with all the relevant issues, whether it is licensing, planning, agent of change and all the other things that affect the music business is very, very important. We need to bring various representatives of the music community together and develop things properly to work out a strategy. It all boils down to jobs.'
UK Music recognises the importance of the regional music scenes across the country and has been compiling annual data in its Wish You Were Here reports looking at the economic impact of music tourism.
The report estimates that this is worth £3.7bn across the whole UK in terms of direct and indirect spending.
Elections for combined authority mayors have taken place in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Tees Valley (including Darlington and Middlesbrough), West Midlands and West of England (including Bristol and Bath).
Those elected include long-time supporters of UK Music's work, Andy Burnham for Greater Manchester and Steve Rotheram who won Liverpool City.
According to UK Music, these new roles should help enhance the venue licensing and planning process, which could stem the flow of venue closures. They could also help develop a cohesive music strategy to support music tourism and arts funding within an area.
The organisation cited the advances made in the capital under Sadiq Khan. He established a music development board to oversee the live music scene, with almost £1bn generated annually as a result of music tourism. The city has also appointed a night tsar and adopted an 'agent of change' principle to protect venues when new developments are sited nearby.
Jo Dipple, UK Music chief executive, said: 'London Mayor Sadiq Khan's programme targeting growth in creative industries and the night-time economy is working. The new city mayors now have a fantastic opportunity to develop similar programmes for their regions.
'One in 11 jobs are in the creative economy, while at the same time digitisation allows entrepreneurs and businesses to operate anywhere in the UK. Harnessing creative power in these regions will be incredibly powerful; for culture, for entertainment, for jobs and for the local economy.'
Music producer Steve Levine has relocated his business from London to Liverpool in recent years. He said: 'The new mayors have the potential to be a very positive thing for the music scene. Establishing a board in each of these areas dealing with all the relevant issues, whether it is licensing, planning, agent of change and all the other things that affect the music business is very, very important. We need to bring various representatives of the music community together and develop things properly to work out a strategy. It all boils down to jobs.'
UK Music recognises the importance of the regional music scenes across the country and has been compiling annual data in its Wish You Were Here reports looking at the economic impact of music tourism.
The report estimates that this is worth £3.7bn across the whole UK in terms of direct and indirect spending.
