UK Film, TV Production Restart Scheme Extended by Six Months, Will Support 400 More Productions
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Applications to the scheme will remain open until April 30, 2022, providing claims cover until June 30, 2022.the scheme helped over 640 films and TV projects — including “Peaky Blinders” season 6 and the Cannes feature “Mothering Sunday” — worth over £1.9 billion Three months on from that, the scheme has now supported 835 U.K. productions, worth £2.3 billion of production spend, and preserved over 70,000 jobs.
From Nov. 1, however, the scheme fee will increase to 2.5% to “ensure that the current needs of the U.K. production industry are maintained while balancing the need to deliver value for money for taxpayers.” “Our world-leading film and TV industry supports hundreds of thousands of jobs — that’s why it was so important we helped it to get up and running again as part of our Plan for Jobs,” said Rishi Sunak, chancellor of the exchequer.
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