.UK_Music chief Tomkiehl about the immediate challenges he faces & what UK Music is doing to help the world’s third biggest recorded music market continue to thrive
, but less than two months into the job he already finds his in-tray overflowing. Chief among his immediate priorities are helping co-ordinate the British music industry’s response to the coronavirus outbreak and ensuring the sector’s interests are represented in Brexit trade negotiations.spoke with Kiehl about the immediate challenges he faces and what UK Music is doing to help the world’s third biggest recorded music market continue to thrive.
It was very disappointing to see it in black and white. There is hope in that the government is still publicly supportive of the intention behind the key aspects of the directive. What we need now is for them to explain to us how they intend to turn that support into action through the legislative process. Certainly from talking to ministers and officials there is an intention to do that. I think it ultimately boils down to timing and where that fits within the lists of [priorities].
There was also strong criticism from the music industry over the U.K. government’s post-Brexit immigration plans, published in February. What impact do you fear these proposals will have? Crucial. The biggest problem we’ve been dealing with so far has been a lack of clarity from the government in terms of which way Brexit was heading. The [December] general election has given us more certainty. We now have this [year-long] transition period that gives us an opportunity to work with the government to ensure that we don’t have that cliff-edge situation. But that cliff-edge situation will come up at the end of the year if there is no trade agreement in place.
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