SMIA are bringing Keith Harris of PPL to Glasgow as part of an exclusive members event. Keith Harris is currently the Director of Performer Affairs for PPL and chairman of Music Tank as well as being Stevie Wonder’s manager. This event will take place in Studio 1 of the City Halls Glasgow on Monday the [...]
Skills Development Scotland’s Flexible Training Opportunities programme gives Scottish businesses (1-50 employees) the opportunity to apply for up to £500* towards employee training costs.
We held a members meeting at goNORTH in Inverness on Friday 11th of June. SMIA directors Tam Coyle, Adam Armit, Stewart Henderson and Stephen Hume and our administrator Caroline Cooper spoke about how the SMIA has developed in recent months andour plans for the future.
This year’s goNORTH will take place in Inverness on the 11th and 12th of June. SMIA will be holding a members only event at 11.30am on Friday11th. Venue details TBC.
UK Music are conducting research on loan applications within the music industry. They have asked us to encourage our membership to contact them with your personal experience of trying to secure a loan for your business.Please see letter below from UK Music CEO Feargal Sharkey.
UK Music has today launched an online industry-wide skills audit in a bid to identify potential skills gaps across the commercial music sector. SMIA have been asked to encourage our members to post the survey details and/or a link up onto your websites or blogs urging your members or clients to take 10 minutes to fill in the survey; the survey will run until end of June.
You can now follow the Scottish Music Industry Association on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace!
The SMIA welcomes new visitors to this website, including those who heard Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite (an SMIA board member) and Radio Scotland and Radio 1′s Vic Galloway talking to Janice Forsyth on BBC Radio Scotland’s Radio Café about the launch of the Scottish Music Industry Association.
On the show, Stuart proposed his idea for a new annual award to celebrate Scottish Album of the Year.