Music Export Growth Scheme

The Music Export Growth Scheme helps UK music acts grow their international business. It provides match-funding grants of £5,000 to £50,000 for marketing and promotion campaigns linked to international tours. You must be a UK-based music management company or record label that meets small business criteria. The scheme targets artists who have achieved commercial success in the UK and want to break internationally. You can claim up to 50% of eligible project costs. No UK activity can be funded. The deadline is 1 April 2027.

This grant is for UK-based music management companies or record labels that meet small business criteria. You need to represent artists who have achieved reasonable commercial success in the UK and are looking to expand internationally. It is not for individual artists or companies wanting to fund UK-based activities.

MEGS provides match-funding grant support to representatives of UK-based music acts (normally music management companies or record labels who meet SME criteria) to help deliver high-quality marketing and promotion campaigns normally linked to international tours to enable these acts to grow their international business. The scheme is targeted at artists that have achieved reasonable levels of commercial success in the UK and are now looking to break internationally. Successful recipients can claim no more than 50 per cent of eligible expenditure for their projects. No UK activity can be funded.