Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS)
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.
Key facts
- Funding amount
- Match-funding (up to 50% of eligible expenditure)
- Deadline
- 31 Mar 2027
- Region
- UK-wide
- Business type
- Small businesses & SMEs
Plain English summary
This scheme offers match-funding grants to UK-based music companies and record labels that meet SME criteria. The funding supports international marketing and promotion campaigns, especially those linked to international tours, to help UK music artists expand their global presence. The goal is to boost the international business of UK music acts with proven domestic success.
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Who this is best for
- Small businesses & SMEs
- Organisations based in UK-wide
- Projects aligned with export support
- Teams seeking funding around Match-funding (up to 50% of eligible expenditure)
Who should not apply
- Individuals applying in a personal capacity (unless explicitly permitted)
- Large enterprises above SME thresholds
- Applicants who cannot meet the official eligibility criteria below
Eligibility checklist
Tick what applies to your organisation before applying.
- UK-based music businesses or organisations trading from the UK that are SMEs (fewer than 250 employees and turnover less than €50 million or balance sheet total less than €43 million).
- Applicants must demonstrate that they are selling from the UK and enhancing the artist’s competitiveness, providing tangible economic benefit to the UK from this trade development activity.
- No other public funds received for the project.
- Excludes businesses in Isle of Man or Channel Islands unless UK registered.
Official source
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