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Music Export Growth Scheme: Essex

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 117646

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Top UK music acts awarded £1.4 million funding to raise profile, published on 2 March 2026, how many of the 68 acts awarded funding are based in Esse

Answered by Chris Bryant

In the latest round of Music Export Growth Scheme awards announced on 2 March, one Essex-based act, 'Essosa', received grant funding.

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