Been a few years since I led biz relations at HMT, but a few further thoughts on repairing the rift here in my piece for @timesredbox
https://t.co/aKRIM8K1c2
After uncertainty surrounding the future of @DCMS, our Chair @cj_dinenage yesterday asked the Prime Minister if he intends for the Department to exist after his next reshuffle 👇
Do you work in the creative industries? 🎭🎬🎨
There's just under three days left to let us know your thoughts on the Government's Creative Industries Sector Plan ⬇️
Great to have worked with JL Partners on this important report about the BBC World Service. Some fascinating insights into its reach in the United States.
NEW: @J_L_Partners polling for Creative Power on 🇺🇸 American attitudes to the BBC and BBC World Service
- 49% of Americans are familiar with the BBC
- The youngest audiences are the most aware: 67% among 18-29s
- 47% say the World Service is trustworthy
- The more positive someone is about the BBC, the more positive they are about 🇬🇧 Britain
- 3x as many Republicans distrust the BBC as Democrats do
1,003 registered voters, May 2025
Full report with foreword by @RoryStewartUK: https://t.co/PrBkVoZ3zK
NEW: @J_L_Partners polling for Creative Power on 🇺🇸 American attitudes to the BBC and BBC World Service
- 49% of Americans are familiar with the BBC
- The youngest audiences are the most aware: 67% among 18-29s
- 47% say the World Service is trustworthy
- The more positive someone is about the BBC, the more positive they are about 🇬🇧 Britain
- 3x as many Republicans distrust the BBC as Democrats do
1,003 registered voters, May 2025
Full report with foreword by @RoryStewartUK: https://t.co/PrBkVoZ3zK
The BBC World Service faces a future of managed decline without urgent action, according to our new report on its Soft Power impact.
We've found it's far more than a broadcaster - it's a strategic national asset, indirectly supporting UK foreign policy and security objectives.
Thanks to the @j_a_warrington at The Telegraph for the write-up, also highlighting private concerns within Whitehall about the loss of Soft Power influence: https://t.co/X4h8dx0yvP
Despite being the 'least regulated' UK PSB in terms of content quotas, Channel 5 makes an important contribution to the indie production sector.
It has a distinctly diverse commissioning supply, even more so than Channel 4 which is supposed to be the sector's champion..!
C5 is enjoying something of a creative renaissance, and so frankly it feels like there's more on the line now than when C5 changed hands previously
I've written about what's at stake C5 - and for public service broadcasting - for ScreenPower:
https://t.co/QbYmYVf6GQ
📺 Why is nobody talking about Channel 5?
Britain’s youngest public service broadcaster will soon be owned by one of the world’s richest men - but so far this has received next to no public or political attention.
💰C5's parent company (Paramount) is effectively being bought by production company Skydance Media and Redbird Capital - with Larry Ellison holding the majority stake.
Whatever your view on that deal, the implications for C5 deserve to be scrutinised and discussed in the UK.
Ofcom has fined GB News £100k for breaking due impartiality rules - for ‘serious and repeated’ breaches. GBN must also broadcast a statement from Ofcom 🔥
Great to speak to @cj_dinenage for ScreenPower about her priorities as Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
Read for free here:
https://t.co/ylfpe6EoAd
Delighted to have been re-elected unopposed as the Chair of the @CommonsCMS
ICYMI 👇
I sat down with @WinnGiles from ScreenPower last week to talk about my plans. https://t.co/aoRDVyFd2E
Super niche Treasury point, but HMT seem to have swapped the ministerial responsibilities for the Exchequer Sec (XST) and the Financial Sec (FST). XST was previously in charge of growth and productivity (as well as duties), and FST for customs, VAT, hmrc etc.
📈As growth sectors go, the UK's Creative Industries have a strong track record.
🗳️But do the main parties have any plans to encourage this further, give their emphasis on growth?
🤔I've summarised the manifesto pledges here - and some worrying omissions:
https://t.co/mb0O5q3eED