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6 December 2018

Next Steps to Improving Diversity and Inclusion in the UK Screen Sector – Speech by CEO of UK Screen Alliance

UK Screen Alliance CEO Neil Hatton, spoke at the Westminster Media Forum this week on encouraging the growth of skills, and inclusion of different genders, abilities and backgrounds, behind the camera as well as in front of it, in the visual effects, animation, and post production sectors.

28 November 2018

UK Screen Alliance launches £100,000 apprenticeship training fund

UK Screen Alliance is announcing today its Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Fund, to be known as the ALT Fund. This pot which will be at least £100,000 is to be made available for apprenticeship training in small and medium sized VFX, post and animation companies. Applications are welcome from member and non-member companies.

Britain’s creative industries contribute over £100 billion to UK economy says new DCMS figures

New figures reveal Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s sectors are now worth £268 billion, having contributed a record-breaking £101.5 billion to the economy in 2017, new figures show.

13 November 2018

New research investment aims to provide boost for UK’s Creative Industries

Nine Creative Industries clusters across eight UK cities to bring creative hubs together with researchers and businesses

8 October 2018

Visual Effects creates value in excess of £1billion per year for the UK economy

According to the new Screen Business report released today, the UK’s Visual Effects (VFX) industry generates more than one billion pounds of added value for the UK economy. This shows VFX to be a vital component of the UK’s successful film, TV and advertising industries.

New BFI Screen Business Report shows UK Tax reliefs help fuel boom in UK Screen Industries

An independent new report published today demonstrates the huge value of the government tax reliefs across the UK’s screen industries, seeding unprecedented levels of production, creating thousands of jobs, growing businesses and infrastructure, generating record levels of inward investment, boosting exports of UK productions and services internationally and creating spillover benefits for other industries.

1 October 2018

Production Innovation for Immersive Content Competition

Andrew Chitty, Challenge Director for Audience of the Future, and Creative Economy Champion at AHRC, spoke to UK Screen Alliance on the potential of immersive media.

17 September 2018

UK Screen Alliance opposes MAC proposal to extend Immigration Skills Charge to EEA skilled workers

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has today (18th Sept 2018) published its final report into EEA Migration in the UK and has made recommendations to government about the shape of the UK’s immigration policy following Brexit.

6 September 2018

Major Investment into Welsh Creative Industries Announced

Cardiff is one of nine creative clusters in the UK awarded research funding, as screen industries based in and around the Welsh capital are set to benefit from new research and development opportunities.

5 September 2018

Creative Skillset has announced new funding for UK film skills training

Creative Skillset will be investing £600,000 in training to tackle identified skills shortages in the industry. Training providers have been asked to deliver programmes in four key areas, from new entrants and early careers, to management and executives.

22 August 2018

NextGen Skills Academy Opportunities available

NextGen Skills Academy (or NextGen for short) is an organisation which brings industry and educators together, to develop the next generation of digital talent in the Games, Animation and VFX industries

The status of EU VFX workers in a No Deal Brexit

UK Screen Alliance has confirmed in an extensive new survey of the VFX workforce, that one in three people working in VFX comes from Europe.

14 August 2018

Creative Skillset preps for rebrand

Creative Skillset set for October re-naming and merging with Indie Training Fund

12 August 2018

Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 15 is Now Shipping

New upgrade fully integrates visual effects and motion graphics, adds even more audio tools plus hundreds of new features and improvements that editors and colorists have asked for.

11 July 2018

Cautious welcome for Brexit mobility framework

UK Screen CEO Neil Hatton, comments on the Brexit White Paper released today

3 June 2018

UK Screen makes the case for access to global talent after Brexit

Last Thursday the BBC News Channel featured a day of stories about the Creative Industries and Brexit.

23 April 2018

UK Screen Alliance & Animation UK elect new council representatives

The members of the UK Screen Alliance in partnership with Animation UK have elected new representative councils.

25 March 2018

UK Screen Alliance Councils: Elections update

The nominations have closed for both the Animation UK Council and the UK Screen Facilities Council elections.

22 March 2018

UK Screen’s ‘Giving Career Advice for VFX’ shows educators the path into industry

Last Wednesday UK Screen held an event at The Mill to further the Access:VFX remit of encouraging young people into the creative workplace, particularly in visual effects!

21 March 2018

Decoding the gender pay gap in VFX

The subject of women in the workplace has been very prominent in the news agenda in the last 12 months.