Partners
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) is a not-for-profit trade body and membership organisation which exists to strengthen, empower and unite Scotland’s music industry.
We work to create and nurture an inclusive membership community which reflects the full spectrum of Scotland’s music industry. We give voice to our membership when speaking to Government, Parliament and development organisations, and we both produce and support projects and programmes that stimulate sustainability, domestic and international growth, development and innovation in Scotland’s music sector. Our services, projects and events are designed to strengthen and increase the value of Scotland’s music industry on the world stage; economically, socially and culturally.
The SMIA receives Multi-Year Funding from Creative Scotland, the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works or visits here.
For further information on the SMIA and its services, projects and events please visit www.smia.org.uk.
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Creative Scotland is the public body that supports culture and creativity across all parts of Scotland, distributing funding provided by the Scottish Government and The National Lottery.
Further information at creativescotland.com.
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Learn more about the value of art and creativity in Scotland and join in at www.ourcreativevoice.scot.
Leisure & Culture Dundee, is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) dedicated to enriching lives by delivering high-quality leisure, sport, cultural, and library services across Dundee. Established to serve the people of Dundee and its visitors, we operate a diverse portfolio of venues and programmes that inspire participation, promote wellbeing, and celebrate the city’s rich cultural heritage.
We are proud to be at the heart of Dundee’s community life, managing libraries, museums, galleries, sports centres, and performance venues that are accessible, inclusive, and welcoming to all. Our work supports health and well-being, lifelong learning, social inclusion and economic development.
V&A Dundee, is Scotland’s design museum. Designed for everyone – firing imaginations and sparking curiosity in design in Scotland and around the world, from the heart of Dundee’s reimagined waterfront.
Conceived as a 21st century museum and designed by Kengo Kuma, V&A Dundee is a place of activity and energy, presenting spectacular exhibitions and a range of vibrant design experiences across our building, plaza and city. V&A Dundee brings design from all over the world to Scotland and gives a new voice and platform to Scottish design and designers.
V&A Dundee is part of the V&A family of museums, supported by the Scottish Government and our founding partnership of V&A, Dundee City Council, the University of Dundee, Abertay University and Scottish Enterprise.
Dundee City Council, is the local authority for Dundee, a modern, vibrant city which is continuing to transform culturally. Its priorities include delivering inclusive economic growth, tackling climate change, reducing inequalities and child poverty and empowering communities. The Council delivers services aimed at providing a better quality of life for the people of Dundee, ensuring the city remains a great place to live, work, study, and visit.
Dundee is the UK's first and only UNESCO City of Design. Highlighting Dundee's commitment to sustainable development through creativity , the global designation as a Creative City acknowledges Dundee’s rich design heritage, its thriving contemporary design sector and a city committed to using design to solve problems making Dundee a better place to live. The UNESCO City of Design projects and programmes celebrate and demonstrate the impact of design, embrace co-design and promote Dundee's design talent.
Seabass Vinyl, is Scotland’s first vinyl pressing plant. We are an independent, family-owned business, manufacturing records from our factory in East Lothian, with an emphasis on quality and sustainability. We offer fair prices, short production runs and optimised production lead times. Our ambition is to become a valuable partner to the Scottish music industry and our local community.
Founded in 1934, PPL, is the UK music industry’s collective management organisation (CMO) for performers and recording rightsholders. We licence recorded music in the UK when it is played in public (bars, nightclubs, shops, offices, etc.) or broadcast (BBC, commercial radio, commercial TV, etc.) and we work to ensure that revenue flows back to both our own members and those of our international CMO partners. Our members include both independent and major record companies, together with performers ranging from emerging grassroots artists through to established session musicians and globally renowned artists.
PPL’s public performance licensing is carried out on our behalf by PPL PRS Ltd, the joint venture between PPL and PRS for Music. Through a network of agreements with other CMOs around the world, we also collect performance rights internationally when music is played overseas in public and used on TV, radio and some online streaming services, as well as for private copying. International royalties are an increasingly important revenue stream for performers and recording rightsholders.
In 2024, PPL’s revenue was over £300 million, the highest in the company’s 90-year history and we paid over 172,000 performers and recording rightsholders. In the last five years alone, PPL has distributed over £1.25 billion to performers and recording rightsholders.
The HMV, for the fans since 1921. A leading specialist retailer of music, film, pop culture and technology products, with over 100 stores around the UK & Ireland offering a wide selection of new release and catalogue titles.
Help Musicians is a charity that loves music and for over 100 years has been working hard to make a meaningful difference to the lives of musicians across the UK. It offers a broad range of help to support music creators in times of crisis and opportunity - ensuring musicians across the UK can achieve their creative potential and sustain a career in music.
The Youth Music Initiative is a music education programme with a vision to put music at the heart of young people’s lives and learning funded by the Scottish Government through Creative Scotland. Since its establishment in 2007 the programme has distributed over £140 million, transforming music learning facilities for children and young people across the country.
You can find out more about the programme on the Creative Scotland website
Youth Music is the UK’s leading young people’s music charity.
We believe that every young person should have the chance to change their life through music. Yet our research shows that many can’t because of who they are, where they’re from or what they’re going through.
Our insights, influence and investment in grassroots organisations and to young people themselves means that more 0–25-year-olds can make, learn and earn in music.
Youth Music is a national charity funded thanks to the National Lottery via Arts Council England, players of Peopl's Postcode Lottery and support from partners, fundraisers and donors.
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71 Brewing, is an independent brewery reviving the lost art of brewing in this vibrant city by crafting small batch brews and crisp lagers inspired by new-wave, modern brewing techniques, traditional European styles and superior quality ingredients.
Bon Accord Soft Drinks is a proudly Scottish business, with a range of plant-based, naturally sweetened soft drinks. With roots dating back to 1903, the company was originally established in the north east of Scotland, and was refreshed in 2016 with a fresh approach to pop. Bon Accord focuses on delivering better-for-you, juicy drinks, packed with natural flavours. The business is committed to making natural, high-quality products accessible to a wide range of customers. This blend of heritage and innovation positions Bon Accord as a standout brand in Scotland’s soft drink market. Their new can format is launching Summer 2025.
Apex Hotels, a family-owned hospitality business founded by Norman Springford, owns 12 hotels across a UK wide portfolio, including vibrant city centre hotels and rural resorts.
Norman opened his first property in 1996, Apex Grassmarket Hotel, in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Since then, Apex Hotels has grown into one of the UK’s leading independent hotel groups, attracting tourists and corporate guests from across the globe.
The company has acquired a range of new hotels in recent months as it continues to grow and diversify its portfolio. These include The Vineyard Hotel and Spa, a stunning five-star country house hotel and spa in the heart of Berkshire, just an hour from London, Pine Trees country house hotel in Pitlochry, acquired in July 2023, and Meldrum House Country Hotel & Golf Course in Aberdeenshire, which the group bought in April 2024.
In November 2024, Apex Hotels purchased the hotel trading as DoubleTree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro, representing the first property in the portfolio operating as a non-Apex hotel. The Hilton brand aligns with the company’s passion for offering consistently high standards of service to both business and leisure guests.
As well as offering consistently high standards for business and leisure guests, Apex Hotels has a committed approach to environmental and sustainable tourism practices and is one of the few independent hotel groups to hold the Gold Green Tourism Award for all its Apex branded hotels.
Nestled in the lively heart of Scotland's fourth-largest city and perched on the banks of the charming River Tay, Malmaison Dundee is a haven of sophistication and style. This hotel, just a casual stroll from popular attractions like the V&A Dundee museum, RRS Discovery, and the Caird Hall concert venue, is your perfect Scottish getaway. Malmaison Dundee's rooms spell style and comfort, with options including standard rooms, club rooms, and suites. Each space is a tribute to luxury, boasting plush bedding, modern decor, and a wealth of amenities like flat-screen TVs, minibars, and complimentary Wi-Fi.
Launched in July 2019, Music Declares Emergency acts to encourage the music industry to drive forward public understanding of the climate emergency and pressure governments to take immediate action on climate and biodiversity loss.
Formed by a group of UK based artists and music industry professionals, Music Declares Emergency has now blossomed into a wide reaching movement with chapters across Europe and into South America, Canada and the US with supporters across the globe.
‘No Music On A Dead Planet’, the slogan that spearheads our work, has been seen on screens and stages across the world by millions.
Our declaration of a Climate and Ecological Emergency has over 6000 signatures from leading artists and businesses within the global music industry, joining us in calling for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and pledging industry action on environmental sustainability.
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