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Music Export Growth Scheme

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. The scheme is targeted at artists that have achieved reasonable levels of commercial success in the UK and are now looking to break internationally. Successful recipients can claim no more than 50 per cent of eligible expenditure for their projects. No UK activity can be funded.

Published opportunity

Funding
From £5,000 to £50,000
Location
National
Deadline
1 April 2027, 12:00 AM
Provider
GOV.UK
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Published criteria

Who this opportunity is for.

Who can apply
Private Sector
Funding organisation
Department for Business and Trade and Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Location
National
Opens
1 December 2025, 12:00 AM
Closes
1 April 2027, 12:00 AM
Requirement
Private Sector

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What to do next.

  1. 01
    Check the current terms

    Open the provider page and confirm the deadline, location and business-size rules have not changed.

  2. 02
    Compare it with your profile

    Use Ventra’s free matcher to see where this opportunity sits alongside other live routes and why it may fit.

  3. 03
    Prepare the evidence the provider requests

    The exact documents vary. Use the official application guidance as the final checklist before you submit.