Buckinghamshire Council's Strategic Sites Planning Committee has resolved to grant planning permission for the expansion of the world-renowned Pinewood Studios site in Buckinghamshire, England. The proposed development for new studio space includes sound stages, a skills and training hub to be operated by the National Film and Television School, a business growth hub and a major film inspired...
Shinfield Studios, part of Blackhall Global Partners, has received full planning permission from Wokingham Borough Council to begin construction on a state-of-the-art studio facility, which will comprise of 18 sound stages. The 85,000 square meter media hub will be located in Shinfield, Berkshire within the...
Research commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s UK Global Screen Fund has shown that UK film and TV play a vital role in influencing positive international opinion of the country and attracting global viewers to visit our world-famous locations and landmarks. Nearly...
Bray Film Studios in Berkshire, where The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Rocketman were also filmed, will get nine new sound stages. Plans include four workshops, a rehearsal building, offices, accommodation, and 750 parking spaces. The expansion will extend into greenbelt land and see several...
Shinfield Studios had temporary permission to build stages at Thames Valley Science Park, near Reading. The scheme includes 18 sound stages to record film and TV programmes and seven workshops to make costumes and props. Wokingham Borough Council has given permanent permission but also chose to...
The UK’s film and TV studios have struggled to meet booming demand for production space in recent years. This has triggered a wave of new studio developments, warehouse conversions and extensions to existing studios, but the current development pipeline still appears insufficient to satisfy future...
The creative industries sector will benefit from government support thanks to a new package of measures announced at an event hosted by the Department for International Trade (DIT). The event brought together business leaders from the UK’s creative industries – TV and Film, Music, Publishing,...
The Department for International Trade (DIT) has published the national inward investment results 2020 to 2021. Despite the economic global slowdown due to the pandemic, the UK remains one of the most attractive places in the world to invest in with 1,538 foreign direct investment (FDI)...
The South East’s attractiveness as an investment destination proved resilient amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with the region seeing a decline in projects in line with the overall UK and European markets and recording the fourth highest number of projects out of all parts of the...
Shinfield Studios’ proposal for a new four stage temporary film studio and associated workshops at the Thames Valley Science Park (TVSP) has been approved by Wokingham Borough Council on 24th March 2021. The University of Reading (UoR) has entered into an agreement with affiliates of Commonwealth...