Former First Access Entertainment digital manager Lucy Tallant has told Music Week there’s a “gap in the market” for her new label and development company supporting emerging artists.

Brighton-based XVII Music has launched with multi-million pound backing from a private investor from outside the music business based on Tallant’s track record at First Access, which works with artists including Rita Ora, Iggy Azalea, BB Diamond, Conor Maynard and Ellie Goulding.

Although Tallant had conversations with “different entities in the industry”, ...