Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has publicly thrown his support behind the newly-launched UK Music Skills Academy.

The Academy has been set up by UK Music and Creative & Cultural Skills to put in place an infrastructure to allow the music industry to engage directly with skills and training providers.

At a launch in Westminster on Tuesday Vaizey described the initiative as “fantastic” and “very exciting”, noting: “It’s incredibly important we give people the opportunities and skills to work in the ...