For the past four years, Fred Gillham and his team at Concord Label Group have been hatching a plan to revitalise independent music in the UK. Here, following successes for the likes of Nubya Garcia, Ghost, Tears For Fears and more, the company’s UK & Europe MD opens up about his plan to take the business to the next level and explains why no one does it quite like Concord…

WORDS: JAMES HANLEY      PHOTOS: LOUISE HAYWOOD-SCHIEFER

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