davieG Posted 5 October 2016 Posted 5 October 2016 image: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276308/Article/images/29777664/15596193-large.jpg Mercury Place Comments (8) A music business is creating 200 new jobs in Leicester - but it means the Mercury will be moving from its current editorial base. The company is being launched in the city to license premises so that they can play music and to support the growing number of UK festivals. It has taken a lease on two floors in Mercury Place – including one currently occupied by 72 Mercury staff – and plans to move in on July 1 next year. Talks are underway to find a replacement home for the paper in the city. No other tenants are believed to be affected. The new business is a joint venture between PRS for Music, based in London's St Pancras, and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL), which is based in Soho. Read more: Argos hiring for 123 Christmas jobs across Leicestershire – here's how to apply Both are creating the company from scratch to deal with the changing nature of music licensing. The new jobs will include field staff who will visit festivals and venues, as well as call handlers and support staff. Leicester City Council Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said: "We extend a warm welcome to PRS and PPL, who I know looked at a number of other locations before choosing Leicester as the home of their new operation. "They will give the city a significant boost in terms of jobs and raising our profile, and in turn we are giving them a location in the heart of a vibrant, and growing creative sector. "As one of a number of successful businesses relocating close to the railway station – including IBM and Hastings Direct – they also demonstrate the importance of the Midland Mainline which will soon offer journey times of less than one hour between Leicester and London." The city was in competition with others – including Nottingham – to bring the new jobs here, and struck the deal because of the quality of its graduate staff as well as the rail links. It comes on the back of insurance company Hastings Direct opening a new call centre in the city's iconic Blue Tower last year which already has more than 700 staff – and eventually hopes to have 1,200. Elsewhere, IBM moved into permanent offices in New Walk at the weekend, from temporary offices near the station. Read more: IT giant IBM moves to permanent Leicester address From a standing start last year, it was 145 staff and is on target to hit 300 by the end of next year. Wealth management company Mattioli Woods – which has 320 staff in Grove Park, Enderby – is planning new offices on the former city council site in New Walk, with space for 665 staff. Sir Peter hoped the Mercury would find an appropriate new home for its reporting, advertising and support teams, in the heart of the city. "The Leicester Mercury is an important part of Leicester life and an important part of people's understanding of what is going on in their community," he said. "While the media may be changing it is important that the Leicester Mercury will be at the heart of the city's life for decades to come." David Simms, regional managing director for Mercury parent company Trinity Mirror said the paper had been given six months' notice to vacate the second floor of Mercury Place. He added: "We have been asked to vacate the entire second floor by the end of March 2017. "Our tenancy of the first floor is currently unaffected by these changes, however we will need to review and explore all options for future premises. "Group facilities are talking to a number of commercial agents with regard to identifying available office space in the city." Read more: Samworth Brothers owners receive £18m windfall as profits rise Helen Donnellan, inward investment director at the council was contacted last March when the two businesses began searching for a new home. She said: "This is great news for the city - this joint venture will provide many new jobs in a growing sector. "Their agents were looking for a new premises across the whole of the UK and they were blown away by Leicester. "They were impressed by the music scene, and Curve and met with the team at Hastings who told them about the journey they were on here. "Two of the things they were impressed by was the quality of the workforce and the cost of locating here. "One thing they looked at very closely were graduates and the salaries they would expect and the difference between here and London was vast. "The new jobs will include field officers who will go out and support premises and festival organisers and companies that want to play music. "The licensing process is quite complex, and they will need to recruit 200 people by July 1 – the majority will be field agents. "The good thing about them is they are a fantastic employer. They have a very, very strong reputation and have a really interest in career progression and want to encourage graduates so that they can keep them." She said the council did not have to offer any financial incentives to encourage the new company in. Nick Pulley is chairman of the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP), created to promote business growth in the city and county. He said the LLEP area had the most business start-ups outside of London and the south-east. He added: "We are home to a number of globally significant companies. "Most notably in the city we have IBM and Hastings Direct and it's exciting that 200 skilled, well paid jobs are coming here for what is the IBM of the music world." 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