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Culture Secretary says additional £600m for local authorities will help them protect arts venues, but councils warn that the funding shortfall for social care remains too large for it to make a significant difference.
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A company that owns a nationwide chain of music venues has announced record profits for the 2023 financial year.
The Electric Group owns and operates live music venues, including Electric Brixton...
Arts People
Music therapy charity Nordoff and Robbins has announced music agent EMMA BANKS as Chair of its Board of Trustees.
She replaces DAVID MUNNS, who has been Chair for 13 years.
Banks is co-...
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Contract for Illuminate data platform ends in March 2026, a year ahead of the end of the recently extended National Portfolio for 2023-27, raising questions over its future.
Arts People
JO CORNISH will step into the role of Interim CEO at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) following the announcement that current CEO NICK POOLE will depart at the...
Arts People
RAIDENE CARTER will join Artsadmin as Artistic Director, following the departure of RÓISE GOAN to lead Viernulvier in Belgium.
Bringing a wealth of experience in cultural engagement as a...
Opinion
Nearly a year into the latest investment round, many National Portfolio Organisations are finding the new reporting requirements unduly burdensome - at best - and, in some instances, unfit for purpose. A group of NPO Chief Executive Officers explain their struggles.
Opinion
The King’s Head Theatre in London opened its doors this week for a gala night in celebration of its new theatre building. Justine Simons, Deputy Mayor for Culture, was there.
Arts People
FARZANA BADUEL has been named a Trustee at Soho Theatre.
Baduel is the CEO and co-founder of Curzon PR which provides strategic communications advisory across corporates, culture and charities...
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Valence House Museum and Gardens in Dagenham will undergo £800k improvement works after securing external investment.
The restoration is backed by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Arts...
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Comments follow the Senedd's decision to reduce Arts Council Wales' annual funding by 10.5%.
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A new cultural festival in Broxtrowe, Nottinghamshire, has received £30,000 of Arts Council England (ACE) funding.
Running throughout June, the festival will offer indoor and outdoor...
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An employment tribunal has ruled 17 members of a former ensemble, which became insolvent suddenly last year, are entitled to a share of £30,350 compensation.
The Nevis Ensemble, which had a...
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An Arts Council England-backed project has been exploring whether mycelium, a material made from the root network of fungi, can be used to construct sustainable temporary structures at festivals.
Arts People
The Association of Senior Children's and Education Librarians (ASCEL) has announced TABITHA WITHERICK as CEO.
An experienced charity executive and chartered librarian, Witherick takes up...
Arts People
PAUL MURPHY has been announced as Music Director alongside his current role as Principal Conductor at Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Murphy will succeed KOEN KESSELS as leader of the company’s...
Arts People
Contemporary music group Riot Ensemble has announced a new artistic structure to lead its future work.
Conductor, co-founder and current Artistic Director & CEO AARON HOLLOWAY-NAHUM...
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Administrators investigating a charity's spending have been given another year to continue their work.
Since Coventry City of Culture Trust collapsed in February 2023 with debts of more than...
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Cost-saving proposals include reducing support to the county’s theatres as the council faces a £100m funding shortfall.
Opinion
The speed of innovation in the digital world can be hard to keep pace with and, as Katie Moffat writes, this is going to be a rollercoaster year – so hold on to your hats.
After a savage cyber-attack crippled the British Library, Richard Ovenden argues it's government's responsibility to support its recovery and pay for more resilient digital infrastructure.
Maxwell Rabb reveals the crucial role smaller galleries are playing in bringing emerging artists to the attention of museum curators and institutional collections.
With 2023 seeing record numbers of live music spaces close their doors, Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd looks back on the wins and losses of the last 12 months.
Should museums be able to assert copyright protection on images in the public domain? And do advances in AI raise new questions about intellectual property? Sarah Barker investigates.
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Chatteris Museum in Cambridgeshire is reopening in a former Barclays bank branch two years after moving out of its old premises, having outgrown it.
The former museum building, shared with the...