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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is continuing its investigation of the proposed acquisition by the Ambassadors Theatre Group (ATG) of 16 theatre venues from Live Nation. Questions have been issued...
Performance Matters, a three-year creative research project investigating contemporary performance and cultural value, has launched its new website. The site will carry information about...
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Henry Little argues that forging new and diverse partnerships is the future for orchestral development.
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Q There seems to be a lot of talk about cloud computing at the moment. Should I look into it? What can it do for my organisation, and what are the pros and cons?
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Don Foster explains how the Liberal Democrats would approach culture policy if they win the next election.
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Should you be complying with public procurement law? Sean Egan shows how to ensure good practice as a new law comes into force.
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Machine engineering
Recipients of a new funding stream in England are to be chosen by means of a computer program, allowing decisions to be made on purely logical grounds. The fund will distribute...
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Evenly buttered toast
The issue of artistic quality continues to make its presence felt among arts policy-makers across the UK. Arts Council England (ACE) has identified the maintenance of high...
From issue 207
Apples & Snakes, the performance poetry organisation, has appointed LUCY CROMPTON-REID as Director. She was previously Head of Public Engagement at the House of Lords and will take over from...
From issue 207
Dynamic pricing has already spread from airlines to the arts. Kara Larson cuts through the jargon and explains how US arts organisations are making it work for them.
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Accessible programming requires an accessible approach to ticketing. Beth Aplin discovers how venues are responding.
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Partnership and understanding are the key for digital ticketing suppliers. Roger Tomlinson assesses the options.
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FROM Brian Kelly, Training Officer, BECTU
W: http://www.bectu.org.uk
The discussion of Creative Apprenticeships (AP206) was a welcome and progressive contribution to a vital debate....
From issue 207
FROM TABITHA ALLUM
Executive, STAGETEXT and JUDY DIXEY
Executive Director, VocalEyes
w : http://www.stagetext.org; http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk
We were interested to read ‘Out and...
From issue 207
Government refuses to consider full compensation for redundant radio mic technology
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The London Symphony Orchestra’s work in hospitals, the South London Gallery’s work with Ernst and Young to help local schools organise their own exhibition and UBS’s support for...
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The imposition of a statutory duty to provide the “support, improvement and promotion” of culture on local government in Wales has come a step closer with the publication of the Welsh...
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Labour has been accused of “divert[ing] almost £3.5bn away from the original good causes and into its own pet projects” by Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in a speech to mark...
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Arts organisations in Cumbria have largely avoided catastrophe and are striving for normality, despite unprecedented flooding in Keswick, Cockermouth and Workington. Communications, travel and access...
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Shu-Yi Chou, a Taiwanese choreographer, has won Sadler’s Wells’ inaugural online global dance competition with his contemporary work set to Ravel’s ‘Bolero’. He and his...
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The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) will not immediately be able to integrate the 14 theatre venues it has bought from Live Nation (LN) into its portfolio of venues, due to the sale having been...
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The economic impact of the arts in Ireland may be higher than is generally recognised, according to a new report commissioned by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon to assess “the...
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is working with the newly established Charity Commission for Northern Ireland to provide information about the changes to Public Benefit status for arts...
From issue 207
Alison O’Hara explores where the gaps and opportunities lie for growing audiences of young people.