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Peer review and self-assessment will work hand in hand under a new system to judge the performance of both new and existing Regularly Funded Organisations (RFOs), a spokesperson from Arts Council...
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A poster campaign across Nottingham, Derby and Leicester has been launched by Arts Council England, East Midlands to highlight five new arts venues opening across the region, and to promote a website...
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The DCMS has failed to meet eight out of its 12 targets for culture and the arts, according to its annual report published this month. Progress on Public Service Agreements (PSAs) is measured using...
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A rapid decrease in the number of staff and relocation of two-thirds of its operations to Birmingham are the first steps in creating a “new MLA”, according to the organisation’s...
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The Derby Playhouse, which is currently in administration, has avoided liquidation following a legal claim by Artistic Director Stephen Edwards, challenging the level of Lottery grant repayments...
Youth Music will be sponsoring up to 18 places on the Clore Leadership course from June 2008. The sponsored places are aimed at experienced Managers and Project Leaders who run music projects with...
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Some outrage may be evoked by the fact that Arts Council England (ACE) spends 35p in the pound on administering individual grants (p1). The whole business of grant-giving can clearly be an expensive...
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François Matarasso suggests that it is not that McMaster is wrong, it’s just that his approach is too limited.
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Following the Chancellor?s recent u-turn on the 10% tax band, Lesley Fidler brings us up to speed on all the most relevant recent tax changes.
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Organisations outside the arts are trying new ways of recruiting, training and retaining excellent staff, as Pam Henderson helps us to discover.
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At Arts Council England, North West, Alex Middleton becomes Assistant Officer, Media Arts and Literature, replacing Will Carr who is now Director at the Poetry School (London). Maureen Jordan has...
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Anne Sherman shows how art and literature development can read from the same hymn sheet.
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Galleries and libraries are reaching out to similar audiences, writes Leisa Gray.
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Stereotypes wither when arts organisations collaborate with libraries, Adam Pushkin discovers.
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Paul Bogen identifies a range of non-arts activities that building-based arts organisations in Europe are using to increase their income.
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Nineteenth-century buildings can work in a twenty-first century world if the resources are made available, says Nica Burns.
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Specialised resources and staff help to make a successful enterprise out of hire and services, writes Richard Lee.
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Creative industries will be boosted by a new training facility for the theatre workforce.
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An extraordinary mobile arts venue is being specially created for the Lift Festival (previously London International Festival of Theatre) in June and July. The new building, known as ‘the Lift...
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Performance, skills and training “covering many aspects of opera and ballet” are part of a proposal being discussed by Manchester City Council (MCC) and the Royal Opera House (ROH), AP...
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Creative workers who would not normally need a visa on account of their nationality, and are coming to work in the UK for less than three months, will not now need work visas under the new Points...
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A leaflet and publicity campaign to recruit potential arts board members from under-represented groups, particularly women, will be launched this summer by the DCMS. The government has set a target...
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Arcola Theatre, which aims to become the world’s first carbon-neutral theatre, is using its current production of Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People’ (pictured) to demonstrate its...
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Scottish publishers have greeted with alarm the news that the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) annual £100,000 Block Publishing scheme, which has allowed them to apply for funding for multiple...