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The Companies Act 2006 has significant implications for all companies, both charities and non-charities. Sean Egan outlines the key changes.
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Pauline Tambling is to be Executive Director Programmes at Creative...
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From issue 158
Minister throws lifeline to WMC and commits increased funding to the arts in Wales
An immediate cash boost and a 200% increase in its annual revenue funding is set to secure the future of the Wales...
From issue 158
Ten film festivals across the UK are set to benefit from a three-year £4.5m Lottery funding package as part of a new UK Film Council strategy to raise the profile of British film and extend its...
From issue 158
Scotlands Minister for Culture Linda Fabiani has set out plans to establish Creative Scotland through a Bill to be will be introduced to Parliament early next year. The new agency will be formed by...
From issue 158
Sir Brian McMaster, former Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, has been tasked by Culture Secretary James Purnell with undertaking a review on encouraging and assessing excellence in...
From issue 158
The Culture Department should be separated from the Sports Ministry; major national regularly funded organisations should be funded directly by Government; tax and Gift Aid rules should be simplified...
From issue 158
The findings from Arts Council Englands (ACE) first ever public value debate have been unveiled in a new report, Public value and the arts in England, by Catherine Bunting. According to the...
From issue 158
Following the outcry over the recent draft budget for Northern Ireland (see AP issue 157), Arts Minister Edwin Poots, speaking at Art at the Heart, the annual conference of the Arts Council of...
From issue 158
Orkney's Pier Arts Centre (pictured) has won the UKs largest architecture prize, the £25,000 Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Andrew Doolan Award, for a design by Reiach and Hall...
Axis, the online resource for contemporary art, is launching a curator directory to run alongside its established artist directory. The website will support and profile the work of curators based in...
From issue 158
Weve come a long way since W B Yeats wrote his scathing poem To a Wealthy Man who promised a second Subscription to the Dublin Municipal Gallery if it were proved the People wanted Pictures. His...
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From issue 158
Tricia Culhane explains why collecting data about audiences and visitors can open the door to long-term relationships.
Loyalty schemes can hardly be described as a new concept. Supermarkets have...
From issue 158
Carly Farthing looks at what makes the Fitzwilliam Museums Friends scheme so successful.
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum is the oldest museum support organisation in Britain, with over 2,300...
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Bill Lewis offers some insights into revised guidance on Gift Aid for Visitor Attraction Charities.
Gift Aid cannot be claimed on donations to charity when the donor in return receives benefits...
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Joy Bryer reveals those who have inspired her professional life.
Rt Hon Sir Edward Heath KG MBE
As Founding President of the International Youth Foundation of Great Britain, under whose auspices...
From issue 158
Peter Hewitt is to leave Arts Council England, after nearly ten years as Chief Executive. At a time when critical funding decisions for arts organisations are being made, ArtsProfessionals Nick...
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Feature
Jodi Myers reflects on why leadership training initiatives are only part of a much bigger picture.
From issue 158
Sixty-five per cent of those on custodial sentences and 51% of those on community sentences re-offend within two years, but Bridget Edwards contends that the arts can help prisoners reform and move...
From issue 158
As part of the Cultural Leadership Programme, GOLD (Governance Organisational...
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Heather Maitland considers the sometimes tricky relationships between arts practitioners and their community partners, and offers some tips for keeping professional relationships on the right track....
From issue 157
The Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen has announced the appointment of Anne Bonnar as Transition Director, with responsibility for leading the project to establish the new...