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The cut of 2% in the basic rate of tax (from 22% to 20%) announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown in last weeks budget speech, could see the value of tax reclaimed on donations through Gift Aid fall by...
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Five of Scotlands leading arts companies have been officially designated national performing companies and brought under the direct control of the Scottish Executive. Scottish Opera, Scottish...
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A network of Creative Programmers is to be created through Englands Regional Cultural Consortia to contribute to the delivery of cultural events in each of the eight regions outside London in the...
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An investigation into the loss of works from the Arts Council of Northern Irelands (ACNI) art collection (AP issue 129, 11 September 2006) has concluded that 48 works worth £20,725 are missing from...
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Strategies designed to support and encourage the use of arts in healthcare settings have been launched simultaneously by Arts Council England (ACE) and the Department of Health (DoH). Arts health...
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In his budget speech, Chancellor Gordon Brown confirmed that Treasury spending allocations to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for 2008 to 2011 will be published in the autumn ,...
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In attempting to reach rural audiences, arts organisations first need to establish what differentiates them from their urban counterparts. Dianne Greig and Charlotte Winter compare and contrast.
The...
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Organisations doing rural touring need to make the most of local knowledge to maximise audience numbers. Maria Howes explains how one music project builds rural audiences.
In 2005, Birmingham...
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Getting art to audiences in remote parts of Britain presents its own particular challenges. Gwilym Gibbons looks at the challenges for arts development in the Shetland Islands.
If a fan of classical...
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Christopher Gordon exhorts the UK cultural community to set aside its appetite for internally-focused, small-scale, top-up grants from Europe and address itself instead to the broader opportunities...
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Arts consultant Laura Drane lists those whove inspired her in the arts.
Nick Bromley
It all started with Starlight Express! Okay, so I was young and impressionable, but Nicks post-show...
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The problem of leadership in the arts is often tackled by recourse to training and the increasing of skills levels. Graham Leicester argues that a change in approach is required if arts leaders are...
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Christian Hill shares his online favourites.
1. http://www.last.fm
I use this site to look for new music. Users scrobble their tracks to the server helping to collectively build the worlds...
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Sean Egan assesses the potential of new legal definitions for arts organisations.
In my experience, arts organisations, particularly those working in the performing arts, are understandably focused...
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Cultural organisations across the UK now face a total of £137.6m reduction in Lottery funding as a result of budget shortfall for London 2012 Olympics.
Cultural organisations across the country have...
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A new four-year partnership between the University of Leeds and Opera North is aiming to enhance the creative and intellectual life of Leeds with a range of projects which would be beyond the reach...
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Last year, in a bid to distance herself from the financial activities of her husband, Tessa Jowell claimed that she had not read over the fine print of the joint mortgage applications the couple had...
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Rambert Dance Company has appointed Nadia Stern to replace Sue Wyatt as Chief Executive. She has previously worked at Sadlers Wells and as Interim Chief Executive of Talawa and Interim Executive...
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The Scottish Arts Council (SAC) has published a detailed five-year Theatre Touring Strategy with the aim of supporting theatre practitioners and improving communication within the sector. The...
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The debate about future funding models for the arts has taken a further step forward with the launch of two seminal papers exploring new ways of financing the sector and the changes needed to bring...
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The euro25,000 Sovereign European Art Prize has been awarded to French artist Damien Cadio for Esercito (pictured), with British artist Wendy Elia winning the euro1,000 public vote for her...
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Scotlands Cultural Co-ordinators in Schools programme is set to benefit from a £5.8m boost over the next two years following a new funding pledge by Culture Minister, Patricia Ferguson. The cash...
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The arts sector in Northern Ireland faces its bleakest year in a decade according to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI), which has had its budget frozen by Government for the third...