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Total business investment in the arts fell last year by 1% a real terms fall of 3.2% compared with 2004/05, according to the latest annual figures for private investment in the arts, published by...
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Arts Council England (ACE) has pledged to become an exemplary employer in addressing disability equality issues. The promise is made in its Draft Disability Equality Scheme 200710, published last...
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The first of a series of guides to cultural activity available in Belfast has been launched as part of Belfast City Councils Cultural Tourism Strategy to encourage visitors to explore the citys...
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The Scottish Arts Council (SAC) has been authorised by the Scottish Executive to clear the Royal Scottish National Orchestras (RSNO) longstanding deficit. The move comes in advance of the Scottish...
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Welsh Culture Minister, Alun Pugh, has accepted the findings of the Wales Art Review and acknowledged that responsibility for the public funding of Wales main arts organisations will remain in the...
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An Ipsos MORI survey, commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, has assessed the extent to which small venues are taking advantage of new rules brought in under the Licensing...
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The arts and the heritage sectors can benefit from collaboration and also from the exposure these collaborations offer to new audiences. Sue Hayton explains.
Collaborations between artists and the...
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Approaching, maintaining and managing audiences is something that performing arts organisations know a lot about. Katy Raines and Sarah Gee explain how organisations that have traditionally captured...
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Consultation and community involvement are key elements in making art and regeneration projects work. Richard Jones profiles one project which has got artists and regeneration teams working side by...
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Redevelopment of arts venues often involves significant change to much loved heritage sites. Megan Thomas describes how this process affected Bristols Colston Hall, and how media management played a...
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The value of the arts in healthcare settings is increasingly recognised by doctors and patients, but the media often portray art in hospitals as a waste of resources. Artists need to play their...
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In the first of a new series, Tim Joss looks into the world of charities, social enterprises and voluntary and community organisations to find lessons and inspirations for the arts. Here he looks...
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Mark Skipper was recently named Manager of the Year by the Theatrical Management Association. As part of our new series offering senior arts professionals a chance to reflect on their careers in...
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Staff responsible for the finances of arts organisations could be putting their organisations funds at risk if they ignore the fine print when it comes to tax. Lesley Fidler explains.
The funds of...
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Review proposes ACW retains control of national companies but concentrates on arts development.
The Wales Art Review, an investigation into the future of the arts infrastructure in Wales, has...
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Artists and creative practitioners who work within Creative Partnerships (CP) schools are reporting benefits to their own practice as a result of working with the scheme. Fifty-nine per cent of the...
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Final salary pension schemes like those operated by the Arts Councils of Wales, Scotland and England (p3) are now all but extinct, and news that the Arts Council Retirement Plan is facing a £17.1m...
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The current Chair of the Scottish Arts Council, Dr Richard Holloway>, has been appointed to be Chair of a new joint board for the Scottish Arts Council to oversee the creation of a new single...
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The size of the black hole in the main pension scheme for employees of the arts councils of England, Wales and Scotland has been revealed in recently published documents issued by the National...
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Efforts are being made to re-establish a body to support arts in health practitioners following the decision by the trustees of the National Network for Arts in Health (NNAH) to cease trading earlier...
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The management and operation of St Davids Hall and the New Theatre are under review as part of a wider review of Cardiff Councils subsidised, non-statutory services. The two arts venues, which...
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Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, has given the first indications that the spiralling costs of the London 2012 Olympics will reduce Lottery funding to the arts. Addressing the House of Commons Culture...
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A series of workshops exploring the relationship between music and the mathematical concepts of probability and fractions is being delivered by Manchester Camerata, with financial backing from the...
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A national co-mentoring programme devised and led by The Sage Gateshead has been awarded a £388,000 investment by Creative Partnerships to develop emerging leaders in schools, cultural organisations...