MPs urge DCMS to consider sale of costly Covid debt
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) should consider selling its Covid-era loan book to provide the best value for t…
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Youth arts charity gets £2.7m to redevelop venue
Westminster City Council has awarded £2.7m to Paddington Arts to fund a major redevelopment and extension of its building. Founde…
Arts Council Wales to consider funding shake-up for large-scale theatre
A review into support for English language theatre in Wales has proposed changes to the way large-scale productions in the country…
Strategic funding partnerships: Imagining different futures
At a time of overlapping crises, the need for bold, imaginative responses has never been greater. Here Patrick Fox from Heart of G…
EXCLUSIVE: ACE apologises following ‘concerning data breach’
Arts Council England (ACE) has apologised to cultural organisations after ticket sales figures uploaded to the controversial Illum…
Match funding campaign raises £2.7m for the arts
A match funding campaign has raised £2.7m for hundreds of arts charities across the UK. The Arts for Impact campaign, run b…
London mayor announces £10m boost for creative industries
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has promised to invest more than £10m into the UK capital’s cultural and creative industries over th…
UK jazz ‘makes significant cultural and economic impact’
Jazz has a “significant” impact on the UK’s culture and economy, according to a new report by the All Party Parliamentary Ja…
Museums and libraries allocated £30m for repairs and upgrades
The government has announced a further £30m of funding to support essential maintenance repairs and upgrades at museums and libra…
Wigmore Hall to withdraw from ACE’s National Portfolio
London’s Wigmore Hall will leave Arts Council England’s (ACE) National Portfolio in April next year, saying it has raised enou…
Worcester co-creation initiatives awarded £800k
Arts Council England has awarded Worcester a grant of £800,000 to support co-creation initiatives across the city. Funded through…
ACE criticised for ‘lack of foresight’ on portfolio extension plans
Cultural organisations are facing a “period of extended uncertainty” following Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) decision to extend t…
Theatre cancels shows amid ‘viability’ concerns
Guildford’s Electric Theatre has cancelled its events while the institution that operates it considers its long-term future, it ha…
ACE asks government to extend National Portfolio to 2028
Arts Council England (ACE) has halted the launch of the application process for its next National Portfolio and will ask governmen…
Youth arts projects awarded crime cash
Money seized from criminals will be invested in projects working with vulnerable young people in West Yorkshire, including initiat…
British Library gets Japanese backing for £1.1bn expansion
A ‘groundbreaking’ £1.1bn new development on the British Library’s St Pancras site will go ahead after a Japanese real estate c…
Fringe venue operator signs 10-year lease
The charity that runs one of the best-known Edinburgh Fringe venues has secured a ten-year lease for the building. The Stage repor…
Concert programme to relocate after funding cuts
A concert programme has found a new home after funding support was withdrawn by a theological college in Oxford. The BBC reports t…
‘Halal food tax’ to support British Muslim arts mooted
A percentage of money raised from the sale of halal meat should be reinvested into Muslim arts and culture in the UK, a thinktank…
Heritage-led regeneration ‘can revitalise high streets’
A government-backed initiative to regenerate high streets through community engagement and cultural events provided an economic bo…
DCMS pledges to keep Tate afloat as it attempts to cut costs
Tate has been told it will be given central government support to stay afloat as it attempts to move to a financially sustainable…
Edinburgh concert hall opening pushed back four years
A 1,000-seat concert venue in Edinburgh, which had been due to open this year, has been delayed until 2029 after a change in build…
Liverpool businesses to vote on £2 tourism levy to support culture
Hotels and serviced accommodation operators in Liverpool are being balloted over proposals to introduce a nightly £2 tourism levy…
ACE invests in promotion of England’s ‘vibrant’ jazz scene
Arts Council England is supporting two initiatives that promote England’s jazz scene at home and abroad. A total of £25,000 has b…
