Post tagsPrivate sector support for arts and cultural organisations in England increased by 7.6% in 2012 to £660.5 million, but regional organisations saw their support falling as London’s share of individual and business donations swelled to…
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Alexandra Palace gets £850K HLF grant to develop revamp plans
Alexandra Palace has been given around £850,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to develop plans for regenerating the site, which includes restoration of its Victorian theatre. The money will be used to further its designs…
Performing arts venues receive £2.5m to diversify audiences
Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Opera North in Leeds and Sherman Cymru in Cardiff are among five arts venues to receive £500,000 each towards expanding their audiences. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Hall for Cornwall in…
‘Arts worth £5.9bn to UK economy’ – report
Arts Council England has published the findings of an independent report claiming that the arts and culture sector accounts for 0.4% of gross domestic product, with £5.9 billion worth of gross value added to the…
Derry City of Culture events face cancellation due to poor ticket sales
Planned events in Derry-Londonderry’s City of Culture programme are under threat of cancellation following lower than expected income from sponsorship and ticket sales. The disappointing figures have led to a £611,000 deficit in the projected…
Olivier Awards – a view from the stalls
Not that you could tell it from the ITV highlights, but the 37th Laurence Olivier Awards were dominated by two things: public funding and the looming spectre of its removal. From Society of London Theatre…
The business of our industry is producing quality art
So, Mrs Miller has made the pre-CSR speech in which she urges the cultural community to get businesslike and entrepreneurial, just while we get past this tricky moment with the Chancellor. Every culture secretary does…
Investec survey: 40% of people want businesses to fund the arts
Four in ten people think UK businesses have a duty to support the arts sector through corporate sponsorshop and more than a third say wealthy individuals should offer more financial support to the arts, findings…
How should we solve the funding problem, Maria?
I find it hard to believe that anyone can have been particularly surprised by the line taken by culture secretary Maria Miller in her speech at the British Museum this week. The economy has been…
Brewhouse closure has left £500,000 owed to creditors, says administrator
The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has left its creditors, including theatre companies and ticket holders, an estimated £500,000 out of pocket, according to the venue’s administrator. BDO, which was appointed in February, said the Somerset…
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