Economic activity in the creative, arts and entertainment sectors shrank by a cumulative 15% between July and October this year, a…

There were almost 12 million visits to museums and galleries sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) betwe…

Arts Council England (ACE) has said it will review the way it analyses and publishes diversity data following a significant slowdo…

In the last article in his series exploring the role of data in the arts, David Reece considers what a ‘cultural data revolution…

The economic value of the creative industries in Wales came to £1.52bn in 2023, statistics published by the Welsh government show…

A total of 17 higher education providers specialising in creative courses will be struggling with their cash flow by 2025/26, the…

Arts Council England and UK government should work together to develop centralised artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure to…

In the second of three articles exploring how cultural organisations can use data creatively, Baker Richards’s Deputy CEO, David R…

Reflecting on the new book Pandemic Culture, Stephen Dobson, director of the Centre for Cultural Value, argues we now need smarter…

A ticketing agency that provides customers with cheap seats to struggling shows has issued a warning following a major data breach…

In the first of a series of articles exploring what it means to be data-driven, David Reece argues that, while data is a powerful…

Signs of a slowdown follow years of rapid growth for the creative industries with both the previous Conservative governm…

The latest in a series of articles investigating the state of arts sector finances explores how different sized organisations are…

Arts Council England (ACE) says it wants to make improvements to the Illuminate software platform to make it 'straightforward&…

Continuing a series of articles investigating the state of arts sector finances, the number of National Portfolio Organisations br…

The first of a series of articles investigating the state of arts sector finances highlights a huge decline in the financial healt…

Visitor numbers across the 30 museums and art galleries sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, show year-on-yea…

Proportion of people attending arts events on a weekly basis has fallen by 14 percentage points over the last two years, according…

Cultural policy makers have not focused much on census data in the past, but that data is a goldmine for researchers, says Mark Ta…

Chief Executive of Arts Council England says that while data collection from funded organisations is a necessity, he hears the sec…

The institution says its reliance on legacy infrastructure has impacted its ability to restore services quickly in the wake of a m…

As Anna Kime begins working with West Yorkshire Combined Authority, she explores how integrated data and evaluation can aid decisi…

Contract for Illuminate data platform ends in March 2026, a year ahead of the end of the recently extended National Portfolio for…