ICO calls for greater transparency for arm’s length arts services
A proposed extension to the Freedom of Information Act would see leisure trusts, which increasingly run arts services, returned to…
A proposed extension to the Freedom of Information Act would see leisure trusts, which increasingly run arts services, returned to…
Detailed information on the demographics of the creative workforce has been released for the first time in seven years.
A student’s academic ability and the wealth of their parents are key indicators of the likelihood that they will get the cha…
Across the UK, but especially in London, arts workers are considering their futures in the sector as salaries have fallen out of s…
Sharing information openly supports innovation and helps build resilience for the good of the whole sector, argues Cimeon Ellerton…
James McClure sets out five ways in which smart ticketing strategies can increase customer satisfaction as well as revenues.
How can arts organisations develop the best possible strategy for their customer relationship management and ticketing systems? He…
Three cultural organisations in Wiltshire are now under one collective umbrella, giving them the opportunity to share data and cro…
Arts Council England will employ nine people to each look after a region of England and provide advice and tailored digital suppor…
Approaches to assessing cultural value are stuck in a financially reductionist ‘value = money’ orbit. We should be exa…
The economic model for those performing in or running small music venues is unviable, the DCMS Committee was told.
What are the characteristics, interests and motivations of the over-65 demographic? Lucie Fitton reveals all.
The arts are important because they matter to us, and any attempts to further justify them lead to an impoverished and less human…
More than nine in ten adults either attended a cultural event or place, or participated in a cultural activity in 2017.
Wales takes a lead as arts professionals across all the countries of the UK are urged to take part in research that will shed ligh…
Arts organisations are under growing pressure to demonstrate social impact. Emma Taylor-Collins explains how they can gain robust,…
Data from the Government’s Taking Part survey also suggests that 2017/18 saw record levels of arts engagement in England as…
How can an arts organisation be sure it is working with schools that represent the community? Lucie Fitton and Ashleigh Hibbins su…
Arts Council England attributes the majority of the unprecedented 16.6 million fall to a drop in exhibition visitor numbers, but h…
The 800k drop reported between 2017 and 2018 was due to errors in technology installed by research company Ipsos Retail Performanc…
“The largest set of aggregated data on cultural engagement anywhere in the world” is being made available for academic…
The research centre will aim to “pre-empt the needless wheel-spinning, data-churning and combative cross-talking that has ch…
Three outer city venues around Leeds were found to have generated committed core audiences in areas perceived as barren.
Americans online talked more about Adele than Brexit, even in the month after the UK voted to leave the European Union.