Culture is London’s business
London’s cultural and commercial sectors have always had a symbiotic relationship, writes Tony Matharu. Fostering those link…
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£166m in loans comes with promise of new grants
A further £400m of Culture Recovery Fund grants and loans has been earmarked for extending another "helping hand&q…
2023 Borough of Culture to go ahead despite council’s financial woes
Croydon is still developing the cultural showcase despite an order against non-essential spending, a review over alleged fina…
Rejected funding applicants seek the public’s support
Crowdfunding campaigns are sustaining those who missed out on a Cultural Recovery Fund grant – and some who were succes…
High Court ruling opens door to business interruption claims
Arts organisations forced to close due to Covid-19 may now be covered by their insurance. As always, the devil is in the deta…
Mass testing key to fully reopening the arts sector, MPs told
Arts events could incentivise testing and restart the sector safely. But without a confirmed reopening date, there is little hope…
Arts get one-third of £1.57bn fund
Arts organisations can apply for up to £3m – but those that need more must pay it back.
Lottery money to be spread further and thinner
After a four-month closure, Arts Council England has reopened its project grants programme to more people and organisations than e…
Arts sector worst hit as other industries emerge from lockdown
Ongoing closures mean the impact of Covid-19 is more severe for arts and entertainment than any other industrial sector – an…
Too little, too late: MPs slam ‘consistent failures’ to save the sector
A scathing new report says the Government’s inadequate response to the threat posed by Covid-19 risks undermining its own &l…
Non-profit venues lose out under emergency VAT rules
Cultural venues exempt from VAT will gain nothing from new rules meant to benefit the sector, while commercial operators will be s…
Letter: Fund the ecosystem – not the select few
If ACE only distributes the Government's support package to the organisations they have a current relationship with, then 80%…
ACE grants just one third of emergency funds, holds on to £56.9m
The funder says 95 National Portfolio Organisations that applied “were not able to demonstrate they needed urgent funding&rd…
Expand tax credits for Covid-19 recovery, MPs told
Wider application of the Theatre Tax Relief scheme would allow arts centres to reopen “within weeks”, a coalition of v…
Rates victory sets precedent for other museums and galleries
The rateable value of an Exeter museum fell from £445,000 to just £1 following a Tribunal ruling that has opened the d…
Time to choose
Trusts and foundations are preparing to build stronger connections with a changed world and a changed public. Moira Sinclair refle…
Why ‘minimum practice’ isn’t best practice – and isn’t good enough
As more and more freelancers refuse to accept unfair agreements and start calling out bad practice by employers, there’s a l…
A fairer Lottery – would it work here?
Elsewhere in the world national lotteries are being run in ways that don’t rely on the profits from gambling, while providin…
Up to £1 billion income losses face Arts Council England NPOs
The £90m emergency fund earmarked to support ACE’s National Portfolio Organisations and Creative People and Places con…
After the crisis – a new model for the arts?
Subsidy doesn’t shield or separate arts activities from the economic system; it enables them to be part of it, says Stephen…
Museums’ infrastructure is crumbling – literally
As cultural venues sit empty, a national audit finds the UK's museums in dire condition.
Victory: sector celebrates pay protection for self-employed
As stopgap measures grow in number, some arts workers will still fall through the cracks.
Communicating with donors at a time of crisis
Fundraising might seem impossible right now but donors need to hear from you on good days and bad, writes Michelle Wright.
Two-thirds of ticket sales turned into donations or credit
New data from ticketing companies shows patrons “want to support the organisations they frequent”.
