UK’s Cultural Protection Fund yet to support Ukraine
The UK’s Cultural Protection Fund is yet to designate funding to Ukraine to support widespread damage to heritage sites caus…
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Scheme to protect grassroots music venues launches
The initiative gives music fans the chance to buy shares in grassroots music venues and help secure their long-term future.
Arts Council pledges Grantium improvements
Testing of upgrades to the much-maligned Grantium application system are underway, with a launch date for an improved version…
DCMS study moots major new data platform
Report recommends new cultural sector data platform to help make the case for increased funding across the arts.
Dorries: abolition of ACE ‘not on government agenda’
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries tells MPs that while the system of distributing arts funding is "not perfect", there ar…
Global Screen Fund extended with £21m pledge
DCMS is extending its UK Global Screen Fund for three years with an additional £21m of funding. Designed to boost internatio…
Third of Capital Investment Programme goes to priority places
The programme, aimed at transforming digital and physical infrastructure, is penned as a way to put culture at the forefront of lo…
Cultural Investment Fund revived with £128m pot
DCMS is reopening the Cultural Investment Fund with £128m available across three funding streams. This latest round is made…
Government seeks 5% savings from major arts and culture institutions
A government review of public bodies will consider whether they should be retained or abolished as well as seeking efficiency savi…
Royal Academy of Music receives £6m donation
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is gifting £6m to the Royal Academy of Music, the single biggest donation in the institutio…
Leadmill battle highlights leasehold woes
An overwhelming lack of ownership among the UK’s independent music venues puts the future of the ecosystem at risk, advocate…
Scotland to tie arts funding to net zero progress
Creative Scotland says it will expect all funding recipients to demonstrate how their work contributes to making the sector carbon…
Society lotteries: ‘We support good causes too’
Smaller grant givers take aim at the outgoing National Lottery operator, saying they want less competition and more collaboration.
Jazz venues ‘hanging by a thread’
An absence of ringfenced funding for grassroots venues and promoters will likely lead to further closures, musicians say.
Indie music labels increase market share
Independent labels’ share of the UK music market grew to just under 27% in 2021. Data from the British Phonographic Industry…
Paying for digital
If there is a universal truth in the arts and culture sector, it is that funding is an eternal challenge. That's even more tru…
London art deals ‘fuelled by drugs’, fraudster claims
A London art dealer and gallery owner facing 20 years in prison has claimed the capital's trade is fuelled by drinking and dru…
Shock as ALRA closes without warning
Trustees missed the warning signs in 2020, reporting a "very low risk" of closure just six months ago.
Curtain closes on TV and Film support scheme
The Government's pandemic insurance scheme for film and television is closing. First unveiled in July 2020, The £500m Fi…
UK’s global art market share falls
The UK’s share of the global art market fell to a historic low in 2021, according to the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market…
NPO board rules ‘potentially damaging’ for arts charities
Governance requirements for the next National Portfolio are "taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut" and could lead to boa…
Tax plan offers little for the arts
Measures announced in the Chancellor's spring statement could actually work against the sector's aims.
Culture in Northern Ireland benefits from unclaimed accounts
Cultural organisations in Northern Ireland will receive a share of £1.3m of unclaimed money through the Dormant Account…
Sunak urged to abandon VAT ticket hike
Plans to revert VAT on ticket sales to pre-pandemic levels will be “hugely damaging” for the music industry. UK Music…
