When arts organisations are teetering on the brink of insolvency, a Company Voluntary Arrangement may throw them a lifeline. Mahmo…

What should a patron be able to offer an arts organisation? Louise Coles suggests that expectations need to be clear from the outs…

Philip Thomas spent five weeks on a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust travel fellowship researching the American senior theatre mov…

No arts organisation should just be the passive receiver of money: robust partnerships are the only way forward for a sustainable…

Are two heads better than one? Mahmood Reza explains why and how arts organisations can merge to ensure survival and success

Is the arts baby drowning in the strategy bathwater? Alice Devitt thinks that business techniques should support, not overwhelm, a…

Catherine Large calls for a radical re-think of the accepted routes into the creative and cultural sector, arguing for a shift awa…

Mahmood Reza explains the importance of good risk management to the health of an organisation.

Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp reveals the people who have most inspired him

Mahmood Reza examines the possible implications of the economic downturn for arts organisations.

As Western economies shift their focus from manufacturing to creating and selling experiences to consumers, opportunities will e…

The forced closure of ‘Behzti’ last year have sent shock waves through the theatre industry and raised timely question…

In the final instalment of his series on financial reports, Mahmood Reza looks at cash-flow statements and the management use and…

The UK could learn something from the drive and ambition behind Bilbao's Guggenheim, writes Simon Kensdale.