The public debate on private giving
Philanthropy can only supplement arts funding, not be a substitute for it. And so Arts & Business looks to confirm in its new…
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Nosheen Iqbal and Eleanor Turney explain what the Spending Review will mean for the arts
This afternoon’s highly-anticipated Spending Review announcement has reiterated that the government will maintain free…
Breaking News: ACE funding decisions
Arts & Business (A&B) is to lose all of its funding from Arts Council England by 2012/13, and suffer a 50% cut in 20…
Band of glory
From classrooms to concert halls, music is instrumental to the success of the UK economy says Deborah Annetts
Playtime for youth music
Music education need not be confined to the classroom, Georgie Goddard and Lyndall Rosewarne desciribe how Power Play makes a diff…
Winning when you’re singing
You don’t have to be a professional to enjoy the benefits of singing – Sarah Robinson explains why Making Music insists we all…
Need to know
Need advice on work matters? AP hunts down some answers
In the public eye
Public art is all too often derided and overlooked by a sneering national press, but it’s time we appreciated the breadth of exp…
A climate of change
Lindsay Endean and Gareth Veal explain how arts organisations can measure their carbon footprints – and then start reducing them
A graduate incline?
What can the Creative and Media Diploma offer schools, students and the arts sector at large? Catherine Rose explains
Vetting and barring
Organisations working with children and vulnerable adults are subject to a plethora of rules and regulations. Keith Arrowsmith exp…
Last word
The big C word Overused, allegedly undervalued, and bouncing off the pages of any arts report worth its weight in words: Creativit…
Sense and structure
How are arts organisations operating in the twenty-first century? Nosheen Iqbal introduces five different ways of working
Launchpad to success
How did Cockpit Arts learn to fly with creative business incubation? Vanessa Swann explains
Upgraded but downbeat
Francis McKee explains how the Centre for Contemporary Arts flourishes
Unorthodox methods
Matthew Foster on the gradual transition from core funding to generated revenue
Stepping in, stepping up
If more companies want to start outsourcing work, then freelancers better be ready, willing and able to meet the demand. Ruth Garn…
It’s not black or white
Following a recent panel discussion on the future of black British theatre, Pat Cumper takes stock of the sector
A university challenge
Artists and academics have plenty to gain by working collaboratively on arts research, says Graham Devlin, as he outlines why and…
Greenlight your ideas
The arts sector is quick off the mark to generate eco-friendly reports and recommendations but, asks Debra Reay, why is it stallin…
Progress and profit
Sarah Thelwall outlines clear models on how to develop mixed income streams for your organisation
Last Word
Strength in numbers I’m going to come clean. An hour before we signed off the final tweaks to what I do think is a particula…
