Is money a help or hindrance in fulfilling potential?
While not making him rich, Kevin Osborne’s early career earnings in the music industry were enough to allow him career break…
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Quarter of music and theatre venues fear closure
Experts warn entertainment venues are at risk as bills and energy costs continue to soar, leaving them 'clinging on' to su…
A champion of racial equity
The driving premise behind Kevin Osborne’s career has been to help people meet their basic needs, so they can achieve their…
Manchester’s Factory venue sells naming rights for £35m
The new £210m Factory International venue in Manchester has been renamed Aviva Studios in a naming rights deal worth £…
Creativity, culture and capital
Two years on from the launch of an international initiative exploring the creative economy for sustainable development, Fran Sande…
University of Brighton closes art gallery
The University of Brighton is set to close the Brighton Centre for Contemporary Art (BCCA). It has attributed the closure to &ldqu…
BFI awards £2.1m through Global Screen Fund
The British Film Institute (BFI) has awarded £2.1m in funding to 24 British companies working in independent film, TV, anima…
Battersea Arts Centre makes redundancies in face of rising costs
Increasing costs, inflationary pressures and changes to funding have led to the National Portfolio Organisation taking 'tough…
Forensic accountants to examine Coventry Culture Trust books
Administrators to conduct own investigation into the charity's spending after hearing concerns about its use of public money.
Coventry City of Culture Trust creditors ‘unlikely to be paid’
Administrators lay bare the extent of the trust’s unpaid debts, with Coventry Council and several arts organisations among t…
Price hikes at Leeds museums and attractions
The price of entry to some museums and attractions in Leeds has risen by up to 14%, the BBC reports. The price hikes apply at venu…
ACE seeks ‘urgent’ talks on future of Bristol Beacon
Concerns raised about the future of trust operating Bristol Beacon, as soaring refurbishment costs prompt the city's council t…
Kilburn Library in need of major refurbishment
Kilburn Library in Brent is in need of a £765,000 refurbishment to tackle structural concerns about the building, according…
Wisbech museum to charge visitors due to ‘financial crisis’
Historic museum introduces admission charges for the first time in its history, warning that its future beyond the end of the curr…
Coventry City of Culture Trust auction to recover debts
Auctioned items range from laptops and wheelchairs to toilet roll and toys, as one artist has artwork returned after it was incorr…
Income generation is harder than ever
All arts organisations are under pressure to diversify income. In the latest in our series of case studies looking at strategies b…
Closures and cutbacks as National Portfolio 2018-23 concludes
As a new National Portfolio for 2023-26 begins, Arts Professional examines the fortunes of the organisations that lost out on fund…
Kettle’s Yard ditches free admission ‘for financial sustainability’
Art gallery owned by University of Cambridge reluctantly introduces admission charges, blaming the decision on rising costs and st…
Scotland pauses involvement with Venice Biennale
Scotland has paused its involvement with the 2024 edition of the Venice Biennale art exhibition, with a review scheduled to take p…
Formal probes into Coventry City of Culture Trust confirmed
National Audit Office and Charity Commission confirm inquiries into financial management of the charity, after ex-senior staff byp…
Riverside Studios enters administration
Hammersmith-based arts venue Riverside Studios is entering administration. The venue, which features a cinema and two performance…
Easy ways to spruce up your local SEO and listing management
If you want to raise awareness of your commercial offering to your audiences, there are some simple things you can do to your webs…
Birmingham Council rubberstamps £3m-a-year for culture
The funding will be split between 10 organisations over the next three years, with money also earmarked for local arts development…
Growing calls for inquiry into Coventry City of Culture Trust
Politicians call for formal inquiry into handling of charity’s finances, as accounts show expenditure exceeded grants from l…
