Lincolnshire Creative Network

Maria Miller replaces Jeremy Hunt as culture secretary

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| Culture, News
4 September 2012

Maria Miller replaces Jeremy Hunt as culture secretary taking on her first cabinet post. In addition to her new responsibilities at the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) she will also become minister for women and equalities. Jake Kanter at Broadcast reporting on the story earlier, observed that “Maria...
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Arts Council advice on how the Community Infrastructure Levy can support infrastructure for the arts

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| Community, Culture
17 August 2012

Arts Council England has re-circulated their guidance and briefing advice on the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for culture, arts and planning professionals. The CIL allows local authorities to raise funds from developers undertaking new building projects in their area. The money can be used to fund a wide range of...
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New Judges Announced & Deadline Extended for the LCN Branding Competition

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| News
29 June 2012

Lincolnshire Creative Network is pleased to confirm that Jody Smith, Multiplatform Commissioning Editor for Comedy & Entertainment at Channel 4, has joined the judging panel for our branding competition. Jody’s background has included work with Channel 4and the BBC as a content producer and web editor with involvement on projects...
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IR35

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| Business
11 June 2012

I’m sure that you will be excited to know that HMRC has revised its guidance on the IR35 legislation ! Perhaps not an obvious subject for the LCN blog at first glance but it’s the legislation that considers whether a company is ‘disguising’ employment as a contract and avoiding paying...
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Grant aid to support arts and science projects

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| News
1 June 2012

Are you seeking funding and resources to support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science? If you are, then take a look at the Wellcome Trust Arts Awards http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Funding-schemes/Arts-Awards/index.htm The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health, by...
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Second LCN branding competition judge announced

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| Business, Community, Design
14 May 2012

We are pleased to announce that Phil Cave, Arts Council England’s National Director of Engagement has offered his support to LCN and, has accepted our invitation to join the judging panel for the LCN branding competition. He joins Kevin Murray, Chairman of the Academy of Urbanism and Honorary Professor of...
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So what can artists add to this mix?

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| Culture
9 May 2012

So here I am on the 8:42 to Stoke on a Saturday morning- currently sunny but later I’ll be pelted with hailstones and my trouser hems will wick water half way to my knees. It’s work and I’m on my way to a bringing together of creatives on a muddy...
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Put your own stamp on Lincolnshire’s Creative Network!

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| Community, Design, News
26 April 2012

LCN has launched under plain cover as the founding partners believe that, rather than producing something between them, it would be nice to offer the opportunity to design ‘your’ logo and house style for the creative community in the greatness that is Lincolnshire! LCN needs a corporate identity that speaks...
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Calling All Filmmakers!

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| Community, Media, News
26 April 2012

The Film Culture Fund is a Lottery-funded initiative to support and extend the provision and interpretation of specialised and mainstream film in England by investing in audience development within the film exhibition sector and access to audience focused projects. For the Film Culture Fund, awards will be made from £2,000...
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NPPF Culture Shock?

by Lincolnshire Creative Network
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| Periscope
25 April 2012

Last month England got its National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), not the most exciting way to open a paragraph I know but along with many others I’ve been thinking about the positive implications of the NPPF for the Creative Sector. I spend my working day surrounded by planners and as...
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