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Maria Miller replaces Jeremy Hunt as culture secretary
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... -
Arts Council advice on how the Community Infrastructure Levy can support infrastructure for the arts
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... -
New Judges Announced & Deadline Extended for the LCN Branding Competition
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... -
IR35
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... -
Grant aid to support arts and science projects
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...