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Guidance for local authorities on how to access the local government income compensation scheme for lost sales, fees and charges as a result of COVID-19.
Find out which admission charges to cultural exhibitions and events are exempt from VAT.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector reflects on her first speech at the Festival of Education, the curriculum and how we inspect, and future challenges and opportunities for the whole sector.
The Taskforce and Working Groups have been set up to develop guidance for safe reopening of DCMS sectors following the latest coronavirus guidelines.
List of Permit Free Festivals
The annual Dickens on The Strand Festival returns to Galveston this December for what will be the event’s 50th year.
Ambitious plans to grow the economy and boost UK creative industries by £50 billion
Immigration Rules for Visitors
On Sunday 2 May, Festival Republic will host an outdoor gig at Sefton Park, Liverpool, as the latest event to join the government’s Events Research Programme to get large audiences back to live events safely this summer.
The live events sector is set to get a boost with a world-leading government-backed insurance scheme worth over £750 million, which will help them plan events with confidence through to next year, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today (5 August).
Sporting events will allow fans to return from 1 October with social distancing in place, if it is safe to do so.
Employment Tribunal decision.
Details of more than 2,700 organisations being offered nearly £400 million in grants and loans to help the culture and heritage sector reopen and recover has been announced
£35 million from final round of Culture Recovery Fund has gone to 340 organisations across England
Edinburgh Festivals - the biggest combined festivals in the country - will benefit from £1 million from the UK Government this year
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