Culture and Creative

Chetal Patel urges cultural sector to support international creatives seeking moves to UK and boost film and television sector growth

While immigration remains a hot topic in the UK, Bates Wells is calling for the creative sector to lead in championing initiatives that increase the film and TV industry’s diversity. The UK’s film and television industry brings in more than £18 billion to the UK economy and supports almost 300,000 jobs. It is a fast-growing …
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Refining the subsidy control regime: our response to the consultation

The introduction of the new UK subsidy control regime in 2023 brought with it a range of challenges for organisations distributing public money – mainly central and local government, but also non-department public bodies and charitable funders – as well as grant applicants, as they got to grips with compliance. The Department for Business and …
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