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Culture counts and the numbers are high!
The Herald reports that the newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland has attracted over 500,000 people in the first six weeks of its reopening. That’s roughly the whole population of Edinburgh!...
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The Government’s Programme for Scotland 2011-2012. What does it mean for the...
The Scottish Government’s Programme for 2011 -12 published on 7th September sets out the priorities for the year ahead and specifically the legislative programme. There is one cultural Bill, the...
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Scottish Government’s Economic Strategy: How the creative industries should...
“Faster sustainable economic growth is the key to unlocking Scotland’s potential and strengthening our greatest asset – the people of Scotland. It is the avenue through which we can deliver a better,...
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Creative Scotland’s achievements in its first year
Yesterday Andrew Dixon, CEO of Creative Scotland met the Education and Culture Committee and gave good news about the creative sector in Scotland and the achievements of Creative Scotland in its first...
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The Scottish Spending Review 2011 published today
The review has been published today. The summary can be found here and Culture Counts’ response is coming up soon…
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Cuts to culture budget
The Scottish Government yesterday published its Spending Review 20122 – 12 and Draft budget for 2012 – 13. Its review of spending highlights the successes of the arts, culture and creative industries....
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New National Indicators – including one for culture!
On 14th December, the Scottish Government has published the latest updates to the national indicators of progress, which feed into the National Performance Framework. There are 12 entirely new...
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UK Arts Index launched
The publication of the UK Arts Index by the National Campaign for the Arts gives us a good opportunity to look at two contrasting points of view: on one hand: can value of art be represented by a set...
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‘Increase Cultural Engagement’ national indicator now published
The new National Indicator ‘Increase Cultural Engagement’ has been published on Scotland Performs website. Based on the Scottish Household Survey, the indicator measures the percentage of adults who...
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Why ‘culture counts’– a letter to all Scottish Local Authorities
On 27th August 2012, Culture Counts campaign sent out the following letter to all Scottish Local Authorities Councillors and Chief Executives. The letter was accompanied by a document (attached below)...
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