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Creative England three years on

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, January 23, 2015 — Media, broadband and creative industries

Following on from the inaugural Creative England Live – an event in Central London to showcase and celebrate the regionally based businesses and individuals who we believe are highly innovative, supremely creative, and that undoubtedly have the potential to grow in scale and shape the future of their industry, Caroline Norbury CEO of Creative England…
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Home turf

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, January 21, 2015 — Sport

Ed Clancy
Olympic Cycling Champion and Team GB rider Ed Clancy shares his excitement about the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire route announced today. The Tour de France coming to this country in 2014 was incredible and I still can’t quite believe the sheer number of fans that turned out on the roadside to watch the world’s biggest bike…
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Tour de Yorkshire

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, — Sport

2 x Olympic Gold Medalist. 5 x World Champion. Rides for Team JLT Condor.
As details of the Tour de Yorkshire route are revealed, British Cycling president Bob Howden looks at the benefits the race will bring to cycling and Yorkshire tourism. This time 12 months ago planning was in full swing as Yorkshire prepared to welcome the greatest bike race in the world to the region for The Grand…
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My creative path

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, January 20, 2015 — Media, broadband and creative industries

It’s important to know your industry before you begin to work in it. Without experience how can you hope to succeed? I run Chloé Nelkin Consulting which specialises in bespoke PR services in art, theatre and opera. We’re really passionate about the arts and that’s why we strive to communicate the importance of culture to…
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Protecting a cats’ home, and preserving our aural heritage

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, January 16, 2015 — Culture

Ed Vaizey was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in May 2010 and promoted to Minister of State for Culture and Digital Industries in 2014.

Earlier this week I had the chance to go to a place in London that I hadn’t visited before; a place with a reputation for being something of a national treasure but, at the same time, one that I suspect very few people would recognise from a photograph. A brilliant institution The place – Battersea…
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‘Very good news’ for our Creative Industries

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, January 13, 2015 — Media, broadband and creative industries

Ed Vaizey was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in May 2010 and promoted to Minister of State for Culture and Digital Industries in 2014.

Creativity is GREAT poster
Last week I was ticked off by the brilliant @annemcelvoy on Twitter for being one of the politicians who habitually, she claimed, started tweets with the expression ‘Great to see . . .’ followed by the name of whatever news or achievement we were harmlessly trying to promote. She felt that I, and fellow perpetrators…
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A Year of Listings – from a beach wreck to a skate park

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, December 29, 2014 — Culture

Listing building’s help us acknowledge and understand our shared history.  It marks and celebrates a building’s special architectural and historic interest, and also brings it under the consideration of the planning system so that some thought will be taken about its future. This year has seen around 650 designations and upgrades, each one as varied…
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Ringing in the New Year with tourism growth

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, December 28, 2014 — Culture

VisitBritain’s Director of Strategy and Communications.

Patricia Yates, VisitBritain’s Director of Strategy and Communications, marks a year of growth for our tourism industry and looks ahead to 2015 At this very moment, up and down the country, people from all over the world are enjoying what Britain has to offer. Whether they’re wandering through Edinburgh’s Christmas markets, ice-skating at Somerset House, taking…
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