creative industries

Liveblog – creative industries election debate

At 6.30pm today I’m running a liveblog for International Dance Festival Birmingham at a debate that will look at the future of public investment in the arts. The Hippodrome are hosting and these are the panelists: Ed Vaizey (Conservative) Siôn Simon (Labour) Lord Clement-Jones (Lib Dem) Marc Reeves (TheBusinessDesk.com) Journalist, broadcaster and author, Rosie Millard … [Read more…]

Phase 2 of ACRE

In September 2007 CiB mentioned a research project from the University of Birmingham called ACRE.  Phase two of the project has now come round and involves interviewing people born outside the UK who are working in Birmingham’s creative industries. Here’s the blurb in full: Do you work in the arts in Birmingham and were born … [Read more…]