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26 Mar 2012
£18m Belfast arts venue opens next month
Belfast's new £18m Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC) is to open its doors for the first time next month in the Northern Irish capital's Cathedral Quarter.
Hacker Hall McKnight are behind the design of the new complex, which will house two black box theatre spaces with seating capacity for 120 and 350
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26 Mar 2012
New disability training course for tourism firms
VisitEngland has teamed up with DisabledGo to launch a new online disability awareness course designed to help tourism firms deliver high quality service to disabled customers.
The course has been specifically tailored for those working within the tourism sector, with businesses able to register up to five of the 1,000 free spaces that have been made available.
VisitEngland said the six-module course will take up
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26 Mar 2012
ACE announces national Artsmark provider
Arts Council England (ACE) has named examinations board Trinity College London as the national delivery provider for the Artsmark scheme between April 2012 and March 2015.
The programme is to receive £4.5m of ACE funding during the three-year period in order to help schools, colleges and youth justice settings to evaluate and strengthen their arts offers.
ACE aims to ensure every young person throughout the
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23 Mar 2012
DCMS seeks new Arts Council England chair
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is to search for a new Arts Council England (ACE) chair, following a decision not to reappoint incumbent Dame Liz Forgan.
Dame Liz became the first woman to chair the organisation after taking up the position on 1 February 2009 for a four-year term, which is scheduled to end on 31 January 2013.
The DCMS said culture secretary Jeremy Hunt decided not to reappoint
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23 Mar 2012
Real Madrid plans US$1bn UAE complex
Real Madrid and the Government of Ras al-Khaimah have announced plans to establish a major new US$1bn (£632m, EUR756m) visitor attraction in the United Arab Emirates.
Built under the Spanish football club's brand, the Real Madrid Resort Island complex and theme park is to boast the first sports stadium open
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23 Mar 2012
Mississippi science museum unveils expansion
The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) has officially opened a conservation and biodiversity facility in Jackson, US, following a US$5m (£3.1m, EUR3.8m) expansion.
Financed by the state and federal governments, the new 19,000sq ft (1,765sq m) Mississippi Center for Conservation and Biodiversity (MCCB) houses laboratory and collection spaces.
MMNS' collections currently contain more than 1 million animal
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23 Mar 2012
The Mind Museum opens in the Philippines
The not-for-profit Bonifacio Art Foundation (BAF) has unveiled the new Mind Museum in Taguig, a city which is located in the Metro Manila region of the Philippines.
BAF has led the project to establish the country's "first world-class science museum", with design work undertaken by Ed Calma of Makati
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22 Mar 2012
2012 Trust New Art programme launches
The National Trust (NT) and Arts Council England (ACE) are to bring contemporary art to a range of historic locations across the country through the 2012 Trust New Art scheme.
Trust New Art has been developed by the two organisations in order to inspire people of all ages to experience NT-operated sites through the eyes of new and established artists.
The programme first launched in 2009 and has reached in excess
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22 Mar 2012
Leeds set for 'major boost' from casino
The addition of a large casino to the existing leisure offer in Leeds, West Yorkshire, is set to provide a "major boost" to the city's evening economy, according to the local authority.
Leeds City Council (LCC) is the largest of eight UK authorities to have been handed a large casino licence, which allows a minimum table gaming area of up to 1,000sq m (10,764sq ft).
At a developer and investor forum held at
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22 Mar 2012
IWM London submits £35m revamp plans
Imperial War Museums (IWM) has submitted a listed building and planning application to Southwark Council for the transformation of its flagship branch in Lambeth, south London.
The proposals focus on the first phase of a longer term masterplan for IWM London, which has been drawn up in partnership with
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22 Mar 2012
Arts and opera district planned for Dubai
A new arts and opera district will form part of Emaar Properties' flagship Downtown Dubai development under plans announced by the United Arab Emirate (UAE) state's ruler.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that the Dubai Modern Art Museum and Opera House District would become the UAE's
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22 Mar 2012
Helix visitor centre architects named
Dundee-based architects Nicoll Russell Studios (NRS) has been awarded a £1m contract to design a new visitor centre, which is part of the £41m Helix Project near Falkirk, Scotland.
The design firm has been chosen following a Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland-managed competition and tender
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21 Mar 2012
BHA: Budget 2012 'a missed opportunity'
George Osborne, chancellor of the Exchequer, has "missed an opportunity" to increase the competitiveness of the UK hospitality and tourism sector, following this year's Budget.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) was among leaders from across the hospitality and attractions industry that had urged
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21 Mar 2012
£2m funding to launch Community Games
Civil society minister Nick Hurd has announced £2m of funding for the Community Games programme, which will see more than 2,000 events take place across the UK.
The Community Games initiative was devised by Legacy UK and will see millions take part in sports and cultural events to help mark the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Hurd said: "Community Games will provide the help and support people need to organise
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