Arts & Culture news in the UK

An overview of news, trends and research in the Arts & Culture industry in the UK:

Toye, Kenning & Spencer sold out of administration by Opus Toye, Kenning & Spencer has been sold out of administration, in a pre-pack deal overseen by Opus Restructuring and Insolvency.
25 February 2026
UK’s cultural and creative industries are strategic national asset After a comprehensive campaign of state support and tax credits, the UK’s cultural and creative industries are paying major dividends on the investment.
12 February 2026
John Coley and Oliver Burgess join Pick Everard culture and heritage team Multi-disciplinary consultancy Pick Everard has strengthened its capability in the heritage construction and building conservation sector with two key appointments.
22 January 2026
Newcastle-under-Lyme selects Aninver for creative industries strategy International consultancy Aninver Development Partners has secured its first contract in the UK.
11 November 2025
Devoteam helps deliver proof of concept for puzzle automation at Empire Games Empire Games decided to automate the creation of playable levels for its mobile puzzle games, to reduce manual effort and time-to-market.
14 October 2025
Multi-player experiences could drive new video game growth The global video game industry is looking to kick on from a recent slump – with slowing growth resulting in layoffs across the sector.
03 October 2025
UK consumers weigh up more sustainable real Christmas trees With Christmas approaching, UK consumers are divided on cost or sustainability when it comes to selecting a tree to decorate.
09 December 2024
Study suggests London won't see many more white Christmases Snow has long been an essential part of Christmas iconography – but a new report suggests that the chances of a white Christmas are growing slimmer by the year.
25 December 2023
Fifth of UK consumers prefer Halloween to Christmas New research has found a fifth of UK consumers now count Halloween as their favourite annual holiday.
31 October 2023
Halloween popularity rises amid generational spending shift Even as UK consumers scale back their spending on Christmas amid a cost-of-living crisis, Millennial and Gen Z shoppers are helping inflate the annual revenues of the country’s Halloween economy.
18 October 2023
Prices of concerts and festival tickets in Europe on the rise Fees for premium concert and festival tickets are spiking well above the rate of inflation across Europe, according to a new study.
07 July 2023
Avatar director reaches out to consultancy Armatus Oceanic Deep ocean and science consultancy Armatus Oceanic has fostered a new connection with Hollywood director James Cameron.
09 January 2023
London the world's best city for culture New York is currently the best city to live in in the world, according to a new study. But with a booming culture sector, London is the city with the best outlook for the future.
03 November 2022
Atos combines technology and creativity for new touring art exhibition A new art exhibition by global consultancy Atos is aiming to inspire business leaders to engage technology for the biggest problems facing their firms.
24 June 2022
Global exhibition market to return to pre-Covid size by 2023 Due to the severe impacts of the pandemic, the global exhibition market is expected to recover more slowly than initially thought.
19 November 2021
Bristol asks Mace & Menter to support tourism wayfinding strategy Bristol’s Legible City initiative was ushered in to make life easier for visitors looking to find the city’s historic sites in the mid-1990s – but two decades on, it is in need of an upgrade.
30 April 2021
Barker Langham launches financial planning tool for culture sector Cultural consultancy Barker Langham has launched a new tool that enables cultural institutions to build business plans for museums, galleries, arts venues, cultural and heritage projects.
19 April 2021
Spotify analysis reveals the 10 most popular Christmas songs As music lovers around the world look to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, many seem to only want one thing for Christmas: a traditional selection of seasonal songs still featuring the
24 December 2020
Cinema chain Cineworld calls in AlixPartners and PJT Partners The world's second-biggest cinema chain Cineworld has brought in a team of consultants from AlixPartners and PJT Partners to help it come through the most challenging period in its 25-year history.
27 October 2020
Film and TV sector adds billions to UK economy The film and television sector is an extremely important source of GVA growth for the UK, expanding at more than three-times the rate of the wider economy.
08 April 2020
Arts charity appoints administrators from Mazars Administrators have been appointed from Mazars following the collapse of the charity trust behind a Yorkshire based arts centre.
26 March 2020
Common People Festival falls into administration Corporate rescue and restructuring consultancy Begbies Traynor has been appointed administrator for the Common People Festival.
04 February 2019
UK box office top 10 sees musicals challenge Hollywood blockbusters The UK box office enjoyed a strong year in 2018, in line with the global industry.
11 January 2019
EY helps bring Van Gogh exhibition to London EY has announced that its partnership with the Tate arts institution will bring a ground-breaking exhibition of Van Gogh paintings to London in 2019.
09 November 2018
Kumoco helps Science Museum Group with ServiceNow implementation Science Museum Group (SMG) has launched a new cloud transition aimed at increasing its efficiency and improving the customer experience it provides to its museum guests.
11 April 2018
PwC and Eversheds to audit salary policies of the BBC Following the annual release of the salaries of the BBC’s top earners, PwC and law firm Eversheds have been contracted to audit the BBC’s pay policies.
18 September 2017
Mott MacDonald hired for Kew Capital Development Programme The Kew Capital Development Programme has hired Mott MacDonald to lead the refurbishment of the town’s Royal Botanical Garden’s facilities.
04 July 2017
Top 10 largest music festivals in the UK Music festivals attract roughly 14 million visitors to the UK every year, alongside the most popular artists from around the globe.
16 June 2017
Mott MacDonald hired to support Hay Castle restoration Hay Castle, one of the UK's older castles, is to be revamped in a £5 million restoration project.
12 May 2017
Arup provides lighting design consultancy for The Science Museum To celebrate the past 400 years of mathematics' relationship with human civilisation, The Science Museum is opening a gallery on Mathematics: The Winton Gallery in London.
15 December 2016
Arup and Mace support newly redeveloped London Design Museum London’s Design Museum, which has been housed near Tower Bridge since its opening in 1989, has moved to a redeveloped Kensington site.
02 December 2016
Ramboll provides engineering consultancy to Winchester Cathedral To improve accessibility for visitors to Winchester Cathedral’s Winchester Bible, situated on the upper level of a new exhibition centre in the Cathedral’s South Transept, a lift was proposed.
30 November 2016

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