Autumn Statement news

A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due to rising energy costs, with 40 per cent saying leisure ... More

Wentworth Woodhouse, near Sheffield, England is to be converted into a visitor attraction to ensure its future financial prosperity. The Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust (WWPT), ... More

The British Government has deferred a tax relief aimed at helping to cover the costs of developing permanent, temporary or touring exhibitions in order to ... More

The British government has unveiled details of ambitious plans to deliver more than 48,000 homes across England in 14 new garden villages and three new ... More

The UK government is to broaden the scope of its museums and galleries tax relief following the delivery of chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement. Announced ... More

ukactive remains confident that it can encourage the government to extend its tax relief scheme on employee benefits to include gym memberships, despite an apparent ... More

National governing bodies (NGBs) will be able to donate directly to grassroots sport schemes without paying corporation tax following an intervention by the Treasury. Previously, ... More

Employees using in-house corporate gyms may be about to lose a benefit allowing them to take up membership without paying income tax. According to a ... More

The government has followed through with its commitment to bid for the UCI Road World Championships – and has set aside £24m (US$31.5m, €27.8m) to ... More

The government has pledged to plough £10m (US$13.2m, €12m) into rugby league infrastructure in the north of England as part of a bid to host ... More

While the Smithsonian is stalling on plans to move to London’s Olympicopolis site, the British Museum is looking at the possibility of a satellite site ... More

The government is gearing up to launch a consultation that will determine whether corporation tax on grants and donations will be scrapped for grassroots sports ... More

England is set to find whether it will host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup at the end of the year. The international governing body, ... More

The Tourism Alliance has praised the announcement in last week’s Autumn Statement of a new £40m Discover England Fund – a lifeline the industry body ... More

England is lining up a bid for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup as it attempts to host the tournament for the sixth time. The ... More

Leisure services supported by public funding are facing significant challenges after it was announced that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) administrative budget ... More

Manchester’s local council is searching for an architect to design a new proposed £110m (US$172.2m, €156m) flexible art space within the city. Supported by £78m ... More

A host of leading architecture practices feature on the shortlist – revealed today (12 December) – for the competition to design a culture and education ... More

George Osborne’s last Autumn Statement before the 2015 General Election brought good news for small businesses and the aviation industry, but calls for a VAT ... More

UK tourism leaders have cranked up the pressure on chancellor George Osborne to reduce industry VAT in his forthcoming Autumn Statement, producing figures that suggest ... More

Chancellor George Osborne confirmed in his autumn statement yesterday that the government has extended its £150m per year funding for school by one year until ... More

Representatives of the tourism industry have called for a VAT reduction to boost exports and halt decline in key markets and have made a submission ... More

The Chancellor’s autumn statement has included news that DCMS grants are to be cut by around 3 per cent over the next two financial years. ... More

Tourism Alliance has labelled the government's thinking towards the UK tourism industry as "confused", following chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement. Osborne confirmed an increase in ... More

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced details of the government's new Youth Contract, a £1bn programme which is designed to help young people into ... More