Tag: Edinburgh city council
New deal to rid “The Gathering 2009″ of £300k debt with event suppliers
GOVERNMENT and council officials are this week planning to announce a deal to save The Gathering that formed the centrepiece of last year’s Homecoming celebrations and repay hundreds of thousands of pounds to creditors. Insiders close to the deal last night said the intention was to take over the brand rights to the event and [...]
THE Festival Fringe recives new annual grant of £100,000
THE Festival Fringe has won a long campaign for greater recognition from Edinburgh city council – months after being brought to the brink of bankruptcy. A deal has been agreed to more than double the festival’s annual grant. Its new funding of £100,000 is to be approved by councillors tomorrow, following years of lobbying by [...]
£250,000 bail-out to avert Festival Fringe collapse
THE Festival Fringe is to receive an emergency bail-out of £250,000 of public money to avoid slipping into administration. Edinburgh city council, the Scottish Government and Scottish Arts Council have agreed to step in to rescue the world’s biggest arts festival after it was brought to the brink of collapse by a series of box-office [...]
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