In this this datacast Sarah Thelwall and Anamaria Wills, CEO of CidaCo the specialist training and consultancy company working in the cultural sector and beyond, discuss arts data from the region of Yorkshire and Humber (we were sitting in Leeds when we recorded this). This is using the ACE NPO data dashboard tool designed by Read the full article…
Launched across England in September 2014, Creative Industry Finance is a programme designed to assist creative and cultural enterprises in securing the finance and investment needed to develop and grow into sustainable businesses, and is delivered and managed by Creative United. Meet three of the Creative Industry Finance Advisors in this video (filmed by MyCake’s Read the full article…
Leo Sharrock, Head of Data Strategy, at The Audience Agency focuses on helping arts organisations gain insight from their audience data. We invited Leo to take a look at the ACE NPO data dashboard tool designed by MyCake, to allow quick and easy analysis of the 2011-2012 Arts Council England data compiled by National Portfolio Read the full article…
An introduction to Scotland RE:DESIGNED’s pop-up store ‘Limited Edition’ with store manager Bryony Strange. The store was located at Ocean Terminal, a waterfront shopping centre in Leith designed by Sir Terrance Conran. It was curated by Scotland Re:Designed and featured 21 Scottish brands in 4000 sq feet space, offering womenswear, menswear, accessories, interiors, kidswear and shoes. What can you Read the full article…
Happy New Year to all our customers and blog followers! We hope you’ve had a well earned rest and are now raring to go with your creative endeavours in 2015. Even if you’re not keen on setting resolutions for your personal life, it can be fun and a worthwhile exercise to set them for your Read the full article…
We would like to wish all our clients, customers, supporters and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The office will be closed from Wednesday 24th Dec 2014. We will be back on Monday 5th January 2015.
Could your creative business benefit from an integrated payroll function with your bookkeeping? Yes, then MyCake has the perfect special offer for you this December! This month a limited number of MyCake Finance toolkits are available with an added extra – a free payroll function to go with your 12 month licence. This added Read the full article…
Call for Abstracts: Is bigger always better? Examining the value and needs of independent freelancers and micro businesses as a key element in the global creative and cultural sector. Submissions of abstracts are invited to this Special Track mentioned above, on the theme of Culture, Innovation and Entrepreneurship to the 10th International Forum on Knowledge Read the full article…
In the second part of our interview with Matt Adams, of internationally acclaimed artists’ group Blast Theory, we chatted to Matt about ratios of grant funding to earned income within the organisation. “We spend much more time and energy now on how we survive than we did 3 years ago or even six years ago“ Read the full article…
MyCake Early Xmas special offer £20 off your MyCake bookkeeping & benchmarking toolkit Available until 27 November 2014 at the special price of £189.99 (inc. VAT) We’re feeling amazingly festive at MyCake at the moment so much so that we have decided to offer £20 off the price of an annual MyCake bookkeeping and benchmarking Read the full article…
