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A Bury MP was told funding for a new school in Radcliffe would be pulled unless he backed the government.

Funding to upgrade taxis, vans, coaches and minibuses to cleaner models is set to be paused to allow for a 'fundamental review' of the Clean Air Zone.

Angelique Jackson When Amy Baer left her job as president and CEO of CBS Films in 2011, she decided to go into business for herself.Though Baer had built an impressive résumé, including tenures at CAA and Sony Pictures Entertainment and overseeing and developing such hit films as “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “Moneyball,” she struggled to raise the few million dollars needed to launch Gidden Media.“I wasn’t being presented the same kinds of opportunities as men that I knew who had very similar circumstances and were suddenly being handed massive deals,” Baer recalls. “It wasn’t because I didn’t want to raise the money.

K.J. Yossman British culture minister Nadine Dorries is set to speak at the 2022 Creative Coalition Festival alongside political opponent Keir Starmer.Dorries, who is the secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, will give the welcome address at the festival’s Feb.

The BBC licence fee will be frozen for the next two years by the UK government before returning to an inflationary rise, which will likely cripple the corporation’s programming budgets.

Councils will be handed an extra £16 million by the Scottish Government over the next two years in a bid to reduce the number of families living in temporary accommodation.

The leader of Perth and Kinross Council has revealed taxes will likely be increased and local services axed if the Scottish Government does not renege on its “unacceptable” £371 million real terms cut to funding.

More than £400k is up for grabs for community groups across Tayside to help ‘develop a culture of mental health wellbeing’.

Beleaguered Bury FC fans have been offered a rare piece of festive cheer with the news that a fan-backed bid to buy the club's former home has been granted funding.

Council chiefs have condemned an “unacceptable” Scottish Government funding deal which they say delivers a massive £371m cut.

Nicola Sturgeon has called on Boris Johnson to “urgently intervene” to re-start financial support for businesses facing the consequences of her covid appeal to Scots to stay at home and avoid social gatherings in the run-up to Christmas.

Rishi Sunak is to send additional funding to the Scottish Government to help with the booster vaccine roll-out and with the costs of imposing new restrictions on businesses in the run-up to Christmas.

Renovation plans for North Muirton Community Hall have been given a funding boost from Perth and Kinross Council.

Scottish Labour has slammed the SNP over its handling of the upcoming interlinked fire alarms ruling, with a new report revealing just 800 people have so far benefited from a £500,000 funding pot to help pay for installation.

Robert Marich As Hollywood constantly looks to novel forms of funding, the special purpose acquisition company or SPAC, has found new popularity over the past couple of years.

Netflix spends tens of billions of dollars each and every year on film and TV content. Hundreds of projects get made through the streaming service, which is seen by more than 200 million subscribers around the world.

Saudi Arabian production and finance outfit Telfaz11 is planning to expand its ability to finance film and TV content after securing a multi-million-dollar funding round.

A former soldier who set up a charity to train ex-Scots squaddies as lorry drivers has launched a 'desperate' bid for cash after UK Government funding ran dry.

cease contact with Rana Reider’s Florida-based group or be removed from UK Athletics’s World Class Programme, and lose the associated funding. While Neita has chosen to leave the group and find alternative coaching, Gemili and Nielsen have stayed loyal to a coach who has built a reputation as one of the best in the world.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorGaming media and esports company 100 Thieves said it secured a $60 million third round of funding, which the company claimed brings its valuation to $460 million.The Series C was led by Green Bay Ventures with participation from existing and new investors including Breyer Capital, Aglae Ventures, Tao Capital, Willoughby Capital and Artist Capital Management.With the new funding, 100 Thieves is eyeing “strategic acquisitions” in the gaming space as well as the

Nearly two-thirds of Scots think there should be more funding for mental health services in the country, a poll has found.

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Bolton Council has been accused of ‘dropping the ball’ after it emerged it missed the deadline for submitting an £16m levelling up funding bid.

Significant funding and job cuts, multiple crises and “persistent attacks from the press” have left BBC staff feeling “beleaguered,” according to BBC Chair Richard Sharp.

Boris Johnson has been accused of "conning" voters on social care, after Tory MPs rubber stamped a controversial funding plan that will hit poorer pensioners.

Cloud Imperium Games’ backer funded Star Citizen has almost hit £300million (over $400million USD) in funding.Star Citizen is entirely backer funded, with income coming from those who purchase subscriptions, space ships, and starter packs. The total amount earned to date is shown on the game’s webpage and has just passed the £298million mark ($400million USD).

Guy Lodge Film CriticIn a ghoulish age when many Americans are resorting to online crowdfunding to finance potentially lifesaving health care, the simple, sorrowful fable spun by “The Gravedigger’s Wife” may not feel as distant to Western viewers as it looks.

A Perth and Kinross councillor has called for more Scottish Government funding to provide rural affordable housing.

Pooch loving celebs Trevor Noah, Chris Evans, NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. and CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz are among the latest high-profile investors in Jinx, a “clean-label dog nutrition brand designed to meet the needs of the modern dog.”

Two Perthshire politicians have welcomed £100,000 in funding from chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak for a ground-breaking cyber security project in Perth.

Falkirkcharities have expressed their delight after being awarded £1,500 in funding each.

The BBC looks set to have its funding frozen for the next two years in a major blow to the corporation’s ability to compete with the big players.

Plans for a 21st century village with almost 500 new homes in Dumfries are a step closer following a funding boost of nearly £1 million.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Santiago Fiction Lab participant “The Force of the Land” (“Raiz, La Fuerza de la Tierra”), the sophomore feature of Peruvian filmmaker Franco Garcia, has won the support of Peru’s production fund, which awards a mere 10 to 15 projects a year.The drama is co-produced by Desfase Films and HDPeru, which have re-teamed after jointly producing a number of docs, including 2017 docudrama “Green River, The Time of the Yakurunas,” that screened at the 67th Berlinale, followed by

EXCLUSIVE: DGene, an emerging content creation company involved in virtual production and immersive entertainment, has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by Alibaba.

Ashton Town Hall is to be restored after Tameside council won nearly £20m in ‘levelling up’ cash from the government.