Ian Murray has been appointed as Minister of State jointly in the UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. He was previously Secretary of State for Scotland from July 5th 2024 to September 5th 2025. He has been the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South continuously since […]

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to hold an Evidence Session examining the Government’s new Creative Industries Sector Plan. DCMS Minister Sir Chris Bryant will be among the witnesses at the session on July 8th. Also giving evidence will be Sir Peter Bazalgette and Baroness Vadera, co-chairs of […]

Virgin Media O2 is committing to donate up to 12,000 smartphones to help people in need get online in 2025. The company is stepping up its work to address electronic waste (e-waste) and to tackle digital exclusion with its largest-ever device donation programme which will provide around 1,000 pre-owned devices per month to its charity partners, […]

Industry welfare monitoring body the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) is launching its industry consultation of ‘The CIISA Standards’, a set of expectations that set out the minimum standards of behaviour expected across the UK’s creative industries to enable safe and inclusive working environments. This includes preventing and tackling of all forms of bullying […]

Ministerial briefs have been finalised at the UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport, as follows: The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the department Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Creative Industries, Arts, and Tourism: Arts and Libraries Creative Industries Museums […]