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Section 01Publications
A standing programme of concise institutional analysis on the financial and policy questions the creative economy faces
The Series
Concise institutional analysis on the financial questions facing the creative economy.
Each Briefing identifies a structural problem in the financial life of UK cultural institutions, decomposes its component failures and proposes the institutional changes required to address it.
Briefings are addressed to the audiences positioned to act:
Briefings are concise, sourced and operational. They are not editorials. They are not advocacy documents. They are institutional analysis, intended to be cited.
Issues to Date
Briefings published since the founding of the series.
A per-job earnings trigger leaves a blind spot for cultural workers combining several low-paid roles. This Briefing sets out the structural problem and what arts charities and the Pensions Commission should do next.
Read Briefing →Women in self-employed cultural careers face compounding pension, maternity and protection gaps. This Briefing sets out the structural realities and the institutional response required.
Read Briefing →£560 million in Gift Aid goes unclaimed annually across the UK charity sector — and why arts charities are most affected.
Read Briefing →Briefings are intended to be cited. The recommended citation form is:
Culture Meets Capital, "[Briefing title]", Policy Briefing No. [n] ([Month Year]), https://culturemeetscapital.co.uk/policy-briefings/[slug]/.Forthcoming
The next Briefing in preparation and the schedule that follows.
The next Policy Briefing is in preparation. Topic to be announced.
About
The institution from which the Briefings are issued.
Culture Meets Capital is where culture, capital and civic life meet in the United Kingdom. It strengthens the financial foundations on which cultural life depends — addressing the Cultural Finance Gap that leaves a £145.8 billion sector without dedicated financial infrastructure — and provides structured cultural relationships for the institutions whose capital helps sustain it. Rooted in the City of London and founded in 2026, it operates across four lines of institutional authority: intellectual, civic, social and educational.
Rooted in the City of LondonOriented towards the wider creative economyBuilt for the long term
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