The UPS tracking system is hopeless. It is wrong by a whole day. The online assistant is equally useless as the call back service only accepts a US number and the AI doesn’t understand when you say you are not in the USA!

Benchmark your organisation’s data, understand funding trends, and sense-check your strategies with the free MyCake Heritage Dashboard, developed with Cause4. 💡 Packed with insights. Easy to use. Totally free. 🔗 Register today: tinyurl.com/HCBenchmark

Elon Musk’s recent support for Tommy Robinson (AKA Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) is a serious misunderstanding of who he is. Here's a breakdown of why Robinson's current imprisonment is warranted: History of racial hatred and violence: Robinson, co-founder of the far-right English

Best learning/new thing today? These #affromation cards. Thanks Bea Udeh Arts Marketing Association

This week I am mostly with Arts Marketing Association teaching on the advanced leadership retreat. Lots of fun with Cath, Lucy Bea Udeh and Auriel. Hurrah

As part of our Heritage Compass Legacy work with MyCake, we’ve been looking at how the earned income mix played a role in the financial resilience of Heritage organisations. Now we’ll examine the most common income streams vs most valuable. [1/6]

UK copyright law consultation ‘fixed’ in favour of AI firms, peer says theguardian.com/technology/202…

❓Do you know how much you spend on salaries as a % of your turnover? ❓How much is too much when it comes to staff salary spend? As part of our Heritage Compass Legacy work with MyCake we’re going to look at changing patterns in staffing costs. [1/7]

This is an excellent piece of theatre. Every word counts. See it if you sohotheatre.com/events/really-…

Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn theguardian.com/culture/2025/f…

Government acted quickly enough over British Steel, why not the water industry? It’s time for driven, focused, ambitious leadership. It’s time to get real.

Hugely important warning: allowing cheaper US food imports that don’t meet the same environmental & animal protection standards as British farmers would sound a death knell for UK farms & rural communities. It must not be part of any future trade deal theguardian.com/environment/20…

Me, My friends, We’ve all got multiple stories of abuse, harassment and worse at the hands of men …but never a trans woman.

The last year or two have seen the launch of several new data dashboards in the sector but do you trust them, and what are the pitfalls? Read MyCake’s latest feature article in Arts Professional. artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/featu…

The latest Private Investment in Culture Survey finds that private investment – although growing – is outweighed by rising costs. It shows that, in the mixed funding model of the creative sector, public funding is key. Read more 👇 buff.ly/oKKwtnG