Budget: NDotM Press Release

PrintBudget 2009: New Deal of the Mind Press Release

The 2009 Budget Is Nothing Short of A New Deal of the Mind

New Deal of the Mind welcomes the measures laid out by the Chancellor in today’s Budget to help boost innovation and tackle unemployment. Since its inception earlier this year, the New Deal of the Mind coalition (NDotM) has argued that we must act now or risk losing a generation of young people to the recession. (more…)

Peter Barrett | Thursday, 23rd April, 2009 at 1:46 am | Blog | No comment


Guardian: Mandelson

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Mandelson: creative industries “critical” to UK economic success.

The Guardian. 17th April 2009.

Lord Mandelson will later today champion the case for governmental intervention into the creative industries, though will not make specific funding pledges, the Guardian writes. (more…)

Peter Barrett | Friday, 17th April, 2009 at 10:36 am | Blog | No comment


New Deal of the Mind Press Release 24th March 2009

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New Deal of the Mind Press Release 24th March 2009

Today sees the launch of New Deal of the Mind, a coalition of creative industries dedicated to combating the effects of the recession.

To mark the launch, more than fifty individuals from across the worlds of culture, media and new technology gathered at 11 Downing Street for a meeting hosted by Maggie Darling, the wife of the Chancellor, Alistair Darling. (more…)

Theo Bridge | Tuesday, 24th March, 2009 at 9:00 am | Blog | No comment