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R&D take up is on the rise
New statistics from HMRC have revealed there was a 22% year- on-year rise in the number of claims for research and development (R&D) tax credits submitted by East Midlands companies in 2018-19. In total, 3,805 R&D claims
were submitted in 2018-19, which amounted to a total of £240m in tax relief being secured by businesses across the region. Commenting on the figures,
Sheetal Sanghvi, R&D Tax Partner at RSM, said: “The increase in the number of claims and value of support points towards the continued importance of R&D tax credits in the East Midlands. While it is encouraging to see the increase, there was not the exponential growth I would have expected for what was seen as the fastest growing economy of any region in the UK last year. “It is clearly evident that
more work can be done to raise awareness and encourage businesses to take advantage of this tax relief.”
Artists take over the chapel at Wentworth Woodhouse
four local artists. The Preservation Trust regenerating the house has
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stepped in to support the work of the Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance project (ROAR). The Arts Council funded National Portfolio
Organisation helps emerging local talent to find an audience and now has a membership of 224 local artists and organisations. During October the chapel inside the 18th
Century Grade I listed mansion is home to a rolling exhibition featuring artists supported by ROAR. “For centuries the Fitzwilliams
filled the house with artworks. The trust is continuing that in a much more accessible way, by enabling people from all walks of life to engage with art and by supporting local creative projects,” said Trust CEO Sarah McLeod. “We decided to give four local artists
‘Enabling
people from all walks of
the space and help they needed to stage their first ever exhibition. Our chapel is a place of calm and we thought it was the ideal setting for people to contemplate artworks.” The first artist ‘in the frame’ is former headmaster
Kevan Cadman. Kevan, 61, became a full-time artist in 2018 after
life to engage with art’
Former Roughwood Primary head Kevan
Cadman with two pieces for his Wentworth Woodhouse exhibition
retiring as Head of School at Roughwood Primary. Following Kevan’s exhibition, the chapel interior becomes the domain of the Zanib Collective, local Pakistani heritage female art practitioners Shaheen Shah, a visual artist, Zanib Rasool, writer and poet, and Mariam Shah, an oral historian. Exhibitions three and four will take place in 2021.
It is free to visit the chapel exhibitions, which run every Wednesday to Sunday. Viewing slots can booked online at www.wentworthwoodhouse.
digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/30773?catID=30247&
he private chapel of Rotherham stately home Wentworth Woodhouse has moved with the times. It is now the backdrop for exhibitions by
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