Tag: Circuses
Guild receive response from DCMS over request for VAT CUT
The Showmen’s Guild of GB have received a response from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in response to Guild president John...
APC calls for VAT cut to ensure CIRCUSES survival amid rising...
The APC trade body for the UK circus industry are calling on the government to cut the VAT they pay on ticket sales,...
The show community mourn the senseless killing of Sir David Amess...
The reports on Friday of the senseless killing of Sir David Amess MP sent shockwaves not only through his constituency and the country but...
‘The Show Must Go On’
How and why the Showmen’s Guild and others worked with Pearson Education Ltd. for this very positive book to be produced.
An education in turning...
Showmen’s Guild receives findings report from DCMS on phase 1 of...
As promised, the Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) in Westminster, delivered this to us yesterday:
The report of the findings of Phase...
Showmen’s Guild comment on Government’s four-week delay in Stage 4 release...
“As with others on the leisure sector, the Showmen’s Guild watched the announcement from the Prime Minister on Monday evening with concern.
For, while the...
DCMS new Local Authority Guidance and what it means for you
Late on Tuesday evening the Guild received direct news from DCMS (the Dept. for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) that there is new...
No tax increase for use of ‘red diesel’ for Travelling Fairs...
The Government officially announced yesterday that the entitlement to use ‘red diesel’ and rebated biofuels from April 2022 will continue “ for powering the...
Memories of Gerry Cottle’s lifetime of unparalleled showmanship
Gerry Cottle, international circus impresario, producer of variety shows, owner of Wookey Hole heritage leisure attraction and on occasions fairground owner / operator passed away...
Seasons Greetings from Showmen Times
Showmen Times would like to wish all our loyal readers, staff, photographers, journalists and contributors a Merry Christmas and a better 2021.
Whilst 2020 wasn’t...
