{"id":2038,"date":"2026-03-22T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:16:13","slug":"holyroods-500k-helps-future-proof-fringe-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"Holyrood&#8217;s \u00a3500k helps future-proof Fringe \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <\/p>\n<p>New funding for digital systems will support the Fringe (pic: Terry Murden \/ DB Media Services)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society will receive \u00a3500,000 to help support ongoing digital transformation work, Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The funding will ensure the Fringe Society can continue its work supporting Scottish artists and the sector, while promoting international opportunities for artists at the Fringe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ms Forbes said: \u201cThe Scottish Government has an ongoing commitment to safeguard the future of the Edinburgh Fringe and support it to flourish, built on the principle of free access for all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAs we approach the 80th\u00a0anniversary of the Fringe next year, this investment will provide a foundation to expand its global reach and the ongoing work with organisations who play an important role in making the Fringe the annual success it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Tony Lankester, the society\u2019s chief executive, said the funding \u201cwill go a long way to shoring up our resilience\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He said it will build previous government investment, including \u00a3300,000 last year. \u201cThe Society\u2019s work in future-proofing the Fringe with world-class digital and data infrastructure is a critical imperative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWith this foundation, these ambitions can be more readily realised and the future more secure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe\u2019ve made giant strides over the last year and this announcement helps us build on that work, delivering even more for the Fringe community, ensuring the festival remains a jewel in Scotland\u2019s creative crown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>           \t            #Holyroods #500k #helps #futureproof #Fringe #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New funding for digital systems will support the Fringe (pic: Terry Murden \/ DB Media&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[4813,272,306,4810,4811,4815,4814,974,4812],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}