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Emma Lawson & Peter A Walker

Dance Base to cut staff as energy bills rise by 350%

A 350% rise in energy bills has forced Scotland’s national dance centre to start redundancy consultations and cut classes by more than half.

Dance Base, based in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket, said it is currently working to stem losses caused by energy costs, inflation and what it claimed is a decade of declining financial support for the cultural sector.

The board and the senior management said the current financial model is “no longer viable”.

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