Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report exploratory research into UK music festival attendees awareness of, and attitude towards, brands that sponsor music festivals. Sponsorship is an important revenue stream for music festivals, and, conversely brands perceive music festivals to be...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on research carried out at the Department of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reflects on two factors: the context of the Department within the...

Purpose – This paper seeks to make a contribution to understanding of knowledge sharing in the public sector, with specific reference to a context in which multi‐agency working is important, and the information being shared is personal case information. Design/methodology/approach – A...