As protests rage, will BP ditch the BM?

The renewal of BP’s sponsorship agreement with the British Museum now looks increasingly unlikely. Although a museum spokeswoman says that “discussions are continuing” with BP, the company may well feel that the negative impact of anti-oil protests now outweighs the benefits. The museum stands to lose around £500,000 a year when the current arrangement ends in December 2017.Last month [May] the protest coalition Art Not Oil published a report based on documents obtained