GLASGOW'S Centre for Contemporary Arts is on a 'financial knife edge,' after being forced to close for months, according to its director.

The CCA has remained closed since the major fire which destroyed the neighbouring Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building in June.

The centre say they were given a possible date of September 14 for moving back into the building.

However staff say they have now been told by Glasgow City Council that the risk to the building ‘has not changed significantly’ and that they are still waiting on a report from structural engineers, who carried out an inspection on August 23.

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Glasgow City Council has said that it did not give the CCA an official move-in date.

Creative Scotland has provided support but the CCA is understood to have not yet received money from the £5m Fire Recovery Fund announced by the Scottish Government in July.

Director Francis McKee, told Glasgow Live: "It’s basically an indefinite closure with no schedule and no dates.

"That’s a problem for our insurers for example. The cafe desperately need a date for re-entry for our insurers, for them to continue to support them. We don’t have that.

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“We are in the position this week where we have to decide if we cancel September.

"We have a sell out gig on the 14th, which we were assured we would be in in time for.

"We have a memorial service on the 16th for a lecturer who died recently in the art community. That will have to be cancelled as we just cannot make any guarantees.

“Financially we are on a knife edge."