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The Apprenticeship Levy came into force on 6 April, and the Telegraph’s Steve Hill argues that we need to take full advantage of the UK Government’s initiative ‘to ensure larger organisations get serious about apprenticeship programmes’.

Crispin Truman, Chief Executive of The Churches Conservation Trust, is to vacate his post there at the end of July to take up the position of CEO of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have set up a Cathedrals Working Group, CWG, in response to a recent call for a revision of the adequacy of the current Cathedrals Measure. image by S.McLeish

A woman who decorated her London townhouse with red and white stripes can ignore a council order to repaint it, the High Court has ruled.

Insightful and colourful presentations from a range of speakers who contributed to a two-day BEFS conference in Glasgow are now available online.

Many World Heritage Sites (WHSs) inscribed for their cultural values face pressures, but the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) points out that nearly half the natural WHSs are at risk from the same kinds of industry that can threaten cultural sites, … Continue reading →

The Churches Conservation Trust has announced that on Tuesday 11th April they discovered that the lead roof covering had been stolen from Inglesham church.

The Shambles, York’s famous fourteenth century market road, has been named Britain’s prettiest street following a survey by National Express Group.

The RTPI has outlined its response to the UK Government’s ‘Industrial Strategy’ saying ‘it fails to link up with other government strategies such as housing and the environment’.

Members of England’s lead link heritage grouping, the Historic Environment Forum (HEF) and the working groups of the linked initiative Heritage 2020 recently came together to discuss diversity in the historic environment sector.

Wealthy residents living in the Neo Bankside flats along London’s Southbank are suing the Tate Modern over its public balcony which allows gallery-goers to look straight into their luxury apartments.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has released new figures, which he branded as ‘shocking’, revealing that London has lost 1,220 pubs since 2001 – an average of 81 closures a year, and seeks suggestions linked to a consultation on ‘Culture and … Continue reading →

The European Commission and Europa Nostra revealed the winners of the 2017 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Europe’s top honour in the heritage field including two from the UK Cromford Mills Building,Derbyshire, and Samphire Maritime Project in … Continue reading →

The Guardian has published a headline feature exploring how events organised as part of a funding drive for Manchester’s Victoria Baths, which sold out quicker than Glastonbury, is the latest in a long line of projects to restore historic swimming … Continue reading →

Conservation campaigners are calling for Barratt Homes to halt plans to demolish the church and former orphanage as part of major new housing estate as both Save Britain’s Heritage and The Victorian Society have voiced objections to Birmingham City Council.

The BBC has reported that two horse skeletons and the remains of a chariot dating back to the Iron Age have been found on a housing development in East Yorkshire.