Daily Archives: 21/10/2010

Key cuts announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) include a severe cut of 32% to the budget of English Heritage (more than twice the cuts to museums etc), and the decision to cease funding to CABE, by DCMS; substantial … Continue reading →

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today pledged to put the full weight of the new Coalition Government behind cutting red tape and making it easier for developers to get projects started and the homes the country needs built. He highlighted … Continue reading →

Councils should look to amend their existing planning policies to make it easier for disused farm buildings to be converted into affordable homes, said Communities Minister, Andrew Stunell. The average house price in rural England has more than doubled over … Continue reading →

English Heritage is reforming the way in which the current separate designation systems of Listing, Scheduling, Protected Wrecks and the two Registers of Parks and Gardens and Battlefields are created, managed and stored. A new database is being created called … Continue reading →

The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the Canterbury Region, South Island, NZ, on Saturday 4 September (and subsequent aftershocks) has had a major impact on the historic heritage of the region. Thankfully and amazingly, no human lives have been lost. … Continue reading →

Major new research into home ventilation and health identifies need for definitive safe minimum level of ventilation; no comprehensive study on how home ventilation ensures health; insufficient knowledge of ventilation rates in UK homes, impacts of ventilation systems and occupant … Continue reading →

Ruth Reed met minister to argue for registration board’s abolition. The RIBA has been actively lobbying the government to scrap Arb since the formation of the Tory and Lib Dem coalition government on May 12, BD has learned. A Freedom … Continue reading →

A strategy to support charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises was unveiled by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society on 14 October, which includes giving public sector staff the right to spin-out and form a  co-ops or mutual supported by … Continue reading →

The reform of National Lottery good causes means that arts, sport and heritage will again get the share of total proceeds originally intended, amounting to an extra £50 million each every year, Minister for Tourism and Heritage John Penrose announced … Continue reading →