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Daily Archives: 05/07/2011
£55m help for England’s culture endowments
A new £55 million scheme, chaired by former Cabinet Minister Michael Portillo, will help arts and heritage organisations secure their future financial stability by building endowment funds, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. Organisations will be able to bid … Continue reading
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CYT: Young achievers awards scheme open
A brand new awards scheme, organised by Construction Youth Trust (CYT) with the support of its Patron, HRH The Duke of Gloucester, aims to identify and celebrate the success of exceptional young professionals through awards to be presented at a … Continue reading
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Neues Museum ‘reconstruction’ wins EU prize
The Neues Museum in Berlin is the winner of the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Award, where it has been described as ‘a reconstruction, blending old and new, by UK architect Sir David Chipperfield’. … Continue reading
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Skippers: vice chair of CIC
The former president of the RTPI, Anne Skippers has been appointed a vice chairman of trade body the Construction Industry Council (CIC). RTPI Article: LINK
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NFB’s first woman chair in 150 years
The National Federation of Builders is to appoint the first woman Chair in its 150 year history. Alison Perry, a former dental nurse and now managing director of family owned firm Triangle Builders Ltd, is set to take the … Continue reading
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Barnet Council to outsource BE functions
The London Borough of Barnet intends to outsource its entire portfolio of built environment functions as part of a major reform of service delivery. Search Planning Resource: LINK
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Building standards review supports NPPF
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed the appointment of Sir John Harman to a key group looking at reducing the complexity of home building standards and the impact regulations have on the industry, while this work will support the new … Continue reading
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Sign up to show culture’s worth in Europe!
Europa Nostra and Culture Action Europe are inviting all those who care about heritage and the arts in Europe to sign their petition, ‘We Are More’, which aims to highlight to policymakers the value of European cultural activities, in advance … Continue reading
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Pickles pronounces on Liverpool demolitions
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has decided that plans to demolish nearly 200 homes as part of a Pathfinder clearance project in the Welsh Streets area of Liverpool should be subject to environmental impact assessment (EIA). One of the properties … Continue reading
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Refurbishment portal launched
The National Refurbishment Centre (NRC) has launched a new web portal that will for the first time make empirical evidence on energy efficiency in real homes available to industry in one place. The portal, launched at Housing 2011 in … Continue reading
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