Daily Archives: 15/10/2011

Booking has now opened for the IHBC Yorkshire Branch 2011 Restoration Yorkshire Day Conference which will be held at the Hospitium in Museum Gardens York on Thursday 24 November.    ‘Restoration 2011 – Yorkshire’s Heritage at Risk’ will explore the … Continue reading →

Historic Scotland (HS), an executive agency of the Scottish Government charged with safeguarding the nation’s historic environment, is developing its new corporate plan and has launched a wide-ranging consultation to receive feedback from staff and stakeholders, with a closing date … Continue reading →

The specialist Staffordshire-based building firm, with a long-standing reputation in conservation and restoration, has been placed in administration.   The collapse of Linford Group, whose name goes back more than 130 years, is the latest blow to the beleaguered building … Continue reading →

  The sector-wide annual ‘Heritage Counts’ review, prepared by English Heritage on behalf of the heritage sector, has revealed substantial evidence to confirm that Heritage groups provide a strong voice for local communities, while an online checklist has been launched … Continue reading →

Major British brutalist buildings have been added to the endangered monuments list, the ‘Watch’ list, of the World Monuments Fund (WMF), as Preston bus station and part of the South Bank centre in London have been listed as among the … Continue reading →

A major review of how planning services in Wales should be delivered in the future has been announced by Welsh Environment and Sustainable Development Minister John Griffiths.   The review will be conducted by an independent advisory group under the … Continue reading →

In a letter to the Sunday Telegraph 20 major arts figures call for the inclusion of culture in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in response to the lack of recognition of culture and the arts in the Communities and … Continue reading →

An e-petition calling on the Home Office to amend the Scrap Metal Merchants Act 1964 – to prohibit cash transactions in an effort to reduce metal theft – has received over 16,000 signatures so far.   Metal theft is a … Continue reading →

Applications now open for part of the Catalyst fund as DCMS, Arts Council England (ACE) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) have announced further details of the £100 million Catalyst scheme to boost private giving to culture. The scheme is … Continue reading →

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has now launched its Skills Development Call, which aims to support institutions and other organisations in developing innovative, collaborative training packages that will meet a range of capacity issues in the arts and … Continue reading →

England’s biggest cities will be able to make a case for new powers to promote economic growth under new clauses agreed by Parliament as amendments to the Localism Bill, currently under scrutiny in the Lords.   This move has been … Continue reading →