Monthly Archives: December 2011

Wales is to benefit from one single environment body that will ensure the most sustainable and effective management of its natural resources.   This was the message from Environment Minister, John Griffiths who has agreed to the Environment Agency Wales … Continue reading →

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced the allocation of more than £71m to help families trapped in half-empty and abandoned streets in the Midlands and the north of England as a result of the now aborted Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder … Continue reading →

Purcell Miller Tritton (PMT), one of the UK’s leading architectural practices with a conservation specialism, has been recognised under the IHBC’s conservation service listing at  www.ihbc.org.uk/hespr   PMT has just been accepted on to the IHBC’s own listing of specialist … Continue reading →

The IHBC has started a new round scrutinising public statements about IHBC membership that may not properly reflect the professional status of a person or practice.   Eddie Booth, IHBC secretary, said: ‘Only current full professional members of the Institute … Continue reading →

In order to help the heritage sector’s most valuable asset, the businesses and trades people within the sector, The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG), has launched a consultation on Training Needs Analysis for the sector, and is seeking responses by … Continue reading →

Local authority planning, development and environmental services face major spending cuts during 2011/12 according to a detailed analysis of council budgeting compiled by the Audit Commission.   The watchdog’s report, Tough Times, noted that councils are having to cope with … Continue reading →

In 2011 a London-based architect was been found guilty of serious professional incompetence and reprimanded after an Architects Registration Board (Arb) investigation. At a hearing of the Architects Registration Board’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) on 15 and 16 November 2011, … Continue reading →

The Brooking Collection of Architectural Detail is seeking support to secure its future.   The Booking Collection is the only major national Collection of its kind in the U.K., physically charting the evolution of British building details over the last … Continue reading →