Monthly Archives: March 2019

The RTPI has signed the Newcastle Declaration on Blue and Green Infrastructure, recognising the critical need for proactive investment in natural solutions which can address the challenges of flood risk and climate change, a concept linked to the IHBC’s 2019 … Continue reading →

New research by the Heritage Crafts Association (HCA) has unearthed dozens more traditional craft skills on the verge of extinction in the UK, in the first major update of its pioneering project, the Red List of Endangered Crafts.

Dated policies and an unfair tax regime must be reformed to create an environment that will allow high streets and town centres to flourish in the future, a report published in February by the Parliamentary Housing, Communities and Local Government … Continue reading →

The 2019 International Day for Monuments and Sites on 18 April offers the opportunity for National and International Scientific Committees to raise awareness about the relevance of rural landscapes, the challenges that encompass their conservation, the benefits that these efforts … Continue reading →

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) has submitted its response to the Scottish Charity Law Consultation (open until the 1 April) submitted in its own right as a charity and circulated to inform wider organisational responses.

Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the AHRC and the British Academy, Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities. This year’s festival (14-23 November) is called ‘Discoveries & Secrets’.

The CIfA  and FAME have announced record Levels of Commercial Investment and Employment for Archaeologists in the UK as the latest Archaeological Market Survey report is now available.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has reported on how heritage visitors have generated £620 million in Scotland’s local tourism expenditure. image: Edinbugh by Fiona Newton

The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) has announced it has been awarded a grant from the B&CE Charitable Trust, ‘to run a series of built heritage training courses, which will see around 86 delegates.’

A new fund of up to £2 million to protect and enhance Scotland’s nature has been launched.

Hidden London, a series of tours at disused stations and secret sites around the city, is run by the London Transport Museum and lets you peek behind closed doors that are usually bolted shut. This year could be one of … Continue reading →

The BBC has featured old photographs found in a skip that show one of Scotland’s most important public works, the Katrine acqueduct, being built.

Austerity in England has eroded planning’s ability to serve the public interest, to create the ‘Austerity Planner’, according to planners who took part in a study by the RTPI and Newcastle University, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

A regeneration plan that is set to pump £27 million into development across south-west Wales is being rolled out across the region, with the funding aimed at revitalising commercial floor space around the Swansea Bay City Region and boosting several … Continue reading →