Daily Archives: 12/01/2021

Plans have been approved for a museum of military medicine on the site of a playground and open space in Cardiff Bay despite thousands of objections.

The Dry Stone Walling Association(DSWA) introduces a new master craftsman Simon Morphet from High Bentham in Yorkshire who has become one of the youngest people to successfully achieve the Dry Stone Walling Association’s Master Craftsman qualification.

The government is hoping to make it easier for small, local businesses to win public sector contracts, under planned changes to procurement rules. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0

The Construction Leadership Council is calling for a national education programme for UK homeowners to persuade them to spend £525bn on getting the builders in. image: for illustration purposes only

Network Rail has joined forces with national conservation charity The Tree Council to plant more than 80,000 trees and hedgerows across the country this winter, as part of a four-year, £1 million tree planting pledge.

Cities have been using agility, creativity and community spirit to respond to the challenges of Covid-19, and URBACT shares stories from some of their network of smaller municipalities, where helping residents and businesses through the crisis goes hand-in-hand with sustainable … Continue reading →

£165 million is being offered to organisations including the National Theatre, Southbank Centre, English National Opera and Royal Shakespeare Company, as support in the form of major loans from the Culture Recovery Fund. image: Open Government Licence v 3.0

The STBA has launched its new website: https://www.stbauk.org.

Conservation work has been completed on an Iron Age drystone tower that was damaged by Victorian archaeologists.