{"id":20783,"date":"2018-11-13T18:21:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T18:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=20783"},"modified":"2018-11-13T18:21:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T18:21:26","slug":"ihbcs-budget-in-brief-heritage-take-on-skills-celebration-and-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=20783","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Budget in Brief\u2019 heritage take on Skills, Celebration and Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Parliament_Red_case.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20784\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Parliament_Red_case.png\" alt=\"buildings\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a>Sourcing information from Historic England, The Heritage Alliance, BEFS and others, the IHBC offers members this brief and qualified digest of select heritage and conservation related matters in the recent budget, covering Skills, Celebration and Investment, while users also will need to check for accuracy, completeness and relevance as the details become more clear.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Open Government Licence v3.0\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Government will make up to \u00a3450 million available to enable levy paying employers to transfer up to 25% of their funds to pay for apprenticeship training in their supply chains<\/li>\n<li>The government will provide up to \u00a3240 million, to halve the co-investment rate for apprenticeship training to 5%<\/li>\n<li>The government will fund \u00a320 million of skills pilots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Celebration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Government committed \u00a3120 million to a UK Festival of Innovation and Creativity<\/li>\n<li>Invest \u00a38.5 million in Coventry\u2019s plans to showcase the city when it hosts the UK City of Culture in 2021, including investment in Coventry\u2019s Cathedral Quarter, the refurbishment of historic venues, the creation of additional exhibition space and a centre for music education and concerts.<\/li>\n<li>Up to \u00a319 million to mark the centenary of the First World War including \u00a38 million to help with the cost of repairs and alterations to village halls, Miners\u2019 Welfare facilities and Armed Forces organisations\u2019 facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Investment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Local authorities will receive \u00a3420 million to fix potholes on roads and renew bridges and tunnels, and there will be a \u00a3150 million to improve local traffic hotspots such as roundabouts<\/li>\n<li>Housing Infrastructure Fund, funded by the NPIF, will increase by \u00a3500 million to a total \u00a35.5 billion, unlocking up to 650,000 new homes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more background and links see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=20680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IHBC NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourcing information from Historic England, The Heritage Alliance, BEFS and others, the IHBC offers members this brief and qualified digest of select heritage and conservation related matters in the recent budget, covering Skills, Celebration and Investment, while users also will &hellip; 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