{"id":2202,"date":"2010-12-17T18:50:51","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T18:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2010-12-17T18:50:51","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T18:50:51","slug":"ihbc-welcomes-new-heritage-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2202","title":{"rendered":"IHBC welcomes new heritage valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/strong>The UK\u2019s professional body for conservation specialists, the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), has welcomed new research by VisitBritain confirming again how the care and conservation of Britain\u2019s built heritage underpins a key part of the national economy\u2019s current and future well-being.
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\nVisitBritain\u2019s new research demonstrates how \u2018Britain is seen as a world-class destination in terms of its built heritage\u2019, and how culture and heritage remain \u2018the most important part of Britain\u2019s tourism (as) Britain\u2019s rich history and heritage continue to be strong drivers in attracting visitors.\u2019<\/p>\n

Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reillly, Director of the IHBC, said: “This research pins down again how planning and building conservation underpin a key part of our economy. \u00a0VisitBritain estimates that Britain\u2019s unique culture and heritage attracts \u00a34.5bn worth of spending by inbound visitors annually, equivalent to more than one-quarter of all spending by international visitors, safeguarding more than 100,000 jobs across the length and breadth of Britain.”<\/p>\n

Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly went on to say: “This research confirms how caring for our places is a key starting point for our economic recovery. While the weak pound enhances our attraction as a destination, it\u2019s the historic and cared for places that are the actual draw. \u00a0That highlights the importance of the careful management of our built places, and that is only magnified when we remember that about half of the entire construction industry involves working with our existing built stock. \u00a0So whether caring for high-profile attractions, or managing and enhancing and the ordinary places we all live in, properly looking after the resource that is our built environment is central to our economic well being, now and for the future.<\/p>\n

“Clearly, as Localism is being used in places to underpin a pro-development positioning in England\u2019s planning system, government must remember that it was the UK\u2019s substantial planning infrastructure, underpinned first by dedicated planning officials in local government, that ensured that the country did not fall into the trap that is now destroying the economy of Ireland and many other countries. \u00a0Banks and their regulators may have failed us, but we need to remember that the UK\u2019s planning system has helped save us from a much worse fate.”<\/p>\n

Download the document HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit Britain Statistics: LINK<\/a>
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