{"id":2371,"date":"2011-02-11T16:15:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T16:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=2371"},"modified":"2011-02-11T17:28:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T17:28:31","slug":"cabe-design-council-merge-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2371","title":{"rendered":"Cabe &#038; Design Council merge in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cabe\u2019s merger with the Design Council has been confirmed following an agreement reached by the two bodies and the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From  April 1 the combined organisation will provide a \u201cone stop shop\u201d for  design support, including functions such as design review, mentoring and  advice.<\/p>\n<p>The Design Council will now consult  with Cabe to finalise the roles necessary to deliver design review. A  new governance structure will also be put in place to help the  organisation deliver its broader remit. Once staff consultations are  finished, the new roles will be announced.<\/p>\n<p>Grant Shapps, the housing and local  government minister, said: \u201cThis merger, which has the support of  leading experts in the field, will not only mean the excellent work the  commission has already undertaken can continue, but will also ensure  that every taxpayer\u2019s pound spent on improving design is spent wisely  and efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The body will be funded from a number  of sources, including the \u00a0Communities &amp; Local Government department  (CLG) which will give Cabe annual funding of around \u00a33.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Chair of Cabe Paul Finch said: \u201cThis  very positive move will place architecture at the heart of the economy  as a driver for competitive businesses and places. I am very much  looking forward to the combined expertise of our two organisations  coming together to achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As set out in the government\u2019s review  of quangos, the Design Council will remain a Royal Charter charity, but  will cease to be a non-departmental government body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BD Online Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdonline.co.uk\/5013271.article?origin=BDbreakingnews\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabe\u2019s merger with the Design Council has been confirmed following an agreement reached by the two bodies and the government. From April 1 the combined organisation will provide a \u201cone stop shop\u201d for design support, including functions such as design &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2371\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions\/2372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}