As part of our new resilience project, made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Alliance is putting out three invitations to tender to bring in the professional expertise to help us grow into the future. ‘Resilient Heritage Alliance’ will be a transformational project aiming to move the organisation to a more sustainable footing…
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Delphine Jasmin-Belisle as the new Development and Membership Manager at the Heritage Alliance, a new role made possible through our resilience funding awarded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Delphine will join us at the beginning of July. Over the last 8 years, Delphine has worked in site operations…
The next #HeritageChat is on the theme of Heritage and the High Street and will take place on the 20th June, 13.00-14.00. This theme has been a focus of the Heritage 2020 Constructive Conservation and Sustainable Management group (find out more). The group has been looking at the role that heritage can play in the…
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published a full review of the Shortage Occupation Lists for the UK. Archaeologists and architects are now included in the Shortage Occupation List, which is a big victory for the heritage sector. However, there are other heritage specialists, such as conservators and other highs skills workers, who haven’t been included, so…
Today (6 June) marks the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Ahead of the event, wrecks and ruins that were engineered for D-Day have been given heritage protection by DCMS. These include six concrete structures built as replica landing craft for training troops and sunken tanks that were tragically lost during failed assault rehearsals. This…
On 31 May it was announced that Environment Secretary Michael Gove has created 41 new Marine Conservation Zones. This marked the most significant expansion of England’s ‘Blue Belt’ of protected areas to date. The new protections will stretch from Cornwall to Northumberland, protecting 12,000 square kilometres of marine habitat. This announcement follows the government’s manifesto commitment to create…
The British Tourist Authority (trading as VisitBritain and VisitEngland) Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2018 has been published. The tourism industry in Britain is worth £127 billion to the UK and is one of our most valuable export industries worth £29.8 billion a year and is already growing faster than the digital sector. Last…
The National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 to 2021 set out the government’s plan to make Britain secure and resilient in cyberspace. A progress report has now been published, which outlines the progress the Government has made, and the impact of their interventions so far against its strategic outcomes. The report focuses on both the power…
The Government has responded to the recommendations made by the HCLG (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Select Committee report on Brexit and local government. This document sets out Government’s acceptance ‘in spirit and principle’ of all 10 recommendations made in the report. This includes a recommendation for the Government to address workforce shortages in the short term, to which…
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Ordnance Survey (OS) have collaborated to identify high streets in Great Britain, what types of properties and businesses are on high streets as well as how the number of businesses and employment have changed in recent years. The analysis is based on almost 7,000 unique high streets identified…
