The Tourism Alliance has highlighted the EU’s new guidance document on the implications of a “No Deal” Brexit on travel and tourism between the UK and the EU.  While much of the information mirrors what has been published in the  UK “No Deal” guidance,  it provides insight …

Scotland’s historic environment is continuing to make a strong contribution to the nation’s economy according to the latest annual performance report for the Scottish historic environment sector. Income generated by Scotland’s historic environment sector in 2017-18 has risen to over £4bn, with the growth attributed to increasing …

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has launched a new £7m social investment fund to enable organisations to deliver economic and social impact from the re-use of the UK’s heritage buildings. The Heritage Impact Fund is a partnership, the first of its kind, between the AHF (£1.42m), …

February’s Heritage Chat explored how heritage professionals can encourage communities to share their heritage with them. We tweeted about what communities want most from the heritage sector, and approaches to strengthening links between heritage organisations and community groups. The role technology can play in initiating …

The Heritage Alliance, with support from the British Council, is delighted to offer travel grants to support UK heritage professionals to develop mutually beneficial international projects and partnerships for their organisations. This welcome scheme was one of the recommendations in the Heritage Alliance’s 2018 international report. …

Join us for this unique opportunity to learn about heritage specific legal issues with the Heritage Alliance Legal Partner BWB LLP. Topics will depend on attendees but the session is likely to include: Employment law for heritage organisations (including volunteers and interns); Fundraising and legacies …

Does your heritage organisation work in partnership with the creative industries? Have you commissioned a piece of art or theatre, or told your stories through an augmented reality or virtual reality experience? If so, we’d love to hear more about it for a report The …

As many of you may have heard at Heritage Day, the Alliance is putting together a report on the important role of heritage and heritage organisations in underpinning and supporting the creative industries. As we move towards producing the report, we are looking for sponsorship …

The next Heritage Chat will take place on 21 February, between 1 and 2pm (UK time). The theme is  ‘sharing heritage with communities’ which follows on nicely from last month’s chat which discussed how infrastructure projects can be used to connect communities with place (summary …

The Government has announced it will invest nearly £500 million in more than 11,000 affordable properties across the country, including properties for social rent. The Government has also backed a project to build rooftop properties in London on the top of existing buildings. The funding boost, which …

On 1 February, Heritage Minister Michael Ellis announced the first major review of the Treasure Act in 20 years following a ‘record-breaking’ year of discoveries in 2017 (with a total of 1,267 items unearthed). The review will include proposals that would allow more artefacts to …

The release, covering 2017, shows that the number of businesses in DCMS sectors (excluding Civil Society) accounted for more than a quarter of the total number of businesses in the UK non-financial business economy and these grew at a faster rate (2.4% increase since 2016) …