The Charity Tax Group Management Committee has decided to set up a new Business Rates working group, in which members can share experiences of business rates with other charities. In the first instance, the group will only be open to charities – if you would …

Coventry will host the prestigious title of UK City of Culture 2021. Coventry will take the title from Hull 2017, which has used City of Culture to transform its reputation as a destination for arts and culture both at home and abroad. It is estimated that …

Coventry City Council will hand over the ownership of more than 25 historic buildings and sites to community heritage organisation the Historic Coventry Trust.  The properties include the Charterhouse Heritage Park, Whitefriars Monastery and a row of shops in the Burges. A five-year £30m restoration and regeneration …

The Government has published its plan for raising the quality of careers provision in England. A new, website for the National Careers Service will be developed in 2018. Changes to the website will be made public in April and then further developments made for October 2018. Labour …

The Charity Commission’s new safeguarding strategy says that safeguarding is a key governance priority for all charities, not just those working with groups traditionally considered at risk. The strategy explains that trustees should ensure their charity provides a safe environment for staff, volunteers, and anyone who comes …

Up to 90 jobs could be lost at English Heritage [Alliance member] structure with the majority of the proposed losses being professional, management and specialist roles within visitor operations management, marketing and curatorial teams. English Heritage states that the restructure is necessary to ensure it is financially …

Taking Part data from interviews conducted over the period April to September 2017 show that 74.4% of adults had visited a heritage site at least once in the last year, and 44.2% of adults had visited a heritage site three or more times. These results are …

Initially opening up £11 million of the fund, councils will be able to apply to help gain the skills or capacity they need to deliver high-quality housing growth at scale, pace and implement wider planning reforms. The fund is aimed at encouraging more innovation in …

The Charity Commission has announced a phased timetable allowing charitable companies to convert to charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).

Highways England is looking for organisations to come forward projects which conserve and/or enhance heritage assets associated with the strategic road network and which are over and above our ‘business as usual’. Further details are here and the application form is here. The Strategic Road Network Initial Report was recently …

The Federation of Master Builders’ (FMB) has published its ‘Homes on our high streets’ report. Which makes recommendations to Local Authorities and others to help bring back residential units above shops back into use. Many of these buildings will be heritage assets so such a …

Emma Chaplin will be the new Director of AIM [Alliance member]. She will be taking up her post in February. She is a highly respected consultant who has worked with many AIM members, both large and small, in England and Wales. She has also undertaken work for …