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10 years
Ten years ago today, on 10/10/10, I launched Landward Research Ltd. Thanks to everyone who has helped the company grow through its first decade of profitable, carbon-neutral trading. With your support, we’ve gone from being a one-person operation to become a company that has had 15 employees in seven countries, with two subsidiary companies in Cork and Albuquerque. Together we have delivered 119 projects across five continents. Thanks to all of our employees past and present, to the Directors, to our subcontractors and many thanks to our valued clients who have trusted us to deliver for them. Now we are looking to the future. Our second decade will bring new…
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Landward Research Ltd receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund
Almost 450 heritage organisations in England, including Landward Research Ltd, have been awarded cash from the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage Grants of up to £1 million will deliver a lifeline for the heritage sector in England with further support to follow and larger grants for capital projects awarded through the Heritage Stimulus Fund First major tranche of funding from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund Landward Research Ltd is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the government thanks to the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. 445 organisations…
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Development-Led Archaeology in Scotland and Covid-19
Landward is delighted to be involved in the publication of the FAME / ALGAO Development-led Archaeology in Scotland and Covid-19. This publication has brought together contributors from across Scotland, involved in both the commercial and curatorial sides of development-led archaeology to show the sector’s resilience in the face of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The publication is available to download here.
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Vote Kenneth Aitchison EAA President
Kenneth Aitchison is standing for election to become President of the European Association of Archaeologists www.aitchis.one
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ALGAO LAS Covid-19 Impact Survey: An ALGAO:Cymru perspective on the results
from https://www.algao.org.uk/news/algao-las-covid-19-impact-survey-algaocymru-perspective-results The ALGAO COVID-19 Impact study was published earlier this week with the support of ALGAO:Cymru. Of the respondents to the UK-wide survey, over 98 percent of local authorities continued to provide a level of planning function despite the lockdown. Whilst some aspects of local authority archaeological work in Wales was impacted by the pandemic in terms of staffing and service level, this does not appear to have affected its capacity to provide a planning service. Most aspects of this have continued at full capacity despite unprecedented adversity. Wales has been incredibly resilient and these findings demonstrate how diligent colleagues and their organisations have been during this period. As…
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Impact of Covid-19 on Local Authority Archaeology Services
Landward Research has undertaken a rapid survey of ALGAO members to find out how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the work of archaeological advisors to local government across the UK. The overwhelming majority of ALGAO members have been able to continue to deliver services as they were able to do before the onset of the pandemic. This means that the availability of local government advice has not been a factor leading to a reduction in archaeological work. The majority (c.70%) of ALGAO members have continued to provide planning advice, policy advice, to comment on active developments and to provide Historic Environment Record services. The report is available for download at…
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State of the Archaeological Market 2019
The report on the size and direction of UK commercial archaeology in 2019, written by Kenneth Aitchison and Doug Rocks-Macqueen, has been published by FAME. Download the report here State of the Archaeological Market 2019
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Call for applications for 2019-2020 Executive Leadership in Heritage Management workshops
HERITΛGE, The Heritage Management Organization, has officially announced and has opened the call for applications for their 2019-20 Executive Leadership in Heritage Management workshops. Places are still available on the Human Resource Management and Communications workshops that open the Executive Leadership series in October and November 2019.
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The way to dusty death
originally posted at https://heritagemanagement.org/the-way-to-dusty-death-by-kenneth-aitchison-phd-head-of-capability-mapping-the-heritage-management-organization/ Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools. The way to dusty death Shakespeare – Macbeth Basse Santa Su is a quiet town, more than 300km upriver from the coast in The Gambia. I was there in May 2019 to build partnerships for HERITΛGE – we were looking to develop a project to provide training for Gambian heritage managers, as the European Commission had put out a call for proposals. I was fascinated by this advert for in bus tickets by the road in the town centre.…
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Archaeology in Development Management
New research reveals the significant contribution of Local Authority Archaeology in Development Archaeological work was fully incorporated into the planning system across the UK in the early 1990s to manage the impacts that development may have upon the historic environment. The report presents the results of research conducted by Landward Research Ltd for ALGAO:UK, on the archaeology sector in developmental management and its contributions in England, Scotland and Wales. The report looks at; the positive impact the existing system makes on the sector and beyond, how successful the existing system is and whether it is delivering the process it was created for. It’s the first detailed piece of research into…
