From today's press:
BUILDING OUR WAY OUT OF RECESSION
Comment piece by Peter Hetherington in The Guardian about the new 'Homes and Communities Agency' which has just been set up. The HCA wants to kick-start building with investment on a string of sites in London, in partnership with one of the country's largest housing associations L&Q.
Society Guardian, page 4, 28 January 2009
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From: Discussion List for Contemporary and Historical Archaeology [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alasdair Brooks
Sent: 28 January 2009 08:49
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Subject: Re: [CHA] Financial crisis - not so bad for archaeologists?
I would, I regret, very much echo Jim's sentiments. Certainly this year looks like being a difficult one for commercial archaeology in the UK, especially for those of us who specialise in the post-1750 period.
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From: "J Symonds" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, 27 January, 2009 19:30:24 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: Financial crisis - not so bad for archaeologists?
Cornelius,
Ich bin ein Berliner.
But sadly your optimism may be misplaced, at least
in terms of UK prospects in the next 1-2 years.
See the report from the IfA:
http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=354
Quoting Cornelius Holtorf <[log in to unmask]>:
> Commercial archaeology is curiously dependent on economic swings, but
> inverted it seems.
>
> As the financial crisis makes governments spend record sums to prevent an
> economic meltdown, archaeologists will be among the first to benefit.
>
> Today, the German government alone decided to spend an additional 50 billion
> (!) Euros. Of this sum, an astonishing 17,3 billion Euro will be invested in
> infrastructure such as roads and railway, between now and 2010. (Source:
> http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/konjunkturpaket248.html)
>
> Will there be enough qualified archaeologists to carry out the work coming
> their way by next year?
>
> I am wondering if anybody has comparable figures for new investments in
> infrastructure in other countries (such as the UK), and what that might mean
> for commercial archaeology.
>
> C
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