8th March 2007, 06:57 PM
Very interesting!! The statutory HER thang could of course be a double edged sword as the paper doesn't suggest that these are located within existing local authority structures, only that authorities provide access.
Does this mean that we are about to see a whole load of shedding of existing HER's to private enterprise with local authorities buying into the provided service. I can see one or two consultancies doing very well out of this. (Whilst my original thought, that statutory HERs might provide the underpinning to maintain local authority archaeological services, a less than hopeful outcome).
Does this mean that we are about to see a whole load of shedding of existing HER's to private enterprise with local authorities buying into the provided service. I can see one or two consultancies doing very well out of this. (Whilst my original thought, that statutory HERs might provide the underpinning to maintain local authority archaeological services, a less than hopeful outcome).