21st March 2011, 04:37 PM
Been following this debate with interest and many good ideas posted. I thought I'd put up this link to a report by HEACS (Historic Environment Advisory Council) from 2009: http://www.heacs.org.uk/documents/2009/e...impact.pdf - an attempt to quantify the economic impact of the Historic Environment in Scotland (in 'robust' economic terms so not including aspects such as 'well-being' etc). Among the main findings:
“ Overall, the historic environment sector is
estimated to contribute in excess of ?2.3
billion to Scotland’s national GVA (gross
value added”
Figures like that are useful to include when making the case for archaeology (as part of a wider Historic Environment sector) - I'm guessing the figure for the UK as a whole would be be a similar percentage of the national gva.
“ Overall, the historic environment sector is
estimated to contribute in excess of ?2.3
billion to Scotland’s national GVA (gross
value added”
Figures like that are useful to include when making the case for archaeology (as part of a wider Historic Environment sector) - I'm guessing the figure for the UK as a whole would be be a similar percentage of the national gva.