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Culture Minister temporarily blocks export of rare centerpiece
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a spectacular Chinese porcelain casket with European mounts.
Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on an extremely rare mid-sixteenth century south German marquetry table top
Culture Minister defers export of a George II medal cabinet, a Chinese porcelain casket and a 16th century table top.
Culture Minister supports effort to save prize-winning Modern Gothic Sideboard from export
UK Pavilion has won Royal Institute of British Architects’ Lubetkin Prize
St Paula prepares for another voyage
A structure inspired by the unique role of the honeybee will represent the UK on the world stage at the Milan Expo in 2015.
Outstanding treasures saved from export for the public to enjoy.
A diverse and rich mix of events for the UK’s September 8 National Day Programme is under way at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
The UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo was shortlisted the 2010 British Construction Industry Award (BCIA) for an overseas project.
National treasures worth over £3.7 million were saved from export in the last year and purchased for public collections across the UK
A replica of the No10 front door briefly took the place of the real thing at the weekend as part of an art installation which will tour the world promoting British business.
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