2019 was a landmark year for Headland with a significant expansion to our teams and capabilities. While our RSK colleagues in Consultancy have been the main news we have also been focussing recently on expanding our other teams, with an emphasis on the Post-excavation department. In...
Headland would like to announce the retirement of our Managing Director Dr. Tim Holden and Consultancy Director Dr. Chris Lowe. While we are very sad to see them go, we are confident they leave the company in competent hands. Russel Coleman will step up to...
GREAT NEWS! The draft accounts are in for 2018-19 and we are pleased to announce Headland’s annual discretionary bonus. For eligible staff this will amount to approximately 8% of annual earnings. The Board of Directors has always been keen on the concept of profit-sharing and we...
Our 2018 Annual Report is here! You can download the pdf here to read all about what we’ve been up to lately. This year’s edition has been long awaited but hopefully we’ve made up for it with our biggest edition yet! Inside you’ll not only find...
Every year Headland produce a back page advertisement for the CIfA (Chartered Institute for Archaeologists) Yearbook. This year we wanted to reflect on how far we've come as a company from the four man band that started things in 1996 to today where we manage...
It’s now three months since Headland Archaeology became a part of the RSK group so it’s probably not a bad time to provide an update on how things are going. [caption id="attachment_47924" align="alignleft" width="375"] Our new colleagues from the RSK team[/caption] Headland has joined a much larger...
Earlier this year we announced to staff that, as a part of our on-going commitment to everyone’s health and well-being, all Headland employees will benefit from Medicash, a Cash Plan health insurance program. This plan reimburses employees for healthcare expenses which fall outside of the NHS...
In 2009 Headland staff excavated a previously unknown section of the medieval cemetery associated with South Leith Parish Church on Constitution Street in Edinburgh. These works were carried out in advance of the then expected construction of the Edinburgh Tram line to Leith and Newhaven. These...
From 2012 to 2016 Headland conducted archaeological works as a part of the enabling works and construction of the AWPR/B-T. These works included geophysical and topographic surveys, historic building surveys, fieldwalking, environmental coring, evaluations and excavations at multiple sites along the route. The results of...
Headland Archaeology is excited to announce that it has joined forces with RSK Group Ltd, the UK’s leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business. The acquisition was formally agreed on 8 March 2019. The acquisition comes when the archaeology and heritage sector has never been...