There are parallels with other areas of the built environment, including traditional building skills, heritage management and retrofit coordinators, where BEFS Members report major issues in skills and training gaps, and limited access to skilled contractors in many parts of the country. To reiterate our main point, listed buildings should be saved and re-used wherever possible, given the value accrued in doing so to many public policy areas, from culture, heritage and economic development to health, climate change, and place-making.