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94 NINE only relevant useful information for the day-to-day maintenance rather than lots of irrelevant data. This would allow achievable, economic and efficient methodologies to be developed specific to the organisations more in tune with corporate policies and strategies, rather than the alien concepts in current documentation. The ingrained inertia within the conservation profession and general attitude towards historic buildings has been represented through this research by the reluctance of many heritage- focused organisations and the government to redraft heritage law and enforce duty of care.The inability to accept the natural progression of change, evident within the preconceptions of conservation literature, is currently also acting as a barrier preventing non-heritage focused organisations from utilising historic buildings for relevant activity whilst pursuing active maintenance strategies. Whilst the research has focused on the attitudes and practices of non-heritage focused organisations towards historic buildings, an opinion from a heritage professional collaborating with an organisation may have proved enlightening. An opinion from a conservation professional could have provided explanations for the apparent lack of best practice methodologies within non-heritage focused organisations or determined otherwise unidentified barriers. In order to maintain integrity of the research, financial information was left as a discretionary contribution from the participating organisations. Due to this Chapter Nine - Conclusion Nine•Four Tensions and omissions Aimee Felton