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- IHBC’s 2024 Yearbook now out, Part 1: Officers’ updates, with IHBC & members lauded in EH Chair’s foreword – as ‘long been at the vanguard of conservation’ 28/06/2024
- IHBC to be represented at Housing Cymru conference and exhibition 11 July 2024 – Charities etc. FREE! 28/06/2024
- IHBC ‘Professional’ Signpost from Designing Buildings: Construction industry ‘ramps up for the general election’ 28/06/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £1.7Mn works this week: Council & Crown seek urban designers’ proposals for ‘transformational’ work, to 07/08 and valued £1.6Mn 28/06/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Milford-on-Sea’s beach huts to be finally removed by council 28/06/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (ecclesiastical) doorstep’: Guilford Cathedral fundraising to repair iconic glass panes damaged by vandals completes, as artist sought 28/06/2024
- AHF Announces Thrive Together Fund: For Charities etc at SME scale seeking diversification 28/06/2024
- DCMS Sector Skills Shortages and Skills Gaps: 2022, UK 28/06/2024
- Heritage Harbours – Key Aims, in 10 goals, represent a shared approach by partners to help them survive and thrive 28/06/2024
- IHBC celebrates presentation of Marsh IHBC Award for ‘Successful Learning in Heritage Skills’ to Damian Williams at 2024 Reading School Annual Dinner 25/06/2024
- IHBC celebrates learning, insights, networking & more at 2024’s ‘addictive’ Reading School on ‘Place & Building Care…’: Interim update, thanks & signposts to ‘IHBC CPD, despite purdah’ 25/06/2024
- IHBC Toolbox’s latest Guidance Note now out: ‘Emergency Works, Application of S9(3) Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990’ 25/06/2024
- SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024 opens: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024 25/06/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ spotlight on HES on LinkedIn: Elizabeth McCrone IHBC on ‘Would a VAT Rebate Help Repair Scotland’s Historic Buildings?’ 25/06/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep: Council set to close ‘obsolete’ Kendal County Hall 25/06/2024
- 2024 Winners of Europe’s top heritage awards from the European Commission & Europa Nostra: Summary of awards, including UK 25/06/2024
- SAVE calls for national debate on demolition of Scottish heritage 25/06/2024
- Michael Sheppard Appointed New Executive Director of Cathedral Workshop Fellowship 25/06/2024
- CITB introduces new ‘Into Work’ grant: What’s? new in the Grants Scheme 25/06/2024
- New CABE President Inaugurated 25/06/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Site of 3.6Mn-year-old human footprint one of 22 new Cultural Protection Fund projects 25/06/2024
- IHBC’s celebrates learning, insights, networking & more at 2024’s ‘addictive’ #IHBCReading2024 School on ‘Place & Building Care…’: Interim update, thanks & signposts to ‘IHBC CPD, despite purdah’ 21/06/2024
- SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024 opens: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024 21/06/2024
- IHBC applauds presentation of Marsh IHBC Award for Community Contribution to IHBC’s David Blackburn at 2024 Reading School Annual Dinner 21/06/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Civic Voice publishes Manifesto 2024-2028 21/06/2024
UKGBC launch general election policy platform
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CIOB launches pre-election manifesto ahead of UK General election
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has launched its manifesto ahead of the next UK General Election on 4 July, outlining how a future government can support the built environment sector.
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UK’s biggest infrastructure companies sign pledge to decarbonise the construction sector
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and Minister for Industry and Economic Security Alan Mak have brought together leaders from across the construction industry to sign up to ‘Five Client Carbon Commitments’ – pledges which will help the sector to achieve Net Zero.
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IHBC Research for Practice Digest No. 4: Connecting conservation research & practice, featuring Strathclyde’s research with updates on heritage research, funding etc
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The fourth IHBC Research for Practice Digest has been issued to networks and subscribers – sign up HERE – and features a profile of Dr Cristina Gonzalez-Longo, founder and director of the University of Strathclyde’s fully recognised IHBC course, and leader of its Architectural Design and Conservation Research Unit (ADCRU). Continue reading
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IHBC to be represented at Housing Cymru conference and exhibition 11 July 2024 – Charities etc. FREE!
IHBC Technical Panel Chair Professor John Edwards will share the stage with Jill Fairweather of Cadw and natural insulation product manufacturers to talk about the need for a more informed approach towards retrofit and insulation of traditional building.
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£400 savings on ESC Level 3 courses on ‘Energy Efficiency in Older and Traditional Buildings’ to mid-June, 29-30/05 & 10-11/06
The Environment Study Centre (ESC) has been offered funding to deliver two more courses at a hugely reduced cost saving £400 per place.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (railway’s) doorstep’: Boosting York with a £1bn development
Network Rail has signed a £1.1bn agreement to regenerate one of UK’s largest brownfield sites – York Central – in a significant boost the economy.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inscribed stone found in a Coventry garden
A MYSTERIOUS medieval inscribed stone thought to date back more than 1,600 years, is to go on public display, reports The Coventry Observer.
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Sustainable Development Foundation(SDF) on STBA’s ‘Championing natural materials to de-risk retrofit’
The Sustainable Development Foundation(SDF) has hosted a new paper from the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA), that identifies a number of barriers to best practice retrofit of traditional solid wall buildings.
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Mavisbank will be saved!
Thanks to a major grant of £5.3m from the National Heritage Memorial Fund we are now able to begin rescuing Mavisbank: one of the most important buildings at risk in Britain.
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UKGBC meeting with the Government to champion stronger new build standards
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has met with Baroness Swinburne to discuss our concerns about the draft Future Homes and Buildings Standard.
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European Parliamentary Research Service: ‘The impact of climate change on cultural heritage’
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has issued a briefing on ‘The impact of climate change on cultural heritage’.
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SPAB’s ‘Best Loved’ Award now open
SPAB’s ‘The Best Loved Award’ recognises and celebrates old buildings getting the maintenance they deserve, and the people looking after them.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Historic Obelisk Bridge near Drogheda to reopen
An historic bridge in Ireland has been re-opened after repair works, reports RTE.
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IHBC’s 2024 Marsh Awards now out: David Blackburn (IHBC Yorkshire) ‘Retired’ and Damian Williams ‘Successful Learning’ with presentations & places at #IHBCReading2024
Judges in this ninth year of the IHBC Marsh Charitable Trust Awards are delighted to announce the 2024 Awards, with the winner of the ‘Community Contribution by a Retired Member of the IHBC’ category going to David Blackburn (Yorkshire Branch), and the winner of the ‘Successful Learning in Heritage Skills’ going to Damian Williams of Williams Conservation.
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IHBC’s Toolbox update on LA conservation jobs in England: ‘Market Intelligence’ Research Note from IHBC’s 2023 ‘Jobs etc.’ posts
The IHBC’s first Research Note (RN) for 2024 (RN2024/1) has been posted on the IHBC’s ToolBox, offering our annual update of ‘Market Intelligence’ on England’s local authority (LA) conservation-related jobs, based on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service.
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£400 savings on ESC Level 3 courses on ‘Energy Efficiency in Older and Traditional Buildings’ to mid-June, 29-30/05 & 10-11/06
The Environment Study Centre (ESC) has been offered funding to deliver two more courses at a hugely reduced cost saving £400 per place.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Application approved for first Barrow Site in East Midlands in thousands of years
Funeral directors A.W. Lymn share that they have been given the green light to build the first and only modern barrow site in the East Midlands.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Blackpool’s new £65m university campus plan approved
A town centre neighbourhood is set to be demolished after planners gave the green light for a new £65m university campus to be built, reports the BBC.
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ARB: Commitment and integrity crucial to public perceptions of architects
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has published new research into public perceptions of professionalism among architects in the UK.
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New Lichfields report highlights guiding principles for successful repurposing in town centres
A report by Lichfields outlines its ‘Guiding principles for successfully repurposing town centre buildings.
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Doubt cast on Glasgow School of Art rebuild viability & insurance
The Scottish Government is giving ‘careful consideration’ to a public inquiry into the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) rebuild after two major fires destroyed the Mackintosh Building.
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New Heritage Alliance ‘Insight Report’: ‘On The Brink – Heritage in the Cost of Living Crisis’
The Heritage Alliance (THA) has issued a new ‘Insight Report’ on ‘Heritage in the Cost of Living Crisis.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Turkey reopens former Byzantine Chora church as a mosque amid muted objections
Turkey has opened the ancient Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, to Muslim worshippers after having been used as a museum for more than 70 years, reports The Arts Newspaper.
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Save the date & pass it on: 14 June, IHBC’s Virtual Day School for #IHBCReading2024 – finance, law, people & more, from £30+VAT (IHBC, RTPI, Conservation Courses, Fit for the Future etc.)
Save 14 June for IHBC’s Virtual School and more, with wide-ranging heritage expertise uniquely linking finance (Adala Leeson), law (Charles Mynors), project management (Rebecca Thompson, St Paul’s; Sarah Khan, handover etc.), people (Peter Aiers), technology (Alan Forster), infrastructure (Purcell), & more, including select recordings, all from £30+VAT (IHBC members and School networks).
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