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- IHBC welcomes formal signing by IHBC Chair and ICOMOS-UK President of new MOU, securing ‘closer ties and cooperation’ 17/04/2024
- Missed #IHBCReading2024 School webinar on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038…’, co-hosted by Fit for the Future? Just catch it free on IHBC’s Youtube channel… 17/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 17/04/2024
- ‘Money is still not the barrier’: Bursaries extended for IHBC’s 2024 School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June – ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 17/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on ‘world’s first full-scale commercial nuclear power station’ 17/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’, for #IHBCReading2024 too: Go for £9.5M revamp of Brutalist Reading Hexagon Theatre 17/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Activists occupy house set for demolition by ‘not-for-profit’ housing association 17/04/2024
- CIC: Government must make up for lost time with an improved plan for healthier, climate resilient homes and buildings 17/04/2024
- York Minster receives generous donation towards new Centre of Excellence for Heritage Skills and Estate Management 17/04/2024
- Nearly 70 museums and libraries across England to benefit from £33 million boost 17/04/2024
- APPAG Inquiry on Archaeology and Metal-detecting in England launched 17/04/2024
- UK Heritage Pulse Panel 2024: Survey spotlights budget pressures etc 17/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 12/04/2024
- IHBC welcomes SE Branch #IHBCReading2024 Bursary call (closing 17 April), complementing SE Branch Day School CPD on ‘Levelling Up our World Heritage’, Canterbury, 26/04 (from £35) 12/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 12/04/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: HSTF Annual Research Study 2024 – Place Partnerships 12/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £170K+ works this week: National heritage body seeks agency for branding project, to £80K 12/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Poltimore House fire met with heartbreak and ‘deep sense of loss’ 12/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Crooked House owners appeal against order to rebuild historic pub 12/04/2024
- Scottish Government issues guidance on Chief Planning Officers: Head of Profession, Professional Adviser, & more 12/04/2024
- England consults on accelerated planning system, ‘10 weeks and fee refunds’ for major commercial applications, to 01/05 12/04/2024
- ‘Still a significant burden’: RIBA responds to reduced ARB accreditation fee 12/04/2024
- SAVE and Architects’ Journal launch ideas competition for M&S Oxford Street site with ‘re:store’ 12/04/2024
- QEST announces Heritage Craft Sustainability Awards: Deadline 24/05 12/04/2024
Daily Archives: 05/06/2020
IHBC’s Chair calls on networks to promote 2020 Virtual School: @IHBCtweet, #IHBCVirtualSchool2020 ‘OLD TOWNS | NEW FUTURES’… from a Global Pandemic
As global delegate numbers pass 250, IHBC Chair David McDonald has posted a ‘virtual letter’ to our signed-up followers encouraging the widest network promotion of the IHBC’s 2020 Virtual School: ‘OLD TOWNS | NEW FUTURES’ Reflections and Speculations from a … Continue reading
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IHBC’s newest CPD Circular issued: Includes student research support, with an update call on Hempcrete research from York
The IHBC has issued its latest ‘CPD Circular’, with lockdown-compliant content including the IHBC’s own Continuing Professional Development (CPD) support, ‘IHBC Recognised CPD Providers’ CPD, and announcing a new service to help student projects, starting in the next issue with … Continue reading
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IHBC responds to HE’s Draft Local Authority Strategic Framework
The IHBC has submitted its consultation response to the Historic England (HE) consultation on its Draft Local Authority Strategic Framework.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick this week from £41K+ costed works: Council seeks project archaeologist, valued £41K, closing 24 June
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails its members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: BMW driver destroys 150 years of local Audenshaw heritage in split second
A BMW driver destroyed 150 years of local Audenshaw heritage when he collided into a popular Tameside monument, The Manc has reported.
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 84: Launch of West Dean College’s arts and crafts experts online
Though face-to-face teaching is suspended, the learning continues and West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has introduced a series of bite-size master tips, studio insights and mini tutorials from the College’s expert line-up of Short Course Tutors on YouTube … Continue reading
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 85: New Culture Commissioner named and Taskforce set up to aid sector recovery from coronavirus
The Culture Secretary has appointed Neil Mendoza as Commissioner for Cultural Recovery and Renewal to support the sector’s recovery from pandemic. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 86: DCMS publishes guidance on searching for archaeological finds in England during COVID-19
Guidance for members of the public (including metal-detectorists) searching for archaeological finds in England during the COVID-19 pandemic published. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 87: £50 million boost to support the recovery of our high streets
The Reopening High Streets Safely Fund will help councils in England introduce a range of safety measures in a move to get people back to work and customers back to the shops. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s COVID-19 signpost 88: HES publish six-month action plan in wake of pandemic
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published a six month Action Plan in response to the impact COVID-19 has had on its business and across Scotland’s wider historic environment sector. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton
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AJ: Historic England boss slams ‘crazy’ retrofit VAT discrepancy
The Architects’ Journal (AJ) has headlined how the chief executive of Historic England characterised the difference between the VAT rate for retrofit and new build as ‘crazy’, in its first virtual AJ100 breakfast event.
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Tycoon’s £1bn flats scheme consent quashed in Whitehall U-turn
Newspaper tycoon Richard Desmond has been forced to suspend ambitious plans to redevelop his former Isle of Dogs printworks site in London with a vast luxury flats scheme. image: for illusration purposes only Kleon3 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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The SPAB Recruiting a new Chair
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings(SPAB) is recruiting a successor to the Chair from its membership, as current Chairman Iain Boyd come to the end of a six year term.
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