Daily Archives: 20/07/2021

REMINDER CLOSING 31 JULY: Win £500 and a place on IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen School with your built environment/heritage coursework – IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Awards 2021

The IHBC’s celebrated 2021 Gus Astley Student Awards closes to entries on 31 July, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2020 OR 2021 – just submit it online and on time to have a chance … Continue reading

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick: First viewing of Paul McTernan’s Brighton 2021 School taster clip, on ‘Repurposing… the High Street’

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features the first viewing of the taster clip from Paul … Continue reading

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Via IHBC HESPR’s Donald Insall Associates, HE, NT & more: Grosvenor on how (properly) making historic buildings energy efficient ‘…could reduce UK buildings’ emissions by 5%’

Making all listed buildings and unlisted historic dwellings in conservation areas more energy efficient could reduce UK carbon emissions from buildings by 5%, says a report, called ‘Heritage & Carbon’, from a partnership led by Grosvenor and including the National … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (beyond the) doorstep’: Shrewsbury house filled with concrete foam to save it from collapse – it’s not Narnia either…

The Shropshire Star says ‘… it might look like something out of Narnia but the unusual appearance of a county home is actually down to emergency work stopping it crashing down into the street.’

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Cardiff‘s new Council on ‘Capital Ambition – Our continuing commitments for Cardiff’

Capital Ambition, Cardiff’s new administration’s five-year plan for the city, outlines the council’s vision for Cardiff to become a leading city on the world stage.

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Government promotes new apps to simplify extension application process for homeowners

Two new web apps will help homeowners improve and extend their homes making the extension application process easier to navigate, writes Government UK. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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HE Planning Bulletin: Recent and forthcoming developments in planning from a heritage perspective

The new Historic England (HE) Planning Bulletin highlights some of the recent and forthcoming developments in planning from a heritage perspective.

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Council chiefs launch campaign to ‘Build Back Local’

Local authority leaders have insisted that the Government must guarantee long-term investment for local services in order to ensure the country’s economic and social recovery after the pandemic. image for illustration purposes only

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Tighter payment rules to small firms come into force

Reforms to the Prompt Payment Code covering small businesses come into force today requiring payment times to be cut from 60 days to 30 days. image for illustration purposes only

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Construction groups unite with proposed new carbon reporting rules consultation

New international cost management (ICMS) reporting standards published for consultation urge professionals to report and measure carbon in developments.

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