Daily Archives: 09/08/2022

IHBC’s response to Parliamentary Committee on Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill: Without capacity, ‘little realistic prospect’ of delivery

The IHBC has submitted its evidence to the Public Bill Parliamentary Committee on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, noting that ‘until capacity issues are properly addressed and resourced, there is little realistic prospect’ of successful delivery on the ground.

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REMINDER: IHBC Wales Branch FREE CPD + reception: Looking to #IHBCSwansea2023 and #IHBC25 – 5/09

The IHBC’s Wales Branch is offering free CPD on ‘Retrofitting Historic Buildings for Energy Efficiency’ on 5 September, laying new foundations for the IHBC’s 2023 annual School in Swansea as well offering a local celebration of the institute’s 25th anniversary: … Continue reading

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REMINDER: IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award closes 31/08 – £500 + free 2023 School place for #IHBCSwansea2023!

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been launched for this academic year, closing on 31 August 2022, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2021 OR 2022 –submit it … Continue reading

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings on Branch & volunteer support for 25th Anniversary (#IHBC25) initiatives

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 Designing Buildings on IHBC’s Branches and volunteers support for 25th … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (LG) doorstep’: LocalGov highlights historic docklands receiving £233m for infrastructure

The Government has pledged £233m of infrastructure funding to drive the regeneration of one of the largest brownfield sites in London’s historic docklands, reports LocalGov. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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AHF Wales Funding Announcement 2022-23

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced a renewed funding package of £350K from Cadw towards its ‘Heritage Transformed in Wales’ programme.

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SAVE crowdfunds for M&S public inquiry objections

SAVE Britain’s Heritage is using a crowdfunding strategy to fund its public inquiry objections to M&S’ planned demolition of its flagship store on London’s Oxford Street. image: Gary Rogers / Marks and Spencer. Commons Wikimedia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Marks_and_Spencer_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1466040.jpg

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Heritage Fund: £2M to help heritage sector build back after the pandemic

Seven Business Support and Enterprise Development programmes will benefit from an extra year of funding, as an extra c.£2M is to be distributed across the seven programmes.

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Hammersmith Bridge wrapped in foil during heatwave

Hammersmith Bridge has been wrapped in giant pieces of foil to stop it from overheating as temperatures soar. image: for illustration – By Alex.muller – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4247399

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