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- IHBC welcomes HE’s Heritage Counts 2023 05/12/2023
- IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing 6 January 2024 05/12/2023
- Your invitation to ‘A Medieval Christmas’, at Newcastle’s Black Gate, with IHBC’s North Branch, 7 December, from £20 (with select free places too!) 05/12/2023
- CLOSING SOON – FINAL CHANCE: Consultation on updating joint IHBC-HTVF-CV ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP) 05/12/2023
- IHBC ‘Practice’ signpost from Wales: Neath Port Talbot Council Biodiversity Duty Plan 05/12/2023
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: IHBC on #IHBCReading2024 and sponsorship opportunities 05/12/2023
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Objections lodged to proposals by Stella McCartney to build seafront house near Mallaig 05/12/2023
- LUHC Parliamentary Committee inquiry: Children, young people and the built environment, call for evidence closes 2/01/2024 05/12/2023
- UK skills training to be transformed with innovative projects 05/12/2023
- National Church Awards winners 2023 announced 05/12/2023
- Historic Houses Awards announced 05/12/2023
- New planning guidance for Tall Buildings in Glasgow city centre being developed 05/12/2023
- New President for CIAT as Eddie Weir is inaugurated 05/12/2023
- Appointment of Baroness Penn as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in DLUHC 05/12/2023
- IHBC launches Reading School Homepage & contact point: ‘Place & Building Care…’ with bookings to open in 2024 – #IHBCReading2024 01/12/2023
- IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing 6 January 2024 01/12/2023
- IHBC’s 1st Christmas treat: Free and open webinar from IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023…’ for IHBC Reading School 2024, Christmas and more, 15/12 01/12/2023
- IHBC’s Professional signpost: Ayr Station Hotel Fire – Action and reaction in Scotland’s parliament and beyond 01/12/2023
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from un-costed works: Welsh County Council seeks Conservation Architect etc. for historic buildings works, closing 08/12 01/12/2023
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Wyke Regis man sentenced over non-compliance with planning enforcement notice 01/12/2023
- Housing: Use old buildings to tackle crisis, says Welsh charity 01/12/2023
- Historic England issues its Heritage at Risk Register 2023 01/12/2023
- Delivering Net Zero for England’s Historic Buildings: HE’s local data on the demand for retrofitting skills and economic growth 01/12/2023
- Mendip Hills to be declared a ‘super’ National Nature Reserve 01/12/2023
- Storm Babet’s widespread damage to landscapes, gardens and properties a taste of things to come, says National Trust 01/12/2023
Designing Buildings’ collation on the ‘Autumn Statement’: Thoughts from IHBC, CIOB, CPRE and more
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IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing 6 January 2024
The IHBC is seeking ‘expressions of interest’ from nationally recognised lead conservation experts in three new priority areas: ‘Fire Protection & Regulations’, ‘Enforcement’, and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’ as it expands the IHBC Branch CPD training pilot, which funds locally accessible, quality-assured priority CPD through national and regional Branches.
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IHBC’s 1st Christmas treat: Free and open webinar from IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023…’ for IHBC Reading School 2024, Christmas and more, 15/12
John Edwards will explore ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023 in Retrofitting Traditional and Historic Buildings’ in a free and open webinar on 15 December, for 1 hour (including questions) offered on behalf of the IHBC’s Technical Panel, IHBC’s Reading School 2024 – ‘Place & Building Care – Finance, policy & people in conservation practice’ – Christmas 2023 and more.
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Your invitation to ‘A Medieval Christmas’, at Newcastle’s Black Gate, with IHBC’s North Branch, 7 December, from £20 (with select free places too!)
Join in the North Branch Winter Event 2023 on 7 December from 5.30pm, with buffet, festive drinks and more at the Black Gate, Newcastle, for certificated CPD (Historic and Technology), from £20 (IHBC Retired members & Students free).
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Join IHBC’s Consultations Panel: Your chance to keep up on conservation policy, legislation, guidance and much more, while building skills and CPD
IHBC members are invited to join the IHBC’s longstanding Consultations Panel, which offers the chance to offer your take on conservation practice, principles and standards into the IHBC’s conclusions on emerging policy, legislation and guidance, shaping the conservation outcomes of the future as well as your own Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
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IHBC’s ‘new home’ signpost: Historic Buildings & Places moves home
IHBC member and lead Bob Kindred, Trustee of Historic Buildings & Places, has drawn attention to the change of address for the Society (formally known as the Ancient Monuments Society) as they have now moved to new premises at The Courtyard, 37 Spital Square, London E1 6DY.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen on AI
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 news and views from Dezeen on AI.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage the doorstep’: Fresh plans to demolish Jimmy Savile’s Highland home and ‘replace it with monument’
NEW plans have been submitted to knock down the remote Glencoe cottage once lived in by disgraced TV personality Savile, reports The Press and Journal.
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Bates Wells: Election ’24 factsheets – ‘key rules and regulations around campaigning’
Law firm Bates Wells has issued its ‘Election ’24’ series of factsheets to help explain key rules and regulations around campaigning, publishing political statements, influencing party manifestos and data privacy.
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New CIfA Client Guide 2023 now out
CIfA – the Chartered Institute for Archaeology – has published its annual guide for clients.
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Amendments to VAT and DIY housebuilders’ scheme: digitisation and extension of time limit
The government has introduced amendments to VAT and DIY housebuilders’ scheme: digitisation and extension of time limit.
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IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing 6 January 2024
The IHBC is seeking ‘expressions of interest’ from nationally recognised lead conservation experts in three new priority areas: ‘Fire Protection & Regulations’, ‘Enforcement’, and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’ as it expands the IHBC Branch CPD training pilot, which funds locally accessible, quality-assured priority CPD through national and regional Branches.
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IHBC, ICCROM and many more mourn the death of Jukka Jokilehto
The sad news of the death of renowned, respected and much-admired Jukka Jokilehto – a co-founder and leading light in modern conservation practice and understanding – has been felt across a huge number of lead bodies, including the IHBC where he contributed to our Schools, publications, awards and much more.
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IHBC’s 1st Christmas treat: Free and open webinar from IHBC’s Technical Panel lead John Edwards, on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023…’ for IHBC Reading School 2024, Christmas and more, 15/12, 10.00 am
John Edwards will explore ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2035:2023 in Retrofitting Traditional and Historic Buildings’ in a free and open webinar on 15 December, for 1 hour (including questions) offered on behalf of the IHBC’s Technical Panel, IHBC’s Reading School 2024 – ‘Place & Building Care – Finance, policy & people in conservation practice’ – Christmas 2023 and more.
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Your invitation to ‘A Medieval Christmas’, at Newcastle’s Black Gate, with IHBC’s North Branch, 7 December, from £20 (with select free places too!)
Join in the North Branch Winter Event 2023 on 7 December from 5.30pm, with buffet, festive drinks and more at the Black Gate, Newcastle, for certificated CPD (Historic and Technology), from £20 (IHBC Retired members & Students free).
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Join IHBC’s Consultations Panel: Your chance to keep up on conservation policy, legislation, guidance and much more, while building skills and CPD
IHBC members are invited to join the IHBC’s longstanding Consultations Panel, which offers the chance to offer your take on conservation practice, principles and standards into the IHBC’s conclusions on emerging policy, legislation and guidance, shaping the conservation outcomes of the future as well as your own Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ signpost, from THA: Fair pay and conditions voted Top Priority at Heritage Debate 2023
On Wednesday 15 November, The Heritage Alliance’s annual Heritage Debate stimulated a lively discussion on the key challenges facing careers in heritage in 2023.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £1.3M+ costed works: Council seeks evaluation & research/history consultants for GII building works, closing 29/11, to £63K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week features the call from a council for 2 consultants – an Evaluator & a Researcher/Historian – for a Grade II listed building project, to 29/11 and valued to £63K.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage the doorstep’: Landlord slapped with £15k bill for ignoring planning process
A Woking landlord was fined for failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice requiring him to demolish an unlawful extension.
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National Trust: Climate change ‘biggest threat’ to UK heritage
The National Trust’s new report, ‘A Climate for Change: Adaptation and the National Trust’, says climate change is its ‘biggest threat’, and sets out the actions it will be taking in the next stage of its plan to tackle the climate and nature crises.
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‘An unwelcome shock and unexpected financial burden’: RIBA responds to new ARB fee
RIBA Chair of Board Jack Pringle has reacted to the news that the Architects Registration Board (ARB) will charge all architecture schools £9,200 per year to accredit their courses.
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Property industry calls on Government to tackle gender bias against women in public spaces
Organisations from across the UK property industry have issued a letter to Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, emphasising the need for national planning policy to address the lack of consideration for women and girls – including both cisgender and transgender women and girls – when creating public spaces across the UK.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: World Monuments Fund (WMF) & Global Heritage Fund (GHF) join forces
WMF has welcomed GHF to the organization. Global Heritage Fund (GHF) has joined World Monuments Fund (WMF) in a strategic affiliation to further protect cultural heritage while working with communities around the world.
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Your invitation to ‘A Medieval Christmas’, at Newcastle’s Black Gate, with IHBC’s North Branch, from £20 (with select free places too!)
Join in the North Branch Winter Event 2023 on 7 December from 5.30pm, with buffet, festive drinks and more at the Black Gate, Newcastle, for certificated CPD (Historic and Technology), from £20 (IHBC Retired members & Students free).
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CLOSING SOON – FINAL CHANCE: Consultation on joint IHBC-HTVF-CV ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP)
A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.
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