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Autumn clamp down on dust by HSE – site visits planned

Posted on 22/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

This month (October) HSE is carrying out its latest construction inspection initiative with a focus in particular on measures in place to protect workers from occupational lung disease caused by asbestos, silica, wood and other dusts when carrying out common … Continue reading →

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Scottish Land Commission: Derelict sites contribute to perceptions of urban decline

Posted on 22/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Scottish Land Commission has published a research report on the ‘Impact of Vacant and Derelict Land on Communities’, which found that derelict sites can affect a community’s health, environment, economy and social cohesion.

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Ferrybridge cooling towers demolished

Posted on 22/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Four cooling towers at Ferrybridge, the West Yorkshire power station, have been demolished.

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IHBC 2019 Student Awards judge announced: Ben Cowell, Historic Houses DG, to select the Gus Astley Student Awards for 2020 Brighton School presentations… #IHBCBrighton2020

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Ben Cowell, Director General of Historic Houses –  which represents the nation’s largest collection of independently owned historic houses and gardens – will serve as the guest judge on the 2019 IHBC Gus Astley Student Award submissions, with winners receiving … Continue reading →

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Malcolm Payne Group welcomed as new practice on IHBC’s HESPR register of ‘service providers working to the IHBC’s standards’

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Malcolm Payne Group has become the latest company to be included on the IHBC’s conservation and heritage services ‘HESPR’ quality assurance listing, joining more than 40 heritage businesses that enjoy benefits and support services across the IHBC’s commercial conservation network, … Continue reading →

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REMINDER PLACES STILL AVAILABLE at the Scottish Listed Property Show – FREE places for members!

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC is delighted to continue its CPD partnership with the Listed Property Owners Club (LPOC), with free places for members at ‘The Scottish Listed Property Show’, in the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh on 26 October 2019, where the IHBC will host a stand (welcoming volunteers to assist) and offer … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £142K+ costed opportunities this week: Scottish THI seeks ‘creative(s)’ in community engagement, closing 28/10

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

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 members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this week … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the Doorstep’: Banksy graffiti taken off GII listed Yorkshire bridge facing dismantling

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Graffiti by Banksy has been taken off a bridge in Hull as the Grade II (GII) listed Scott Street bridge – which made headlines around the globe after the artwork called Draw The Raised Bridge! appeared in January – itself … Continue reading →

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More looking ahead to #IHBCBrighton2020: AHF’s first grants to social enterprises & charities to transform town centres and high streets

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) announced the first grant awards through the Transforming Places Through Heritage fund, new funding from the Department of Culture, Digital, Media and Sport focused on reinvigorating England’s high streets and town centres.

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Government Response published: Garden Design and Tourism Report

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The government accepts the need for new initiative to boost international visitors, as reported in the Government’s response to the garden design and tourism report. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Charles Jencks architectural historian and critic and founder of Maggie’s cancer charity dies

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Charles Jencks, architectural historian and critic and co-founder and director of Maggie’s, has died, at the age of 80 at his home in London.

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Enhancing place-based partnerships in public engagement

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

A new £500,000 funding opportunity is being made available to support research organisations UK-wide to pilot place-based public engagement partnerships and activities, with UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) ‘Enhancing place-based partnerships in public engagement’, with full bid closing date of … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s Green Investment Portfolio: call for projects

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Scottish Government is leading a drive to develop a Green Investment Portfolio with the official call for projects to feature in the Scottish Government’s first Green Investment Portfolio, covering a wide range of areas including: Built Environment Retrofit and … Continue reading →

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Secure £500 donation to a charity of your choice by answering THA’s ‘Wellbeing’ survey

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Heritage Alliance (THA), in partnership with Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, has created a survey to help understand how wellbeing is being prioritised within the heritage sector, with Ecclesiastical offering the chance to win a £500 donation to a charity of … Continue reading →

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AHRC Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Urgency Grants pilot update, closing 31/10/2020

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Recognising the fast-moving nature of many of the challenges facing low or middle income countries (LMICs), The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has launched this scheme to provide an accelerated funding outlet for urgent research priorities, closing to new … Continue reading →

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The RTPI celebrates 60 years of its Royal Charter

Posted on 18/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Sixty years ago, the Town Planning Institute (as it was then known) received its Royal Charter, a special mark of distinction limited to bodies pre-eminent in their field.

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IHBC responds to Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) consultation, highlights needs for interdisciplinary conservation practitioners

Posted on 15/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has responded to the recent consultation from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on prospective changes in the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) – the framework that enables all UK occupations to be classified according to skill level and … Continue reading →

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See more #IHBCNottingham2019 on video, on ‘Heritage at Risk’ Campaigning: New 2019 Day School content from IHBC’s YouTube channel

Posted on 15/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC’s 2019 Annual School on ‘Heritage Risk and Resilience’ included the Day School presentation on ‘Heritage at Risk: Who Cares?’ by Historic England’s Ben Robinson, now available on IHBC’s YouTube channel.

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REMINDER: Join us as IHBC supports new Climate Heritage Network launch in Edinburgh on 24-25/10

Posted on 15/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC supports new Climate Heritage Network launch: Edinburgh 24-25/10

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: The Liverpool GII ‘jewel’ that lies empty, derelict and vandalised

Posted on 15/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

Liverpool landmark the Everton Library, a Grade II (GII) listed building that has been the focus of calls to restore it to its former glory continues to lie leaking, vandalised and derelict, when £5m could renovate the building, reports The … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (antique) doorstep’: Call for antiques trade to help find stolen south London cattle troughs

Posted on 15/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

A south London community is calling for the antiques trade to look out for a stolen cattle trough, writes the Antique Trade Gazette.

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Historic Environment Scotland issues Annual Report 2018-19

Posted on 15/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Annual Report for Historic Environment Scotland (HES) covering the financial year 2018-19 has been published, marking the third year of operation and the last covered by the Corporate Plan for 2016-19, For All Our Futures.

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BRE appoints Piers White MBE as new Chair

Posted on 15/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

BRE Group has appointed Piers White MBE as its new Chair and announced that he will commence his role at the end of November 2019. He joins BRE Group for the next three years at a time when the built … Continue reading →

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Three Commissioners appointed to the Historic England board

Posted on 15/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

The Secretary of State has appointed Sue Wilkinson, Helena Hamerow and Ben Derbyshire as a Commissioners on the Historic England board for four years from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2023.

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Heritage protection for battleship wreck and Lundy Island cliff-face steps as HMS Montagu and the Montagu Steps scheduled and more

Posted on 15/10/2019 by IHBC NewsBlog

HMS Montagu and the Montagu Steps have now been scheduled by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England and the shipwreck off Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel has been comprehensively surveyed for … Continue reading →

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