Daily Archives: 04/02/2015

IHBC sponsors Place Alliance Big Meet 3 (BM3): 24 Feb

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        The IHBC is delighted to sponsor the ‘Place Alliance’ Big Meet 3, supporting the sort of pan-sector partnership that was highlighted as being critical to progress by the Farrell Review under its leading ‘PLACE’ acronym: ‘Planning; … Continue reading →

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IHBC sponsors HTF etc. free ‘Living Heritage’ seminar: Oxford

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The IHBC is delighted to sponsor the Historic Built Environment seminar in Oxford’s Kellogg College on 19 February, on the theme ‘Living Heritage – planning for the 21st century’, open to the pubic for free and to be presented by … Continue reading →

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Coastal Communities Fund: historic building winners

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Scarborough Market, Saltdean Lido, Spanish City (Whitley Bay) and MV Balmoral Fund Ltd (Bristol) are among the historic assets awarded funding through the latest round of Coastal Community Funds announced this week. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) … Continue reading →

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Report values GI Windsor Estate ‘natural capital’ @£49m

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The Natural Capital Committee have issued their latest report (the third state of natural capital) and have highlighted the Grade I Listed Crown Estate’s Windsor Estate as a case study showing how natural capital can contribute to the overall benefits … Continue reading →

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Can your project benefit from the ‘Power to Change’ fund?

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If you work with community groups in England you might be interested in the fund announced by Big Lottery which aims to help champion community businesses and new social enterprises which help regenerate communities. Big Lottery writes: The Big Lottery … Continue reading →

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England’s £1 billion Growth Deals

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The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed further details of projects to be funded under the £1 billion expansion of the ‘Growth Deal’, including housing and infrastructure work such as £6 million for the Black Country to … Continue reading →

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‘Delivering Differently in Neighbourhoods allocations’ out

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The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced the successful bidders for ‘Delivering Differently in Neighbourhoods funding’ with allocations relating to the built and natural environments including Leicester City Council gaining support for large scale transfer of public … Continue reading →

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Constructionline to be run by Capita

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Members who are involved in procurement for historic building construction work will be interested to learn that the new provider of Constructionline (which provides verified lists of suppliers which have passed industry checks) has been announced as Capita. The Department … Continue reading →

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SG £4m Town Centre Empty Homes Fund launched

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A new £4 million fund has been launched by the Scottish Government (SG) this week, aiming to tackle vacancies within town centres and provide affordable accommodation.  The Scottish Government writes: Empty shops and properties which are blighting Scotland’s town centres … Continue reading →

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