Daily Archives: 14/06/2017

IHBC Membership Benefits update: ‘Money is not the barrier’ to progress in your heritage career, job or trade – from low fees to no fees…’

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Money is not the barrier to support for any career, job or trade progress in the heritage sector as the low-fee IHBC also offers numerous support mechanisms to make sure that our members have the best financial support possible to … Continue reading →

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Heritage places for ‘planes, trains & automobiles’… and boats too! Let your colleagues know about opportunities and challenges at the IHBC’s conference, Manchester 23 June

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Let your colleagues and networks know how to find out more about some of the most challenging heritage resources of our time – the infrastructure of transport – at the IHBC’s 2017 Manchester conference, 22-24 June, or just the Day … Continue reading →

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IHBC CPD Boost – 3D Handheld Scanning: Cataloguing the Intricacies of Oxford University

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Oriel College in the UK is blessed with alumni including two Nobel laureates, one of them being a founding member of the Oxford Movement – the Catholic revival in the Church of England – but while the academic prowess of … Continue reading →

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Campaign to save GII Cardigan Arms Pub in Leeds through crowd funding

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A community group from Leeds, has put their plans for the Cardy, a Grade II listed pub in Burley, directly to owners Greene King, who made it very clear they are looking for the best bid and not necessarily the … Continue reading →

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£300,000 to drive up participation in culture and the arts in Wales

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The Welsh Government will invest nearly £300,000 this year to create more opportunities for people to engage in culture and the arts and drive up volunteering in the sector.

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Australian National Trust Heritage Awards 2017: Winners announced

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The Australian National Trust has announced the 2017 Heritage Awards winners, with categories that reflect many heritage areas familiar in the UK, and some less so.

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Esmée Fairbairn grows endowment to £1bn

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The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation had a record spend of £49.1m across its grant-making and social investments, and it now has an endowment of £1bn, its 2016 accounts have revealed, which was up from £876m at the same time in 2015.

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Scientific report reveals 90% English floodplains no longer work properly

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Ninety percent of floodplains across the country have been so severely changed that they no longer work properly, according to a new report, released today by Co-op Insurance and Dr Neil Entwistle and Dr George Heritage of The University of … Continue reading →

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New urbanism? London ‘Landscraper’ for Google’s Kings Cross HQ

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Google has submitted plans for ‘landscraper’ London headquarters, as construction on building that is longer than the Shard is tall is set to begin in King’s Cross in 2018.

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Reconstruction and repainting of Battersea Power Station’s iconic four chimneys almost completed

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Battersea Power Station’s four chimneys are iconic structures that are instantly recognisable and a much-loved feature of London’s skyline and are being fully reconstructed with work near completion and painting underway.

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