Daily Archives: 15/11/2017

IHBC welcomes DD Architects to our HESPR register: ‘Companies large and small gain from special HESPR’s service support and benefits’ 

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DD Architects, Conservation Architects, based in East Sussex, has become the latest company to be included under the IHBC’s conservation service HESPR listing (www.ihbc.org.uk/hespr), joining more than 30 heritage businesses in quality assurance, benefits and support services across the IHBC’s … Continue reading →

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IHBC CPD boost on ‘IPR’ from Design council: What is Intellectual Property? – An expert’s introduction

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Design Council Spark has published a post on Intellectual Property (IP) from brand and design expert John Coldham, a director at leading IP law firm Gowling WLG, who is part of the Design Council Spark Community.

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Liverpool takes back £7m parks deal from private firm 

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Liverpool City Council is set to award its wholly-owned company a major £7m contract for maintenance of parks and green spaces.

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Interactive map of construction activity across UK and Ireland launched

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Considerate Constructors Scheme(CCScheme) has launched a pioneering construction map information to offer a single point of reference for construction activity across the UK and Ireland.

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DExEU releases a list of 58 sectors with written impact assessments relating to Brexit

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In response to a freedom of Information request, the Department for Exiting the EU (DExEU) has released a list of the 58 sectors for which it has written impact assessments relating to Brexit, and while there are impact assessments looking … Continue reading →

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THA: Heritage and Health Questionnaire for England

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Following the positive reception of this year’s debate The Heritage Alliance (THA) is looking to produce a paper on how Heritage supports health. We’d welcome case studies from THA members and comments from debate attendees.

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£5m project to turn Wedgwood Institute into new enterprise centre 

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Stoke-on-Trent City Council set to invest another £650,000 into the restoration project to turn Wedgwood Institute into new enterprise.

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Thousands of Rome’s historical images digitized

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Researchers digitized thousands of pieces from 19th-century archaeologist Rodolfo Lanciani’s collection to help scholars across the world study Rome’s transformation. website image – Stanford News

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Telegraph on England’s ‘at-risk churches’: Number grows as Historic England warns dwindling congregations are struggling

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The Telegraph has alerted readers that churches are in danger of falling into disrepair as diminishing congregations mean they are increasingly being added to the ‘at-risk’ register. website image – St Anne’s Limehouse, recently added to the ‘at-risk’ register

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BBC on conservation conundrums: V&A to display Robin Hood Gardens Brutalist flats 

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The BBC has featured a decision by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) – formerly the ‘Museum of Manufactures’ – to preserve the design values of representative flats in London’s famous Brutalist mass housing complex, Robin Hood Gardens, scheduled for … Continue reading →

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