Daily Archives: 15/02/2019

Serious about your Heritage career… or the competition? Stay ‘in the know’ with IHBC’s latest ‘Jobs etc.’ updates, for all your conservation needs

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To help conservation careers and heritage employers across the conservation and heritage sectors, the IHBC now offers regular reviews of job openings and staff appointments featured in our ‘Jobs etc.’ service, so if you are interested in a heritage related … Continue reading →

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IHBC Branches: Support your local ‘Successful learners in heritage skills’ with a nomination to our Marsh Awards and a chance of £500 cash and a place at Nottingham’s 2019 School

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IHBC Branches can celebrate successful local learners in heritage craft, trade and related conservation practices, with a nomination for IHBC’s Marsh Award for ‘Successful Learning in Heritage Skills’, closing on 28 February, offering a unique chance to secure the £500 … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s President’s ‘Confessions’ grace latest Historic England Online Debate… No 8: Interim protection for historic buildings before they can be listed

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The new Historic England debate explores the potential for using interim protection measures to prevent harm to important historic buildings before they can be listed, with posts including the IHBC’s President’s ‘Confessions of a Conservation Officer’. image: David McDonald

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IHBC at London’s Listed Property Show: Recap and a huge thanks to our volunteers and leads!

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The IHBC CPD partnership with the Listed Property Owners Club (LPOC) has again secured free places for members and an IHBC stand at the London Listed Property Show, which took place at the Olympia on 9-10 February, and offered free … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR top pick from £250K+ costed work this week: Chartered landscape architect sought for Sydney Gardens, Bath, closing 01/03, value £47k

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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers this week features a call from Bath & North … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Controversial Halifax building earmarked for demolition granted listed status

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The Halifax Courier has reported on how a building that Calderdale Council wants to demolish – part of key highway improvement works – has been listed by Historic England.

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RTPI renews call for more resources for planning in light of NAO report

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The Royal Town Planning Institute(RTPI) has welcomed the findings of the report published by the National Audit Office(NAO), Planning for New Homes, which flagged up many critical issues, includes highlighting the fall in spending by local authorities on planning functions … Continue reading →

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Glasgow City council may move offices from city centre to ‘key regeneration areas’

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Glasgow City council may move its office buildings from city centre to ‘key regeneration areas’ in order to make best use of its land estate, as it is thought the move would allow effective delivery of council services and also … Continue reading →

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Karl Marx’s London grave vandalised in suspected hammer attack: A ‘particularly inarticulate form of political comment’

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Friends of Highgate Cemetery called a recent attack on Karl Marx’s London grave a ‘particularly inarticulate form of political comment’.

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Brexit and engineering – a take from ICE via DBW

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Martin Shapland, Policy Manager to The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has highlighted how the pressure is on to protect the construction industry from Brexit, in a piece reproduced by Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW), host platform for the IHBC’s own … Continue reading →

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Only a week left to enter LocalGov’s 2019 Street Design Awards, closing 28 February 2019

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Local Government News magazine has relaunched The Street Design Awards, celebrating innovation and best practice in street design schemes across the UK, with a deadline for submissions of 28 February 2019.

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Planning appeal decisions could be cut by 5 months says independent review and Chair of Atom Bank, Bridget Rosewell CBE

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The most contentious planning cases could be decided up to 5 months faster, and some in half the time, giving certainty to communities about future developments, argues a major review led by Chair of Atom Bank, Bridget Rosewell CBE. image: … Continue reading →

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The European capital cobbled with Jewish gravestones

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Each year millions of visitors walk through the cobbled streets of Prague’s Old Town – without realising, most likely, that many of the stones below their feet have been looted from what was meant to be sacred ground. The BBC’s … Continue reading →

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