Daily Archives: 27/10/2020

REMINDER: IHBC supports CIOB’s ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’: 05 November, online

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The IHBC is co-sponsoring the ‘Future Skills for Traditional Buildings’ virtual conference from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) on 5 November, with speakers to include IHBC members Rory Cullen and John Edwards, and with IHBC officers hosting a digital … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s MATE update & recap for NewsBlog readers, from our Yorkshire Branch

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The IHBC’s Professional Development Officer Ramona Usher has notched up another successful MATE with the Yorkshire Branch, again with positive feedback from delegates: friendly, approachable, personable and helpful and also demystifying!

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Queen’s birthday honours list includes Purcell (HESPR company) partner and IHBC Member Jane Kennedy

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The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with notices from across the development sector’s publications, and this week features Building’s … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: £800K scheme to ‘transform’ Longton’s historic town centre buildings

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The regeneration project in Longton, repairing and restoring historic town centre buildings backed by Historic England and Stoke-on-Trent City Council, follows a similar project in Stoke, reports the Stoke on Trent News. 

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IHBC’s ‘Out of Context’ CPD boost from the Isle of Wight, via Ireland: Walled kitchen gardens – use and history

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If you need to know more about the challenges of researching and understanding historic parks and gardens Issue 163 of Context, the IHBC’s member journal, Helen Thomas writes about the study and use of historic kitchen gardens by following a … Continue reading →

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Power to Change report: Community ownership key to revival of high streets’ empty buildings

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The Impact of Community Businesses on People is a new report from Power to Change – an independent charitable trust for community businesses in England – that urges Councils to help local communities take ownership of empty buildings in order … Continue reading →

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Protecting Scotland’s marine environment

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The Scottish Government has announced a new deep sea Marine Protected Area to be established in Scotland. image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton

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Pride in place: RSA Heritage Index 2020 now out –How local heritage can unlock a better future

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The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has published its Heritage Index – ‘Pride in Place’ – for 2020, a unique tool designed to support data-led decision making on heritage at the local level.

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Scotland’s draft Infrastructure Investment Plan, closing 19/11

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The Consultation on the Scotland’s Draft Infrastructure Investment Plan closes 19 Nov 2020, as it sets out to offer ‘a clear vision… to support and enable an inclusive net zero emissions economy.

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THA launches free webinars: ‘Heritage Dialogues’

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The Heritage Alliance (THA) has announced the launch of a new series of free webinars exploring ‘important, complex and engaging heritage topics… for heritage professionals’.

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IHBC’s IMHO: Solving the town centre regeneration puzzle – ‘take stock and re-establish… USP’ with a new roadmap

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The new Use Classes Order has opened the door to the more rapid re-configuration of commercial premises within town centres, but ‘Now more than ever, towns need to take stock and re-establish their USP’ – their Unique ‘Selling’ Point – … Continue reading →

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