Daily Archives: 04/05/2021

Serious about your staffing plans or career direction? Manage risk and stay ahead with ‘IHBC Jobs etc., with a 3rd sector boost and posts ranging from ‘placemaking and heritage’ (Swansea) to IHBC-Recognised courses!

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To help employers and practitioners the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse career opportunities advertised in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, while recent posts include a suite of third sector posts, and others ranging from ‘placemaking and heritage’ … Continue reading →

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#IHBCBrighton2021 Day School ‘catch up’: ‘Making changes’, anchored by Jan Gehl; ‘Examining changes’, led by Donovan Rypkema – BOOK NOW to ensure your access to our School’s unique learning and resources

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The IHBC has posted the latest update on its virtual Brighton Day School virtual sessions, which offer a one-time-only suite of expertise on our ‘People Places’ theme – though as numbers and post-event access are limited, delegates should secure their place now … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ double-up pick of the week: Dedicated Brighton School MarketPlace guidance, and a HESPR member’s listing on the Design Council Expert network

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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’, featuring Brighton School MarketPlace guidance sessions and a HESPR member’s listing on the … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Remains of ‘high-status’ Roman villa and bath-house beneath building site in Scarborough

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One of the most stunning Roman finds ever unearthed in Britain has been discovered on the site of a new housing development in a village near Scarborough, reports the Scarborough News.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Campaigners bid to halt plans to demolish cinema that inspired The Beatles

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Campaigners have launched a bid to save an art deco cinema at the centre of a Beatles heritage site where John Lennon spent many ‘happy hours’, reports the Bracknell News, as it faces demolition to make way for a new … Continue reading →

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Fit-out contractor gives ‘mindfulness app’ to workers

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A fit-out contractor has given its employees a year-long subscription to the ‘mindfulness app’ Headspace to help support their mental wellbeing. image: for illustration purposes only

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Aberdeen lodges appeal against decision to protect tower blocks

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Aberdeen City Council’s appeal against a decision to award protected status to eight blocks of 1960s high-rise flats has now reached the Scottish Government. image: HES website

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Report on the State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021 published

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The State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021 report is the first to present important facts and trends focusing predominantly on native woods and trees, and trees in towns and cities.

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Welwyn Garden City: New statue of founder Ebenezer Howard to mark centenary

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A new statue of garden city movement founder Ebenezer Howard has finally been unveiled in one of the towns he planned,Welwyn Garden City, to mark its centenary. image: Welwyn Garden City Centenary Foundation website

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Whitfield Tabernacle Kingswood – ‘birthplace of Methodism’ – awarded a grant for essential repairs

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A Grade I-listed church, Whitfield Tabernacle in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire has been awarded a £137,859 grant from historic England towards its restoration which will be used to stabilise the building which was destroyed by fire. image: Historic England

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Livingston housing bid supported by licensed premises confused with church

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Councillors have rejected plans to build a housing complex for young people in Livingston due to a number of ‘significant errors’ in the planning application – which highlighted doubts as to ‘the robustness of neighbour consultation/ notification’. image: for illustration … Continue reading →

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