Monthly Archives: July 2021

Serious about your staffing plans or career direction? Manage your risk & stay ahead with ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ – with lead posts across public, private and third sectors – so sign up free now!

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

To help employers and practitioners, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse career opportunities advertised in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, and recent posts range from , so sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the … Continue reading →

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IHBC welcomes publication of HE’s report from Matthew Saunders: On the ‘…national re-survey… additions to the total and a revisit of the ‘minimalist’…’

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC has welcomed the publication of the report carried out by Matthew Saunders for Historic England (HE), principally concerning ‘…a national re-survey involving additions to the total, and a revisit of the ‘minimalist’ lists compiled before 2005, to ensure … Continue reading →

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New Closing Date for IHBC’s Student Awards: Submit your coursework by 31 AUGUST to win up to £500 & a place on IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen School

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

Following calls from participating courses, the closing date for the IHBC’s annual Gus Astley Student Award is now 31 August, so relevant coursework submitted on ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate – from 2020 OR 2021 may be … Continue reading →

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IHBC welcomes Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival 2021

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC has welcomed the line-up for the 2021 Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival, just announced by The Edinburgh Traditional Building Forum.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £1M + costed works this week: Council seeks architect for development near listed cathedral, closing 16/08/2021

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s pick this week features the call from a Borough Council for … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (engineer’s) doorstep’:  ‘Ashamed to be an engineer’: NCE readers react to Highways England bridge infilling

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

New Civil Engineer (NCE) readers have expressed ‘shame’ in their profession after images of a the concrete-infilling of a 159-year-old masonry arched bridge in the heart of the Cumbrian countryside were published in national newspapers and circulated widely on social … Continue reading →

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Welsh Slate Landscape UK’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Bath’s inscription extended

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, while The City of Bath – originally inscribed on the Word Heritage List in 1987 – has also been awarded a dual designation as part … Continue reading →

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Free construction training in England as search for new recruits intensifies

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

The Skills Centre is offering guaranteed training and job interview opportunities around five sites in the Greater London area, north Kent and West Midlands. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0

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CPRE’s Planning Bill six tests: System that campaigners are using to assess the new planning bill

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

The Countryside charity CPRE join other leading charities including RSPB and the Wildlife Trusts in releasing six tests that new planning rules must pass to put people and nature first.

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Coalition calls for reforms to ‘flawed’ apprenticeship levy

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

The Government has been urged to make urgent reforms to the apprenticeship levy by a coalition by local government and major employers in London. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0

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HTN seeks new Directors, closing 23/08

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

Heritage Trust Network (HTN) is recruiting new members to its Board of Directors, with calls closing 23 August.

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IHBC Signpost from the House of Commons: Planning Decisions & Local Involvement debate

Posted on 30/07/2021 by IHBC

The matter of ‘Planning Decisions: Local Involvement’ was debated in the House of Commons on 21 June 2021. Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament  

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Brighton 2021 Day School recordings now out for delegates only; New delegates access session recordings for £10+VAT

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

Recordings of the main CPD webinar sessions from the Friday IHBC Brighton 2021 Day School(which included Heritage MarketPlace stall sessions, not recorded) are now out EXCLUSIVELY for School delegates – these links should not be circulated – but others can … Continue reading →

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REMINDER – IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Awards close 31 JULY: Win £500 and a place on IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen School with your built environment/heritage coursework

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

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REMINDER: IHBC update: New SAHBG-IHBC Research Award closing date of 31/07 – Celebrate the ‘quality of architectural-historical research… in heritage and conservation practice’

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC notes the new closing date of 31 July for the joint venture with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating architectural-historical research produced as private consultants or for public bodies etc., with winners to receive … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick: dezeen on a ‘3D-printed stainless steel bridge in Amsterdam’

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

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’, and this week features dezeen on a ‘3D-printed stainless steel bridge in Amsterdam’.

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Covid leaves UK councils with £3bn financial black hole

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

UK councils face a £3bn black hole in their budgets as they emerge from the pandemic, a BBC investigation into their finances can reveal.

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PLACE Alliance launches ‘THE DESIGN DEFICIT: Design skills and design governance approaches in English local authorities’

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

Place Alliance has launched a major new report examining design skills and design governance approaches in England’s local planning authorities, funded by the Urban Design Group and supported by the Design Council.

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Chief Executive, Ros Kerslake CBE to leave The Heritage Fund at end of 2021

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

Ros Kerslake CBE has announced that she will step down from her role as Chief Executive of The National Lottery Heritage Fund at the end of 2021. image: HLF website

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MHCLG publishes Guidance on Partnerships for People and Place: guidance for local expressions of interest

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has published Guidance setting out the aims and objectives of the Partnerships for People and Place pilot and inviting local authorities to submit an expression of interest. image: Open Government Licence … Continue reading →

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Picturing England’s High Streets: Last call open for Leicester

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

Picturing England’s High Streets is a major commission that will see six artists undertaking residencies at high street locations across England, with the Open Calls for the last photographer-in-residence programme, in Leicester, still open. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Heritage Horizon Awards: £50M to five life-changing projects

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

The Heritage Fund has announced the recipients of its Heritage Horizon Awards as over £50million of funding has been awarded to five transformational projects across the UK.

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Italy to ban cruise ships from Venice to prevent the city from sinking, from August 2021

Posted on 27/07/2021 by IHBC

Large cruise ships are to be banned from the historic centre of Venice from August 2021, according to the Italian government.

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IHBC regrets Liverpool’s loss of WHS status: Notes ‘huge disappointment’ and need to ‘see what lessons there are…’

Posted on 23/07/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC has noted its profound regret on the news that Liverpool’s 2004 World Heritage Site (WHS) status as ‘Maritime Mercantile City’ has been lost – following on from a 2012 listing as being ‘in danger’ – with IHBC Chair … Continue reading →

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IHBC, IEMA & CIfA launch joint Principles of Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment (PCHIA)

Posted on 23/07/2021 by IHBC

The IHBC with project partners IEMA and the CIfA have launched a joint practice standard: Principles of Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment (PCHIA), with IHBC past-Chair and our project lead James Caird highlighting the opportunity for these Principles to ‘become the … Continue reading →

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