Daily Archives: 08/11/2022

Don’t forget the IHBC’s (FREE, if occasionally underestimated) jewels for #IHBC25 : No.2 – The IHBC’s NewsBlog service

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[slideshow_deploy id=’34844′]The IHBC is marking our 25th anniversary across this subscription year, from April 2022 to March 2023, and as part of looking back – and forward – we’re celebrating some of the free IHBC ‘jewels’ that help members and … Continue reading →

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IHBC Signpost: HES boost for communities as Scottish heritage projects awarded funding

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Recent Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Support Fund recipients include a project to celebrate the oldest elm tree in Europe. image: HES

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IHBC Signpost: Canal & River Trust’s Malcolm Horne on the balance between safety and conservation

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This is the time for the Canal & River Trust to push forward in its quest to safely maintain and conserve its historic resources, says Malcolm Horne, who became its chief infrastructure and programmes officer in March.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: ArchDaily on ‘Women Architects in Post-Colonial South Asia’

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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 ArchDaily on ‘Women Architects in Post-Colonial South Asia’.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (at risk) doorstep’: Planning consent ‘green light’ marks new chapter for Rochdale estate

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A recent meeting at Rochdale Council unanimously approved a full planning application to transition the local Hopwood Hall Estate back into use after three decades of being vacant, writes Rochdale Online. image: Historic England Archive – List Entry 1068466

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Report on Civic Societies and the Planning Process: Reading University’s Henley Business School via Civic Voice

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A report from the Henley Business School (University of Reading) Department of Real Estate and Planning and administered by Civic Voice – Civic Societies and the Planning Process – explores the role of local civic societies in the English planning … Continue reading →

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York Civic Trust awarded £250k Lottery Fund grant for York Trailblazers

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York Civic Trust, working in partnership with Make it York and partners across the city, has been awarded £249,999 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to deliver the York Trailblazers project. image: for illustration only – by DACP, CC … Continue reading →

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Property leader David Partridge to oversee development of UK’s first Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

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The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard initiative has appointed Related Argent’s Chairman David Partridge as Chair of its recently convened Governance Board.

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Scotland’s older buildings have vital role to play in meeting net zero targets

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An architect involved in a project to transform a pre-1919 Glasgow tenement into an energy efficient building says the work may lead to a more ‘streamlined approach’ in policy to help Scotland achieve its net zero ambitions. image: for illustration … Continue reading →

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Public Practice: Expands north with largest cohort of placements with local government

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Record intake of placemaking professionals comes after local authorities receive £8bn from Levelling Up Fund and Towns Fund, but say attracting skilled staff is their largest recruitment issue.

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Social value benchmarking report published in partnership with SCAPE

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The ‘Social Value Benchmarking Study’, has been published which evaluated the reported outcomes from a sample of over 1,400 projects from the construction sector completed over the past seven years and ranging in size from around £10,000 to over £1.4 … Continue reading →

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Former lighthouse with connections to RL Stevenson for sale

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A former lighthouse building with a historic connection to author Robert Louis Stevenson has gone up for sale for £149,000. image: By Doug Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0 

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