Daily Archives: 02/06/2023

Time too tight on June 23 to catch up on ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’ at #IHBCSwansea2023?
Just book your virtual Day School from £30+VAT and check the recording after!

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[slideshow_deploy id=’36681′] On 23 June the IHBC hosts a targeted examination into  ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’, with current thinking from lead practitioners, funders, researchers & bodies across the UK, so if you are too busy to even drop … Continue reading →

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IHBC posts June’s CPD Circular: Easy access to training, awards and more, features IHBC’s 2023 Annual School & Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE, from 21 June

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IHBC’s June CPD Circular  is now out, with low-cost training and upskilling opportunities and featuring the 2023 School #IHBCSwansea 2023 and virtual Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE on 21 June, helping guide busy heritage practitioners on all IHBC-networked Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and … Continue reading →

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IHBC launches #IHBCPetitionforCharter consultation web hub & resource: Peruse, pass on and promote

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The IHBC has launched its consultation web hub & resource offering context, updates and more on the prospect of an IHBC Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – to help engagement on the issues around the IHBC seeking a Royal Charter … Continue reading →

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2023 Natural Stone Show Seminar programme out: Includes free IHBC Recognised CPD from HE on Conservation Day, 08/06

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The IHBC will be at the Natural Stone Show in ExCeL on 6-8 June, with the full programme of free sessions in the Show’s Seminar Theatre now out, including Conservation Day (08/06), the Historic England (HE) programme of free IHBC-recognised … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Designing Buildings on insurance for building design and construction

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Designing Buildings (DB) – the Construction Wiki – has summarised insurance issues around individuals and firms engaging in building design and construction.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £105K costed works: Council seeks engineering advice on GI steel structure, closing 23/06

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

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Somerset Council steps in to save 16th century courthouse

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A 16th century courthouse in Chard, Somerset, has been saved for posterity after the county council stepped in to buy it, reports Localgov. image: for illustration – Main Street, Chard by Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0

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VAT & Heritage in Parliament & Hansard: VAT write-off for new homes, imposed for repairs and maintenance

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The House of Lords, on Wednesday 19 April 2023, considered a question concerning His Majesty’s Government and what assessment it has made of the case for applying the same rate of VAT to building repairs and maintenance as to the … Continue reading →

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Landscape Character Assessment database for UK & Ireland now available

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The Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) database is now available, and includes over 500 LCAs from local to regional scale across the UK and Ireland. image: for illustration 

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UNESCO’s global review of training funds spotlights levy schemes in 75 countries

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UNESCO’s global review identifies 75 countries operating levy training funds in 2020, as well as other countries planning to establish them.

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Scotland’s Culture Secretary announces over £850K investment in eight communities

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Coastal towns and busy urban centres amongst eight projects in Scotland set to benefit from new area-based funding Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has announced. image: HES website

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