Daily Archives: 16/01/2024

IHBC’s ‘HESPR News’ feature update: Director’s occasional selection, from 2/01 (& nearly £800K costed works)

Posted on 16/01/2024 by IHBC

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 Director’s occasional news listing from the service looks back on news and links from … Continue reading →

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Reminder: IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 2-3 Feb 2024

Posted on 16/01/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 2-3 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential).

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IHBC ‘Research’ Signpost’: Skills for the Transition to Net Zero: Activity across London Government

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‘Skills for the Transition to Net Zero’ provides an overview of green skills activity across London local government, identifying key gaps, duplication and opportunities for better co-ordination, while setting out some of the main skills challenges and opportunities around the … Continue reading →

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IHBC features Heritage from the doorstep’: Firm tearing down former ‘Banksy building’ in Dover say restoration has begun

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Work has begun to restore a Banksy artwork after the building it was spray-painted on was torn down. image for illustration: Banksy in Dover by Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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New Government Guidance for England issued: Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency – a review of the barriers

Posted on 16/01/2024 by IHBC

The Government has published online a review of the barriers to carrying out adaptations to historic buildings in England to make them more energy efficient, together with a summary of current actions and future commitments that highlight the roles of … Continue reading →

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St Paul’s ‘Iconic Symbol’ secured in £500k restoration project

Posted on 16/01/2024 by IHBC

St Paul’s Cathedral has been awarded a grant of £500,000 towards the restoration and conservation of its Cupola, Ball and Cross – the structure that rises from the Golden Gallery on top of the Dome – which, at 365ft high, … Continue reading →

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AHF: UK towns and cities get £5M funding to help bring disused historic buildings back to life

Posted on 16/01/2024 by IHBC

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has reported that Chatham, Derry/Londonderry and Glasgow are among places where social enterprises and charities are being empowered to take over and transform at-risk high street buildings. image for illustration: Derry City Walls by SeanMack, CC … Continue reading →

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£80m for council bids to regenerate brownfield land and build thousands of homes

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The third round of £180m Brownfield Land Release Fund 2 is now open to councils to deliver thousands of new homes and jobs. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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NCT: 40 churches saved in time

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Forty churches across the UK will stay open and in good repair thanks to £496,625 of funding awarded and recommended by the National Churches Trust (NCT) in its latest round of grants. image for illustration

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IHBC Signpost: Top Construction Management stories from 2023

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Crumbling concrete, ‘mutant’ developments, construction’s talent drain… 2023 didn’t run short of eventful news for the industry. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: World Monuments Watch accepting nominations for 2025, closing 15/03/24

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World Monuments Fund (WMF) is accepting nominations for the 2025 World Monuments Watch, to 15 March 2024.

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