SMF Survey indicates 1 in 5 local government managers question senior leadership’s effectiveness
A survey by think tank Social Market Foundation (SMF) has found suggests that 1 in 5 local government managers question senior leadership’s effectiveness, say they are plagued by low morale and recruitment problems.
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Joanna Killian next LGA Chief Executive
Joanna Killian has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Local Government Association (LGA)
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IHBC features ‘Heritage (IP) from the Global doorstep’: Jury Awards Record Damages in AI-Assisted Copyright Infringement Case
A California jury has awarded a photographer reportedly the ‘largest maximum statutory damages verdict for photography infringement in U.S. history,’ according to the photographer’s lawyer tied to an Intellectual Property (IP) case.
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IHBC participates in CHN workshop ahead of UNEP ‘Buildings and Climate Global Forum’
The Climate Heritage Network (CHN), of which the IHBC is an active member, is co-leading a ‘Buildings Breakthrough’ forum that is part of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Buildings and Climate Global Forum, which will take place in Paris 7-8 March.
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IHBC applauds support for Conservation Officer attendance at ‘Through the Looking Glass : A Future for Historic Windows’, 27-28 June, Cirencester
The IHBC has warmly welcomed the call for Conservation Officer attendance and bursary applications to the not-for-profit joint conference on ‘… Historic Windows’, 27-28 June in Cirencester.
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Interested in serving as an IHBC trustee? As IHBC’s 2024 AGM approaches, check our guidance and see if you want to take your IHBC membership to a new level
As a date for the IHBC’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is being finalised, this is a good time for members of all categories to review our guidance, support and advice encouraging prospective trustees to join our board.
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IHBC’s CPD Forms update: Now on Excel, with enhanced functions & graphics to guide you on IHBC’s holistic conservation competences
After piloting new forms for registering CPD (Continuing Professional Development) learning over the past year, the IHBC is delighted to announce the full version of the new Excel based CPD form is now available for download from the IHBC’s CPD webpage, alongside the existing Word and PDF formats.
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Legal pressure forces Scottish Government to come clean on climate impacts
Scottish Ministers were keeping details of the climate impact of their £26bn infrastructure plan wraps reports the Good Law Project, until the not-for-profit and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland won a promise to publish them.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £2.6M+ works this week: National body seeks Workforce Project support, closing 19/02
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a national body for a Workforce project support, closing 19/02.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Ayrshire pre-WW2 water tank to be turned into luxury three-bedroom home
A pre-World War 2 water tank – a giant concrete structure almost the same size as a football pitch – is to be turned into luxury three-bedroom home and countryside home, reports Ayrshire Live.
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Audit Wales research report: Sustainable development? – making best use of brownfield land and empty buildings
A new report from Audit Wales examines how Welsh Councils are supporting repurposing and regeneration of vacant properties and brownfield sites.
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The Heritage Alliance: Seeking new Chair and Trustees
The Heritage Alliance (THA) is seeking new trustees and a chair, with support events offing further guidance.
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Design Council seeks Design Council Experts to help lead the design industry to Design for Planet
The Design Council has called for Design Experts to join them so as to place the planet at the heart of their work advocating for design, sharing knowledge about best practice and helping to deliver advice and programmes.
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Parliamentary Committee: Government plan urgently needed to address ‘the silent killer’ of heatwaves
Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has called on government to as it launches its ‘Fifth Report – Heat resilience and sustainable cooling’.
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SPAB joins calls to Safeguard Welsh Heritage
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings(SPAB) joins calls to safeguard Welsh Heritage.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage research from the Global doorstep’: Historic Trades planning data from the US, from PlaceEconomics
US heritage economics research body PlaceEconomics, founded by Donovan Rypkema, has made available research from 2022 carried out for The Campaign for Historic Trades on the ‘continuation of historic trades skills through traditional trades training’.
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IHBC welcomes ICOMOS-UK member update on MOU with IHBC
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The IHBC has welcomed the announcement by ICOMOS-UK to its members on strengthening our working relationship through a formal agreement – a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – focussed on establishing ‘closer ties and cooperation between these two organisations in the field of heritage conservation’.
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IHBC Council ‘Save the Date’: Tuesday 27 February, 4.00pm – All categories of IHBC members encouraged to join online in free CPD, updates, discussion and more
The IHBC’s next Council will take place on 27 February, online and on Zoom, offering free high-quality CPD followed by question and discussion on the next steps in the IHBC developing a petition for charter, so save the date today and watch out for further updates and joining instructions.
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CLOSING SOON – FINAL CHANCE: Consultation on updating joint IHBC-HTVF-CV ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP)
A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.
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IHBC ‘Research’ Signpost: ‘New-build housing – how regulation can improve the consumer journey’, from the CIOB
A report from The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) looks into the consumer protections in place to hold developers to account for quality failures in new-build housing.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on ‘Rebuilding the House of Commons chamber, 1945’
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 Building on ‘ Rebuilding the House of Commons chamber, 1945’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: BT to repurpose broadband cabinets for EV charging
BT is set to repurpose disused street cabinets – typically used to house telephone and broadband cabling – to be used as EV charging points, reports ECA Today.
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HE launches new guidance on ‘Understanding Special Historic Interest in Listing’
Historic England (HE) has published this guidance to help people better understand special historic interest, one of the two main criteria used to decide whether a building can be listed or not: special historic interest being about the connection between the building and the people who use or have used it.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral Joins the Cathedrals’ Workshop Fellowship
St. Paul’s Cathedral has officially become the newest member of the prestigious Cathedrals’ Workshop Fellowship (CWF), a collaborative milestone marking ‘a transformative phase in St. Paul’s history’.
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UK Government: Over 70 pubs, theatres and museums rescued by government package
The UK Government has announced £25M of levelling up funding to save cherished places like pubs, theatres and museums through its Community Ownership Fund.
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