{"id":10083,"date":"2015-04-22T17:42:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T16:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=10083"},"modified":"2015-04-22T17:42:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T16:42:02","slug":"ihbcs-hespr-highlights-are-you-missing-out-on-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=10083","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s HESPR highlights: are you missing out on business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/HESPR-homepage.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10084\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/HESPR-homepage-300x243.png\" alt=\"HESPR homepage\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a>If you run or work in a heritage-based business and are a full member of the IHBC, and not on the IHBC\u2019s HESPR scheme, you may be missing out on the many benefits this brings, including regular bulletins of current tender opportunities in all areas of conservation-related practice, sometimes running into millions of pounds of work!<\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IHBC\u2019s HESPR (Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition) scheme is a quality assurance and promotional service for businesses that work to conservation and service standards expected by the IHBC. \u00a0Practices recognised under the IHBC\u2019s HESPR agree to observe the institute\u2019s standards through maintaining a corporate link to the IHBC through their Designated Service Adviser, a nominated Full Member of the IHBC, agreed by the IHBC.<\/p>\n<p>HESPR tender bulletins are a new service for HESPR members to help them keep up to date with commercial and business opportunities locally as well as across the UK.\u00a0 These are circulated to members regularly, often every two to three weeks, and feature heritage and heritage-related tender notifications for businesses of all sizes, from those suitable for sole traders to large service operations with multi-disciplinary teams.\u00a0 The notices cover opportunities across the UK and sometimes even beyond, and are classified according to IHBC Branches to help HESPR companies target what\u2019s most relevant to them.<\/p>\n<p>Tasters of headline projects offered in the most recent current update include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Specialist heritage advice to support a Local Authority in its planning appeal process<\/li>\n<li>Archaeological survey work for major infrastructure project (\u00a34 million)<\/li>\n<li>Fabric repairs to a grade I listed building (\u00a320 million)<\/li>\n<li>Analysis and research for the Heritage Lottery Fund in Wales<\/li>\n<li>RIBA Stage 4 to Stage 7 for grade I listed building redevelopment (\u00a31.1 million)<\/li>\n<li>Community engagement services for a Scottish Local Authority<\/li>\n<li>Category A listed building design and project management services for a World Heritage Site (\u00a35 million)<\/li>\n<li>Economic development and regeneration strategy advice for a South of England authority<\/li>\n<li>Services for a Hertfordshire council including Urban Design and Architecture services for minor sites, archaeological advice and public realm works<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If projects such as these \u2013 and a huge range of others \u2013 might be of interest to your practice or employment, take a closer look at HESPR (<a href=\"http:\/\/hespr.ihbc.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/hespr.ihbc.org.uk<\/a>) and see how easy it can be join up, and how cost effective.\u00a0 All you need to start with is to be a Full Member of the IHBC, or have one on your staff!<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benefits of HESPR listing are wide-ranging and include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Accessible<\/span>: An easy-to-use searchable online database listing with hosted and managed web pages for each HESPR business, containing full contact details and links<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">High profile<\/span>: Web links from IHBC\u2019s Home Page, the starting point for IHBC\u2019s 30,000 page web resource with some 1\/4million hits per month<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IHBC\u2019s Yearbook<\/span>: HESPR company listings published in IHBC\u2019s Yearbook, circulation 5000+ (including planning authorities &amp; other heritage regulators and leaders)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tender bulletins:<\/span> Free tender notification service (see archive at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/tenders.html\">http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/tenders.html<\/a> )<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Support<\/span>: One free \u2018Jobs etc\u2019 advert, social networks\u00a0&amp; email package p.a. (worth up to \u00a3400)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Learning<\/span>: Dedicated search facility for HESPR-related events on IHBC\u2019s events calendar (email for details)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Events<\/span>: HESPR fliers circulated at select IHBC events, such as the IHBC\u2019s Annual School, and IHBC-partnered events<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Promotion<\/span>: HESPR promotion on IHBC networks, including social media<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Personal<\/span>: As well as the IHBC\u2019s usual personal touch, IHBC members who are the DSA for a HESPR company get a special notice in our online listing of <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/memb_cont\/members.html\" target=\"_blank\">accredited practitioners<\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PLEASE NOTE: HESPR listing is predicated on a business having a Full Member of the IHBC in a meaningful position on its staff.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our members and services on offer at HESPR via the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=HESPR\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBlogs Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"%20http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/why-hespr.html\" target=\"_blank\">See other benefits<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/join-hespr.html\" target=\"_blank\">Join HESPR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you run or work in a heritage-based business and are a full member of the IHBC, and not on the IHBC\u2019s HESPR scheme, you may be missing out on the many benefits this brings, including regular bulletins of current &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=10083\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10085,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083\/revisions\/10085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}