{"id":26763,"date":"2020-06-24T16:11:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T15:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26763"},"modified":"2020-06-24T15:44:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:44:11","slug":"ihbcs-hespr-special-interest-sector-news-pick-of-the-week-minister-wants-waterways-used-for-construction-freight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26763","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s HESPR \u2018Special Interest Sector News\u2019 pick of the week: Minister wants waterways used for construction freight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19971\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HESPR-quality-mark-RGB-e1554484749512.jpg\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" \/>The IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition<\/a> quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC\u2019s standards \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=23522\"><em>News and Tender Alerts<\/em><\/a><em>\u2019<\/em>, including notices gleaned from across the development sector\u2019s publications, and this week features <em>ConstructionBuzz <\/em>on government plans to increase transportation on waterways and canals.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>ConstructionBuzz<\/em> from <em>UKconstructionweek<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The government is looking at plans to increase the transportation of construction freight via waterways and canals.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Pow, MP, parliamentary under secretary at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, suggested \u2018starting to get freight back on to the waterways\u2019, during on adjournment debate last Thursday about canals and their restoration.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u2018With the move to net zero and to cleaner air, this is actually a huge asset, and we are starting to realise that canals can have a rebirth as transport links\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>See more at <a href=\"https:\/\/ukconstructionweek.inloop.com\/en\/article\/79692?utm_source=Mailjet-ukconstructionweek&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=ukconstructionweek-2003-s-en-100620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on HESPR and how to become a HESPR member see <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">hespr.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HESPR_flyer_2017-e1517674730111.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16895\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HESPR_flyer_2017-e1517674730111.png\" alt=\"HESPR flyer 2017\" width=\"100\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/docs\/HESPR-A5-leaflet.pdf\">Download the HESPR flyer<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>For a free promotion of your tendering opportunities and work needs to the IHBC\u2019s HESPR members, please send details and links to Joanna at <u><a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u>, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with <em><u><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/jobsetc\/\">IHBC Jobs etc<\/a><\/u><\/em>, including a targeted email to 2000+ recipients as well as full coverage on our NewsBlog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.18,000) and websites with c. 290,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at <u><a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC\u2019s standards \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018News and Tender Alerts\u2019, including notices gleaned from across the development sector\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26763\">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-26763","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\/26763","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=26763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26764,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26763\/revisions\/26764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}