{"id":5865,"date":"2013-05-24T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2013-05-24T17:29:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T17:29:38","slug":"let-ihbcs-hespr-businesses-know-about-those-tender-moments-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=5865","title":{"rendered":"Let IHBC\u2019s HESPR businesses know about those \u2018tender\u2019 moments: for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IHBC Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly has reminded IHBC\u2019s members, colleagues and service partners that tendering and other business opportunities can be circulated free to specialist bodies on the IHBC\u2019s business listing service, HESPR: \u2018Just email<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:hespr@ihbc.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">HESPR@ihbc.co.uk<\/a> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and the IHBC will alert our listed businesses to any opportunities for free<\/span>!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The IHBC\u2019s scheme of Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition \u2013 HESPR \u2013 is a listing, promotional and \u2018signposting\u2019 service that the IHBC offers to commercial companies that can demonstrate a structured compliance with the IHBC\u2019s service and conservation standards.<\/p>\n<p>Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018HESPR is the perfect low-cost, high-benefit service for conservation businesses in a tight economy such as ours is today, not least because it was developed especially with the needs of the IHBC&#8217;s most cost-conscious members in mind; just think \u2018Singapore service &#8211; Ryanair rates&#8217;!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We don\u2019t pretend to regulate HESPR companies either &#8211; that\u2019s bureaucratic, costly and maybe even questionable for a body such as ourselves. Instead we check out customer service and conservation credentials of companies, and if we are satisfied and they can tie operations to an IHBC staff member, then they are offered a HESPR listing! In effect HESPR is your personal signpost to the best!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Recognition under the IHBC\u2019s HESPR scheme allows companies &#8211; including sole traders &#8211; to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>subscribe to the terms of the IHBC\u2019s professional, ethical, technical and service standards for the historic environment,<\/li>\n<li>support the IHBC\u2019s charitable operations, underpinning their own corporate &amp; ethical objectives<\/li>\n<li>benefit from a corporate association with the IHBC by having services promoted collectively through the IHBC\u2019s communications networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Annual subscriptions start at just \u00a3130, but these generate benefits that include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email alerts on tenders, service provision and other business opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Cost effective collective promotion under the IHBC\u2019s HESPR banner<\/li>\n<li>One free IHBC \u2018Jobs etc\u2019 advertisement each year &#8211; worth up to \u00a3400+VAT<\/li>\n<li>Listing promotion in the IHBC\u2019s Yearbook: circulation c.5000<\/li>\n<li>Promotion through IHBC\u2019s web links to HESPR, a web service with c.200,000 page views per month<\/li>\n<li>Inclusion on HESPR\u2019s own website with a simple search function and signposting to listed business services<\/li>\n<li>Occasional features on the IHBC\u2019s \u2018NewsBlogs\u2019 information service and other IHBC communications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">To send tenders and other business opportunities to HESPR companies email<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:HESPR@ihbc.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">HESPR@ihbc.co.uk<\/a>,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> or for queries contact Fiona at the IHBC at<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:projects@ihbc.org.uk \" target=\"_blank\">projects@ihbc.org.uk <\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For tasters on recent tenders and related alerts to HESPR companies see<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/archive\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">To find out more about HESPR go to<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For key HESPR benefits see<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/page4\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">To apply to list your business on HESPR go to<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/page5\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">To notify the IHBC of tender opportunities simply email<\/span>: <a href=\"mailto:HESPR@ihbc.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">HESPR@ihbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHBC Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly has reminded IHBC\u2019s members, colleagues and service partners that tendering and other business opportunities can be circulated free to specialist bodies on the IHBC\u2019s business listing service, HESPR: \u2018Just email HESPR@ihbc.co.uk and the IHBC will alert &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=5865\">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-5865","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\/5865","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=5865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5872,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5865\/revisions\/5872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}